Awards celebrate the best in the village
THE first Twyford Together community awards were held last month at a special ceremony in Ruscombe restaurant Buratta’s.
The awards aim to celebrate individuals, groups and businesses who make a difference to life in the village. Residents could nominate their suggestions and a shortlist was prepared by a panel of independent judges.
Some categories were so hard to decide that the judges made joint awards.
Gordon Storey, chair of Twyford Together, said: “What a wonderful evening and celebration of our community.
“Massive thanks too to Westgate Electrical Services Limited for sponsoring the Community Awards, RG10 Magazine for sponsoring the evening and Sports-Alive Photography for the awards photographs.”
The winners
Business of the Year: Music Made Fearless,
Emma’s Kitchen (joint winners)
Twyford Parish Council Citizen of the Year:
Kathy Peck
Young Citizen of the Year: Kitty Holmes, William Hawkins, Cara Winterburn (joint winners)
Volunteer of the Year: Tilly Harris (1st
Twyford Scouts)
Community Group of the Year: Wings for
Single Parents Event of the Year: Twyford & District Round
Table Bonfire & Fireworks Night
Sports Person of the Year: Dean Cooper
(Twyford Comets)
Twyford in Bloom Award: Wendy and Ian
Stafford
Edwin Ackers Business Awards
Gordon added: “Congratulations to the winners of our annual Edwin Ackers Business Awards for Twyford Together members sponsored by Ackers Solicitors.”
Business of the Year: Treetop Landscapes and
Mulberry Plants (Nick Barnes)
Best New Member: Right At Home (Kevin
Lancaster)
New Business Award: Goodall-Smith Wealth
Management (Amy Goodall-Smith) Business Mentoring Award: Millgate Homes
(Paul Wills)
Community Award: Riverways Farm (Andrew
Cardy)
Twyford Comets Award: Ruscombe Designs
& Buildings
Charity Support Award: Rose Dalton (Cancer
Research UK)
Business Support Award: Studio Stanley
(Mark Wojcicki)
Environment Award: Gerry & Chris Wise
(Adopt-A-Street)
Health & Wellbeing Award: Home Instead
Senior Care (Paul & Melissa Johnson) Tradesmen Together Award: S Green
Plumbing & Heating (Stephen Green)
Best Individual Performance: Brian Roach Gordon’s Award: Benedict Charles Financial
Planning (Rob Yeadon)