The 2012 Hayling Scarecrow Festival this year will have sport as the theme!

The Festival will take place between Saturday July 28th and Sunday 12th August.

For the first time since the Festival stated, the winning and runner up Scarecrows in each category will this year win cash prizes as follows •

First place £100 • Second place £75 • Third place £50

The winners will be announced at a special Playing On The Plaza event at Eastoke Corner on Sunday August 5th

Chair of the Scarecrow Festival organising committee Marie Telford said “This will be the sixth year that we have held the Festival and we hope to attract a record entry tempted by the promise of cash prizes and a topical sporting theme.”

There won’t be a Scarecrow Festival in 2013 to allow scarecrow makers and the organising committee to have a break from their labours.

Entry Forms will be available at the end of May from the usual pick up points