Countynews AND THE WINNERS ARE...
Waste Company in Abergavenny for Best Diversity in Farming, Spectrum Internet for Innovation in Business, the Abergavenny Food Festival for Excellence in Environmental &
Sustainability, Chepstow Walkers are Welcome for Best Social Enterprise, and the Marriott St. Pierre Hotel for Training and
Mum wins photo competition with legendary shot
M
onmouthshire mum Deborah Hitchins, of
Undy, has been named as the winner of the Cadw Legendary Summer photo competition. The competition,
designed to encourage visitors to capture their most memorable summer moments at Cadw sites across Wales, asked entrants to share snaps of themselves completing one of the ‘30 fun things to do’ from Cadw’s Legendary Summer checklist. With 124 ‘likes’ on
Facebook, Ms Hitchins, a warehouse worker, beat stiff competition to win the prize of a Nikon D3200 Digital SLR Camera, as well as a Cadw three-day Family Explorer Pass. Deborah’s entry shows
her family creating their own magical tale using
the stepping stones at Ogmore Castle in Vale of Glamorgan. The mum of four said:
“Armed with our Cadw summer checklist my family and I ticked off activity number 19 and invented a magical story at Ogmore Castle. We used our imaginations and the Ogmore stepping stones became rocks across a treacherous sea, which made the perfect spot for a picture. “I was really pleased
to be told I’d won the photo competition. We’ll be out and about visiting more Cadw sites now that we’ve won an Explorer Pass, so I’ll be sure to make use of my new camera!” The winning photo,
as well as a selection of other entries, can be viewed on Cadw’s Facebook page.
Hopes for second Atlantis series
The TV production company behind the BBC primetime series Atlantis, which is fi lmed in Chepstow, now hope a second series will be commissioned. The fantasy drama, made for
BBC Cymru Wales by Urban Myth Films Ltd, was broadcast this autumn but fi lming began in an empty warehouse in Chepstow in April. The 13-part series, featuring
actors including Jack Donelly, Robert Emms and Mark Addy and Sarah
Parish, takes viewers on a journey through the vast store of Greek myths and legends, a treasure trove of extraordinary tales re-imagined for a new generation. It is fi lmed in part of the
former Tesco coldstore building at Newhouse Farm Industrial Estate. It was converted into a large studio with two green stages where interior and exterior sequences are fi lmed and then enhanced by CGI. It is also fi lmed on location in Morocco.
The county’s ‘brightest and best’ companies have been celebrated at the 2013 Monmouthshire Business Awards. Almost 200 guests, including
Economy, Science and Transport Minister Edwina Hart, Monmouth MP David Davies, Monmouth AM Nick Ramsay, and representatives of Monmouthshire County Council, attended the black-tie event at the Marriot St Pierre Hotel & Country Club, Chepstow. Sophies Creative Bows, the Rogiet-
based event decoration fi rm, walked away with the Most Promising Business Start Up award while Sophie Laurie, founder of Monmouth-based dog grooming company Shampooch, received the Young Entrepreneur award. The Best Food Tourism Business
award went to Welsh wines producer Parva Farm Vineyard in Chepstow, while Abergavenny-based Chantlers Teas picked up the Excellence in Retailing award. Other winners included the Green
Excellence in People Development. Transportation fi rm Hicks Logistics,
based in Caldicot, scooped two awards — Excellence in Marketing and Company Demonstrating Sustained Growth — while the Company of the Year title went to Chepstow-based Reid Lifting, a market leader in the design and manufacture of lifting equipment. The Judges Choice award
— presented to one of the shortlisted fi nalists deemed to be the best entrant overall — went to Wynndel Property Management, which two luxury residential developments: Severn Quay and Naturally Woodlands. The sponsors of this year’s
Monmouthshire Business Awards were Monmouthshire County Council; Palamedes PR; Northern Automotive Systems; Finance Wales; University of South Wales, Newport; CEDS; Adventa; Monmouthshire Housing; Severn Quay; Spectrum Internet; Mabey Bridge; Monmouthshire Enterprise; Parker & Co.
Art event is huge success
The third annual Art at Penallt event was held this autumn at Capel Pentwyn in the village putting a stamp on its reputation as a venue for both established and up and coming artists is growing. It was a hugely successful
event this year, particularly on the Sunday when the weather favoured it and also with the added attraction of several artists giving demonstrations in Babington Meadow of everything from chainsaw art and willow weaving to pottery and printmaking. More than 100 people attended the meet the
artists reception on the Saturday evening and an estimated 500 people attended over the weekend. Sales were also buoyant, which is good news
for the two charities that will benefit: Monmouth’s Citizen Advice Bureau and the village’s own Babington Meadow Recreation Ground Trust. A film was also made of the highlights of the
weekend by a new Bristol based film team recently graduated from Newport’s film school. Plans are already in place for next year.
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Left to right: Artist, Mick Arnold, world famous potter, Walter Keeler,
Assistant Curator, Dawn Taber, Owner
of Capel Pentwyn, the exhibition venue, Ros
Robertson and the Art in Penallt organising
group: Amanda Jack, Jill Bourchier, Cathy Farber, Stephanie Coutts, Alastair Robertson
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