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Championships Results 2021, continued
West Midlands DA
As everyone will appreciate, we had to cancel our May meeting at Fairfield Village Hall due to the restrictions
at the time because of this deadly disease. I hope our members are still growing their veg and keeping safe.
We are arranging to have a stand
at Ribbesford near Bewdley garden centre at their open day the end of June where hopefully we can attract new members. We are also having a stand at Gardeners World live at the NEC from the 26-29th of August and unfortunately it looks like our August meeting and mini veg show has to be cancelled but hopefully we will be back for a meeting at Fairfield the last Thursday in November. Meanwhile my veg plot is filling up fast, the Elephant Garlic is growing very large along with my 38 varieties of pepper plants, one of which started flowering on the 16th April. So we will continue to plan for
a display at the NEC and hope people will come and visit our stand either to sign up as members, buy plants and seeds or just ask for advice.
The committee ran our 6 metres by three metres stand at Gardners World Live at the NEC during August. The stand was set up by Albert Walker, Wendy Brickstock and Graham Brickstock on the wednesday morning. We were informed late on that we had to finish setting up by 1.30pm which we just about achieved. The stand was manned over the four days by Peter Waldron, Sandra Hall, Albert Walker, Wendy Brickstock, Anna Brickstock and myself Graham Brickstock. We were pleasantly surprised to achieve a Silver Medal and some kind remarks from many of the people visiting our stand both about our display and the plants and items we had for sale. Albert Walker impressed by selling all the elephant garlic that he supplied and we also
sold out of volcanic rock dust and bio char. This was a great achievement as the attendance was restricted due to Corona virus and provides the DA with well earned funds to run our
meetings. We have prepared a full programme for 2022 and if anyone would like to receive a copy in the post, please do contact me. Graham Brickstock
Chairman, tel. 01527 837867
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Class 17
Tomatoes – Medium
Scott Glass Tankard
R. Sale
J. Thompson R. Jones R. Sale
J. Thompson S. Smith R. Jones P. Grimes P. Grimes
C. Evans S. Hodgson
R. Holmes M. Hall G. Nash
R. Holmes
C. Evans
C. Evans
B. Oliver
R. Holmes
R. Holmes
R. Nightingale
G. Nash
G. Tranter
D. Chester
D. Thornton
P. Grimes
D. Thornton
J. Oliver
G. Nash
R. Scriven
R. Bassett
P. Burgess
R. Jackson
D. Thornton
R. Jones
J. Bebbington
B. Cliffe
C. Blunsdon
J. Bebbington
M. Hall
D. Thornton
D. Davies
R. Evans
R. Holmes
R. Bassett
P. Grimes
M. Hall
R. Nightingale
G. Davies
N. Gould
P. Grimes
B. Oliver
J. Thompson
Class 18
Cucumbers
Holderness Tankard
Class 19
Shallots - Large
Fred Stone Shield
Class 20
Shallots - Pickling
Scott Trophy
Class 21
French Beans
Webbs Memorial Trophy
Class 22
Onions – 250g or less
Holderness Trophy & Medal
Class 23
Beetroot – Globe
R.Price Goblets
Class 24
Marrows
Holderness Tankard
Class 25
Cabbage
Harry Williams Memorial Trophy
Class 26
Special – Those not having won a red card
Walkers Olde Coffee Shop Trophy
Class 27
Tomatoes – Small Fruited
Don Strange Trophy
Class 28
Collection of Onions and Shallots
Bill & Margaret Salver
Class 29
Collection of Potatoes
Wye Vale Nurseries Trophy
Class 30
Collection of 4 dishes
Shrewsbury Cup
Ivy Williams Trophy – (Midlands member with the most points) P. Grimes Class 9 - Onions over 250g but less than 1500g – N. Currie
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