... and the Winner Is –

Dear All

Remember the Sunflower Competition that we kicked off at the Oban Charities Day in June 2010?
Well, the winner has now been officially identified based on photographic evidence and we can name him as

Conor McPhail

a young boy from the Oban-Glencruitten area.
His was sunflower no. 8, and he will be given a cash prize of £10 shortly. Well done, Conor, congratulations!

Here's the link to a clip showing the winning sunflower as it looked on sunny 8th October 2010 (apologies for your having to view it sideways – I wasn't thinking when I recorded this with my wee digital camera):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQNNyXZTGM&feature=&p=D155929C3AA2DE21&index=0&playnext=1

Competition was very stiff, with a few contenders doing well later on, which you can see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJZZtNByi6k&p=D155929C3AA2DE21&index=5&playnext=2
and here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQNNyXZTGM&p=D155929C3AA2DE21&index=6&playnext=3

Sadly, some people have no respect for plants and several of the participating flowers were decapitated. Also, the recent storms blew rather too strongly for the thin poles helping the sunflowers to stand. So things look a bit bedraggled just now. Some flowers are still in bloom, however.

More news soon, hopefully! Cheerioh for now – enjoy the gorgeous autumn colours.

Winner of the Sunflower Competition

Dear All


We take great pleasure in announcing the winner of the sunflower competition launched at Oban's Charities Day on 12th June 2010:

For his sunflower (no. 8) Connor McPhail will receive a cheque for £10 (in lieu of the promised ticket to Oban Cinema which is, sadly, closed for the duration).

Congratulations!