There were many fabulous windows around town for everyone to enjoy.

The Prize Sponsors

Many thanks to our supportive sponsors this year:

• White Hart Hotel
• The Dolls House Hampshire
• Whitchurch Eco Shop
• Whitchurch Barber Shop
• Whitchurch Festival

The Winners

The members of Whitchurch Arts viewed all the entrants’ windows and had a wonderful experience seeing all the creativity on display in Whitchurch.  Each member chose their top three windows and the results were collated by the chairman.

The 1st place winner is…

‘Painted Santa’ by the Miller Family of Evingar Road.

Their entire front window was painted with a very festive scene. You will see more examples of their window painting around town if you visit the Charity Shop being run by the Scouts, and the loos on the Meadow.  Very creative work indeed!

'Painted Santa'

The 2nd place winner is…

‘Plush Nativity’ by the Stead Family of Newbury Street.

Their big bay window was filled with stuffed animals all coming to visit a baby in a manager.

'Plush Nativity'

The 3rd place winner is…

‘Santa in the Jungle’ by the Lloyd Family of Dances Lane.

They were also the winner of our world-wide online poll – double congratulations!

Their window was transformed into a wild scene of animals and trees.  Lights outside and inside completed the creative endeavor.

'Santa in the Jungle'

The Runners Up were:

• ‘Shining Trees’ by the Whitmarsh Family of Oakland Road
• ‘Nativity’ by the Jackman Family of Bere Hill
• ‘Winter Wonderland’ by the Ramsell Family of Newbury Street
• ‘Driftwood Santa’ by the Reeves-Hall Family of Lynch Hill Park
• ‘Autumn in Winter’ and ‘Tristmas Tree’ by the Cooper Chapman Family of Bere Hill
• ‘Star of the Meadow’ by the Burgess Family of The Weir
• ‘Glowing Tree’ by the Goodall Family of Newbury Street

Congratulations to all of our winners of 2009!

Prize Giving Ceremony

Let’s make the town bright, colourful and full of creativity and excitement this Christmas!

Update! See the windows entered in this year’s competition HERE.

Last year, many local residents decorated their windows with creative scenes for the festive season and Whitchurch Arts is proud to be sponsoring this popular family contest again this year. All Whitchurch residents are encouraged to participate and to have a chance at winning some fabulous prizes.

The idea is simply to decorate one of your windows that is visible from the street with a creative display for the Christmas season. Entry forms are available from Saturday December 5 at the White Hart Hotel, and online HERE.

Return the completed form to the competition’s drop box at the White Hart Hotel – or by filling in the online form HERE.

Entry deadline is 3pm on Sunday December 13.

Judging by members of Whitchurch Arts will take place between Sunday December 13 and Friday December 18.

If you include £1 with your entry (in the drop box) then Father Christmas will pop around to look at your window and leave a message for any children on the evening of Sunday December 20 between 6 and 7 pm.

You can see last year’s decorated windows, including the winning ‘Santa in space’ by the Lloyd family here: Last Year’s Winners.

All the entrants to the Whitchurch Arts Creative Pumpkins and Guys Competition were stunning. The members of Whitchurch Arts had a tough task to pick the grand prize winners.

Whitchurch Arts along with local businesses and the Whitchurch Festival donated a load of fabulous prizes – there were enough for everyone to delight in.  A special thank you goes out to Julie at the White Hart for her creative shopping talent.

The prizes were given out at the start of the fireworks evening on the Meadow – photos are on the Whitchurch Festival and Whitchurch Meadow websites, and more photos are one theWhitchurchWeb.

Now, without further ado…the winners….

Pumpkin Winners

The grand prize for the most creative pumpkins went to Tina Hills and her family – they grew some of their pumpkins themselves, too!  The family won a Sunday dinner for four with wine at the White Hart Hotel.	Witch and Death - The Grand Prize Winners!
Second prize went to Lorraine Darling for her meticulously carved pumpkin depicting the star of the movie ‘Twilight’.	Twilight Pumpkin - 2nd Place
Third prize went to Abigail Davis and her family who created a pumpkin with wavy teeth.	Wavy Teeth - 3rd Place
Honourable mention went to the children who are minded by Kathy Hardy on Winchester St – they had a garden full of wonderful pumpkins.  A great pumpkin patch!	Minder Minder - Honourable Mention for their Patch of Pumpkins

Guy Winners

Conductor Guy Five and His Pumpkin Train - Grand Prize for Guy

The grand prize for the most creative Guy went to Rising Fives – the children at the nursery spent considerable time and creative talent to make a conductor Guy for their train, which had two pumpkin passengers.  Their prize is a dinner for two at the Blue Ginger, and a few fun toys for everyone to play with.  The crowd at the Meadow let out a large cheer when their Guy was tossed onto the gigantic bonfire – it was consumed in seconds!

The Rising Fives Guy is tossed onto the bonfire by Kathy and Nicki

The runner-up went to Beth Price and her family.  Beth opted to take her Guy home with her!

Carnival Queen with winning drawing for "Exceptional Artistic Merit" by Leena Cook

Whitchurch Arts has selected the winners of the Easter drawing competition at the White Hart today.  There were many colourful entries to choose amongst!

A special Whitchurch Arts award was given to a drawing chosen by the Carnival Queen for its exceptional artistic merit.  The winner of this prize was Leena Cook, age 7.

Congratulations to all the winners!  The drawings will be on display in the White Hart all this week – pop in to see them.

Winners for age group 0 to 4:

1st Place, Scarlett, age 4

2nd Place, Carla Savory, age 4

3rd Place, Bradley, age 2

Winners for age group 5 to 8:

1st Place, Kirsten Newton, age 7

2nd Place, Leena Cook, age 7

3rd Place (tie), Matthew, age 6

3rd Place (tie), Sam Sliuinski, age 8

Winners for age group 9 to 12:

1st Place, Ella Rattive

2nd Place, Todd Rattive

3rd Place, Lucy May Williams, age 9