2010 Competition Winners
Best Kept Garden
Winner: Joan Reid, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: John O’Neill, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: Chris Hamil, Whitehead.
Runner-Up: Bill Johnston, Carrickfergus.
Best Kept Container Garden
Winner: Annette Keith, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: Christopher Betts, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: Robert Welch, Eden.
Runner-Up: Ruth Hickey, Carrickfergus.
Best Kept Community Planting Scheme
Winner: Brooklands Drive Residents Association, Whitehead.
Runner-Up: Charles Sheils Charity, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: Greenisland Environmental and Heritage Group, Greenisland.
Runner-Up: Carrickfergus Town Centre Display (Carrickfergus Chamber of Commerce)
Best Kept Allotment (sponsored by Sunnybank Nursery and Garden Centre)
Winner: Godfrey Robinson, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: William Robinson, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: Maggi Watson, Greenisland.
Best Scarecrow Competition (sponsored by Sunnybank Nursery and Garden Centre)
Winner: Holly and Becky Disley, Carrickfergus.
Allotment Class at Carrickfergus Annual Flower Show
1st: Godfrey Robinson, Carrickfergus.
2nd: Clive Kavanagh, Carrickfergus.
3rd: Anna Cumings, Carrickfergus.
Best Kept Commercial Premises
Winner: The Gallery, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: McMasters Butchers, Whitehead.
Runner-Up: Glam Hair and Beauty Salon, Whitehead.
Runner-Up: Northern Bank Limited, Carrickfergus.
Best Kept Pub or Hotel
Winner: Coffee and Cream, Whitehead.
Runner-Up: Brewers Fayre, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: Hillcrest, Carrickfergus.
Tallest Sunflower Competition
Winner: Naomi Kinnon, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: Sarah, Scott & Thomas Alexander, Carrickfergus.
Runner-Up: Rebecca Boyd, Carrickfergus.
Children’s Painting Competition 15 and under
Winner: Laura Murdy, Carrickfergus (view painting)
Runner-Up: Lauren Finlay, Carrickfergus (view painting)
Runner-Up: Jamie Blakely, Carrickfergus (view painting)
Children’s Painting Competition 10 and under
Winner: Grainne White, Carrickfergus (view painting)
Runner-Up: Nicole Alderdice, Carrickfergus (view painting)
Runner-Up: Shannon Vermanen, Carrickfergus (view painting)
Children’s Poetry Competition
Winner: Nathan Toland, Carrickfergus (read poem)
Runner-Up: Kirsty Wilson, Carrickfergus (read poem)
Runner-Up: Emily Turner, Carrickfergus (read poem)
Link to Virtual Flower Show Winners
The Carrickfergus in Bloom Community Competitions with a prize fund of up to £1200 are organised by Carrickfergus Borough Council. Everyone who lives or works in the Borough has the chance to think about their local environment and how attractive flowers, plants and gardens can enhance it.By actively supporting this competition you will not only make your garden or business more attractive but also assist Carrickfergus’s entry to the Translink Ulster in Bloom Competition and the Britain in Bloom Competition.
Judging Criteria for General Categories
1) Design and general effect
2) Plant variety and diversity
3) Cleanliness and neatness (presentation)
4) Quality of plant growth and produce (husbandry)
5) Special features (e.g. wildlife area, pool etc)
6) Plants in bloom
Main Carrickfergus in Bloom Competition rules apply (see details).
