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Pride of Whitby Awards raises nearly £4,000 - New video
THE curtain has fallen on the 2008 Whitby Gazette Pride of Whitby Awards following a glittering awards ceremony at the Pavilion.
The night raised an amazing 3,865, nearly double the amount taken last year and was hailed as a great success.
The winners of the magnificent seven categories were announced but in truth all the nominees were winners in their own right.
The winners were:
• CHIPS Child of Achievement Award:
Winner Grace Rodgers.
Highly commended: Stakesby School's Kwik Cricket team, Whitby Community College's Apollo news team
• The Fusco's Ltd Bravery Award:
Winner Cpl Damian Lawrence.
Highly commended: Andy Wood, Laura Shaw.
• The Whitby Catch Schools' Award:
Winner: Wendy Holliday
Highly commended: Louise Ryder, Joan McLaughlan
• Astin's Sport Award:
Winner: Adam Lyth
Highly commended: Fishburn Park 13s FC, Maggie Kelly
• Black Horse Business Award:
Winner: Mandy Coates
Highly commended: The Station Inn, Dave Ellis
• The North Yorkshire Moors Railway Community Award:
Winners: Mark Liddell & Jean Scales
Highly commended: Graham & Anne Holmes, Tony Dominiak
• Whitby Gazette Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: George Tuby
Highly commended: Jo Hoyle, Richard Green
One of the most moving parts of the night was a standing ovation from the 350 strong crowd for the family of Whitby soldier Damian Lawrence, who went up to collect his bravery award from Stuart Fusco.
George Tuby was not able to attend the awards to collect his lifetime achievement award but had recorded an emotional acceptance speech earlier in the day which was played to the capacity crowd.
Entertainment was provided by Yabbadabbadoo, Zephyr and Mark Liddell and a tremendous buffet was laid on by Somerfield, The Whitby Catch and Landers Butchers and Somerfield which had been drawn up by award winning chef Rob Green and expertly prepared by RAf Fylingdales' Garvie Semons and Patricia Oyston as well as Whitby Pavilion's Ruth Simonds and Zelda Hart.
Auctioneer Rob Smith got the crowd digging deep as the fund-raising got into full swing.
The auction was followed by a hugely successful raffle which, when combined with ticket sales, came to an astonishing 3,865.
It is now time for you, The Whitby Gazette readers, to make your choice as to who the money will be split between.
Fill in the coupon in Friday's Whitby Gazette to nominate your chosen charity and in a fortnight's time we will list all those who will benefit from the generosity of the people of Whitby.
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