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Wessex Cup

Bridgwater Carnival Wessex Cup

Inscribed: – Wessex Cup, Presented by Barrie C. Dixon, Wessex (West County) Finance Ltd.

Awarded for: – Procession – Best Dressed Towing Vehicle Driver – Open.

Winners

Year
Title
Club
2023
This Old House
2022
I Wanna Rock
2019
Curse of the Kraken
2018
Last Ride
Otters CC, Ottery St Mary
2018
Consider Yourself (Dickensian)
2017
The Locker
2016
The Great Fire of London
Huckyduck CC, Coleford
2015
Madagascar Europe’s Most Wanted
Eclipse CC, Chard
2015
Waterloo
King William CC, Glastonbury
2014
In Flanders Fields
Huckyduck CC, Coleford
2013
#Priscilla
2012
Hannibal (Rome’s Worst Nightmare)
Huckyduck CC, Coleford
2011
Haunted Mansion
2009
Hell-O-Ween
Gorgons CC, Wells
2008
NEMESIS (INVASION EARTH)
2006
GHOST SHIP (DELIVER US)
2005
SPELLBOUND
2004
PALM BEACH
Mendip Vale CC, Wells
2003
JESTER SHOW
Mendip Vale CC, Wells
2002
INVASION FORCE
2000
MIL-LOONEY-UM 2000 (LET’S PARTY)
Masqueraders CC, Meare
1999
VIVA BRASIL!
1998
MAKE E’M LAUGH
Pegasus CC, Wookey
1997
SEASONS GREETINGS
1996
ROBOT ATTACK
1995
SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN
Springfield CC
1994
ICE SPIRIT
Gorgons CC, Wells
1993
SIOUX
Britannia CC, Castle Cary
1992
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Huckyduck CC, Coleford
1992
SPIRIT OF ARABIA
Harlequin CC, Ilminster
1991
WAKE ME UP
Springfield CC, Ilminster
1990
SAIL THE OCEAN BLUE
Domino CC, Ilminster
1989
REMEMBER REMEMBER
Harlequin CC, Ilminster
1989
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
Pegasus CC, Wookey
1988
THE MAGICIAN
Gorgons CC, Wells
1986
CARIBBEAN SHOWTIME

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