The winners of the HATS! competition on December 3rd 2011 were:
They all received a £25 John Lewis voucher as a personal prize - Congratulations!
Environmental activities were supported by social prizes to Rowan Humberstone, the Romsey Mill Trust, Bewick Bridge Community School, St Luke's Primary School, and St Matthew's Primary School.
There were also several highly commended runners-up:
Many traders put up a good show as well although there were rather too many who made do with a red and white Christmas bobble hat. More effort next year chaps!
Commended for showing more imagination and flare were:
Commended for wearing colourful and interesting ethnic headgear were:
Well done all of you. It all helps to give the Fair its zing!
Thanks too to everyone who took part in HATS! and if you didn't win or get commended this year, there's always December 1st 2012 to look forward to.
What is HATS! ?
It's a set of completely free activities that take place during the Mill Road Winter Fair every year.
A milliner and a merry band of helpers will be in the community room of Romsey Mill to help you create hats from recycled materials from 11.00 to 15.00. All ages are welcome to try their hand but children need to be accompanied by a family member. Drop in and learn how easy it is to knock up a knock-out hat on the spot.
The competition also takes place between 11.00 and 15.00 at Romsey Mill. Photographers will snap you and your headgear and winners will be judged from the photographs on Sunday 4 December. You will be contacted directly if you are a winner, and winners will also be announced on this website. There will be prizes in the following age categories: preschool; primary; secondary; adult. All hats, those created in advance or those assembled at Romsey Mill, may enter the competition but preference will be given to hats made from recycled materials.
All hat-wearers are invited to join the fashion parade which will assemble at the Helmore Building of Anglia Ruskin University on East Road at 12.30 ready to parade along Mill Road at 13.00. You are also welcome to fall in behind the Arco Iris samba band which will leave Coleridge Road at 15.30 and proceed along the Romsey side of Mill Road to play at the car park of ASHCOOP at the bottom of Mill Road bridge. Don't be shy. If you have a hat, flaunt it.
Roving photographers will be snapping their way along Mill Road to record the inspired creations of the best-hatted shop or stall keepers.
In 2009. Soon you will be able to see the 2009 and 2010 competition winners.
Abigail Crampton. You can find out more about Abigail at www.abigailcramptonmillinery.co.uk or contact her on 01223 245073
Previously, HATS! were sponsored by Donarbon, John Lewis and Cambridge Sustainable City.
Who the 2011 sponsors will be remains to be seen.
Eryl Griffiths contactable on eryl.griffiths@hotmail.com
If you'd like to get involved in organising HATS! don't hesitate to get in touch.
Abigail Crampton, Milliner
Jamie Ashman, Fashion Writer
Rosemary Wilson, HATS! best friend
Jon Coe, Max George, Sarah Hollis, Jakub Kohout, Robert Matthews, Rainer Ulrich, Terry Wilson and Emma-Louise Wyn-Jones
Elitian Printers on the corner of Mill Road and Devonshire Road kindly print out all the HATS! photographs at top speed so they are ready for the judges on Sunday morning. A huge thank you to Elitian for this - we couldn't do without you.
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