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July 2008  
   
Activities for July and August  
   
13th July Charity Cricket Match click for photographs
15th July Blagdon Cricket Club School Cricket Festival
2nd August Blagdon Summer Event
   
   
   
   
Estate Summer Event. Saturday 2nd August.

This event is approaching fast and we will shortly be sending out complimentary tickets to all who have applied. Lets hope for good weather, but regardless we will have a great day and evening. I look forward to seeing you all there.

   
   
     
Garden Competition.    
     
Many thanks to all who entered the garden competition this year, the standard this year was superb and everyone clearly put a great deal of effort into their gardens.    
Judging took place on Monday 30th June, by Veronica Goulty of the NCCPG. The results were;    
     
First Prize: , Mr & Mrs Brown; Make Me Rich Cottages    
Second Prize: Mr & Mrs Watson; 3 Old Kennels  
Third Prize: Mr & Mrs Mitchinson; South Shotton Edge Cottage Click to enlarge  
Fourth Prize: Mr & Mrs Yeaman; Courtyard Flat    
     
Congratulations to all who took part, you all deserved prizes. We plan to hold the next competition in 2010; however we will be discussing the format later in the year. Any suggestions would be welcome and will be taken into consideration for future competitions.    
     
This is shaping up to be a busy year on the estate; please keep checking the website for details of what is going on.    
     
Shotton Surface Mine    
     
Work has started at Shotton as many of you will have seen. The planning for the land form sculpture, "Northumberlandia" is ongoing and we are in discussion with various interested parties. This is an exciting opportunity to provide an interesting landmark for the area and we will try and keep everyone informed of progress.    
     
     
     
     
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