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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.

Our fantastic sponsors for 2017

Posted September 30th, 2017

We would like to thank all of our volunteers, who have given many hundreds of hours of their time, and also our partner organisations Greenfingers, Storrington Horticultural Society, Storrington Conservation Society, Friends of Meadowside, Storrington Allotments Association and Storrington First School.

We are grateful to the following major sponsors for funding specific aspects of the work achieved –

Anderson Rowntree
Chanctonbury Lions
Crest Nicholson
Design at 32
Greyhound Brewery
Hanwells
McCarthy & Stone
Squires Garden Centre
Rotary Club of Storrington & Pulborough
Tooveys
Village Nurseries
Waitrose

We also give our grateful thanks to all the traders who supported this year’s planting with cash donations, raffle prizes and watering.

Averns & Sandall : Barclays Bank : Bits & PCs : Body and Face : Buster Brown’s Gentlemans Hairdresser : Cakes for all Reasons : Clarke & Charlesworth : Coral Bookmakers : Cottage Tandoori : Crossways Vets : Dixon Salt : Fowlers Estate Agents : GC Traditional Shoe Repair : Graham & Cadell : Guy Leonard & Co : HBM Hair Design : Henry Adams : J.B.Farncombe Butchers : Joanna’s Boutique Tearoom : King & Chasemore Estate Agents : Kittle Partnership : Louisa Austin : M J Suter Butchers : Mansell McTaggart Estate Agents : Martin Steels Optometrist : Melanie Paul Goldsmiths and Enamellers : Mills & Co : Nat West : Nifty : Old Forge Restaurant and Deli : One Stop : Oomoo Organic Hair Salon : Oxfam : Roadmark : Scribbling Shop : Sew Something : Shampoo Hair Studio : St Barnabas House Charity Shop : Stable Antiques : Storrington Car Parts : The Barbers : The Card Shop : The Moon : The Sign Shop : The Village Florist : The White Room : Thirteen Church Street : Top Totty : Tribes : Truffles : Village Green : Vintage Rose : Wall Bros (carpets) : Wood’n’ Pots’n’Things

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.

What a wonderful effort

Posted July 18th, 2017

Congratulations to everyone for their fantastic efforts in our first scarecrow competition – we saw some really unique ideas from businesses, families and groups. The results will be announced at our awards ceremony in September but for those of you that missed it here are just some of the photos.

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.

Local Businesses get behind Storrington in Bloom

Posted August 10th, 2016

thank you

Storrington in Bloom is funded purely by donations from local businesses and funding applications made by our volunteers. We have no direct funding from the District or Parish councils. We would like to acknowledge the support of the following local businesses who have made contributions towards our 2016 costs:

Averns & Sandall

Barclays Bank

Bits & PC’s

Body & Face

Buster Brown’s Gentleman’s Barbers

Cakes for All Reasons

Clarke & Charlesworth

Eden Dog Grooming & Spa

Flowerwise

Funnells Furnishings

GC Traditional Shoe Repair

Graham & Cadell

Guy Leonard & Co

Hanwells

HBM Hair Designs

J.B Farncombe Butchers

Joanna’s Boutique Tearoom

King & Chasemore

M J Cars

Mansell McTaggart

Martin Steels Optometrist

Melanie Paul Goldsmiths & Enamelers

Mills & Company

Nifty

Old Forge Deli & Restaurant

One Stop

Oxfam

Scribbling Shop

Sew Something

St. Barnabas House

Stable Antiques

Storrington Auto Repairs

Storrington Car Parts

Suter Butchers

The Card Centre

The Plaice

The Sign Shop

Thirteen Church Street

Top Totty

Truffles

Village Green

Vintage Rose

Wall Bros

Wood n Pots n Things

We would also like to thank our competition sponsors:

rotary

And our other major sponsors:

costa waitrose Crest Nicholson

roadmark Mccarthy & stone Lions

Traders get bright and beautiful

Posted July 7th, 2016

Businesses in Storrington centre are automatically entered in to the two business categories of our local competition: Best Business External Display and Best Business Window Display. The theme this year, in line with the village theme is ‘bright and beautiful’.

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Our business categories are kindly sponsored by Design at 32 and Storrington Horticultural Society.

In previous years the winners have been decided by public vote, however this year we have invited the Reverend Kathryn Windslow to judge these categories and she will be doing this at some time during the month of July.

The competition winners will be announced at our awards ceremony in September held at Squires Garden Centre, Washington.

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