Date: 11th September 2015
The 2015 competition winners were:
Overall Winner
1st: Gone Fishing… Scroggwood House
2nd: The Rambler… Shielholme, Henshaw
3rd: Gordon the Gardener… Tynebrae, Henshaw
Most Creative Scarecrow
1st: Gone Fishing… Scroggwood House
2nd: The Rambler… Shielholme, Henshaw
3rd: Halt – Who Goes There?… Middlecroft, Henshaw
Most Humorous
1st: Carry on Camping… Cragside
2nd: Three-way tie between: Lowflying Witchcraft (Maxine, Towhouse); Popeye (Terri-Lou, Holly Cottage); and Waiting for Sunday (Doreen, Towhouse)
Best Business Scarecrow
1st: Arkwright… The Village Store
2nd: The Mad Potter… Errington Reay Pottery
3rd: Two Grumpy Old Men… The Bowes Hotel
Special Award
“You’re having a laugh”… Scared Crow (Michael Smith, 1 Wilson’s Cottages, Henshaw)
