“The Blantyre Oscars” is a fantastic annual glittering extravaganza for the town of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire!! Celebrating local Music & Entertainment, Lifetime Achievement, Local Business, Youth Organisations, Environmental Pride, Inspirational Individuals and Heroism & Kindness in our community. Between 2017 – 2019, there’s so far between 45 nomination videos. There was even Celeb videos of congratulations!
The event is organised exclusively and entirely by Paul Veverka not just for the purpose of celebrating these accolades achieved by Blantyre people of all ages, but also to raise money for local good causes. Nomination videos below were made by Paul and put to the public vote. More information and winners list is at the official Oscars website at www.blantyreoscars.com
BLANTYRE OSCARS 2019 – April 2019
Category 1 Lifetime Achievement
1.1 Sandy Wilkie
1.2 Archie Simm
1.3 Bobby McKean
Category 2 Music & Entertainment
2.1 Molly Geddes
2.2 Tyre Walk n Rollers
2.3 Brandon Stein
Category 3 Inspirational Individuals
3.1 Cath McInally
3.2 Mitchell Kinnen
3.3 Billy Gallacher
Category 4 Heroism & Kindness
4.1 Taylor and Denby
4.2 Wasim Arshad
4.3 Elizabeth Freer Scott
Category 5 Environmental Pride
5.1 TACT Healthy Park
5.2 Wullie Bell, Cerys & Sparky
5.3 Arche Arbuckle
BLANTYRE OSCARS 2018 – March 2018
Category 1 Music & Entertainment
1.1 Live at Livvies
1.2 Peggy Cairns
1.3 David Purse
Category 2 Local Business
2.1 DGG Transport & Blantyre Bowling Club
2.2 Miners Welfare
2.3 Blantyre Community Council
Category 3 Environmental Pride
3.1 Bonnie Blantyre
3.2 Scottish Gas Networks
3.3 Friends of the Calder
Category 4 Inspirational Individuals
4.1 Victoria McMahon
4.2 Scott Arbuckle
4.3 Kevin O Neil
Category 5 Heroism & Kindness
5.1 Jo Kelly and Kathy Larkins
5.2 Rebecca Blackburn and Julie McCallum
5.3 Stephen Reid and Thomas Rodger
BLANTYRE OSCARS 2017 – March 2017
Category 1 Music & Entertainment
1.1 Rosco
1.2 Emma
1.3 Mya
Category 2 Youth Organisations
2.1 Terminal One
2.2 Hyper Cyber
2.3 Blantyre Soccer Academy
Category 3 Environmental Pride
3.1 John Dunsmore
3.2 Blantyre Community Woodland
3.3 Friends of the Calder
Category 4 Inspirational Individuals
4.1 Ciarha
4.2 John Paul Doyle
4.3 Mason Bruce
Category 5 Heroism & Kindness
5.1 Gail Gillon
5.2 Dougie
5.3 James Alexander
Celeb Messages 2019: Opening | Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 | Video 4 | Video 5 | Overall Winner | Interval Starts | Interval Ends |
Celeb Messages 2018: Opening | Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 | Video 4 | Video 5 | Overall Winner | Interval Starts | Interval Ends |
Celeb Messages 2017: Opening | Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 | Video 4 | Video 5 | Overall Winner | Interval Starts | Interval Ends |