Scratch Competition 2026 Winners

The winners of the National Scratch Coding Competition 2026 are:

Overall winner: truth can be bent Aisling Fitzgerald Coláiste Muire Crosshaven, Co. Cork

Category winners:

Junior Infants to First Class: Castle of the ice dragon Annie Carberry, Joey Flynn, Donnacha Ryan, Milford National School, Castletroy, Limerick

Second Class to Fourth Class:  Going Bananas Amelia Bray, Aisling Ryan, Eve Ryan Milford National School, Castletroy, Limerick

Fifth to Sixth Class: formula racers (2 player) Leo Burns St.Francis National School, Dundalk, Co Louth

First to Third Year: Monk’s Adventure: 2 Ryan Duggan Abbey Community College, Ferrybank , Waterford

Fourth to Sixth Year: Gridlock Ben StaffordBelvedere College S.J Dublin

Judges’ Award winners:

Second Class to Fourth Class: 

FLOPPY BUNBUN!!! Sam Bray Milford National School, Castletroy, Limerick

Air Pollution Game Sesandu Methdam Wasala, Elliot Shinners Kennedy, Felix Nash Milford National School, Castletroy, Limerick

The battle for Ireland Cillian Flynn, Eoinín Shinners, Giorgio Lusi Young, Milford National School, Castletroy, Limerick

Shooter Game Rudransh Garg St. Corban’s National School, Naas, Kildare

Game Time!!!  Rosanna Burke Craughwell National School, Co. Galway

Fifth to Sixth Class:

Head Wrecker Oisín Dawkins Donabate Portrane Educate Together National School, Co Dublin

The Vikings Ada Flynn, Olivia Gorman Craughwell National School, Co. Galway

Platformer William Jordan St Helen’s Senior National School, Portmarnock, Dublin

Race Car Universe Aaron Burke Craughwell National School, Co Galway

Mr Blobbysin Jeremy Shannon, Eoin Harnett An Mhodhscoil, Limerick

School Game!! Sophie Subramaniam Craughwell National School, Co Galway

Spike Invasion Saoirse O’Sullivan, Scoil Bhailenóra, Waterfall, Cork

Sir Woofs A Lot’s Adventure! Zoey Slattery, Rebecca O’Sullivan, Milford National School, Limerick

Mars Adventure Gwyddion O’Brien, Eugene McTiernan, Saint Hugh’s National School, Dowra, Co Leitrim

Brotato Maze Luke Naughton, Jack Riester, An Mhodhscoil, Limerick

Arianna THE DISAPPEARING ROCKET, Arianna O Malley, MAC Creative Hub, Manualla, Co Mayo

First to Third Year:

Scratchabox: Epsilon Oliver Staveley Donabate Community College, Donabate, Co. Dublin

Cosmic Strike Ronald Su Colaiste Choilm Secondary School, Ballincollig, Cork

THE duck game Tiernan Hazzard De La Salle College Dundalk, Louth

Mr. Hedgehog Ava Wilson Presentation Secondary School Clonmel, Tipperary

Space Minigames Artur Piotrowski Coláiste Éamann RÍs, Turners Cross, Cork

Windows 10 Simulator Christopher Barrett Coláiste Chiarain, Croom, Limerick

THE CORRIDORS Murphy Owanta Ardgillan Community College, Balbriggan, Dublin