Recognition at the Johnstone’s Painter of the Year Competition represents the ultimate accolade in the profession for any decorating company. This year we celebrated the events 28th anniversary. The competition culminated in an awards ceremony at the luxurious De Vere Carden Park Hotel, near Chester. The work of 19 finalists was showcased during the evenings presentation. Each finalist was carefully selected following visits from technical representatives of the national judging panel to every one of our customers who entered a project. The criteria for entry was that either Johnstone’s or Leyland paints had been used on the project, that it had been completed in 2010 and that it was a job they were proud of.
Each job was reviewed to assess:
- The quality of the decorative finish
- The intricacy of the work involved
- The technical and logistical challenges presented by the project
Following the assessment of all the entries, the judging panel had the difficult task of whittling down the entries to a finalist list. This year for the second year running the fate of the finalists was in the hands of the guests at the Painter of the Year Awards. Each guest was given a key pad to interactively vote for their favourite. Back by popular demand the finalists were categorised in Small Contractor, industrial & Commercial, Public Sector, Period & Restoration and Leisure & Residential.
This year’s event started with the PPG Golf Masters on Nicklaus Course at Carden Park Hotel. The players battled it out for first prize of a golfing trip to Spain this September, to join the winners of the national PPG golf tournament currently taking place.
Golf attire was swapped for black tie in readiness for the evening’s festivities and announcement of the category winners and Supreme Winner was eagerly anticipated. The evening was hosted by Steve Pocock and Vincent O’Sullivan.
This year's winners were:
Small Contractor Category Winner - Stuart Yates Decor - The Gables, Chatsworth
Industrial & Commercial Category Winner - Seddon Property Services - Quinn Glass, Cheshire
Leisure & Residential Category Winner - Ardvanagh Decorators - The Merchant Hotel, Belfast
Public Sector Category Winner - Taylor Decorating Contractors Ltd, Chester Town Hall
Period & Restoration Category Winner - Mackay Decorators - The Royal Palace of Stirling
Supreme Winner - Mackay Decorators - The Royal Palace of Stirling
Each winner walked away with an award on the night in addition to the kudos and publicity attached to winning this prestigious competition. The Supreme Winner also won a brand new van, fully sign written! A big thank you goes to Northern Commercials who supplied the van to the winners.
If you have a project that fits the criteria for an entry for Painter of the Year 2011, and would like to enter please click here to download an entry form.
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Stuart Yates Decor - The Gables, Chatsworth
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Seddon Property Services - Quinn Glass, Cheshire
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Ardvanagh Decorators - The Merchant Hotel, Belfast
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Taylor Decorating Contractors Ltd, Chester Town Hall
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Mackay Decorators - The Royal Palace of Stirling