ST TUDY SCARECROW COMPETITION 

March 2005
 

‘They say the sun shines on the righteous, well it certainly shone on St Tudy on Good Friday and Easter Saturday when the Scarecrow Competition was in full swing, Easter Day not so good weather wise but the visitors kept coming. What a display, there were 32 entries spread over the village and everyone’s imagination certainly ran riot. Traditional style scarecrows stood side by side with witches, painters & decorators, cyclists, Tony Blair & George Bush, Michael Jackson, farmers, fishermen, ploughmen, and even a model of Rev. Margaret conducting a christening, to name but a few. Ray Shaddick had the unenviable task of choosing the winners and he was so impressed by the entries from the village children that he insisted on adding two more prizes – thank you Ray. He was accompanied around the village by Mrs Alice Goad who had the original idea for the competition, and Sue Dibble who helped to organise it. Being such a recognisable figure he was stopped many times by well wishers; then it was back for coffee & biscuits while he made his decisions. The winners were, 1st Val Smith with her ‘Financial Advisor’, 2nd Phil Tizzard with his model by the village pump and 3rd Gary & Sally Keat with their cyclist doing the ‘Tour de St Tudy’. Highly Commended were the Mann children with their Witch in a tree and the Harris children with Worzel and friends. Maps were provided so that visitors did not miss any of the entries and many of the scarecrows had donation boxes for the St Tudy Church Roof Repair Fund.