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The overall winner of the Dane Valley Woods photo of 2019 competition has been announced.
The steering group for the project had a theme of “Focus on the Seasons” throughout the year and picked one winner per season from pictures submitted by residents.
Of the final four a public vote resulted in:
Winter (14.6%) Sinead Le Blond
Spring (28.1%) Aiden James (AJ) Vagnarelli-Thoroughgood
Summer (18.8%) Bob Ward
Autumn (38.5%) Frank Leppard
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A spokesman for the Dane Valley Woods committee said: “Congratulations to Frank Leppard, who is crowned our overall winner with his amazing autumnal sunset picture! Also a special mention to our runner up AJ, who was a mere nine years old when he took his fantastic spring blossom snap – a budding future photographer in the making!
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A massive thumbs up to our other two finalists, Bob and Sinead, and thank you once again to everyone who submitted their photos.
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“It really has been great to see how everyone rose to the challenge, and showcased the natural beauty that can be found in Dane Valley Woods.”