COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF STAFFORDSHIRE
BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 2013
MAIN SPONSORS
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
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DISTRICT TROPHY DONORS
Stafford – Rubery Owen Holdings Ltd South Staffordshire – South Staffordshire Council/South Staffordshire Housing Association Lichfield/Cannock Chase – The Leavesley Group on behalf of The National Memorial Arboretum Staffordshire Moorlands – Lafarge Tarmac East Staffordshire – 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 Brewood Haunton Haughton Coven Heath Hayes Hilderstone Kinver Kings Bromley Hopton Lapley Longdon/Longdon Green Little Haywood Lower Penn Upper Longdon Oulton Pattingham Wall Salt Penkridge Stowe by Chartley Stretton Walton-on-the-Hill Wheaton Aston Weston Wombourne 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/CANNOCK CHASE DISTRICT 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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