The Clumber Park Hotel and Spa has just announced the winners of
a competition they launched back in October.
The Falling Leaves competition saw children from the region
submitting their artistic interpretations of a leaf in the hope of
winning a very special prize indeed - their artwork being exhibited
at the hotel's Normanton Inn restaurant.
Split into four different categories (under 4's, 4-6, 7-8 and
9-11) and judged by critically acclaimed local artist Neil Rands,
aka Rama Ramski from Belton, the hotel was so inundated with
entries that they had to extend the deadline for submissions.
The winners have been confirmed as follows:
Under 4s: Logan Steeple, age 3 from Woodsetts near Worksop,
Nottinghamshire.
Ages 4 - 6: Riley Nadin, age 4 from Worksop,
Nottinghamshire.
Ages 7 - 8: Ellie Wilson, age 7 from Edwinstowe near Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire.
Ages 9 - 11: George Carley, age 10 from Retford,
Nottinghamshire.
Thanks to their brightly coloured depictions of autumnal
coloured leaves in different materials, all four winners can now
not only see their artwork displayed at the hotel throughout
National Tree Week (26th November - 4th December), but can also
enjoy a complimentary meal for them and their family at the hotel's
Normanton Inn.
"When the competition launched back in October, we had no idea
we'd get the huge response we did - we even had to extend the
deadline!" explains Edward Mobbs, the hotel's Sales and Marketing
Manager.
"The whole idea behind it was to celebrate the stunningly
beautiful scenery we have here in Nottinghamshire, and as the
hotel's emblem is an Oak leaf and we're right on the doorstep of
Sherwood Forest, the Falling Leaves competition seemed like the
perfect way to do it," he says.
Every year since 1975 National Tree Week, the UK's largest
annual tree celebration launching the start of the winter tree
planting season, has encouraged people to celebrate the beautiful
trees surrounding us and not to take them for granted. Something
the Clumber Park Hotel and Spa and Neil Rands are very keen to
support.
"The artistic standard of the entries for the competition has
been absolutely incredible and I certainly didn't anticipate the
sheer amount we'd receive either," says Neil.
"I strongly believe it's essential that we encourage creative
flair in children and also teach them the importance of nature and
the environment, and with the Falling Leaves competition managing
to achieve both, I'm delighted I could've been part of it."