Award for HVS Website!

Earlier this year St Nicholas Hurst entered the Calor Village of the Year competition. We are delighted to announce that Hurst Village Society’s efforts in the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) arena have been recognised and we will be representing the Royal County in the next stage of the competition in the ICT category.

In their summary, the Berkshire judges said: “The winner of the ICT section of the competition is the village of St Nicholas Hurst. The village particularly impressed judges with its website, set up by the village society, which is very user-friendly, and which provides lots of positive information on the village.”

The award, along with a cheque for £100, was presented to Duncan Kendall, the designer and author of the web site, at a meeting of Berkshire villages on 13th September. Chairman Nick Willson presented an account of the society’s ICT achievements, in an evening with the theme “The Village MOT”.

HVS would like the prize money to be spent on further improving ICT within the Parish.

The village of Arborfield came out on top as the overall winner in Berkshire, with Compton as runner-up. We wish Arborfield the very best for the next round of the competition.