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Held each year in January during the Santos Tour Down Under since its inception in 1999, the Santos Best Dressed Town competition is back once again for 2024!

The competition is a great way for South Australian communities to get involved and be a part of the excitement of the event.

Open to all towns, schools, businesses and households along the race route on all stages, efforts do not go unnoticed by the professional cycling teams who love the support and the atmosphere as they ride through regional and metropolitan South Australia.

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Competition Details

  • Santos Best Dressed Town
  • Santos Best Dressed Private Property
  • Santos Best Dressed Commercial or Community Property
  • Best Dressed Town - Community involvement, innovation, appearance, environmental initiatives and the use of Santos Tour Down Under in your display.
  • Best Dressed Private Property & Commercial or Community Property - Innovation, appearance, environmental initiatives and the use of Santos Tour Down Under in your display.
  • Community Involvement: How involved is the community? Is the whole community being pro-active and contributing to the event? Do visitors (and judges) feel welcomed into the community? Is the community radiating with energy and excitement?
  • Appearance: How much effort was placed into the preparation of the decorations, festivities and activities? Is the nominee exploding with colour and visual impact? 
  • Innovation: Have any creative measures been used in the planning, preparation and installation of the decorative efforts and local activities? Does the venue have any planned activations for the race?
  • Santos Inclusion: How well has the nominee included Santos Tour Down Under in their design? 
  • Environmental Initiatives: How well has the nominee used environmental initiatives in their design? What initiatives have been undertaken to reduce the environmental impact?

The Santos Best Dressed Town Competition will award overall winners for each category, including gold, silver and bronze Best Dressed Town winners for the event. There will also be a daily winner for each category at every stage.

DAILY WINNERS

Santos Best Dressed Town:
Framed certificate and $500.

Santos Best Dressed Private Property:
Framed certificate and gift pack.

Santos Best Dressed Commercial or Community Property:
Framed certificate and gift pack. 

OVERALL WINNERS

Santos Best Dressed Town - Gold:
Signed framed jersey, $5,500 worth of furniture from Spark's standard range, 2 x metal signs signifying win, $3000 to be spent on a community improvement project or resources of the nominee’s choice, as well as the town added to the perpetual winner’s trophy with 11 months display rights.

Santos Best Dressed Town - Silver:
Signed framed jersey, $1500 to be spent on a community improvement project or resources of the nominee’s choice.

Santos Best Dressed Town - Bronze:
Signed framed jersey, $750 to be spent on a community improvement project or resources of the nominee’s choice.

Santos Best Dressed Private Property:
Framed certificate, gift pack and $1000.

Santos Best Dressed Commercial or Community Property:
Framed certificate, gift pack and $1000.

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2023 OVERALL WINNERS

  • Santos Best Dressed Town
  • Santos Best Dressed Private Property
  • Santos Best Dressed Commercial or Community Property

Uraidla

Overall winner of the Santos Best Dressed Town is Uraidla. The town showed plenty of community spirit, with bike themed decorations and a united theme of sunflowers and bees, adding lots of excitement and colour to this beautiful South Australian town.

SILVER: Lobethal

BRONZE: Tanunda

 

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