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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.

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.

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.

Young people join Storrington in Bloom effort

Posted July 6th, 2016

Storrington is preparing to welcome the judges from South & South East in Bloom tomorrow – our volunteers have been busy all year sprucing up the village, including another clean up event which took place on 3^rd July. Thank you to everyone that lent a hand.

Wheelbarrow

First School Mural Rydon flags

This week the efforts of our young people have become visible with the arrival of the flags designed by the students at Rydon Community College, the brightly coloured mural celebrating the Queen’s 90^th birthday painted by children at Storrington First School and the 10 ‘bright and beautiful’ themed wheelbarrows prepared and planted by local youth groups.

Judging for the Storrington in Bloom local competitions is underway and we look forward to announcing the winners at our awards ceremony in September.

1st Sullington Brownies “Grow Up Wild” at Fryern Dell

Posted June 25th, 2015

Woodland Fun

Storrington Conservation Society helped facilitate an evening of woodland fun for our local Brownie unit to earn the “In the Woods” badge by bark rubbing, measuring tree height, identifying leaves, looking for bugs and tree hugging! All followed by delicious marshmallows toasted on a campfire!

Fryern Dell will be featured in our tour for the South & South East in Bloom judges in July. The site is already used by Storrington First School for their Forest Schools lessons and we are delighted to see it being enjoyed more and more by the young people of Storrington.

Grow the tallest sunflower and win £20!

Posted May 10th, 2015

duck race

Today our volunteers will be selling Mongolian Giant Sunflowers to be grown on for the 2015 Children’s Challenge. These sunflowers can grow up to 14 feet!

Get down to the Duck Race in the Library Car Park to buy your sunflower for £1 – send us a photo and measurement by 11^th September and the winner will be announced at our awards ceremony on 17^th September.

2nd Storrington Guides meet the Flower Fairies

Posted November 19th, 2014

On Wednesday 19th November, 2nd Storrington Guides had a themed evening to celebrate the life of Cicely Mary Barker creator of the flower fairies in recognition of Storrington in Bloom’s local theme for 2015. The Guides created fairy toadstools from marshmallows, learnt about Cicely’s life, read the flower fairy poems and created flower fairies of their own. A poster was created for display in the village.

2nd Storrington Guides Help In Bloom

Posted July 9th, 2014

On Wednesday 9th July, 2nd Storrington Guides joined Friends of Meadowside in a clear up for Storrington in Bloom. The girls split in to two groups, one litter picking around the meadow area and stream, the remainder heading to the library car park with brooms and litter pickers to clean up the library car park and steps. In just over an hour between the group of 18 they managed to collect up 10 bags of rubbish and several large bits of metal and wood! This demonstrates how much it is possible to achieve in a short amount of time if you put your mind to it.

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Storrington First School welcome the in Bloom Judges

Posted June 20th, 2014

Tensions are high at Storrington First School today as for the second year running they welcome the regional judges from the South and South East in Bloom.

Wishing them a very successful entry to the competition this year following their amazing Silver Gilt result in 2013

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