Anyone remember our fishing competition? If you’ve joined the website after March 1st you might just be wondering what the devil we’re talking about but if you do remember – yes, there were some winners – it just takes a little longer than you might think to launch a news page!
So after painstakingly writing down every valid entry on to a little piece of paper, screwing them up, blindfolding Emma and making her pick one, it was [drum roll please] a lovely lady called Flick from Buckinghamshire who won our first prize: a week’s fishing holiday in the Scottish Highlands. Unsurprisingly, she had no trouble finding nine people to go with her and they’re all planning to travel to Inverness Agatha Christie-style on the sleeper train at the end of September. Apparently Flick had never won anything before so this is quite a good start!
Our second prize, as you may remember, was a year’s supply of Jelly Belly beans and a retro jelly bean machine. This was won by a lucky man called David from Cirencester – so ladies, if you’ll excuse the pun, you know who to sweet talk!
Finally, the first two people to fully complete a profile and add a photo were Charlotte from Lincolnshire and Martin from North Yorkshire so they got to choose a fun Splash shirt.
Charlotte, who was facing the prospect of a grim Monday back at work after skiing in the Alps for a week, was very pleased to find a cheerful email in her inbox informing her that she had won and chose a shirt with “Fair Game” written on the back – we like it!
Now Martin (wise man) very kindly offered his prize to his wife Rachel who, seven months pregnant at the time, opted for a hoodie with “Nag Nag Nag” written on the back. Rachel is due in May and we imagine it is a long time since she has seen her feet, so we wish them all the very best of luck with the future addition to their family.
