2010 Show Report
Saturday 11 September 2010
Best in show: Jennifer Constable
HORTICULTURAL
Best in section (adults): Jim Turnbull, 6 runner beans
Best in section (junior): Aoife Rice, 6 tomatoes, non cherry
VEGETABLES
- 6 Runner Beans - Jim Turnbull
- Longest runner bean – 1st prize only - Linda Dixon
- 4 white potatoes - Sarah Cheesmur
- 4 coloured potatoes - Carolyn McIlvride
- Heaviest pumpkin - 1st prize only
- A pumpkin or squash not exceeding 35cm in size - Claire Mitchell
- 6 cherry tomatoes - Carolyn McIlvride
- 6 tomatoes (non cherry) - Aoife Rice age 10
- Most unusual selection of tomatoes (max 6) - Jo Roche
- Heaviest marrow – 1st prize only - Gordon Peters
- 3 beetroot - Judy Cockburn
- 3 chillies - Jennifer Constable
- 5 onions from either seed or sets, under 250g (9oz) each - Chris Openshaw
- 3 onions from either seed or sets, over 250g (9oz) each - Jim Turnbull
- 6 shallots - Jim Turnbull
- A garlic plait
- 3 leeks - Bridget Keates
- Posy of mixed herbs judged for variety - Judy Cockburn
- Crudités selection (eg radish, cucumber, sweet pepper, carrot, cauliflower, celery, chicory, cherry tomato) - unprepared. Minimum 4 items - Jennifer Constable
- 2 sweetcorn - Chris Openshaw
- 2 cucumbers - Richard Woods
- 3 Courgettes, not exceeding 15cm long - Bridget Keates
- Unusual vegetable - Aoife Rice age 10
- Selection of 4 different vegetables of the same colour - Rebekah Panayides
- Most amusing vegetable - Jo Roche
FRUIT
- 3 dessert Apples - Stephen Cockburn
- 3 cooking Apples - Sarah Cheesmur
- 5 plums - Karen Jones
- Plate of soft fruit (15-20 items) - Bridget Keates
- A plate of exotic fruit - Jonathon Harding
FLOWERS
- 3 Dahlia blooms - Cactus/semi cactus - Stephen Cockburn
- 3 Dahlia blooms - pom pom/ball - Rosemary Harding
- 3 Dahlia blooms - any other variety - Robin Upton
- The single most fragrant rose - Jenny Spear
- Largest sunflower head - Andy Burton
- Mixed perennials – 6 stems, not shrubs (minimum 3 varieties) - Jo Roche
FLORAL ART
Best in section: Belinda Campopiano, an arrangement in a candlestick
- Miniature floral arrangement not exceeding 10cm in any direction - Sue Cutmore
- An arrangement of flowers in a candlestick. No taller than 45cm - Belinda Campopiano
- "The World Cup Finals" – an arrangement using any materials & accessories. Max 45cm in any direction
- A corsage for the mother of the bride - Rosemary Harding
- "Coffee time" – for men only – an arrangement in a coffee related container. Max 45cm in any direction - Rob Southern
FOOD & DRINK
Winner Best in Section: Sally Forth, an iced coffee & walnut sponge
Winner Aileen Craigen Cup for Best Preserve: Bridget Rice, Blackcurrant Jam
- An iced coffee and walnut sponge - 3 egg recipe - Sally Forth
- Raisin Orange Pound cake - to recipe given in schedule. - Stephanie Gilpin
- 3 decorated cup cakes - Clare Johnson
- 2 poached pears in red wine (in a bowl)
- 5 brandy snaps (without cream filling) - Jane Harrison
- 5 digestive biscuits - Harvey Roche age 7
- 3 slices millionaire's shortbread - Pollie Boyle
- A lemon tart using homemade pastry
- A flavoured soda bread, to include written out recipe
- A homemade traditional bread loaf (oven cooked) - Sarah Moss
- A jar of your favourite oil and vinegar based dressing - Alison Sinclair
- 1 jar of chutney any recipe (labelled) - Bridget Rice
- 1 jar jam (labelled) - Bridget Rice
- 1 jar fruit jelly (labelled) - Bridget Keates
- 1 jar marmalade any flavour (labelled) - Bridget Rice
- 1 bottle homemade beer (labelled) - Iain Pringle
CRAFTS
Best in section: Judy Cockburn, a knitted tea cosy
- A knitted tea-cosy - Judy Cockburn
- A pair of 'fun and funky' socks
- A handmade greetings card - Miesje Jenkins
- An item of embroidery no bigger than 60cm - Jennifer Constable
- Item in any other medium, no bigger than 75cm - Diana Mackenzie
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
Best in section: Amanda Smith, Still Life
ART – maximum size (including frame) 60cm, framed or unframed
- Portrait – any medium - Barbara Hopkinson
- An abstract design – any medium - Anne Huggins
- Landscape – any medium - Lin Wood
- Still life - any medium - Amanda Smith
PHOTOGRAPHY – unmounted, maximum size 20cm. Black & White or colour unless specified. Printed on photographic paper. Not digitally enhanced unless specified.
- "Snow" - Jamie Ellis
- "Close up" - Ben Fenner-Meadows age 7
- "At rest" - Sam Targett
- "Water" - Malcolm Redford
- A digitally created abstract image - Jo Roche
JUNIOR (2 age bands for each class: 5–8 & 9-12)
Best in section: Phoebe Whiting age 4, Handprint Peacock
FLORAL ART
- Countryside on a plate (maximum 25cm diameter) - Megan Cashfield age 9 and Saskia Monteiro age 8
FOOD & DRINK
- 2 butterfly cakes - Annabel Peters age 9 and Felix Donders age 3
- 2 decorated biscuits (judged for appearance only) - Harry Laben age 9 and Louis Gaskell age 6
- A vehicle made from sweets or biscuits (maximum 15cm in any direction) - Aoife Rice age 10 and Lorcan Rice age 5
CRAFTS & ART
- A papier mache creature (maximum size 45cm in any direction) - Klara Dowds age 10 and Lorcan Rice age 5
- A bug or bird home for your garden made from natural materials (maximum size 45cm) - Emily Church age 9 and Lorcan Rice age 5
- A handwritten poem with decorated border. (Maximum size A4) - Aoife Rice age 10 and Sophie Burton age 7
- A folk art picture from around the world. (Maximum size A4) - Aoife Rice age 10 and Isobel Pringle age 4
PHOTOGRAPHY (see adult categories for conditions)
- "Morph your family" (a digitally morphed portrait) - Harvey Roche age 7
- "Sunrise or sunset" - Tom Burnell age 11 and Robert Ellis age 7
- "Ball games" - Ben Fenner-Meadows age 7
UNDER 5s
- A handprint peacock - Phoebe Whiting age 4
- A grass head in a tight