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Buy a Fair Trade treat for your home with our Star Prize: a £30 voucher from Myakka. Their stunning range of Fair Trade furniture, colourful home accessories and inspiring gifts will transform your home. Visit Myakka's warehouse to be inspired! (Voucher must be spent in the shop - not accepted for online or telephone orders.)
Racing enthusiasts? We have two tickets from Wincanton Racecourse. Check out their programme of events over Christmas.
For the health-conscious we have a voucher for a specialist OCT eye scan by Sarah Gibson Optometrist, worth £35.00. The OCT machine is the Ferrari of eye-scanning equipment and can detect most serious eye conditions in the early stages. See Sarah's article for more information. Not only that, Sarah is giving a discount voucher worth £35.00 when you purchase a pair of spectacles or sunglasses from her. See Sarah's other services on her web site.
Boxhouse Publishing is back with another prize from their gorgeous range of stationery and organisers. This time we have a lovely card-making kit and stationery kit for hours of creative fun for children.
What on earth do you buy for this age group? You can't go wrong with an HMV voucher for £20.00!
'Wincanton Winter' Christmas Competition
Friday 2 December 2011, 18:45
By Mandy Cochrane
Has it really been a year since our last Christmas Competition? No champagne this year I'm afraid, but we do have some great prizes donated by local businesses.
Prizes For Adults
Buy a Fair Trade treat for your home with our Star Prize: a £30 voucher from Myakka. Their stunning range of Fair Trade furniture, colourful home accessories and inspiring gifts will transform your home. Visit Myakka's warehouse to be inspired! (Voucher must be spent in the shop - not accepted for online or telephone orders.)Runner Up Prizes
Racing enthusiasts? We have two tickets from Wincanton Racecourse. Check out their programme of events over Christmas.One for the ladies: be pampered! Jess Keill from First Impressions Mobile Hair is offering a cut and blow dry in the comfort of your own home AND she's giving away some lovely perfume to boot! You can find lots of news from Jess on First Impression's Facebook Page.
For the health-conscious we have a voucher for a specialist OCT eye scan by Sarah Gibson Optometrist, worth £35.00. The OCT machine is the Ferrari of eye-scanning equipment and can detect most serious eye conditions in the early stages. See Sarah's article for more information. Not only that, Sarah is giving a discount voucher worth £35.00 when you purchase a pair of spectacles or sunglasses from her. See Sarah's other services on her web site.For Children 10 Years & Under
Boxhouse Publishing is back with another prize from their gorgeous range of stationery and organisers. This time we have a lovely card-making kit and stationery kit for hours of creative fun for children.For Older Children / Teenagers aged 11 to 16
What on earth do you buy for this age group? You can't go wrong with an HMV voucher for £20.00!The Competition - 'Wincanton Winter'
We want you to send us a wintry photograph from somewhere in the local area (it doesn't actually have to be in Wincanton; anywhere within our boundary area is fine). Photos can be of people, scenic views, buildings or animals; indoors or outdoors. Log fires, cosy pubs, frost-rimed windows, children bundled up in coats and scarves, winter sunsets over fields - you get the idea. Make us feel that chill factor!
How to Enter
- You can submit up to two entries per person.
- Attach your photos to an email to in jpg format and send them to Wincanton Window.
- You MUST state a descriptive caption to go with your entry AND the location it was taken.
- Tell us which category of the competition you are entering: Adult, Under 10 Years, or 11 - 16 Years.
- Please provide your telephone number and postal address for us to contact you / forward your prize if you are a prize-winner.
Photographs will be judged on creativity, quality and originality and of course whether you made us turn the thermostat up a notch! The competition closes on Friday 15th December and we'll announce prize winners as soon as we can after that. Watch out for the Competition Gallery on the web site shortly afterwards where we'll display everyone's entries.
Terms and conditions:
- Competition closes 15 December 2011
- Entries are restricted to one per person
- Competition open to residents within Wincanton Window's publishing boundary only
- Personal data will not be shared with third parties.
- Winners will be decided after the closing date and the Organisers' decision is final
- Entries that do not provide the full details requested will be discounted
- Winners will be notified within 7 days of the closing date
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