The South West’s finalists have been announced in the 2011 Countryside Alliance Awards, with top local businesses vying for one of four regional titles and the chance of national acclaim.
The Countryside Alliance Awards, nicknamed the ‘Rural Oscars’, are now in their seventh year of celebrating the characters, skills, traditions and enterprise of the countryside through the people who work so hard to make it tick. Each finalist has received numerous nominations from adoring customers and supporters and hopes to go all the way to the Parliamentary final next March. The 2011 South West finalists are:
Local Food category finalists Mrs Macks Organic Poppy Seed Dressing, Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Newlyns Farm Shop, North Warnborough, Hook, Hampshire
The Traditional Beef Company, Farley, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Village Shop/ Post Office category finalists Broadhembury Post Office, Broadhembury, nr Honiton, Devon
Centre Stores & Post Office, Eversley, Hampshire
Dalwood Community Shop, Dalwood, Axminster, Devon
Ludwell Stores and Post Office, Ludwell, Shaftesbury, Dorse
Enterprise category finalists PASS IT ON Young Sports, Brislington, Bristol
Warminster Maltings Ltd, Warminster, Wiltshire
Lizzys larder, Milton Demerel
Butcher category finalists Stuart Saunders Butchers, West Coker, Yeovil, Somerset
T Buttling Butchers, Ludwell, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Thomas O'Keeffe and Father, Pelynt, Nr Looe, Cornwall
Regional judging will now take place. The Awards run across 10 regions. Regional winners will be announced in January. They will then go forward to the Grand Final which will be held at Parliament on 7th March 2012. At the Grand Final, overall Champions will be announced. Find out more about the Awards at
www.countrysideallianceawards.org.uk 
