Date published: 9th June 2018
Hot on the heels of the Tour de Yorkshire 2018 Land Art competition, the shortlisted entries for the 2018 Best Dressed competition have now been unveiled.
While the Land Art competition – which went to a public vote on Wednesday - focuses on the giant artworks that adorned the route, the Best Dressed competition seeks to reward the people and places that went the extra mile to honour the race’s passing.
This is the very first year that Welcome to Yorkshire have run the Best Dressed competition, in partnership with the Yorkshire Post, and the four categories are: Best Dressed Town, Best Dressed Village, Best Host Location and Spirit of le Tour.
Nominations have been collected since the start of April and the entries have now been whittled down to the following:
Best Dressed Host Location:
- The Piece Hall, Halifax
- The Market Place, Richmond
- The Cow and Calf, Ilkley
- North Bay, Scarborough
Best Dressed Town:
- Hebden Bridge
- Helmsley
- Garforth
- Pateley Bridge
- Thirsk
- Hornsea
- Howden
- Filey
- Penistone
Best Dressed Village
- Patrick Brompton
- Elsecar
- Ackworth
- Kippax
- Sutton under Whitestonecliffe
- Seaton
Spirit of le Tour
- Claire Fenby, Filey
- Malcolm Richardson, Kirkbymoorside
- Sam Whitley, Garforth
Vote now at letouryorkshire.com/bestdressed
The deadline for voting is midnight on Friday 22 June and once the numbers have been counted and verified, Sir Gary Verity DL and James Mitchinson will present each winner with a commemorative plaque to honour their achievement.
Sir Gary Verity DL, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “The Best Dressed competition is our way of recognising all those people, businesses and community groups along the route that helped make this year’s Tour de Yorkshire the most eye-catching, colourful and vibrant edition yet.
“Seeing the effort people put in to celebrate the race was truly heart-warming and we were overwhelmed by the number of entries received in this first year. It was a difficult task compiling the shortlist for each category and now it’s over to you to choose your favourites.”
You can also vote for the Tour de Yorkshire Land Art competition now at letouryorkshire.com/landart (voting also closes at midnight on Friday 22 June).
