MINEHEAD carpenter Mark Bowden has been named as the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers' apprentice of 2001 at an awards evening at the Somerset College of Arts and Technology.

Mark was presented with a silver cup in the construction division of the prize-giving, which was held on Monday.

A former pupil of West Somerset Community College, in Minehead, he attended SCAT on a day-release basis through his employer Charles Sweetland and Sons.

He achieved an NVQ 3 in carpentry and joinery from SCAT in September last year.

Photo: Steve Guscott.