A rotary scarecrow competition was held in Haslemere on Saturday as part of the town’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The competition was a family and schools’ competition for making the best scarecrow for the kings and queens of England.

In the Family Prize category, Naughty Corgi claimed first place. The top three was completed by Dog Walker in Windsor and Guardsman Who Ate Too Much over Lockdown.

The winner of the School Prize category was St Edmund’s for its Tower of London entry, with second place going to Fernhurst Primary School for its entry The Queen and her Great-Grandchildren.

Judge Tony Ward said: “It was a fun event organised by the Rotary Club of Haslemere. A great deal of hard work by the families and schools showed their appreciation for the Queen on her Platinum Jubilee.

“Judging was extremely difficult.”

Haslemere mayor Jacquie Keen said: “It was good to see a lot of people putting their minds together to make these scarecrows.

“It really is a very good community event.

“I have to say the schools were the hardest to judge because they really put their minds to it and came up with some really good inventive things – not just a scarecrow but a building around it, too.

“The family section was really good as well, as there were four we really liked.

“It’s so nice seeing people doing things together again.”

St Edmund’s head of early years Karen Bailey said: “It was absolutely fantastic – the children at St Edmund’s all really enjoyed making the scarecrows and putting the Tower of London together.

“All our nursery and reception children were involved so all the early year departments at St Edmund’s had a fabulous time. It’s really lovely to be involved in a local event which supports local charities. We hope to do next year as well.”

Haslemere Rotary took the kings and queens competition very seriously – its stall was visited by Rotarian Peter Clarke dressed as the Queen. He was greeted with laughter by other Rotarians and visitors.