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HUNDREDS OF PRIZES… THOUSANDS OF POUNDS! AVOID PRIZE HOLIDAY PITFALLS Are YOU a Compers News Winner? Happy Holidays? Check out our latest BIG member-only Follow our Expert tips to make sure your prize prize winners on pages 2 & 3 break doesn’t disappoint on pages 34 & 35 Join us at CompersNews.com The UK’s No.1 Guide to Competitions and Winning Prizes March 2014 CHEQUE IT OUT Compers News member Frank Aldred is the latest lucky winner in our series of Dream Prize draws, and he chose a £6,000 cash prize as his reward. “I didn’t believe it when I got the call”, Frank told us when we met him to hand over the prize. “All of my family and friends were sceptical, and to be honest so was I after reading all the advice in Compers News about scams. But after a few more phone calls to your office, it finally sunk in.” “I’ve been comping for many years, not really for the prizes but because I enjoy it so much. What other hobby gives you so much excitement all for the price of a stamp? You never know what’s around the corner – as the phone call from Compers News proved! This is my first really big prize, but what a way to start!” “I’ll be sharing the prize with my family, and we’ll also be going on a nice holiday once my WON wife has finished some hospital treatment. Our first choice from your Dream Prize list was the VIP holiday, but because of the uncertainty with my wife’s treatment you kindly offered us the cash alternative so that we can book something once everything has been sorted out. And we’ll certainly be doing that… we can’t wait!” BIG MONEY Frank receives his Dream Prize win You can read more about our day in Manchester to meet Frank, and also find news about from Compers News editor Steve our other recent big winners, on pages 2 & 3. Our Latest Wins Pick Compers News members have reported these THIS MONTH BIG prizes since our last issue! of the 1. Festival break anywhere in the world 2. £6,000 cash Month 3. Luxury holiday to Portugal Race to 4. £5,000 cash 5. VIP London theatre weekend a Prize And if you need even more encouragement, here is just a small selection of the other In this space last month, we brought you news of prizes our readers have told us about during the past month! a £1 million prize from Walkers crisps. And this month, here’s the chance to win yet ANOTHER £1,000 cash, holiday to Guernsey, TWO Hotpoint washing machines, Sony gadget bundle worth over £1million jackpot – this time courtesy of Crabbie’s £1,000, THREE iPads, bike and accessories worth over £400, £700 worth of Lego, FOUR Ultimate Ginger Beer. Fine Dining Experiences, Sky TV for a year, £500 High Street shopping voucher, Xbox One console, THREE Kindle Fire HDs, bespoke party worth over £1,000, beer hamper, £200 cash, EIGHT pairs Use the codes on promotional bottle tops, of FA Cup Final tickets (it looks like Compers News members scooped every single prize in this or on scratchcards in participating pubs, to competition!), luxury London break, dishwasher, case of wine plus LOTS of Pure digital radios from play the fun ‘Donkey Derby’ game online at Harvest Fruits wine, Amazon vouchers from Ribena, Kindles from Galaxy, European flights from www.crabbiesgingerbeer.co.uk/million and you KitKat, party prizes from J2O and much, much more… could win one of thousands of instant prizes. You’ll also go into a draw to win a VIP day out at this year’s Remember, these are all GENUINE prizes won by current Compers News members! You tell us Grand National – and a shot at that £1 million prize! about dozens of new prizes EVERY SINGLE DAY, so we don’t need to rely on dusty testimonials or general press releases. And with so many prizes coming our way, the next Compers News Race across to page 17 now for more details. winner could be YOU! SAVE 20% ON OUR BRIGHTLY COLOURED HEAVYWEIGHT POSTCARDS Full details on page five Write to Steve at: Compers News, PO Box 8763, Nottingham NG2 9BS Editor’s Comment or email him via: [email protected] Living The Dream Compers News gives away MORE reader-exclusive prizes than any other comping magazine, and we make sure that we tell you the name of EVERY winner. Here’s a round-up of our most recent BIG winners… could YOU be next? As you’ll have seen from this month’s front cover, to win with Compers News. You could scoop Remember, only Compers News members I recently had the pleasure of travelling up to up to £100 cash every month for telling us your can enter and win our exclusive in-house Manchester to present Accolade’s 2013 Dream comping story, or up to 100 stamps for a new competitions. And the number of entries we Prize winner with his chosen prize - £6,000 cash! comp you’ve found, or a £20 shopping voucher receive for our member-only prizes is tiny It was great to meet Frank Aldred and his wife, for designing a puzzle for us… the list goes compared to the hundreds of thousands of and to share in their genuine delight at winning on! And not forgetting the THOUSANDS OF entries for the big national magazines like Chat such a fantastic prize. Over a delicious afternoon POUNDS WORTH of prizes up for grabs with and Take a Break, so your chances of winning a tea (with plenty of champagne thrown in for our member-only puzzles, prize draws and BIG Compers News prize are much, much better. good measure!), Frank told me all about how he competitions. Don’t miss out… and make sure you’re in it to enjoys his comping hobby, and how he intends win it! to spend his share of the prize after making sure In fact, here are some statistics that may that his wife, children and grandchildren enjoy surprise you. In the past year or so – since Another promise that we make here at Compers some of the spoils too. Congratulations again to our January 2013 issue – we’ve given away and News is that we ALWAYS tell you the names of Frank – and thanks for a wonderful day out! announced the names of the lucky winners ALL our lucky prize winners, so here are all the of OVER 700 exclusive member-only prizes results from our special competitions and draws Could YOU be our next winner? Well, don’t just on Compers News and Chatterbox. And the that closed in December. Don’t forget, you can roll your eyes and think it could never possibly total value of those prizes has been around find all the winners of our usual monthly prizes happen to you, because there are so many ways TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS! in their normal place on page 39. Are you a ‘social’ comper? Find us at Follow us at Follow us at facebook.com/ twitter.com/ pinterest.com/ compersnews compersnews compersnews Join Us Today Contact Compers News MEMBER SERVICES EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS THE PUBLISHER Compers News is the UK’s premier newsletter For ALL subscription and delivery queries, For all reader stories, photos and Press, advertising and business dedicated to competitions and prize draws. change of address notifications etc: contributions to the newsletter: queries should be addressed to: With classic comping titles including EMAIL [email protected] ONLINE www.compersnews.com/ ONLINE www.accoladepublishing.co.uk Competitors’ Journal, Competitor’s Companion TELEPHONE 0844 245 6939 member-contributions EMAIL [email protected] and Prize Draw Winner having joined us along POST Compers News, EMAIL [email protected] POST Accolade Publishing Ltd., the way, we can trace our comping heritage 800 Guillat Avenue, POST Compers News, PO Box 8763, 3rd Floor, back to 1913. It’s an unrivalled history of which Kent Science Park, Nottingham NG2 9BS 64 Clarendon Road, we’re justifiably proud. Sittingbourne ME9 8GU Chatterbox users can also send a Watford WD17 1DA. Private Message to SteveCompersNews. In order to offer our members the best possible service, Compers News is printed in limited IMPORTANT INFORMATION AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS Scan this barcode using Accolade Publishing Ltd and Compers News are your smart phone for quick numbers and is available by subscription only. Compers News Vol. XIV No. III March 2014 access to our website Editor: Steve Middleton active members of the IPM and SIPA. The Institute of For more information This publication is registered with the British Library Promotional Marketing (IPM) is the professional body ISSN 2046-195X (Print) ISSN 2046-1968 (Online) that oversees and promotes best practice and compliance call 0844 245 6939 © 2014 Accolade Publishing Limited. All rights reserved. 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