Tidy Towns Garden and Estate Competition winners honoured
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Best medium garden category winners John and Mary Ruane 1st, Alice Gorman 2nd with Cllr John Dolan and Cllr Louise Heavin Mayor at the Athlone Tidy Towns Garden and Estate awards in the Shamrock Lodge. Photos: Paul Molloy.Image 2 of 10
Best large estate category winners, Geraldine Ledwith from Woodville Grange 1st, Joe Johnston and John Dollery Bloomfield Drive 3rd, achievement award John Ruane, Valleycourt with Cllr Paul Hogan, Mayor Cllr Louise Heavin and Cllr Aengus O’Rourke at the Athlone Tidy Towns Garden and Estate awards.Image 3 of 10
Best small estate category winners, seated Shay Hamilton, Helena Murray, Niall Murray from Talbot Avenue 1st, Margaret Brannigan from Hillcourt 2nd, and Shane Cleary from St Joseph’s Villas 3rd. Standing achievement award recipients Peter Burke, Clonbrock Court, David Egan, Arcadia, Willie Brady, committee, Michael Fletcher, Hillcourt 2nd, Mayor Cllr Louise Heavin and Jackie Finney, Athlone District Manager.Image 4 of 10
Best small garden category winners, seated: Brian Curley 1st, Paul and Lisa Gallagher 2nd, Mary Burke 3rd. achievement recipient Eddie Costello and Mary Dooley, committee. Standing: achievement recipients Anne Duke, Joe Duke, Larry Quain, Mary Quain, Mayor of Athlone/Moate Municipal District Cllr Louise Heavin and Marie Gibson, secretary, Athlone Tidy TownsImage 5 of 10
Best garden biodiversity winner Marita Marhele, Deerpark Road, with Cllr Louise Heavin Mayor, Martin Monaghan commitee, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke, Cllr Paul Hogan, Mary Dooley committee, CllrJohn Dolan and Padraig Higgins, committee.Image 6 of 10
Best large garden category winners Mary and Des O’Neill 2nd, achievement award Kathleen O’Connor, Mayor Cllr Louise Heavin, Linda Jo Quinn, Westmeath Community Development and Matthew Hough 1st.Image 7 of 10
Best large retail park winner Morgan Fagg from Arcadia Retail Park, with Cllr Frankie Keena and Padraig Higgins, Athlone Tidy Towns committee.Image 8 of 10
Philomena Dolan, Cllr. John Dolan and Marie Fahey at the Athlone Tidy Towns Garden and Estate awards.Image 9 of 10
Best biodiversity estate winner Nik Thaker, Jacqui Thaker and Ray Kingston from Coolevin Park, all seated, with Mayor of Athlone/Moate Municipal District, Cllr Louise Heavin and Marie Gibson committee. Standing Cllr Aengus O’ Rourke, Cllr Paul Hogan, Cllr John Dolan and Gerry Johnson, committee.Image 10 of 10
Overall garden winner Pearse Turner, Happy Patch Community Garden, with Tommy Gately, committee, and Mayor Cllr Louise Heavin. Standing Cllr Paul Hogan, Cllr John Dolan and Cllr Aengus O’Rourke.Mayor of Athlone Moate Municipal District Cllr Louise Heavin together with her council colleagues, members of Athlone Tidy Towns and other community representatives were on hand to honour the winners of the Athlone Tidy Towns Garden and Estate competition awards in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel last Wednesday night.
For a third year in a row, Athlone Tidy Towns celebrated gold medal success in the SuperValu National Tidy Towns Competition, coming in third place in the county with 361 points, jump of 14 from last year.
The town was only 15 points off the overall winners, Abbeyleix, which won the much coveted Ireland's Tidiest Town title.
The achievement was marked with competitors and winners of Athlone Tidy Towns Garden & Estate Competition.
Athlone Tidy Towns Garden & Estate Results
OVERALL
Overall Garden Winner Happy Patch Community Garden c/o Pearse Turner
Overall Estate Winner: Willow Park c/o Padraig Higgins
GARDENS
Small Garden
1st - Brian Curley, 101 Meadowbrook
2nd - Paul and Lisa Gallagher, 9 St Paul’s Terrace
3rd - Maura Burke, 1 Willow Green
Achievement Award - Eddie and Sylvia Costello, 3 Lyster Street
Achievement Award - Joe and Anne Duke, Clonbrusk
Achievement Award - Mary and Larry Quain, 210 Grotto View
Medium Garden.
1st - John and Mary Ruane, 39 Valleycourt
2nd - Maeve Kelly, 2 Church Hills
3rd - David & Teresa Molloy, 41 Valleycourt
Achievement Award - Alice Gorman, 43 Valleycourt
Achievement Award - Brian & Mary Keenan, 47 Valleycourt
Achievement Award - Pat and Liz Byrne, 1 Valleycourt
Large Garden
1st - Matthew Hough, Summerhill
2nd - Des and Mary O'Neill, Two Mile Road
3rd - Sean Maloney, Garrycastle
Achievement Award - Michael Scanlon, 1 Garrycastle
Achievement Award - Michael Gantley, Garrycastle
Achievement Award - Kathleen O'Connor, Garrycastle
Best Garden for Bio-Diversity - Marita Marhele, 7 Deerpark Road.
ESTATES
Small Estate
1st - Talbot Avenue c/o Shay Hamilton
2nd - Hillcourt c/o Margaret Brannigan
3rd - St Joseph's Villas c/o Delia Kilkenny
Achievement Award- Clonbrock Court c/o Martin Byrne
Achievement Award- Arcadia c/o David Egan.
Achievement Award- Highfield/Arcadia Crescent c/o Phil Molloy
Large Estate
1st - Woodville Grange c/o Geraldine Ledwith.
2nd - Church Hills Crescent c/o Patrick Devaney/Shreya Pallavi
3rd - Bloomfield Drive c/o Joe Johnston/John Dollery.
Achievement Award- Valleycourt c/o Eithne Mc Loughlin
Achievement Award- Garrycastle/Altown c/o Mike Connor
Best Estate for Bio-Diversity - Coolevin Park c/o Jacqui Thaker