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2018 Competition Results

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

3rd Place        The Proposal (Fusion Youth Group)

2nd Place       Poppy Upcycle (2nd Storrington Guides)

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

Allotment – Sponsored by Squires Garden Centre

3rd Place        plot  23 Amberley Road

2nd Place       plot 8 Amberley Road

1st Place         plot 11 Amberley Road

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

3rd Place        The Card Shop

2nd Place       Crossways Veterinary Practice

1st Place         The White Horse

Community Area – Sponsored by Anderson Rowntree

3rd Place        Eastbrook Court

2nd Place       White Horse Court

1st Place         Hanover Walk

Family Scarecrow – Sponsored by Chanctonbury Lions

3rd Place        Robo Scarecrow (Fionn Blundy)

2nd Place       Reverend Veronica Mills (The Mills Family)

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

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

3rd Place        Village Deli

2nd Place       Body & Face

1st Place         Oxfam

Front Garden – Sponsored by Squires Garden Centres

3rd Place        106 Dean Way

2nd Place       9 Bramber Avenue

1st 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 1st World War – 1st 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.

Fabulous 2017 results

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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 20th 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):

1st:                       Paul Cripps – 56 Spierbridge Road

Joint 2nd:          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):

1st:                       Hanover Walk

2nd:                     Bramber Avenue

Joint 3rd:           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

2nd:                     The Old Forge, Church Street

3rd:                     Body & Face, High Street

BUSINESS EXTERNAL DISPLAY (sponsored by Anderson Rowntree Solicitors):

1st:                          The Card Shop, High Street

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

3rd:                         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):

1st:                          Sarah Lackey – plot 11 Amberley Road

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

Joint 3rd:               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.

2016 Results are in!

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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”Byne House

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”wood-n-pots-n-things

 

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

1st Paul Cripps, 56 Spierbridge Road

2nd Richard & Jill Hitchcock, 99 Hormare Crescent

3rd 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

1st Hanover Walk

2nd Bramber Avenue

BUSINESS WINDOW DISPLAY (sponsored by Design at 32):

Top Totty

 1st Top Totty, Church Street

2nd Body & Face, High Street

3rd Eva Rose Bridal, High Street

BUSINESS EXTERNAL DISPLAY (sponsored by Storrington Horticultural Society):

Moon Pub

1st The Moon, High Street

2nd Joanna’s Boutique Tearoom

3rd Wood’n’pots’n’things

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

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1st  Footsteps at St Mary’s Church

2nd Costa Youth Nights

3rd 1st Sullington Brownies

Highly commended Fusion Youth Club

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

ALLOTMENT (sponsored by Squires Garden Centre):

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

2nd Geoff & Mary Tute: plot 26 Amberley Road

3rd 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.

Storrington wins Silver Gilt

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2015 result

Today six representatives from Storrington in Bloom attending the South & South East in Bloom awards ceremony at the Amex Stadium in Brighton. We were delighted with the results for all the Storrington entries:

Storrington (small town)                                    SILVER GILT

St Mary’s Churchyard (churchyard)                SILVER GILT & BEST OVERALL CHURCHYARD

Parham House & Gardens (heritage parks)   GOLD

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And in the It’s Your Neighbourhood (community categories):

Sussex Down Care Home                                                  IMPROVING

Bramber Avenue Residents                                              IMPROVING

Friends of Meadowside                                                     DEVELOPING

Brewers Yard                                                                       DEVELOPING

Well done to all of our entrants – the results are fabulous!!

Judging Day has arrived!

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Today we welcomed Chris Evans (no not the DJ!) and Jean Griffiths to Storrington to judge our entry in the Small Town category of the South & South East in Bloom regional competition.

We met the judges at Foxmead Court and took them on a tour of the Meadow, Rydon School, Melton Drive, Fryern Dell, Bramber Avenue, Millennium Pond, Amberley Road Allotments, Matt’s Meadow and West Street before exiting the minibus and proceeding on foot from Ropemakers Cottages, through the Library car park, past the wildflower strip to the wheelbarrow display at the bus stand before continuing via Old Mill Drive and Square to the newly refurbished defibrillator box. The judges were then shown some of the wonderful business window displays before finishing up with refreshments at The Moon pub.

Thankfully the weather held for us and the judges made some very positive comments. We now have the long wait for the results in September.

Thank you to everyone who supported us with our judges tour.

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With thanks to our sponsors

And a BIG thanks to all our volunteers and local businesses without whom none of this would be possible.