Awards
Life Awards Winners
Petersfield Presents Petersfield hosts Life in Petersfield’s fifth annual Life in Petersfield Business and Community Awards
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he people of Petersfield gathered to celebrate the best of Petersfield with the fifth Life in Petersfield Business and Community Awards on Friday 30 March at the Festival Hall. Top winners included Colin Smith, the Personality of the Year; Charlie Day, the Young Achiever of the Year; and the Petersfield Food Festival, the Event of the Year, which was decided on the night by public vote. The exciting event, sponsored by East Hampshire District Council, featured fantastic performances from Petersfield Academy of Dance; the Petersfield School; Churchers Jazz Band; and Petersfield Youth Theatre. Each of the winners and highly commended in 15 categories were greeted by a cheering sell-out crowd and a fun evening was had by all. Host Karen Sheppard, Regional
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Managing Director of Tindle News, wished congratulations to the winners, to those who were highly commended, and to all those who entered. Karen went on to thank the many people and business organisations who contributed to the occasion. After the evening Karen said, “I am very proud to have been a part of the Petersfield Community and Business Awards for the first time this year as Tindle. Thanks to all our supporters and sponsors we had a very successful awards evening. I was most particularly impressed with the quality of the entries and must say the successful nominations were all very worthy winners. The LiP team are already putting plans into place for an even bigger and better event for 2013 so I look forward to seeing you all again next year.”
Life Awards guests getting seated
Cllr Glynis Watts and Professional Community Support in Petersfield Award winner Vaughan Clarke Life in Petersfield
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