Village Clicks With The County Judges

Helmdon is a switched on village - according to the judges in the 2005 Northamptonshire Village of the Year competition.

The village came first in the Information Communication Technology category of the annual contest, organised by Northamptonshire Action with Communities in Rural England.

Helmdon was also runner-up in the medium villages section of the main competition.

ACRE's chairman, David Scudamore, said: "Judges had a difficult but enjoyable task of selecting the winners. Helmdon will go forward to represent the county in the national English Calor Village of the Year competition in the ICT category."

The competition organiser for Northamptonshire ACRE, Celia Rayner, said: "The event went extremely well and I hope that even more communities will be encouraged to get involved in 2006."

Pictured from left are: Northants ACRE chairman and competition judge David Scudamore, Peter Burns from Helmdon, Calor's John Harrison, and Phil Dunkley from Crick, at the Best Kept Village prizegiving.

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