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Glittering prizes Petersfield Rugby Club were the big winners when the 2010 Life in Petersfield Business and Community Awards
Personality of the Yeat Stuart Barden with his certificate and Nick Keith (Life Magazines), sponsor Neil Casson (Energy Footprint) and Gareth Gammon (Life Magazines)
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nother sell-out, all-ticket audience gathered at Petersfield Festival Hall on 16 April for the third Life in Petersfield Business and Community Awards. The rugby club’s glittering night started when the Sports Award went to Fiona Pocock, the England women’s international rugby player, who learned the game at Petersfield RFC . She paid tribute to Nick Todd who was highly commended in the same category. The field gun run for charity last year by the rugby club mixed age team won in the Event of the Year category. This was selected by the audience who voted on the night from a short list of three. Finally, rugby stalwart Stuart Barden, a
leading light in junior rugby in the town, was chosen by the panel of independent judges as winner of the blue riband event, the Personality of the Year. There were 15 different award categories, each individually sponsored, while Kebbell Homes, who were represented on the evening by Nick Kebbell, were the overall sponsors. One of the biggest cheers of the night was for Petersfield Primary School teacher Charlotte Stephenson who was the Teacher of the Year. And there was a warm reception for adventurer Tom Heal, from Nyewood, who has recently broken the world record for the youngest person to row an ocean together with his schoolfriend Will Smith.
Photographs by Michel Focard
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The audience were treated to a video interview with Ben Southall, who gained a worldwide reputation when he won “The Best Job in the World” last year for Queensland Tourist Authority as catertaker
of Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef. He recounted some the highlights of his adventures and his plans for the coming year – he is now global ambassador for Queensland. He had kept an eye on the town through the
L to R: John Blair, Jill Martin, Paul Martin and Mandy Blair
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Petersfield web cam and said that he missed the fun of the snow. See the full interview online at: www.lifeintpetersfield.co.uk The four excellent entertainments were provided by the Petersfield Academy of
Gareth with David Parkinson, Leader of East Hampshire District Council
The Picketts & Pursers team
Robert Luckhurst, David Weeks and friends
Maureen Frost (Hampshire Chamber) and Chris Fairlie
Dance, who took part in the UK national dance finals at Sadler’s Wells, London, in 2009; Petersfield composer and ace guitarist Charlie Millar; the Petersfield Youth Theatre; and the Choir Company.
Claire and Marcus Cover
Mary Lewis (Sustainability Centre) with Nick and Gareth
Paul Hawes (2nd left) and friends
Nigel Atkinson (centre), the Vice Lord Lieutenant and his wife Christine L to R: Vaughan Clarke, Jill Clarke and Alice Cairns
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Kebbell Homes would like to congratulate all the winners and also give thanks to Life in Petersfield for the opportunity to sponsor this enjoyable and well organised event.
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Roll of honour Business of the Year (sponsored by Jacobs & Hunt) Winner: Meon Valley Travel. Highly Commended: Review; Syn-Star Retailer of the Year (Syn-Star) Winner: Coates Hair Dressers. Highly Commended: One Tree Books; Meon Valley Travel Green Initiative Award (Daltons Solicitors) Winner: Paul Ciniglio (for the Sunpower CO2ttage). Highly Commended: Sustainability Centre, Terena Plowright Pub/ restaurant / cafÊ of the Year (Richard Arnold Opticians) Winner: The Square Brewery. High Commended: Folly Tree Tea Room; Monoloco Not for Profit / Charity of the Year Award (Rowlands) Winner: Char’s Fund. Highly Commended: Campaign For Rural England (East Hampshire);
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National Childbirth Trust (Petersfield and Liss Branch) Event of the Year (Alitex) Winner: Petersfield RFC Field Gun Run. Highly Commended:Railway 150; Petersfield FC Junior 6-asides Best Village / Town Initiative (Swan Street Surgery) Winner: Downland Buriton Farm. Highly commended: Paul Ciniglio; Petersfield Heritage Professional Community Support (Reeves Removals) Winner: Caroline Millar. Highly Commended: Robert Luckhurst; Paul Martin Teacher of the Year (Biscoes Solictors) Winner: Charlotte Stephenson. Highly Commended: Michael Newman; Peter Sutton Arts and Entertainment Award (Petersfield Photographic) Winner: Petersfield Youth Theatre. Highly Commended: Petersfield
Comedy Club; Petersfield Musical Festival Volunteer of the year Award (Review) Winner: Melanie Robinson. Highly Commended: Stuart Barden; Stuart Luckhurst Sports Award (Picketts and Pursers) Winner: Fiona Pocock. Highly Commended: Petersfield RFC Colts; Nick Todd Best New Business Award (Hampshire Chamber of Commerce) Winner: General Wine Company. Highly Commended: Peter Hoole, The Name Young Achiever of the Year Award (Rhona Russell) Winner: Tom Heal. Highly Commended: Will Essai and Jake Topp; Tim Braithwaite Petersfield Personality of the Year (Energy Footprint) Winner: Stuart Barden. Highly Commended: Paul Ciniglio, Paul Martin.
Sponsor Nick Kebbell with Gareth and Nick
James Beagrie and his partner Karen with sponsor James Dodds (of Jacobs & Hunt)
Sponsor Lee Roberts from Syn-Star with Linda Coates and colleagues
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Teacher of the Year, Charlotte Stephenson with Marcus Cover
Jane Ribeiro and Janet Ace from PYT
Peter Dew and Stuart Yates (Square Brewery) with sponsor Richard Arnold (second left) Marsha Vincent (Rowlands) with Char’s Team, Liz and Alan Jones
Petersfield Round Table
Paul Ciniglio with sponsor Sarah Jordan (Daltons) Petersfield Academy of Dance
Petersfield RFC field gun runners with Nelly Hall (Alitex)
Giles Cleverly (second left) with the Syn-Star team
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All the 2010 Award winners
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Acknowledgements Many thanks to Cat Jarman, the event manager; Jules Jones and Front of House, for production and backstage management; Martin Shepherdly of Web Epics for filming the event (see the website); Petersfield Round Table for running the bar; Hampshire Wine Shippers for providing the drink; Michel Focard, the
event photography; Hilliers for the plant displays; Petersfield Laundry for supplying the table linen; Kim Hancox for preparing the food; Petaprint for all promotional material; and all the sponsors. Buy a photo If you want a photo of the 2010 Awards published in this issue, or you want to see our gallery of other unpublished Awards
pictures, please contact Aimee Plant, 01730 235669. Aimee.plant@lifemags.co.uk See the film of the 2010 Life in Petersfield Business and Community Awards at: www.lifeintpetersfield.co.uk Thank you, 1 For all the kind letters and emails from an appreciative audience
Thank you, 2 A big 'thank you' to you and all your colleagues from all on the Buriton table for organising such a professional evening on Friday. The event just shows how much talent and dedication there is in the area - a real community ...We all enjoyed ourselves tremendously and winning an award was the icing on the cake ... Doug Jones, from the Downland Buriton Farm
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