Anti Litter League 2007
Results Anti Litter League 2007 xls, 37kb
Meath County Council's Anti Litter League 2007
The residents of Dunderry had a lot to celebrate on Wednesday evening last when they scooped the overall prize in the Meath County Council Anti Litter League 2007. The village had also come top in their category of villages with populations up to 500.
The Anti Litter League had been running for 8 weeks during March and April and areas were judged on litter every fortnight. Over 90 tidy towns and residents associations throughout County Meath took part in Meath County Council's Anti Litter League 2007. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony in the Newgrange Hotel on Wednesday 9th May 2007.
The leas Cathaoirleach of Meath County Council, Councillor Tom Kelly congratulated the winners and paid tribute to the 300 strong crowd of community groups and residents associations who volunteered their free time in enhancing their areas throughout the county.
Minister Noel Dempsey TD was also in attendance and praised the groups for their committment and enthusiasm in Meath County Council programmes such as the Anti Litter League and the Pride of Place initiatives.
The County Manager, Mr Tom Dowling thanked all of the guests for their continued hard work and assured them of the Councils on-going efforts to crack down on those who litter and make their work all the more difficult.
The winners on the night were as follows. A full table of results for the 8 week period is available in the attached document above.
Overall Winner:
Dunderry
Category A Villages with populations up to 500
1st Place Dunderry
2nd Place Moynalty
3rd Place Fordstown
Category B Villages with populations from 500 to 1500
1st Place Broomfield and District
2nd Place Julianstown
3rd Place Summerhill
Category C Centres with populations over 1500
1st Place Athboy
2nd Place Dunboyne
3rd Place Trim
Category D Housing Estates with 5 to 20 houses
1st Place Old Terrace, Balbradagh, Robinstown
Joint 2nd Place St Mary's Villas, Moynalty
Joint 2nd Place Bellair, Moynalty
Category E Housing Estates with 21 to 50 houses
3 top winning estates:
Earls Meadow, Ballivor
Courthill Drive, Dunboyne
Abbey View, Slane
Category F Housing Estates with over 50 houses
1st Place Hillview, Dunshaughlin
2nd Place Fairways Lawns, Bettystown
Format of the Competition for 2007
The competition started on the 5th March and ran for 8 weeks up to 27th April 2007. Judging took place on a fortnightly basis and points werelost for the presence of litter. The League results were published and broadcast in the media fortnightly for the first 3 rounds of judging with the last round of results remaining a mystery until the awards ceremony in May when all winners were announced. The results and up to date information were also available here on www.meath.ie.
For further information on the Anti Litter League, please contact Noel Nevin on 046 9097216/ 087 9890306 or by email at nnevin@meathcoco.ie.
