Honours were shared among the pride of the press from the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group awards night.

The winners and runners-up were:

The ecng Q Cup

Winner: Eastern Daily Press

Paid-for Newspaper of the Year

Winner: Romford Recorder - CML

Finalists: Evening News, Norwich - Norfolk Publishing;
Ham & High - CML;
Newham Recorder - CML

Free Newspaper of the Year

Winner: The Comet - CML Herts

Finalists: Hunts Post - CMP;
Ayrshire Leader Series, CML Central Scotland;
The Extra - CML Glasgow

Community Newspaper of the Year

Winner: Evening Star, Ipswich - Suffolk Publishing

Finalists: Newham Recorder - CML;
Evening News - Norfolk Publishing

Website of the Year

Winner: edp24.co.uk - Norfolk Publishing Web Team

Finalists: Pinkun.com - Norfolk Publishing Web Team;
ecngnetwork.co.uk - Keith Morris, Group;
EveningNews24.co.uk - Norfolk Publishing Web Team

News Journalist of the Year

Winner: Danielle Nuttall - East Anglian Daily Times, Suffolk Publishing

Finalists: Tracey Sparling - Evening Star, Suffolk Publishing;
Martin Davey - EADT, Suffolk Publishing

Special Personal Achievement Award

James Ruddy, deputy editor, Eastern Daily Press

Photographer of the Year

Joint Winners: Andy Abbott - East Anglian Daily Times;
Eastern Daily Press Photographic Team

Finalists: Evening Star Photographic Team;
Keith Whitmore - Evening News

Feature Writer of the Year

Winner: Susan Smith - Newham Recorder

Finalists: Mark Nicholls - EDP;
Patricia Parker - EADT Magazine;
Carmen Lichi - Ham&High

Best Feature/Supplement

Winner: Suffolk Business magazine - IP-City supplement

Finalists: Romford Recorder - Christmas Shoebox Appeal;
Ayrshire Leader - Education 2001;
Ham&High - FA Cup Final 2001 Supplement;
Market Link Imaging Division - Professional Resources Series

Magazine of the Year

Winner: EADT Suffolk Magazine - Suffolk Publishing

Finalists: Photography Monthly - Market Link;
Image Magazine - Summerhouse;
Cheshire Life - ecng Lifestyle, Preston

Non-journalism awards:

Best Promotion

Winner: Tractor Boys - Evening Star Brand Team

Finalists: Park Life - Evening News Marketing;
Market Link - Photography Monthly launch;
EDP Event Magazine - EDP Marketing and Promotions

Front Office/Reception of the Year

Winner: Receptionists - CML Romford

Finalists: Ipswich Reception - Suffolk Publishing;
Carole Jordan - CML Exmouth;
Carole Milner - CML Hitchin

Best Use of Technology

Winner: Insight Intranet - Norfolk Publishing

Finalists: Recruitment Team - CML Ilford;
DAM Project - IS/Pre Press, Suffolk Publishing;
Web Team - Norfolk Publishing

Newcomer of the Year

Winner: Michael Tucker - Production CML Exeter

Finalists: Kay Louise Brown - Summerhouse;
Sarah Jarvis - Norfolk Publishing, Swaffham;
Jeanetta La Four - Norfolk Publishing, North Walsham;
Lois Kiran - CML Hampstead

Innovation of the Year

Winner: Eastern Daily Press - Exam Crammers

Finalists: Telesales/Ad Production - Norfolk Publishing, Recruitment Visualiser;
Insight - Norfolk Publishing, The Marketing University;
Marketing Services - Suffolk Publishing, Well Read

Exceptional Customer Service Award

Winner: Maxine Jones - Subscriptions, ecng Lifestyle

Finalists: Hayley Thompson - Production, Market Link Publishing;
Lynn Newman - Advertising, Great Yarmouth;
Adopt A Customer Team - Ad Production, Norfolk Publishing

Best Advertisement

Winner: Gemma Foreman - Norfolk Publishing

Finalists: Sharon Hulbert & Eric Secker - EDP Magazine;
Phil Gibsone, Matt Pluck - Market Link;
Robin Tramaseur - Suffolk Publishing

Decade of Achievement Award

Winner: Gordon Sturdy - CML Glasgow

Finalists: Martine McGuire - CML Glasgow;
John Frary - Facilities, Norwich;
Glen Mackay - Ad Production, Norfolk Publishing

Unsung Hero/Heroine

Winner: Kathleen Robertson - Ellon Times, CML NE Scotland

Finalists: Neville Bullard - Facilities, Norwich;
Anita Aldous - Norfolk Publishing, Lowestoft;
Judy Hill - Hunts Post, CMP

Product/service of the Year

Winner: Heather Ritchie -Advertising, CML Peterhead

Finalists: Kate Higgs and Scott Dolling, EADT Marketing - Suffolk Publishing;
Lyn Shaw - Leaflet Sales, Suffolk Publishing;
Phyllis Mundie - Ellon Times Advertising, CML NE Scotland

Distribution/Circulation Dept of the Year

Winner: Circulation - Life Magazines, Preston, ecng Lifestyle

Finalists: CML Hitchin Distribution;
Ipswich Distribution - Suffolk Publishing;
Evening News Marketing - Norfolk Publishing

Team of the Year

Winner: Credit Control - CML Ilford

Finalists: Key Accounts and Agency Sales Team - Suffolk Publishing;
Tour Guides - Suffolk Publishing;
Telesales - Norfolk Publishing

Ad Team of the Year

Winner: Telesales - Norfolk Publishing

Finalists: Weeklies Ad Sales Team - Norfolk Publishing;
Lancashire Life, sales team - ecng Lifestyle;
Retail and Business to Business Sales Team - Suffolk Publishing;
Agricultural and South West Wales Trader sales team

Sales Person of the Year

Winner: Debbie Hall - Yorkshire Life, ecng Lifestyle, Preston

Finalists: Kim Parrack - property sales ecng Lifestyle, Preston;
Amanda Simpson - North Devon Gazette, CML Barnstaple;
Danny Alden - Norfolk Publishing, Diss;
Melanie Secker - Norfolk Publishing, Norwich

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