The Bert England Memorial Trophy and Award
9/08/2016
During the last few years we have
lost a lot of well-known local faces.
The characters that made Stow district more than a community. We were a family,
knitted together by each other, our villages, towns, schools and shops. Most recently Stow on the Wold District Poppy
Appeal said farewell to Herbert ‘Bert’ England, our eldest volunteer, and
supporter, who died in June, aged 99.
Bert was a local celebrity, who
personified ‘service before self’, not only during the War where he served
working on experimental radar, but also in our community - he never missed a
year collecting for the Poppy Appeal and served as a committee member on lots
of local groups.
Bert loved his days spent in our
Poppy HQ, he especially enjoyed chatting to local faces and tourists, sat with
a cup of tea in one hand and a homemade cake in the other.
Bert was the reason why the Poppy
Appeal HQ was so important for his generation.
In the harsh winter he was warm, fed and was surrounded by people every
day for two weeks. Bert was an enormous
part of our appeal and Sarah, Poppy Appeal Organiser, decided she wanted Bert’s
memory to ‘Live On’ during every appeal.
Bert represented the generation
we are losing. Men and Women who sacrificed themselves to ensure we had today.
It was with this in mind that the
“Bert England Memorial Award” and “Bert England Memorial Trophy” is to be
launched on October 28th 2016, allowing Bert and his generation’s memory to
always ‘Live On’.
THE BERT ENGLAND
MEMORIAL TROPHY
The trophy will be awarded to a business in the town. Each year a different competition will be
launched and the shops and businesses will be invited to enter.
This year the town centre shops, pubs, cafés and ALL
businesses with a window are invited to enter the Stow on the Wold Poppy Appeal
Shop Window Competition 2016 by decorating windows inspired by the theme
‘’World War One”. To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Battle
of the Somme.
Any size windows are eligible and ‘WW1’ can be interpreted
in any sense. Be as creative as you can.
The idea is to promote the Poppy Appeal, together, during
our collection period.
Get creative, take part and join in!
Eligibility
Any business with a street-facing window of any size in the
town centre is eligible to enter. Only windows registered by 2nd
October will be included in the judging.
Register to enter the competition by completing this form:
Criteria
- The public will be invited to vote for their favourite window by liking the photo on our Facebook gallery or casting their vote at The Poppy HQ.
- There will also be social media exposure during the competition using hashtag #StowPoppyWindows
- Windows must be on show from 9am on 5th- 8th November to be eligible for The People’s Prize. Photography will be taken at 11am.
- Judging will start at 1pm on 5th November.
THE BERT ENGLAND
MEMORIAL AWARD
This crystal award will be
awarded to one of the schools in our district.
Each year a different competition will take place and the schools will
be invited to participate. The winner, judged by local people and an esteemed
panel will receive the crystal award for the entire year. It will then be given back to the Poppy
Appeal at the end of the summer, ready for the next competition.
This year’s Poppy Appeal
Competition is a poster competition. We would like as many entries as possible
and we would like the poster to be designed for us to display the total amount
Stow has raised at the end of this appeal.
The following rules apply:
- The following words should feature somewhere on the poster: together we raised ………………. in 2016.
- The poster must be on A4
size on white paper
- The name of the pupil,
age, teacher and school must be written on the back of the poster.
- Only one entry per pupil
All entries must be received before half term. No entries
will be returned; they will be used to decorate the Poppy HQ for years to come.
Judging
Each poster will be
categorised in age ranges.
4 – 5 years
6 – 8 years
9 – 11 years
Each poster will go through two judging stages.
Firstly, there will be an opportunity for the public to vote
their favourite in the Poppy HQ and on facebook. Whoever receives the most
votes will win 25 extra points for their school.
Secondly a judging panel will choose a winner in each age
category. This will add 25 points to the total for school.
The school with the most points combined will be the winner.
Entry
To participate in this competition all schools must submit
an application form. Entries must be received before 2nd October.
Questions
For all questions please contact Sarah sarah@stowonthewoldpoppyappeal.com
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