2023 Gala Day nearly here:
Saturday 10 June
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Special Guests & Awards
Gala Year |
Theme |
Opening Guest |
Gala Queen |
Gala Princess |
Citizenship Award |
Junior Citizenship |
Best Stall Award |
2010 |
Africa / World Cup 2010 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
??? |
|
2011 |
??? |
Rev. John Hughes |
Shannon Steele |
Natasha Jones |
Michael Harwood |
St. John’s Church |
|
2012 |
The Olympics |
Shirley Strong & Andrew Carter |
Natasha Jones |
Nadia Jones |
Dr. Peter Chivers |
St. John’s Church |
|
2013 |
Showtimes |
Cllr. Charles Fifield |
Charlotte McDonald |
Keira Coppeck |
Linda Smith |
Cuddington Primary School PTA |
|
2014 |
Children’s Stories |
Lee Jones |
Emma Lea Bennett |
Bethany Hulm |
Thelma Mannington |
Sandiway Primary School PTA |
|
2015 |
Animals |
Lee Jones |
Hannah McDonald |
Hannah Rich |
Val Godfrey |
Sandiway Pantomime Group |
|
2016 |
Olympic Carnival |
Lee Jones |
Nadia Jones |
Isobel Ridley |
Elaine Beech |
The Neuro Muscular Centre |
|
2017 |
Superheroes & Princesses |
Lee Jones |
Layla Parks-Smith |
Penelope Eaton |
Ruth Taylor |
Beau Rachel Griffin |
Cuddington & Sandiway Primary Schools |
2018 |
Cinema |
- |
Evie Whittaker |
Millie Hubert-Powell |
Ken Nixon |
Amy Vaughan |
Sandiway Pantomime Group |
2019 |
Storybook Animals |
Councillor Gillian Edwards |
Scarlett Joice |
Beatrice Macleod |
Gerry & Margaret Card |
Tilly Rees |
Cuddington & Sandiway Tennis Club |
2021
|
Oscar Jones |
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2022 |
Platinum Jubilee | Freya Whittaker | Amy Spruce | John and Eileen Kerrigan | Mason Karpinski | Royal British Legion | |
2023 |
Wonderful Wildlife | Ava Boylan | Tilly Belshaw |
In 2017, the "Dr Peter Chivers Award for Junior Citizen of the Year" was introduced.
Scarecrow Competition Winners
Gala Year |
Theme |
Household 1st |
Household 2nd |
Organisation 1st |
Organisation 2nd |
Voluntary 1st |
Voluntary 2nd |
2010 |
Africa / World Cup 2010 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2011 |
??? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2012 |
The Olympics |
The Hough family Javelin thrower |
The Morris family Judo combatants |
Hollybank Vet Surg Relay runners |
Network Nurseries Archer |
- |
- |
2013 |
Showtimes |
The Purkiss family Peter Pan |
The Liddle family Captain Jack Sparrow |
Sandiway Methodist Church Fiddler on the roof |
St. John’s Church Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat |
- |
- |
2014 |
Children’s Stories |
The Liddle family Winnie the Witch |
Brotherton family The Gruffalo |
Sandiway Lodge Long John Silver |
Four Paws Spot the Dog |
- |
- |
2015 |
Animals |
The Cole family |
Brotherton family |
Sandiway Library |
Four Paws |
- |
- |
2016 |
Olympic Carnival |
Kershaw family |
Griffin family |
Hollybank Vet Surg |
Pettypool Trust |
The MCSME |
The Youth Club |
2017 |
Superheroes & Princesses |
Brotherton family |
Powell family |
Four Paws |
Cuddington Boarding Cattery |
The MCSME |
St John's Church |
2018 |
Cinema |
Smith Family |
Brotherton Family |
Hollybank Vet Surg |
Petty Pool Trust |
Methodist Church |
The MCSME |
2019 |
Storybook Animals |
Shirley & Jacqui |
Smith Family |
Hollybank Vet Surg |
The MCSME |
Sandiway Lodge |
St John's Church |
2021 |
|
Clarke Family |
Whittaker Family |
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2022 |
Influential Women |
79 Ash Road The Queen and her corgis |
24 Foxhill Cl. Emmeline Pankhurst |
Village Youth Club Florence Nightingale |
The MCSME Florence Nightingale at Blakemere |
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2023 |
Wonderful Wildlife |
(We would be grateful to receive any information which might 'fill in the blanks' in these tables!)