SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Harlequin take top honours at Chard Carnival

THE swashbuckling pirates of Harlequin CC took top honours at Chard Carnival last night (Saturday, October 11, 2014).

The Ilminster-based club dazzled the crowds as they led the Carnival parade through the town centre which was watched by thousands of people.

PHOTO - ABOVE: A member of Harlequin CC on board and ready to set sail with Tortuga.

Harlequin beat off their main rivals of Gemini CC, also of Ilminster, with their tableaux Transformers The Cube, and the ever-improving Eclipse CC, of Chard, with their feature float Dead Men Tell No Tales, to win the Grand Challenge Cup for best in procession.

PHOTO - RIGHT: Carnival regular Andy Tizzard with Carnival youngster Osscar Collins.

Eclipse are certainly beginning to worry the big two of Gemini and Harlequin and they took a number of cups at last night’s Carnival including best music and best routine.

Gemini were not to be without success and they won the Bert Phippen Trophy for best costumes as well as winning the tableaux category.

The cups were shared out with other clubs and entries picking up silverware being Generations CC, Poppe Inne CC, Zem CC, Jessica Lacey with Jess CC, Lily Cumming, Dee Gees CC, Club 2000 CC, Xtreme CC, Friends CC, A&A CC, and Unicorn CC.

The weather stayed dry for the parade and families and friends, young and old, crowded the streets to applaud the Carnival entrants.

Results: Tableaux – 1 Gemini CC, Transformers The Cube; 2 Unicorn CC, A Century of World War One. Feature – 1 Harlequin CC, Tortuga; 2 Eclipse CC, Dead Men Tell No Tales. Comic – 1 One Plus One CC, Nunny Summit; 2 Poppe Inne CC, The Poppe Stones; 3 Harbourside CC, Stars Trekkin. Youth – 1 Club 2000 CC, El Nino. Open – 1 Zem CC, Flash Bang Wallop. Individual single masquerader juvenile – 1 Lorna Stevenson, Catch a Dream; 2 Rio Welsh, Davy Jones Locker; 3 Nancy Stephenson. Individual single masquerador adult – 1 Andy Tizzard, Whiz Pop Bang Bang; 2 Jacks CC, Aztec Artisan; 3 Judy Williams, Chess. Walking pairs – 1 Dee Gee’s CC, Nordic Walkers; 2 A&A CC, Mr and Mrs; 3 Inferno CC, Double Tiki. Walking groups – 1 Cousins CC, Wonderland Shuffle. Walkers non-federation – 1 Friends CC, Let It Snow; 2 Lily Cumming, Peacock; 3 Osscar Collins, Jungle Warrior. Walking groups of masqueraders wheeled – 1 Xtreme CC, Hear Me Roar. Trade – 1 City Plumbers. Majorettes – 1 Lyme Regis; 2 Ilchester; 3 Stardust.

PHOTO - RIGHT: The Carnival royalty for Chard Carnival with Miss Chard, Chelsie Bale, and Carnival Princess, Maia Watson, along with Princess Attendants, Abi Winter and Kaysha Hatson.

Cups: Grand Challenge Cup for best in procession – Harlequin CC, Tortuga. Chard & Ilminster News Cup for best entry public choice – Generations CC, This Time Next Year. The C. H. Baulch Cup for best float from Chard – Eclipse CC, Dead Men Don’t Tell Tales. CWMC Village Cup for best local village entry – Poppe Inne CC, The Poppe Stones. Mervyn Ball Crystal Vase for Mayor’s Choice – Zem CC, Flash Bang Wallop. Jan Lucas Memorial Trophy for best youth walking entry from Chard – Jess CC, Whatever the Weather. Spirit of Carnival Trophy - Lily Cumming, Peacock. Reg Weavor Cup for best costume on foot – Dee Gees CC, Nordic Walkers. Robert Oliver Cup for most colourful – Club 2000 CC, El Nino. Lordleaze Cup for best tractor/lorry – Harlequin CC, Tortuga. Chard Carnival Cup for best music – Eclipse CC, Dead Men Tell No Tales. Bert Phippen Trophy for best costumes on float – Gemini CC, Transformers The Cube. Gardina Trophy for best lighting on float – Harlequin CC, Tortuga. Sue Middleton Shield for best make-up – Xtreme CC, Hear Me Roar. Chard Carnival Cup for best pose or routine on float – Eclipse CC, Dead Men Tell No Tales. Domino-Chard Garden Centre Cup for best non-federation entry – Friends CC, Let It Snow. Cup in Memory of Wendy Clulow for most original entry – A&A CC, Mr and Mrs. Oscar Mayor Cup for best entry on foot – Dee Gees CC, Nordic Walkers. Mervyn Ball Crystal Vase for Mayor’s Choice – Zem CC, Flash Bang Wallop. Charity Cup – Unicorn CC, A Century of World War One.

More photos from Chard Carnival can be seen in these galleries.

CHARD CARNIVAL: http://www.yeovilpress.co.uk/blog/2014/10/12/chard-carnival-october-2014/.

HARLEQUIN CC AT CHARD CARNIVAL: http://www.yeovilpress.co.uk/blog/2014/10/12/harlequin-cc-at-chard-carnival-october-2014/.

GEMINI CC AT CHARD CARNIVAL: http://www.yeovilpress.co.uk/blog/2014/10/12/gemini-cc-at-chard-carnival-october-2014/.

PHOTO - ABOVE: Members of the Chard-base Eclipse CC and their entry Dead Men Tell No Tales.

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