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WOLVEY AWARDS
Best Village Competitions
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Wolvey Award Certificates
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Each year Wolvey enters
the Warwickshire's Community Awards (formerly Best Village) and Rugby in Bloom Competitions.
Track our progress and successes here.
Wolvey Awards 2011
Warwickshire's Community Awards 2011
The competition is open to any group or organisation in a village with no more than 5,000
residents and there are hundreds of pounds to be won. There are six
categories:
This year Wolvey was
judged to be Warwickshire's Best Village overall for 2011
winning a large cup,
£300 in prize money and the Statue
of Warwickshire's Bear and Staff which is sited in Wolvey Square for the
coming year.
Wolvey was also
awarded Gold in the for
Communication Category, and Gold in the Sustainable Environment Category.
Click here for details
Rugby in Bloom Awards 2011
Rugby in Bloom is celebrating its 22nd year
in 2011. This hugely
successful campaign is run by Rugby Borough Council with the
co-operation of many local organisations.
Entries for this competition can be made by groups, businesses or
individuals in a number of different categories.
In this year's
Rugby in Bloom competition, Wolvey Old Cricket Field Wetland Reserve were awarded a GOLD
in the Environmental Category and Wolvey Square were awarded a
SILVER GILT
in the Community Category.
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Wolvey Awards 2010
Warwickshire Best Village of the Year Competition
In 2008,
the Warwickshire Rural Community Council introduced a brand new competition
to enable individual groups within rural communities to each make their own
separate entry to celebrate their achievements. It is no longer intended
simply for parish councils to enter. 2010 is the third year that the
competition has been run.
In 2010,
Wolvey won GOLD in the Community Projects category, a
SILVER Award in the Environment Section and achieved a
credible THIRD overall in the Warwickshire Best Village
Competition.
Click here for detailsRugby in Bloom Awards
Entries for this competition can be made by groups, businesses or
individuals in a number of different categories.
In
this year's
Rugby in Bloom competition Wolvey were awarded a GOLD
in the Community section for Wolvey Square and a GOLD
in the Environment Section. Wolvey were also crowned OVERALL WINNER
of the Environment Section and received an engraved Shield to keep and
Display for the coming year.
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here for details
Wolvey Awards 2009
Warwickshire Best Village of the Year Competition
In 2009,
Wolvey was awarded first prize in the entry in the Environmental Projects
section and received £150 prize money. The judges praised the boardwalk
project and all the efforts of the volunteers of the environment group.
Wolvey was also placed third in the
Best
Kept Village
category.
Click here for detailsRugby in Bloom Awards
Entries for this competition can be made by groups, businesses or
individuals in a number of different categories.
In 2009
Wolvey entered two categories and was successful in each. In
the Environment category, the environment group were awarded a GOLD for the
Wetland reserve. In the Communities section the parish council were
awarded a SILVER for the Square.
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here for details
Calor Village of the Year Competition
The Calor
Village
of the Year Competition was started in 1997. There are three rounds of the
competition- at county, regional and national level. The WRCC has been
organising the county level of the competition since its inception. All
villages with a population of 5,000 or less can enter.
For the 2009 competition in Warwickshire, Wolvey was awarded first prize for
Business in the community and received prize money of £100.
Judges comments were: “The judges were impressed with this entry, but felt
the sustainability of the community itself needed to be considered as well
as the natural environment”
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Wolvey Awards 2008
Warwickshire Best Village of the Year Competition
Wolvey were judged to be Warwickshire's Best Village for
Communication, and Warwickshire's Best Village for the Environment 2008 in
the Warwickshire's Best Village of the Year Competition, and came second
overall,
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Rugby in Bloom Awards
In 2008
'The Square' in Wolvey won a Gold award and Wolvey Environmental Group won a
2nd Prize for 'The Old Cricket
Field Wetland Reserve.
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here for details
Calor Village of the Year Competition
This year Wolvey was the overall Winner
of the Warwickshire Calor Village of the Year Competition.
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