COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF

BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 2013

MAIN SPONSORS

STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

and

DISTRICT TROPHY DONORS

Stafford – Rubery Owen Holdings Ltd – South Staffordshire Council/South Staffordshire Housing Association / Chase – The Leavesley Group on behalf of The National Memorial Arboretum – Lafarge Tarmac – Community Council of Staffordshire

FIFTY-THREE VILLAGES ENTERED THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR

In the first round judges looked at all villages twice, once in May and once in June.

The villages judged twice in the first round were:

STAFFORD SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE LICHFIELD/CANNOCK CHASE Barlaston Acton Trussell Armitage with Handsacre Burston Bednall Edingale Fulford Bilbrook Elford Gnosall Bishops Wood Harlaston Great Haywood Haunton Haughton Coven Heath Hayes Hilderstone Kings Bromley Hopton Lapley Longdon/Longdon Green Little Haywood Lower Penn Upper Longdon Oulton Wall Salt Stowe by Chartley Stretton Walton-on-the-Hill Wheaton Aston Weston Yarnfield

1 STAFFORDSHIRE EAST STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS Alton Abbots Bromley Brown Edge Bramshall Cauldon Lowe Denstone & Stubwood Kingsley Holt Kingstone Oakamoor Marchington Whiston Rocester Tutbury Yoxall

Up to four villages from each category (large and small) with the highest percentage marks in each of the five districts went through to the District Final round.

THE RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

STAFFORD DISTRICT COMPETING FOR THE RUBERY OWEN HOLDINGS LIMITED TROPHY

LARGE VILLAGE SMALL VILLAGE

1st Haughton  Trophy winner 1st Burston = 2nd Weston 2nd Salt = 2nd Yarnfield 3rd Hilderstone 3rd Gnosall

HIGHLY COMMENDED Colwich & Little Haywood, Fulford, Great Haywood, Hopton, Oulton, Stowe-by-Chartley, Walton-on-the-Hill

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COMPETING FOR THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL/ SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOUSING ASSOCIATION TROPHY

LARGE VILLAGE SMALL VILLAGE

1st Brewood 1st Lapley  Trophy winner 2nd Bilbrook 2nd Stretton 3rd Coven 3rd Bednall

HIGHLY COMMENDED Acton Trussell, Bishops Wood, Kinver, Lower Penn, Penkridge, Wheaton Aston, Wombourne

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LICHFIELD/ COMPETING FOR THE TROPHY SPONSORED BY THE LEAVESLEY GROUP ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM

LARGE VILLAGE SMALL VILLAGE

st 1st Kings Bromley  Trophy winner 1 Elford nd 2nd Longdon/Longdon Green 2 Upper Longdon rd 3rd Armitage with Handsacre 3 Haunton

HIGHLY COMMENDED Edingale, Harlaston, Wall

STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS DISTRICT COMPETING FOR THE LAFARGE TARMAC TROPHY

LARGE VILLAGE SMALL VILLAGE

1st Brown Edge 1st Oakamoor  Trophy winner 2nd Whiston 3rd Cauldon Lowe

EAST STAFFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COMPETING FOR THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF STAFFORDSHIRE TROPHY

LARGE VILLAGE SMALL VILLAGE

st st 1 Marchington 1 Yoxall  Trophy winner nd nd =2 Bramshall 2 Abbots Bromley nd 3rd Tutbury =2 Kingstone

HIGHLY COMMENDED Denstone & Stubwood

The overall winner in each district will receive the trophy and a cheque from the trophy donor.

The District winners were judged in the County Final round to determine the

COUNTY WINNERS LARGE VILLAGE SMALL VILLAGE

HAUGHTON OAKAMOOR Each County Winner will receive a shield donated by the Community Council of Staffordshire and a tree donated by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust

AN AWARD OF SPECIAL COMMENDATION TO GREAT HAYWOOD

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WINNERS OF THE CHILDREN’S POSTER COMPETITION SPONSORED BY KGL (ESTATES) LTD

Age 5 – 7 category Winner – Rhianna Morrison - Kinver 2nd Place – Sophie Scrivens –Kinver Highly Commended – Lydia Kaufman - Yarnfield

Age 8 – 11 category Winner - Erin Morrison - Kinver Joint 2nd Place – Katie Gill - Handsacre Joint 2nd Place – Natasha Rae-Ann Bowater, Brewood Highly Commended – Jack Zammit – Lower Penn

WINNERS OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS CHILDREN’S POSTER COMPETITION SPONSORED BY LAFARGE TARMAC

Age 5 – 7 category Winner – Abigail Wilshaw – Brown Edge 2nd Place – Jorge Shenton – Brown Edge

Age 8 – 11 category Winner – Emily Karen Hargreaves – Brown Edge nd 2 Place –Alithea Ashman – Brown Edge

WINNERS OF THE “IN REMEMBRANCE” COMPETITION SPONSORED BY THE LEAVESLEY GROUP ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM

Overall Winning Painting – Joint 1st Polly Brant – Kinver Joint 1st Rachel Niblett & Jess Jones - Kinver Outstanding Poem – Nathan Graham - Endon

Highly Commended Painting – Chloe Edge – Cauldon Lowe Poem – Tom Dayson – Endon Poem – Leah Adams - Endon Submission – Ellie Emberson - Endon

Winning Schools

Edgecliff High School – Kinver Endon High School - Endon

Community Council of Staffordshire 1A/1B The Whitehouse, Chapel Street, Stafford, ST16 2BX Tel: 01785 242525 Fax: 01785 242176 Website: www.staffs.org.uk Email: [email protected]

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