Award winners from Bury in Bloom’s Crafty Poppies competition were announced at a special presentation held last week.

East Anglian Daily Times: Jason Black and Ryan Pettit from The Bright Stars Club Picture: JO SWEETMANJason Black and Ryan Pettit from The Bright Stars Club Picture: JO SWEETMAN (Image: Jo Sweetman 2015)

The competition – to produce a poppy-themed creation on the subject of the remembrance poppy – received more than 100 entries on its dedicated Facebook page.

The competition was run by The Crafty Foxes with sponsorship from Hawksmoor Investment Management.

Winners were as follows: The Hawskmoor Special Award – ‘Collage Poppy’ by Megan Hinton, The Bury in Bloom Award – ‘Silent Sands’ by Poppy Ann and Sue Shand, Suffolk Regimental Museum Award – ‘In memory of George’ by Monica Hobson, The Crafty Foxes Award – ‘Shrinky Dink Art’ by Nita Fordham, The Hawksmoor Award – ‘100 Origami Poppies’ by Westley School.

Winners from the Field of Poppies project – which involved designing and making 150 poppies from recycled materials for the town’s Abbey Gardens – were: Jason Black and Ryan Pettit, from the Bright Stars Club, and Jessica Samuel from Sextons Manor Primary School.

East Anglian Daily Times: Niya Paul with organisers from the Crafty Foxes Picture: JO SWEETMANNiya Paul with organisers from the Crafty Foxes Picture: JO SWEETMAN (Image: Jo Sweetman 2015)

Michelle Freeman, from The Crafty Foxes, said: “We were really delighted at the number and standard of the entries we had this year, everyone enjoyed the presentation evening and I must thank Max Weatherby from Hawksmoor for being such a great sponsor as he joined in two of the workshops and made poppies himself.”

Melanie Lesser, Bury in Bloom coordinator, said: “This was a lovely way to remember those that had served in The Great War, many of the pieces created had poignant family history that inspired the artwork.”

East Anglian Daily Times: Nita Fordham with organisers from the Crafty Foxes Picture: Jo SweetmanNita Fordham with organisers from the Crafty Foxes Picture: Jo Sweetman (Image: Jo Sweetman 2015)

East Anglian Daily Times: Megan Hinton with Max Weatherby Picture: JO SWEETMANMegan Hinton with Max Weatherby Picture: JO SWEETMAN (Image: Jo Sweetman 2015)

East Anglian Daily Times: Monica Hobson and Max Weatherby Picture: JO SWEETMANMonica Hobson and Max Weatherby Picture: JO SWEETMAN (Image: Jo Sweetman 2015)

East Anglian Daily Times: Poppy Ann and Sue Shard, who won the Bury in Bloom Award, with Melanie Lesser and Max Weatherby Picture: JO SWEETMANPoppy Ann and Sue Shard, who won the Bury in Bloom Award, with Melanie Lesser and Max Weatherby Picture: JO SWEETMAN (Image: Jo Sweetman 2015)

East Anglian Daily Times: Jessica Samuel, from Sexton's Manor Primary School, at the awards Picture: JO SWEETMANJessica Samuel, from Sexton's Manor Primary School, at the awards Picture: JO SWEETMAN (Image: Jo Sweetman 2015)