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Town criers compete in national tournament in Nailsworth | Town criers compete in national tournament in Nailsworth |
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Town criers have paraded through a Gloucestershire town in a national tournament to test their skills. | Town criers have paraded through a Gloucestershire town in a national tournament to test their skills. |
Nailsworth's town crier Tony Evans said more than 30 town criers from across England and Wales took part. | Nailsworth's town crier Tony Evans said more than 30 town criers from across England and Wales took part. |
On Saturday morning, each town crier was crying about their home town. For the afternoon contest, they either did a cry about Nailsworth Poet WH Davies or The Gloucestershire Regiment. | On Saturday morning, each town crier was crying about their home town. For the afternoon contest, they either did a cry about Nailsworth Poet WH Davies or The Gloucestershire Regiment. |
The winner was Mark Wylie, of Calne, Wiltshire. | The winner was Mark Wylie, of Calne, Wiltshire. |
The competition was judged in Mortimer Gardens in the centre of the town. | The competition was judged in Mortimer Gardens in the centre of the town. |
The judges for the event were Vernon Harwood of BBC Radio Gloucestershire, Halaina Gillam of Nailsworth Dramatic Society and former town mayor Sue Reed. | |
The criers were scored in five different categories including volume and clarity of cry, diction and inflection as well as their regalia. | The criers were scored in five different categories including volume and clarity of cry, diction and inflection as well as their regalia. |
Tony Evans said: "There was a large crowd of people to watch the competition, many staying through the day to watch it and many afterwards were asking when the championships would again return to Nailsworth." | Tony Evans said: "There was a large crowd of people to watch the competition, many staying through the day to watch it and many afterwards were asking when the championships would again return to Nailsworth." |
The competition was being run under the ancient and honourable Guild of Town Criers rules, he added. | The competition was being run under the ancient and honourable Guild of Town Criers rules, he added. |
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