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2018 Competition Results

Posted September 18th, 2018

Group Scarecrow – Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Storrington & Pulborough

3^rd Place The Proposal (Fusion Youth Group)

2^nd Place Poppy Upcycle (2^nd Storrington Guides)

1^st Place Flora the Flowergirl (1^st Storrington Rainbows)

Allotment – Sponsored by Squires Garden Centre

3^rd Place plot 23 Amberley Road

2^nd Place plot 8 Amberley Road

1^st Place plot 11 Amberley Road

Business Floral Display – Sponsored by Toovey’s Antique & Fine Art Auctioneers

3^rd Place The Card Shop

2^nd Place Crossways Veterinary Practice

1^st Place The White Horse

Community Area – Sponsored by Anderson Rowntree

3^rd Place Eastbrook Court

2^nd Place White Horse Court

1^st Place Hanover Walk

Family Scarecrow – Sponsored by Chanctonbury Lions

3^rd Place Robo Scarecrow (Fionn Blundy)

2^nd Place Reverend Veronica Mills (The Mills Family)

1^st Place Watch the Birdie (Cheryl, Clive & Toby)

Business Window “Summer Sun, Summer Fun” – Sponsored by Functio

3^rd Place Village Deli

2^nd Place Body & Face

1^st Place Oxfam

Front Garden – Sponsored by Squires Garden Centres

3^rd Place 106 Dean Way

2^nd Place 9 Bramber Avenue

1^st Place 56 Spierbridge Road

Congratulations to all of our winners.

On Friday the South & South East in Bloom regional results were announced at an awards ceremony at the Amex in Brighton. Storrington had three entries in their competition and received the following results:

St Mary’s Churchyard achieved a Silver Gilt in the churchyard category
Place Villerest was awarded a Silver Gilt in the single floral display category
Storrington Town Centre again received a Silver Gilt award, achieving 80% of the possible points but still 10 points short of the unattainable Gold!

However, we celebrate that the score continues to increase and we have now achieved 50 more points than our first entry back in 2012. There are many people to thank for this improvement over the past six years, and special awards were also presented:

For even more trips with the watering cart than usual – Nick Charman
For endless supplies of water during the long hot summer – Steve Tovee
For their poppy display marking 100 years since the end of the 1^st World War – 1^st Sullington Brownies
For endless support of the In Bloom entry and clean ups – Sue & Eddie Shelton
For the transformation of the Mill Lane car park beds – Gilly & Peter North
For a consistently beautiful front garden year after year – Marilyn Dadds

And in recognition of the endless hours invested over many years and the transformation of a number of areas of Storrington – to Gill Ion and Pat Mansbridge.

Thanks to our volunteers

Posted March 8th, 2018

Wow – thank you so much to all that braved the elements on Sunday. We collected 45 bags of rubbish!!! Many hands make light work.

Great Storrington clean up

Posted February 23rd, 2018

SUNDAY 4th MARCH 10am-12noon

Once again Storrington in Bloom volunteers will be out and about in the village cleaning up the streets and open spaces as part of the Keep Britain Tidy “Great British Spring Clean” campaign.

In past years we have had great public support and are hoping for a good turnout again this year. If you have a couple of hours to spare please come and join us. No experience necessary!

We will meet at Place Villerest (opposite HSBC) at 10am. Bags and litter pickers will be provided but please bring any tools (gloves, broom, rake etc) that might be useful.

All ages welcome. Refreshments will be served at 12noon.

We look forward to seeing you.

Quiz night starts our fundraising for 2018 campaign

Posted November 13th, 2017

Thank you so much to everybody who joined us last Saturday at our annual quiz. Quiz master Cherril once again delivered a varied selection of questions and the delicious ploughmans was very much appreciated by all. Through ticket, bar and raffle sales we raised a total of £786.30 and every penny will go towards our displays for the 2018 campaign.

Fabulous 2017 results

Posted September 21st, 2017

Well we waited a little longer than normal but the results of this year’s bloomin’ good effort are in.

We are delighted to announce that our town centre entry again won a SILVER GILT award… with more points than previous years. On Wednesday 20^th September a team from Storrington in Bloom, St Mary’s Churchyard, Parham House & Gardens and Friends of Meadowside attended the South & South East in Bloom region awards ceremony at Effingham Copthorne Hotel.

Friends of Meadowside were awarded Silver Gilt in the “Our Community” category and St Mary’s Churchyard received a fantastic GOLD award along with Parham House. Congratulations to everybody involved in our regional entry.

Later the same day, about 100 people gathered at Squires Garden Centre to find out the results of the local competition. Thank you to Sarah Squires and her team once again for hosting us for the evening. The In Bloom team invited Lady Emma Barnard to present the awards to the local prize winners, alongside sponsors of each category.

Congratulations to all of our prize winners:

FRONT GARDEN (sponsored by Squires Garden Centre):

1^st: Paul Cripps – 56 Spierbridge Road

Joint 2^nd: Marilyn Dadds – 9 Bramber Avenue
Allen & Marion Guntripp – Arosa, Wisborough Lane

Highly Dr Caroline Bradbeer – The Horsecroft, Greyfriars Lane
commended: Colin Rogers – Smugglers Hut, Greyfriars Lane

COMMUNITY AREA (sponsored by Design at 32):

1^st: Hanover Walk

2^nd: Bramber Avenue

Joint 3^rd: Eastbrook Court, Manleys Hill
Orchard Gardens

BUSINESS WINDOW DISPLAY (sponsored by Toovey’s Antique & Fine Art Auctioneers):

1st: Wood’n’Pots’n’Things, West Street

2^nd: The Old Forge, Church Street

3^rd: Body & Face, High Street

BUSINESS EXTERNAL DISPLAY (sponsored by Anderson Rowntree Solicitors):

1^st: The Card Shop, High Street

2^nd: Wood’n’Pots’n’Things, West Street

3^rd: The Moon, High Street

SCARECROW CHALLENGE (FAMILY) (sponsored by Rotary Club of Pulborough and Storrington):

1st: Monty (Guntripp family)

2nd: Allotmenteer (Sarah Lackey)

3rd: Daisy (Carole Johnson)

Highly Darth Spader (Cheryl Brown, Clive & Toby Gee)
commended: Grenadier Cripps (Cripps family)

SCARECROW CHALLENGE (GROUP) (sponsored by Chanctonbury Lions):

1st: Mr J J Morris (1st Sullington Brownies)

2nd: Bob (2nd Storrington Guides)

3rd: Fantastic Father Fox (Footsteps at St Mary’s)

Highly                    Harry Potter (2nd Storrington Guides)
commended: Ellie Simmonds (1st Storrington Rainbows)
                                Marvellous Mother Mary (Footsteps at St Mary’s)
                                Hermione Granger (2nd Storrington Brownies)

ALLOTMENT (sponsored by Squires Garden Centre):

1^st: Sarah Lackey – plot 11 Amberley Road

2^nd: Gill Ion & Ken Butler – plot 23 Amberley Road

Joint 3^rd: John Betts – plot 20a Ravenscroft
Richard Whittaker – plot 8a Amberley Road

Once again the Storrington in Bloom team would like to thank all of their volunteers, sponsors, supporters and the judges for their contributions this year.

Scarecrows are coming to Storrington!

Posted July 7th, 2017

We’re having a change this year. Instead of asking youth groups to enter a wheelbarrow competition we have decided to organise a scarecrow trail. Groups, young and old, have been invited to enter and in a separate category families have made their own entries. The scarecrows will be on display this weekend – Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th July between 9am and 5pm. Judges will be visiting the scarecrows during this time too.

The weather will be fine, so why not take a stroll around this weekend and let us know your favourites on our Facebook page. A full list of entries is here.

Thank you to all entrants for your efforts.

Great British Cleanup comes to Storrington

Posted February 7th, 2017

SUNDAY 5th MARCH 10am-12noon

Storrington in Bloom volunteers will be out and about in the village cleaning up the streets and open spaces as part of the Keep Britain Tidy “Great British Spring Clean” campaign.

In past years we have had great public support and are hoping for a good turnout again this year. If you have a couple of hours to spare please come and join us. No experience necessary!

We will meet at Place Villerest (opposite HSBC) at 10am. Bags and litter pickers will be provided but please bring any tools (gloves, broom, rake etc) that might be useful.

All ages welcome. Refreshments will be served at 12noon.

We look forward to seeing you.

Quiz Night raises £777

Posted October 17th, 2016

Quizmaster

Saturday 15th October saw the 3rd annual Storrington in Bloom fundraising quiz night – our main fundraising event of the calendar. 75 quizzers answered 10 rounds of questions on various subjects including ‘these boots were made for’, ‘black or white’ and ‘he ain’t heavy’.

Quiz 1 Quiz 2

Participants enjoyed a delicious ploughmans supper during the interval while our quizzers tried to determine the brands from photos of their list of ingredients! Ticket sales, bar and raffle takings raised a huge £777.

Our thanks to everyone who attended – it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. We will start working on the questions for next year!!

2016 Results are in!

Posted September 12th, 2016

Yesterday, representatives from Storrington in Bloom, St Mary’s Churchyard and Friends of Meadowside attended the South & South East in Bloom awards ceremony at Ferneham Hall, Fareham. We are delighted to announce that our Town Centre entry won a SILVER GILT award, Friends of Meadowside were awarded SILVER in the “Our Community” category (as well as a Level 4 ‘Thriving’ awards in the RHS “It’s Your Neighbourhood” competition and St Mary’s Churchyard received another SILVER GILT award. Congratulations to everybody involved in our regional entry. We particularly want to thank our award winners for contribution to the regional entry:

Hilary Spofforth – Byne Cottage, Manleys Hill “for visual impact on entrance to Storrington”

Nick Charman “for countless hours of watering to maintain the displays”

Pete & Mandie Harman – Wood’n’pots’n’things “for year on year effort in business displays”

In the evening, Squires Garden Centre once again hosted our annual Storrington in Bloom award ceremony which was well attended by our supporters, sponsors and volunteers as well as the entrants in the local competitions. The In Bloom team invited the local competition judges Tom Brown, Head Gardener at Parham House, the Reverend Kathryn Windslow and Storrington Horticultural Society, to present the awards to the local prize winners, together with the sponsors of the category.

Congratulations to all of our prize winners:

FRONT GARDEN (sponsored by Squires Garden Centre):

56 Spierbridge

1^st Paul Cripps, 56 Spierbridge Road

2^nd Richard & Jill Hitchcock, 99 Hormare Crescent

3^rd Andre Nichols, 12 Melton Drive

Highly commended John Butler, 1 Melton Drive and Marilyn Dadds, 9 Bramber Avenue

COMMUNITY AREA (sponsored by Henry Adams):

Hanover Walk

1^st Hanover Walk

2^nd Bramber Avenue

BUSINESS WINDOW DISPLAY (sponsored by Design at 32):

Top Totty

1^st Top Totty, Church Street

2^nd Body & Face, High Street

3^rd Eva Rose Bridal, High Street

BUSINESS EXTERNAL DISPLAY (sponsored by Storrington Horticultural Society):

Moon Pub

1^st The Moon, High Street

2^nd Joanna’s Boutique Tearoom

3^rd Wood’n’pots’n’things

YOUTH GROUP CHALLENGE (sponsored by Rotary Club of Pulborough and Storrington):

Footsteps barrow

1^st Footsteps at St Mary’s Church

2^nd Costa Youth Nights

3^rd 1^st Sullington Brownies

Highly commended Fusion Youth Club

Commended 1^st Storrington Rainbows, 2^nd Storrington Brownies, Messy Church

ALLOTMENT (sponsored by Squires Garden Centre):

plot-23-amberley

1^st Gill Ion & Ken Butler: plot 23 Amberley Road

2^nd Geoff & Mary Tute: plot 26 Amberley Road

3^rd John Betts: plot 20A Ravenscroft

Highly commended Maggie Church: plot 22A Amberley Road, Elizabeth Dixon: plot 23A Ravenscroft, Janet Poyser: plot 24A Ravenscroft and Richard & Susie Jerman: plot 33B Amberley Road

The Storrington in Bloom team would like to thank all of their supporters, volunteers, sponsors and the judges for their contributions this year.

Get ready for the judges’ visit

Posted June 27th, 2016

Help us get ready for the South & South East in Bloom judges who are visiting on Thursday 7th July!

Sunday July 3rd 10.00-12.00

Come and join Storrington in Bloom volunteers for a couple of hours of litter picking, weeding and general tidying. Meet at Place Villerest (opposite HSBC bank) at 10am. Bags and gloves will be supplied but please bring any tools you think might be useful (broom, fork rake etc).

The Youth Group wheelbarrows will also be arriving and the flags from Rydon School should be put up along the High Street.

Cake and drinks will be served at 12.00. All ages welcome!

Summer clean up

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