!!! THANK YOU !!!

A personal thank you to everyone who helped make Winter Wonderland a resounding success this year. We were busier than ever! So my long list of personal thanks to:

• Centre Court Shopping Centre for the fantastic fireworks and to David Ordman, Jo Blayden, Sam Brown, Mike Putman, Glyn Theobalds.
• To Mike Briggs, Margaret Newman, Ayub and Kwame for their support on The Piazza.
• To Caroline Cook for doing a sterling job of manning the performances outside Tescos.
• To Lynda Reynolds for managing the best dressed competitions.
• To Tim Elkins and his team at Wimbledon Station for handing over the forecourt and helping Steward.
• To the staff of NWT and Gareth Gates & Joanna Page for joining us.
• To Steve Mowbray from Radio Jackie for his personal support for Winter Wonderland and the great job he does on that balcony.
• To Alan Trewhitt from AT Sound who does the most professional job for us every year.
• To Kate Price, Rhianna Price and Erin Jacobs from The Guardian for all their help and doing the handouts on the night.
• To Andrew Keen for his fantastic design work for Wonderland.
• To the Met Police for helping keep the masses safe and controlling the traffic.
• To our fantastic performers - Sam from Dance Bites (controlling 80 kids and their families!!), Southside Steel Harmonics, Holly & The Christmas Children, Norma from Merton Music
• To all our sponsors who contribute financially and in kind to help us put on a great night.
• To Paul West for turning up every year and taking the official pictures on the night.
• To Diana who has complete faith in me and lets me get on with it - sink or swim!

As that's the closest I'm going to get to giving my oscar winning speech, I'll sign off now and wish you all a very happy Christmas. Any ideas for next year - please email me!

AFC Wimbledon

Our thanks to Keith McGuinness and AFC Wimbledon for hosting a Human Football game on the Station forecourt which proved really popular.

Thanks to Tim Elkins and his team at SouthWest Trains for their help and support in making this possible and for helping us out with Stewards!

What was on at the Shops?

- 10% Discount on the night.

Lombok - free £500 giveaway prize draw starts 27th November.

The Entertainer - Free Face Painting, opposite Centre Court

Inside Centre Court - Free Face Painting, outside Faith Shoes

Inside Centre Court - Time & Leisure Carol Singing

Best Dressed Competition Winners

Best Dressed Cinderella Character - Sienna Chadzynski from Poplar School age 4 won 2 tickets to see Cinderella courtesy of New Wimbledon Theatre and a Build A Bear Bear!

Best Dressed Pinocchio Character - Sofia El-Engibawy Coombe Girls School, age 12 won 2 tickets to see Pinocchio courtesy of Polka Theatre and a Build A Bear Bear.

Our thanks to New Wimbledon Theatre, Polka Theatre and Build A Bear for sponsoring our best dressed competitions. Congratulations to our two winners!

With thanks to our Sponsors

Without the generosity of our sponsors' contributions, we could not make Winter Wonderland the fantastic event it has come to be. All our sponsors are local businesses who are supporting this community event - please visit their websites.