Competition 2004 - Below are the judges' comments on our village made by them during this year's competition.  We are told that action taken on any adverse comments will be taken into account next year.   2005 is the 50th Anniversary of the BKV competition in Staffordshire.

Judges saw few BKV notices and no children's poster's.
Noticeboards were in good condition with a good display of local information.  Unfortunately, no notices indicating recycling facilities were seen.
Churchyards were tidy and, in the main, so were the surrounds of communal buildings.  Unfortunately, in June the surrounds of the Memorial Hall had many weeds.
The War Memorial was excellent.
In May litter was almost absent from the village but in June a lot of litter was seen around the village centre and at the Monckton Recreation area.
Private gardens were well cared for as was the children's play equipment and associated safety surfaces.
The map lacked a colour code but generally it was easy to follow.

	BKV Award Ceremony 2002
The award ceremony took place on the island at Crown Bridge at 6.30pm on Tuesday, 10 September 2002.   Representatives from the organisers of the Competition from the Community Council of Staffordshire (Mrs. Gwynneth Nicholls and Mr. Andrew Halden) were present as well as Viv Birch from the sponsors of the South Staffordshire Trophy, the Express & Star Newspapers.  John McPheat, Chairman of Penkridge Parish Council, asked Mr. David Calcroft of Penkridge Civic Society to accept the award on behalf of the community.   Gwynneth Nicholls, in her congratulatory introduction, reminded all present that Penkridge was last a winner in 1962 - 40 years ago. All photographs are the copyright of Bevan Craddock

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