We were presented with a Gold Award in the Portman Cup along with the Barry Cruse trophy for the Best Web Site in the South West in Bloom Competition. We were thrilled to win this award for the first time in our history. The South West in Bloom area stretches from Bristol/Bath all the way down to Penzance and over 60 groups enter the competition each year.
Our web site is maintained and kept up to date by Bloom Team member Linda Dennis who takes most of the photos, collates the information and writes the articles. Without the hard work of all the Babbacombe Bay Bloom volunteers there would be no photos or articles to write. It is truly a team effort.
Gary Vine, Director of Aspire Direct Marketing Ltd developed and designed the web site for us and continues to manage it, adding our updated information into the web system. We are very grateful for his help. The web site is informative, colourful and has a good mix of our group activities and news items.
The judges were impressed with our efforts and had an enjoyable visit to the area, commenting that ‘the Precinct is a very inviting place to visit, shop and dine’ and that we were an ‘attractive and inviting area’. They also said the Model Village was outstanding and they were impressed with the work of SWISCo.
We enjoyed the day at Weston Super Mare, it was interesting to hear about the hard work and projects created by other Bloom Groups, giving us fresh inspiration. Torbay as a whole had a very successful day at the ceremony, and we congratulate Brixham, Paignton & Torquay for their awards, their magnificent floral displays and community involvement. Well done all of Torbay.
