SOME of Taunton's top mums have picked up prizes for their efforts over the past year.

The winners of Asda's Super Mum Competition will all go forward to a national contest organised by the superstore.

Of the 80 entrants, the following were successful - Heather Kershaw, softest mum; Sophie Reed, funkiest mum; Tamara Dixon, funniest mum; Sheila Davies, most embarrassing mum; Cathy Oaten, sportiest mum; Valerie Squire, best cook; Helen Prescott, mother and baby; Irene Bayliss, Asda colleagues' mum.