Doncaster in Bloom 2008 - The Results

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Results for Category 1

Category 1 - Best Presented Garden sponsored by Doncaster Free Press

1st place - Susan Stevens (Gold)
2nd place - Stuart Grindle (Gold)
3rd place - Graham Darlow (Gold)

Gold Awards - Terry Cooke, Christine Smith, John Hannan, Wendy Winstanley, Norman Taylor, Stewart and Margaret Smith, Mount Pleasant Hotel

Silver Gilt Awards  - Vivien Rigby, Mick and Jenny Goucher, Peter Woods, Jean Morrison, Ivy Kerr, Marjorie Barton, Colin Dickinson, John Davies, Patricia Allinson, Louella Chesterman, Tracey Johnston, Mick and Liz Reeve

Silver Awards - Maureen Theobald, Patricia Foster, Michael Boothroyd, Mary Stevenson, John Lyne, Barbara Northmore, Kenneth Emms, William and May Rowe

Bronze Award - Stirling Day Centre

Category 1a - Best Presented Council Owned Property Garden sponsored by St Leger Homes

1st place - Martin and Paula Shaw (Gold)
2nd place -  Terry Atack (Gold)
3rd place - Geoffrey Taylor (Silver Gilt)

Silver Gilt Awards - Derek Ridding, Margaret Jepson, Kenneth Stone
 
Silver Awards  - Sonia McAnulty, Margaret Hawker, Corinthia Graham, Beryl Dawson, Keith Jobson, John Ruddock, Margaret Kirkham, Betty Gothard, Jean Paluszkiewicz, Brian Fletcher

Results for Category 2

Best presented - Stevens

Category 2 - Best Hanging Basket or Container sponsored by Doncaster Free Press

1st place - Stuart Grindle (Gold)
2nd place - John Hannan (Gold)
3rd place - Terry Cooke (Gold)

Silver Gilt Awards - Susan Stevens, HMPYOI Moorlands Open Prison, Sharon Green, Hayden and Ryan Brooks, Peter Woods, Betty Hall, Stewart and Margaret Smith, Mick and Jenny Goucher, Mary Rowley, John Davies

Silver Awards - Patricia Foster, Tracey Johnston, John and Audrey Lockett, Enid Gilliatt, John Lyne, Barbara Northmore

Bronze Award - Raymond Thompson

Category 2a - Best Hanging Basket or Container sponsored by St Leger Homes

1st place - Terry Atack (Gold)
2nd place - Kenneth Stone (Gold)
3rd place - Martin and Paula Shaw (Gold)

Silver Gilt Awards - Margaret Kirkham, Terry Howard

Silver Awards - Margaret Jepson, Keith Jobson, Beryl Dawson, Jessie Dyminiuk, Brian Fletcher, Betty Gothard, John Ruddock

Results for all other Categories

Best overall garden - Cooke

Category 3 - Commercial Premises

1st place - Mount Pleasant Hotel (Gold)

Gold Awards - HMPYOI Moorlands Open Prison

Silver Gilt Awards - HMP Lindholme, The Glasshouse at Kirk Sandall, Priory Walk, The Rockingham Arms Hotel, The Horse and Groom at Armthorpe, The Horse and Groom at East Laith Gate, The Salutation, Cusworth Fisheries, Sprotbrough Country Club
 
Bronze Award - The Palfrey's Lodge at Cantley

Category 4 - Community or Group sponsored by Wates Living Spaces

1st place - Friends of Sandall Park (Gold)
2nd place - Tickhill in Bloom (Gold)
3rd place - Thorne Road Day Services (Silver Gilt)

Silver Awards - Stainton in Bloom, Mexborough Day Centre, BBC Breathing Places Project at Adwick Road Allotments, The Plant Pots at Armthorpe School

Bronze Award - Stirling Day Centre

Category 5 - Best Environmental Garden

1st place -  Terry Cooke (Gold)
2nd place - Stewart and Margaret Smith (Gold)
3rd place - Dunsville Primary School (Silver Gilt)

Silver Gilt Awards - Susan Stevens, Mount Pleasant Hotel, Graham Darlow
 
Silver Awards - Louella Chesterman, Margaret Jepson, Barbara Northmore
 
Bronze Award - The Plant Pots at Armthorpe School

Category 6 - Young Persons sponsored by Doncaster Free Press

1st place - Hexthorpe Primary (Silver Gilt)
2nd place - Warmsworth Primary (Silver Gilt)
3rd place - Hayden & Ryan Brooks (Silver Gilt)

Silver Gilt Awards - Highwoods School Allotment Just Ask Project, Dunsville Primary School, Norton Junior School

Silver Awards - Mallard Garden Club, Highwoods Primary Gardening Club, Montagu Junior School Healthy Eating Project, Balby SNT, Woodfield Primary School, The Plant Pots at Armthorpe School

Best Overall Garden

Terry Cooke

Allotment of the Year

Allotment of the Year

Winner - Mr & Mrs Gill - Crimpsall Allotments Hexthorpe

Gold Awards - Mr & Mrs Gill - Crimpsall Allotments Hexthorpe, Mr Abbott - Broomhouse Lane Balby
 
Silver Gilt Awards - Mr Marshall - Broomhill Denaby, Mr Hobson - Mexborough, Mr Burgess - Sandall Beat Intake, Mr Stannard - Silver Jubilee Cantley, Mr Bickle - Wheatley Hills

Silver Awards - Mr Roberts - Balby UD1, Mr Plastow - The Park Woodlands

Neighbourhood Award

Neighbourhood Award

Gold Awards - 'Askern', 'Bentley', 'Mexborough', 'Intake and Wheatley'

Silver Gilt Awards - 'Thorne and Moorends', 'Conisbrough and Denaby', 'Edlington and Sprotbrough', ' Balby and Hexthorpe', 'Hyde Park and Belle Vue', 'Town Centre with Lakeside and Lower Wheatley'

Silver Awards - 'Dunscroft and Stainforth', 'Armthorpe, Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall', 'Rossington', 'Bessacarr and Cantley'

Bronze Awards - 'Adwick', 'Tickhill and Bawtry'

The winning Neighbourhood in the 2008 Neighbourhood Award is Mexborough

Last updated: 04 November 2008
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