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Welsh Branch
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Chairs Report
What an odd season we’ve had. I don’t think I can ever remember another like it. Straight after planting we had 6 weeks without rain, and for a high rainfall area like we have, it was exceptional.
My potatoes are grown in the ground
for the kitchen, and this is only the second time in 63 years that I’ve had to water them, in fact I watered them twice. Winston and Armour have had lots of splits in the tubers, so in fact I should have watered sooner. Four sowings of cauliflowers all headed together, the first sowing was big, the last was very small. These I did water from
the outset. Once the weather broke, we had nothing but rain from mid-July till the end of August. In early September we had five days of almost 40c. It’s been a trying season to say the least.
Our branch show was held at the Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans, nr Cardiff on 9th and 10th September. It
was a great show well supported by our branch members and our friends from England and Scotland. We had Raymond Higgins judging from Ireland, so it was an international show.
The premier class for a collection of
five kinds was won by Jim Thompson. A great achievement having spent quite a long time in hospital not too long ago. The Potato championship was won by Sherie Plumb in a closely contested class with Owain Roberts in second place. However, Owain won the Leek championship with some of the best Welsh Seedling that I’ve seen in many years. David Thomas won the tap root championship, and I won the onion championship.
Our AGM will be held at the Lamb & Flag, Rhyader, on Sat 6th March 2024 , at 11am
Ivor Mace
1 Collection
3 Long Carrots
5 Potatoes coloured 7 Beet Long
9 Runner Beans
11 Tomatoes
13 Peas
15 French Beans
17 Onions+250g
19 Large Shallots 21-18 Point Collection 23-20points
25 6x1each
27 Beetroot 29-Beetroot Nov
31 Collection Nov Uk2 Leeks
UK 4 Tap Roots
Jim Thompson Andrew Jones Sherie Plumb Andrew Jones Sherie Plumb Andrew Jones Ian Simpson Andrew Jones Ivor Mace
Rob Holmes Luke Briggs
Viv Thomas
Sue McCall Owain Ll Roberts Gerry Lewis
Viv Thomas Owain Ll Roberts David Thomas
Sherie Plumb Rob Evans Owain Ll Roberts John Lowe Andrew Jones Medwyn Williams James Pearson Ian Simpson Chris Topps James Pearson Ian Simpson
Jim Thompson Sherie Plumb Gerry Lewis
Jack Coombes John Branham
John Branham David Thomas Mark Hall Geoff Nash Geoff Nash Rob Holmes Rob Evans B&PPlumb Andrew Jones David Thornton Andrew Jones Sue McCall James Pearson David Thornton
Andrew Jones Jim Thompson
David Thornton Neil Page
John Branham
B&PPlumb John Lowe Andrew Jones Jim Thompson John Lowe
Rob Evans
John Branham Owain Ll Roberts John Branham B&PPlumb
Viv Thomas John Lowe
David Thomas
Class
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
2 Parsnips
Medwyn Williams
Sue McCall
David Thomas
Andrew Jones
4 Potatoes white
Owain Ll Roberts
Sherie Plumb
B&PPlumb
Mark Hall
6 Short Carr
Andrew Jones
Luke Briggs
Ian Simpson
Gareth Davies
8 Celery
David Thornton
Sue McCall
Andrew Jones
Geoff Nash
10 Leeks
Owain Ll Roberts
Jack Coombes
Sue McCall
Viv Thomas
12 Cauliflowers
Sherie Plumb
B&PPlumb
Andrew Jones
Geoff Nash
14 Cucumber
Sherie Plumb
Jim Thompson
Luke Briggs
Emily Harris
16 Onions under250g
Rob Holmes
Franklyn Williams
Sherie Plumb
David Thornton
18 Pickling Shallots
Rob Holmes
Sherie Plumb
Rob Evans
John Oliver
20 Point Coll Onions
Rob Holmes
22-Millenium Collection
Owain Ll Roberts
Jim Thompson
Sherie Plumb
Ian Simpson
24 - Marrow
Sue McCall
Mark Hall
B&PPlumb
Andrew Jones
26 Legmues
Ian Simpson
B&PPlumb
James Pearson
28 Small Tomatoes
David Thornton
Sue McCall
Ian Simpson
Rob Holmes
30 Toms Nov
Gerry Lewis
Richard F Williams
Uk1 Onions
Ivor Mace
Andrew Jones
Viv Thomas
Owain Ll Roberts
Uk3 Potatoes
Sherie Plumb
Owain Ll Roberts
Andrew Jones
John Branham
James Pearson
Silver Medal
Jim Thompson (Class 1.)
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