THE Kingsbridge In Bloom team welcomed Royal Horticultural Society judge Terry Porter to the town on Monday morning and are hoping to ‘maintain their gold status’.

Terry joined the Graham Price, KIB chair, Chris Povey, Mayor of Kingsbridge, and the rest of the KIB team as he starts his judging for the Britain in Bloom competition.

KIB volunteers have been working everyday to get the town ready for the judging, its Gill Matthews saying ‘We’ve been out every day of the week, doing everything possible and really pulling out all the stops in the hope we can maintain our gold status for our lovely town.’

Graham Price said they were ‘doing all we can’ to make Terry’s visit ‘interesting and enjoyable’. Terry himself said that it was important to ‘encourage as many local people as possible’ to support Britain In Bloom teams.

The results of the competition will be announced on October 6 at Taunton Cricket Club after the team of 40 judges have visited all the contenders in the South West over the next few weeks.

Good luck to Kingsbridge In Bloom!