5 February 2022 - Sutton Poyntz - Community of the Year
Dear all,
In autumn last year Wessex Water and Newsquest set up a Dorset Community of the Year competition with five categories to highlight the very best of Dorset life – the people and things that make a difference. You will remember – or not, if you have the same memory problem as me – that in December you were asked to vote for Sutton Poyntz in the Community of the Year category. A lot of us must have done so, because the results have just been announced and Sutton Poyntz has come first, with Bridport and Sturminster Newton as runners-up.
It was Tony Critoph who nominated the Village in the first place so let me leave it to him to tell you how it all came about. Tony says “I first saw about the competition on a post on the Dorset Echo Facebook page where they post regular news items. The competitors were selected by members of the public who had to nominate a community group, area, village or town and write a short statement as to why it was such a special community. As I love Sutton Poyntz and think it has one of the best communities in every sense of the word that I have ever been privileged to be a part of, I nominated Sutton Poyntz in the category ‘best community’ . In November I was told that Sutton Poyntz had been selected as a finalist.”
The rest is history but with the award goes a £500 donation for Sutton Poyntz to pass on to a local charity or charities of our choice. So thanks to Tony’s efforts and some voting help the Village is now officially Community of the Year.
Best regards
Chris