The Council of Gorsedh Kernow has announced the first tranche of winners of their new annual awards after appointing specialist judges to work their way carefully through a record number of entries for 2016 which included a particularly strong showing from Truro schools Richard Lander and Cusgarne.

‘Awards are being given to entries that express the Celtic spirit of Cornwall and demonstrate exceptional endeavour or quality of work,’ said Grand Bard of Cornwall Merv Davey, Telynor an Weryn.

The new scheme has drawn work from the creative arts, Cornish studies and community service and merges the former children’s and adult competitions with the long established Gorsedh Kernow Council awards, creating a new range of awards for adults and a separate range for young people under 18.

There were two adult winners from South East Cornwall: Liskeard’s Nick Hart in Music Composition and Performance for History of Cornwall and Isobel Pickering of Polruan in the community section for her photographic & other research of the local area.