2022 celebrates the 10th anniversary of our annual Face of Rooke’s competition… where has the time gone?! We’ve had some adorable winners within the last 10 years from fluffy felines to playful pups and even a happy hedgehog! Every year we are inundated with pet photos from proud owners who believe their pet has what it takes to win, and this year it could be you… or rather your pet!
Entries for the 2022 competition are open until 4pm on Sunday 2nd October with voting commencing for our 10 finalists on 8th October.
If you think your pet has what it takes to become the next ‘‘face’’ of Rooke’s, winning their very own photoshoot and having their picture posted across our social media channels, newspapers, promotional material and more, taking over from reigning champ, Bella the pug, just click the link below to enter them today!
Face of Rooke’s 2022 competition – enter here
The History of Face of Rooke’s
Face of Rooke’s first launched in 2013 as a puppy and kitten competition giving us two adorable winners. Throughout the competition we received a staggering number of entries from proud pet owners and it soon became clear just how much people loved showing off their pets (and we can understand why!). So we later decided to open up the competition to include all pet types from canine companions and charming cats to perky parrots, ravishing rabbits, funny farm animals, gallant guinea pigs, radiant reptiles and every other pet type imaginable!
Face of Rooke’s – How it Works
Every year the competition opens for entries for approximately 2 months; during this time people can send us their pet’s picture-perfect photo and then our team have the impossible task of selecting just 10 pet finalists.
The photos of our finalists are then advertised in our Spalding store, on our website and on our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – feel free to give us a follow!) for the general public to vote for their favourite pet picture (we’re pretty pleased this part of the competition is out of our hands, how could we possibly choose just one winner ourselves?).
The voting stage of the competition runs for about a month and during that time we learn more about each finalist and share this information with the general public… our voters! We love learning about your pet’s favourite foods and games, and your funniest memories of them… for example Spencer the Border Collie, a finalist in our 2021 Face of Rooke’s competition, loved sliding down the snow on Ben Nevis, and then running back up to do it all over again… adorable, right?
We then combine the votes from the store, our website and social platforms to reveal our winner… that’s the really exciting bit (the competition runs for such a long period of time that there is so much anticipation for which pet wins the prestigious crown, not just from our customers perspective, but for us in store too!).
Here’s a record of our worthy winners throughout the years:
2012: Flo & Maisie
2013: Harry & Finn
2014: Mungo
2015: Rosie
2016: Winston
2017: Murphy
2018: Bubbles
2019: Nev
2020: Lady Vivienne
2021: Bella
Put your Paws Together!
With the hundreds and hundreds of entries we receive each year, becoming a finalist is an incredible achievement in itself and one to be very proud of. And for the very lucky winner, they don’t just receive the winning crown, they really do become the ‘‘face’’ of Rooke’s as they are awarded with a winner’s photoshoot where their pictures will be used across our promotional material including newspapers, social media and in store posters. And if that wasn’t enough, the winning pet also receives a £100.00 Rooke’s voucher to spend in store and a 12 month Rooke’s discount card, so their owners can continue shopping at Rooke’s and save themselves a few pennies at the same time!
Face of Rooke’s 2022: You’ve got to be in it to win it
As you now know this year is very special as it’s the 10th anniversary of Face of Rooke’s, and with that in mind we wanted to make the 2022 competition bigger and better than ever before so we’ve decided to shake up the prizes!
This year’s 1st place will receive a winners-worthy photoshoot as they take the crown, a £100.00 Rooke’s voucher and a 12 month discount card to spend in store.
The picturesque pet that comes in 2nd place will win a £50.00 Rooke’s voucher… just think what you could buy for your pet with £50.00 in your pocket!
3rd place will take a £20.00 Rooke’s voucher… a new bed perhaps?
And the finalists who place 4th – 10th will each win a £10.00 Rooke’s voucher… a new toy is in sight!
A Date for your Diary
This year, the 2022 winner (and placings of our finalists) will be announced on Thursday 3rd November.
So if you think your pet has what it takes to win the 2022 Face of Rooke’s competition, just click here to enter them today… what are you waiting for?
It doesn’t matter whether your beloved pet is a cat, dog, hamster, mouse, rat, ferret, gerbil, rabbit, guinea pig, chinchilla, horse, pony, donkey, llama, alpaca, pig, sheep, goat, chicken, bird, reptile, fish or stick insect, you can still enter them (we may have forgotten a few pet types here – there’s just so many to remember – but rest assured you can still get involved). We absolutely love seeing your pet entries every year and we can’t wait to see more of them again this year.
To enter, all you need to do is click here and input your name and email address (so that we can contact you if your pet is successful), your pets name and type (eg dog, cat, rabbit etc) and then upload your pets best photo – it really is that simple! And for some top tips on capturing the puuurfect pet picture, click here to read our blog as we’ve got a few handy hints to share with you.
Good luck!