Skegness Carnival week 2010 was a great success.

All events well attended both by locals and by visitors from as far afield as Essex.

The Carnival Committee’s Graham Dovey writes: “During the week we talk to a number of people at our events to find out how far they have travelled and where they are from in order to assess how successful we are.

“We have had a number of visitors from our usual inland towns who regard Skegness as ‘their’ holiday town – Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Sheffield and areas close by in Lincolnshire.

“We have also had visitors from Kent, Essex, North Yorkshire, Birmingham and other Midlands towns we would not normally associate with a holiday in Skegness. We believe this shows how popular Skegness is with families and especially during Carnival Week.

“The weather started the week with glorious sunshine, which continued up to the Thursday when we had to move an event from Tower Gardens into the Arts Room at the Embassy Theatre at very short notice due to heavy rain. A big thank you to Steve Rushforth and the staff for allowing us to use the room.

“Despite the heavy rain on Friday morning when the only visitors seemed to be the ducks, it eventually stopped raining and the pet show run by Digby’s pet and Aquatic Store took place.

“We now look forward to our next event which will be the Victorian Style market in December and the Santa’s Grotto in the Hildreds Centre, which will start at the Christmas switch-on.

“A big thank you to all our helpers and the Charities who supported our gala days by attending and filling the stalls; we hope you raised lots of money for your individual organisations. The money raised by the Carnival Committee this week will be used to pay for next year’s Carnival Week.”

EVENT RESULTS

Parade Day

Class 1 Fancy dress under 10 years
1. Maria and James Brown
2. Precious Stewart-Coates
3. Grace, Henry and Brook for Wendy Burnett – Child Minder

Class 2 Fancy dress over 10 years
1. Woodside Care Home
2. 2 Children for Wendy Burnett child minder

Class 3 Dance and Theatre groups
1 Lisa Jay stage institute
2 Janice Sutton Theatre school
3 Global Twirlers majorettes

Class 4 Advertising Trade Vehicles
1 The Hildreds Centre
2 Skegness Pier
3 Skegness Freestyle Kickboxing

Class 5 Voluntary Organisations
1 Spilsby Young Farmers club
2 Alive and Kicking
3 Hope volunteer group

Class 6 Novelty section
1 Skegness youth centre
2 The Pinkney family
3 Sandra Cooke

Class 7 Veteran Transport
1 L.E. Robbins Leyland tractor
2 Pat Williams Austin A30
3 Lincolnshire fire tender

Best in Parade
Skegness girl guides, brownies and Rainbows

Best in Theme
The Pinkney family for the decorated cycle and costumes

Monday

Pavement Artists
0 to 5 years
1 Amie 2 Tegan 3 Lachlan

6 to 10 years
1 Katie 2 Georgina 3 Megan

11 to 15 years
1 Abi 2 Rebecca 3 Sophie

Adult
1 Andrew 2 Lucy and Jez Leah

Special award to Dominic for his fine drawing form his wheelchair.

Sand Sculpture competition

Up to 5 years
1 Hayley 2 Maya Ingle 3 Kelsey Harrison

6 to 10 years
1 Georgina Harrison 2 Olivia and Alice 3 Grace

11 to 18 years
1 Natasha Edwards 2 Charles 3 Millie, Jay and Casey

Family groups
1 The A team 2 Brett Family 3 Raistrick family

A special award was made to Lincolnshire fire and rescue for their effort and taking part in the fun. They built a formula 1 racing car!

Tuesday

Walking treasure hunt
Won by the A team led by Amy Redfearn of Kilburn Derbyshire.

Baby show

Up to 6 months old
1 Toby Chapman 2 Harry 3 Myah Brandake

6 to 12 months old
1 Darcy Tarrant 2 Savannah Smith 3 Aimee Berry

12 to 24 months old
1 Grace Emily Lilly 2 Ruby Cook 3 Harley Jacob Liversidge

Wednesday was 999 gala day which was well attended including the Chief Constable of Lincolnshire who was interviewed by a BBC Look North news team on site with the Carnival Show as the background. (Any publicity is good for Skegness!)

Thursday

Tiny tots (2 to 5 years)
1 Imogen Wiles 2 Tuula Sohngen 3 Alex West

Miss Seaside
1 Skye Evens-Sellars 2 Alycia Dickinson 3 Maddison Pinkney

Super Heroes
1 Reece Evens-Sellars 2 Henry Hall 3 Rui James Mason

Skegness Carnival Programme

Sunday 8th August

2.30pm

Parade

11.00am – 5.00pm

Art Exhibition*

St Mary’s Church, Winthorpe

3.00pm – 7.00pm

Fishing Match*

(in conjunction with RNLI)

Wolla Bank (between Chapel St. Leonards & Sutton on Sea)

Monday 9th August

11.00am

Pavement Artist

Prince Edward Walk – Sea wall

(near the Pier)

11.00am – 5.00pm

Art Exhibition*

St Mary’s Church, Winthorpe

2.00pm

Sand Sculpture Competition

Central Beach

7.00pm – 9.00pm

Junior Competition

Extreme Sports Centre,

 Seaview Road

Tuesday 10th August

10.30am

Treasure Hunt

Starting from Tourist Information Office

11.00am -5.00pm

Art Exhibition*

St Mary’s Church, Winthorpe

2.00pm (sign in at 1.00pm)

Baby Show (0-2 years)

Bandstand / Tower Gardens

Wednesday 11th August

10.00am – 4.00pm

999 Display & Gala

Charity & Craft stalls

Pier Fields

11.00am -5.00pm

Art Exhibition*

St Mary’s Church, Winthorpe

Thursday 12th August

11.00am

‘Hotels in Bloom’

Presentation to winning hotels

11.00am -5.00pm

Art Exhibition*

St Mary’s Church, Winthorpe

2.00pm (sign in at 1.00pm)

Tiny Tots (2-5 years)

Bandstand / Tower Gardens

2.00pm (sign in at 1.00pm)

Miss Seaside (3-10 years)

Bandstand / Tower Gardens

2.00pm (sign in at 1.00pm)

Super Heroes (3-10 years)

Bandstand / Tower Gardens

7.00pm

Fancy Dress & Disco

The Suncastle, Grand Parade

Friday 13th August

10.00am – 4.00pm

Friday Gala

Charity & Craft stalls

Tower Gardens

11.00am -5.00pm

Art Exhibition*

St Mary’s Church, Winthorpe

2.00pm (sign in at 1.00pm)

Pet Show* Organised by Digby’s Pet & Aquatics

Tower Gardens

Saturday 14th August

11.00am – 4.00pm

Circus Day

The Welcome Inn,

 Burgh Road, Skegness

The annual Skegness Carnival week starts with the themed Carnival procession Sunday 2.30 pm. This event makes for an entertaining afternoon for the whole family. You will enjoy watching the colourful floats pass b and enjoy listening to the different bands. Make sure you get your place on the route early, so you don't miss out. See the Skegness Carnival route map below.