John Tunstall, RFS Award Best Practical Student

A Nantwich college student has scooped a national forestry award.

John Tunstall is the first Reaseheath College student to win a Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Silky Fox Handsaws Award.

He was selected as best practical student on his Level 3 Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture course.

The new award recognises outstanding students on courses with a strong practical arboriculture or woodland management element. It is run by the RFS at 21 colleges.

John, 19, from Wimboldesley, received a Silky Gomtaro 300mm pruning saw and a year’s RFS membership.

RFS North West Midlands chairman David Gwillam said: “Understanding good woodland management is a continuous process as new techniques are developed, new threats and diseases appear and new tree species are introduced.”

Reaseheath countryside curriculum manager Jamie Cook said: “John has impressed us with his enthusiasm and willingness to help others, particularly in practical sessions.

“Strong practical skills are essential if students are to become successful, particularly in such a competitive industry.”

John was a horticulture student at the Nantwich college before branching out into arboriculture.

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