There was a record number of entries this year for the  Backyard Competition sponsored and organised by Rance Booth & Smith, chartered architects, of 11 Victoria Road, Saltaire. Judging was carried out by award winning landscape architect and garden designer Helen Taylor, who found the quality of entries, as usual, extremely high.

First prize, £60 and a cup to keep for a year, was won by Stephen Simpson of  4, Myrtle Place, whose "Oriental inspired backyard" incorporates bamboo foliage and a "unique" water feature.
Second prize (£30) went to Rebecca Hames of 28 Ada Street and joint third (£10) to Pat McGrellis, 6 Titus Street, and Valerie Fern, 37 Maddocks Street.

Dawn Foulger