Lincolnshire in Focus 14.5

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Britain’s Best
Lawn Has Been
Crowned!
Britain’s best Lawn judge, Martin Fish, presents winner,
Ade Ambler with his prizes
Ade Ambler, a property developer
from Bishop Norton in Lincolnshire,
has been announced as the winner of
the 2015 Britain’s Best Lawn
competition.
With a prize fund worth over £6,000, as
well as the prestigious title up for grabs,
competition had never been stronger, as
the award celebrated its tenth anniversary.
For the past ten year’s petrol engine
manufacturer for lawnmowers and
outdoor equipment, Briggs & Stratton,
has set upon its annual search to find
Britain’s Best Lawn to honour the hours
that gardeners dedicate to their lawns.
Ade fought off fierce completion as
judges were impressed by the dedication
he displayed in his lawn care, as well the
originality of the design, using the hour
glass curves of a woman’s body as
inspiration!
Moving into the property nine years ago,
Ade has totally transformed the garden,
which was little more than a patch of
earth when he took it on. When
designing the space, the passionate
gardener was keen to maintain an
informal design, with no straight lines to
be seen. This informality does not extend
to his lawn care, however, with the edges
being perfected every three days, and the
lawn being cut once a day, alternating the
way that the stripes grow each time. Ade
favours diagonal lines that draw the eye
to the garden’s key features.
The award-winning lawn is fed every six
weeks, and scarification and aeration is
carried out in spring and autumn.
This hobby will be made even more
enjoyable with the prize of £5,000 and a
brand new Atco Clipper 20 lawnmower
(worth £1000). The generous prize also
includes a Keter patiobox, a selection of
Wolf Garten tools and the entire
collection of the best-selling Expert Books
by Dr. Hessayon (worth £450).
For more information about the
competition visit
www.britainsbestlawn.co.uk.
Four Lincolnshire charities have been
given a summer bonus thanks to one of
Grimsby’s best known companies and
biggest empolyers, the Ramsden Group
The four – Lincs Riding for Disabled,
Humberston Hydrotherapy Pool, Wish
Upon A Star and the St. Andrew’s
Childrens’ Hospice – have each
received a donation of £1,500, money
raised during the company’s annual
golf day held at Kenwick Park, near
Louth.
Almost 100 people, mostly supplier
representatives and customers from the
pub and retail trade, took part in the
event.
Nick Ramsden, Managing Director of the
Group, said:
Giant Riverford Carrot Runs the
Great North Run
Local Riverford Vegman, Chris
Long, conquered the Great North
Run this Sunday, dressed as a giant
bunch of carrots
After completing the Leeds Half
Marathon in May and raising an
impressive £1,500 for Martin House
Children’s Hospice, Chris decided to kit
up again in his running shoes and carrot
costume.
The run made a change from his day job,
where he delivers Riverford’s organic veg
boxes to homes in the Huddersfield and
Leeds area.
Heaving veg boxes around on a daily
basis means Chris is already super-fit, but
this Sunday instead of running up
customers drives with carrots; he ran
13.1 miles dressed as them!
Chris chose to raise money for
Bravehearts of the North East, a charity
Caption: (L-R) Nick Ramsden, Janet Viner (Lincs Riding for
Disabled), Brian Marsh (Humberston Hydroptherapy Pool),
Pat Wright (Wish Upon A Star), Lauren Alexander (St
Andrew’s Childrens’ Hospice) and Dudley Ramsden.
The golf day has become a key event in our
calendar. It is not only an opportunity to meet
some of our customers and associates on an
informal basis, but every year the event raises
lots of money which we then distribute to local
charities.
There’s a new beauty queen on the block!
After already making it to the final of Miss Peterborough and Miss Cambridgeshire,
Alexandra was awarded the title of Miss Lincolnshire this August.
She then went on to become a finalist in
the Miss Great Britain Pageant in Leicester
where 50 girls (all with titles) competed
for the ultimate crown.
Shortly after Miss GB, Alexandra was
scouted and offered a finalist place in Face
of The Globe: North England, if successful
in her heat she will go on to the Face of
The Globe World Final which is held in
Disneyland Paris!
Although Alexandra has become busy
with appearances and events, she never
forgets about charity. Alex has worked
voluntarily in Cancer Research UK in
Spalding and has helped out at various
charity events, only a few months into her
reign. You can see her modelling on the
catwalk for Oxjam in Hertingtonbury this
October.
You can contact Alexandra on Facebook
or via her website, links below;
facebook.com/piratelexiiuk
alexandramount.weebly.com
Chris Long, Riverford Organic farms
who acknowledge and reward the
bravery and courage of ill children in
the region.
The giant carrot costume weighs a
whopping 1 and a half stone, which
Chris says makes running a lot harder.
As part of his training programme Chris
joined local running group, Roundhay
Runners, for motivation and useful tips
to help prepare him for the race.
There’s still time to donate: visit:
www.justgiving.com/The-CarrotMan-
GreatNorthRun/.
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