Queen of the Wool

And the winner is......Elizabeth Earle from Blackwater Macra. Huge congratulations to Elizabeth and to the Runner-Up Caroline Gittens, TrebleR Macra. Well done also to Lisa Walsh, Rathdowney Macra who won a prize for the best woolen craft on the night. A huge thank you to everyone involved in yesterday's event - to the beautiful contestants themselves, ye were credit to yourselves, your clubs, your counties and Macra na Feirme, we sincerely hope ye enjoyed yourselves! To the escorts ye did a great job, thanks for stepping up and looking after the girls, we hope ye had a good night too. To the judges (Phyllis Bolger, Karen McGillicuddy, Thomas Honer and Josephine Casey) and our MC Eric Driver the event would not of been possible without ye so thank you for volunteering your time so generously! To all our volunteers during the day and night - thanks a million for giving up your Saturday and putting for putting so much energy and enthusiasm into your roles! To Golden Shears Ireland thank you for having the courage and drive to organise such a huge festival for the benefit of the such great local charities, the local community, County Wexford and the country, thank you also for asking us to come on board, we hope the opening night gave it a kick start and that the rest of the week goes smoothly, successfully and safely for ye. Thank you to Beat 102 103 and the Amber Springs Hotel & Spa Resort for your help. To Casey Concrete, Creative Dynamix and all those who sponsored/donated prizes Go Raibh Míle maith Agaibh go leir! Finally to the audience who travelled from across the country to support Wexford Macra and the contestants, we hope ye had a good night (sincere apologies for the temperature but unfortunately the elements were beyond our control and we hope it didn't dampen your spirits). Queen of the Wool Committee

Queen of the Wool Elizabeth Earle, Blackwater Macra, pictured with judges Karen McGillicuddy, Thomas Honer, Phyllis Bolger and Josephine Casey