TWO lucky schoolchildren were egg-cited to find out they had won an Easter egg trail competition organised by a Portsmouth church.

(L to R) Harry Childs, the Rev Canon David Power, Lilly Whitehead

Lilly Whitehead, 6, and Harry Childs, also 6, managed to spot 12 knitted Easter eggs which had been hidden in shops and the library in Tangier Road, Copnor, by St Cuthbert’s Church.

Each egg had been marked with a letter which when unscrambled spelt out three words which sum up what Christians celebrate at Easter.

And Lilly and Harry cleverly worked out that the three words were ‘Jesus is Alive’.

Twenty-two children completed the trail and were entered into a prize draw to win a Real Easter Egg, the only Fairtrade egg to explain the Christian understanding of Easter.

Lilly and Harry, who both attend Langstone Infant School, were presented with their prizes by the vicar of St Cuthbert’s, the Rev. Canon David Power.

David said: “It’s great that the Easter Egg Trail was successfully completed by so many local children and also that they learned something of the real Easter story.”

The eggs were knitted by church members.