The first round of judging took place at the offices of the Somerset County Gazette with a panel of seven judges which included one of the world's leading flag experts Robin Ashburner who lives in Somerset as well as Deborah Meaden, Dragons Den Investor and Somerset Entrepeneur and Tom Mayberry Head of Heritage at Somerset County Council. The judges looked at nearly three hundred designs and were amazed at the very high standard of entries, they had a difficult task in narrowing the field down.
On the day thirteen finalists, the panel of judges including Deborah Meaden who made the presentations and invited guests from across the County attended this historic occassion.