Pride of Malton & Norton Awards 2015 Drinks Reception

The glitzy Pride of Malton & Norton Awards might have been held on 24th October but that wasn’t quite enough to fully celebrate our local talent.

On 11th November, some select guests headed back to the Old Lodge in Malton, where the awards were held last month, for one last celebration and the team at McClarrons were there to help support the local community.

Around 30 people who attended the Pride of Malton and Norton Awards gathered to socialise, with everyone being greeted with Bucks Fizz and Champagne on arrival for the drinks reception. The guests celebrated their wins together, as well as the donations that had been made to charity. The event also gave people who could not attend the main awards ceremony the chance to meet everyone.

Guests included local MP Kevin Hollinrake who was unable to attend the awards themselves but wanted to congratulate the winners including Matt Woollons, 1 of the 2 winners of the McClarrons-sponsored Bright Young Star award who unfortunately couldn’t attend on the evening. Kevin presented the award for Matt, as well as for Julian Taylor who won teacher of the year. Matt was delighted and surprised to win his award and said: “It’s amazing to have won the award, it was so unexpected and I would like to say thank you to those who nominated me for an award.”

Kevin also presented cheques to Ryedale Special Families and 4Louis, the two charities supported by the awards.

Kevin summarised the event in a speech highlighting the importance of community and of people giving their time and efforts to make it a better place. He thanked those who attended as he was delighted to be able to meet some of the award winners and the charities that had been supported by the evening.

Sean McClarron, director of McClarrons, gave his thoughts on the event saying “I never cease to be amazed by the talent recognised by these awards and the valuable roles that these members play in our community to make it such a great place.”

We’d like to say another huge ‘congratulations’ to Matt and Hannah, our two Bright Young Star winners, and all the other award winners as well as a big ‘thank you’ to everyone involved for another great night.

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