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It's our Silver Jubilee!
Special Awards Programme for 2010
The task of judging a record entry for Scotland's premier woodland awards programme is now complete and fourteen awards and commendations have been presented by Environment Minister, Roseanna Cunningham. A record number of entrants for our special Silver Jubilee awards programme means that this year's contests were the most exciting yet!
As always our judges have sought out Scotland's finest woods and woodland projects and rewarded the pursuit of excellence!
Results:
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Winner of the Silver Jubilee Prize and John Kennedy Trophy for multi-purpose woodlands: Glenmore Forest Park, Aviemore, Inverness-shire managed by Forestry Commission Scotland
Winner of the Community Woodland Award and Tim Stead Trophy: Forres Community Woodlands Trust for Sanquhar Woodlands, Moray
Winner of the Hunter Blair Trophy for Silvicultural Excellence: Dr James Bryce's Newbyth Oak Wood, East Lothian
Winner of the Dulverton Flagon for innovation and diversity: The Crown Estate for Glenlivet Forest, Banffshire
The three award categories for 2010 are:
- Schools Award >>
Schools and pre-school projects competed for the popular Schools Award.
- Community Woodlands Award >>
Community and urban projects competed for the Community Woodlands Award and the Tim Stead Trophy.
- Silver Jubilee Prize >>
Our judges' task for this special prize has been to identify 'the champion of champions' from entrants who won the Hunter Blair Trophy for silviculture or the John Kennedy Trophy for multi-purpose woodlands over the last 25 years.
Judging is complete and now it is time to reward excellence. Our judges have picked out fourteen of Scotland's finest woodland projects which were recognised and rewarded at our annual Awards Ceremony at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh on Friday, June 25th. Environment Minister, Roseanna Cunningham MSP, presented the Awards.
Awards hit gold
- Environment Minister, Roseanna Cunningham, presented awards to fourteen of Scotland's finest woods and woodland projects at the Royal Highland Show today (Friday 25 June).
SFW's Peter Wilson said: "The quality of what is happening out there has simply bowled us over! The quality was so high that the judges made fourteen awards and commendations in total - basically we struck gold this year!"
Be part of it...!
- Donate £100 or more and become a Supporter of our Silver Jubilee Awards programme.
