Ref. 25980_15THE Old Town Festival 2003 has officially ended with the presentation of a pure gold sovereign to the winner of the festival quiz and treasure hunt.

Richard Deacon, owner of Deacons jewellers, presented the gold sovereign to Christine Hawkins, 36, from Toothill.

There were around 350 entries for this year's competition, but only three had the correct answers to all the questions.

Christine won after answering a tie-break question.

She had to explain why she liked the Old Town Festival.

Her winning reply: "Nothing can compare with this olde tyme Old Town Fayre."

She said: "It's a marvellous prize. I am so pleased that I won it. Now I am thinking about what to do with it."

She intended either to put it into a necklace or hang it on the wall with her winning entry.

Quizmaster Alan Benfield said: "I tried to make this year's quiz as challenging as possible. There were eight reasonabe questions and the other two were hard."

Harry Bromley, chairman of the Old Town Festival said: "This is a sovereign end to what was a sovereign festival."