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Meet the Judges, Assessors & Management Team 

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The Management Team and Some of the Judges for 2025
L to R
Steve Catanach, Kyle Dowling, Claire Wallen, Toni Osborne, Paul Cooper, Julie Graham, Anne Baraniecki, Victoria Newton, Ted Smith
Baraniecki

Anne

Baraniecki

Judge

Anne joined our judging and assessing team in 2023

Deveson

Judy

Deveson

Bloom Ambassador

Judy is our enthusiastic Bloom ambassador. Her base is at the award winning Stony Stratford.

Newton

Victoria

Newton

Vice Chair, Judge

Victoria's background is not in horticulture but she brings much enthusiasm to the team. She has been involved in many community hort projects, such as Chelsea Fringe Henley and acts as Vice Chair to the group. Victoria heads up the IYN assessing team.

Stead

Tony

Stead

Judge

Tony joined the team in 2025 to judge towns and villages

Catanach

Steve

Catanach

Chair of Judges

Steve has been a Town Clerk at Amersham for many years. Amersham have been a highly successful Thames & Chilterns in Bloom entry, recently winning the inaugural RHS National Overall Winner award. Steve joined our judging and assessing team in 2023 and has taken on the role of chair of judges for 2024

Dowling

Kyle

Dowling

Judge

Kyle has over 20 years experience in managing parks in towns and cities. He has been a judge since 2019

Osborne

Toni

Osborne

IYN Assessor

Toni joined the team in 2025 to assess IYN entries in the Berkshire region

Walker

Becky

Walker

IYN Assessor

Cooper

Paul

Cooper

Judge

Paul joined the team in 2025 to judge town and village entries

Graham

Julie

Graham

Treasurer, Judge

Julie is our efficient treasurer. She has been involved in Bloom as a participant (Bray) and a member of the judging team for many years.

Smith

Ted

Smith

Chair, Judge

As chair of TCIB Ted brings many years of experience in Parks departments. After retirement he has been a dedicated supporter of TCIB and represents our interests at the RHS bloom federation

Wallen

Claire

Wallen

Adminstrator, IYN Assessor

Claire's background is in IT but has always had a keen interest in gardening, especially community gardening. Claire is the 'geek' who keeps the website going and sends out most of our communications.

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