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Alderley Edge Allotments
and Gardens Society –
The 73rd Annual Show Report
The 73rd Annual Show was a huge success, staged for the very first time at Alderley Edge School for Girls in their wonderful Millennium Hall. Everyone who took part and all our visitors agreed that it was the perfect venue. There was plenty of space and it was light, bright and airy. Perfect! The organizing Show Committee are immensely grateful to the School for allowing the event to take place there.
Exhibitor numbers were marginally down on previous years, but the number of entries was well up on 2012 at approaching 500, which was encouraging. As often happens at summertime, some flowers and vegetables have long been over by late August. However, Ian Cockshott managed to pull a great selection of sweet peas ‘out of the hat’ and win the Mrs WS Sleath Silver Cup. Well done to him.
Our wonderful independent judges were very complimentary about the exhibits and felt they were of a high standard. As always, they served us well and we are grateful to them for their time and patience.
There were some quite exceptional exhibits and winners who must be roundly congratulated. Chris Yearsley again demonstrated his extraordinary horticultural abilities by not only winning the Peet/ Percival Memorial Shield but also the Stockport Express Silver Trophy for the best horticultural exhibits of the Show.
Chris went on to take a further seven trophies taking his haul to 9! He is an example to us all and a delight to see when his exhibits arrive. A great competitor and a humble winner! Many congratulations to him.
Jenny Lloyd managed to wrestle the Harry Hardy Trophy away from Chris with her excellent runner beans. Well done.
In the Handicraft classes, Hilary Geard must be congratulated for winning the Sally Ann Silver Cup for the most meritorious exhibit and the Midwood Cup for the best Handicraft exhibit. Jennie Palin took the MJ Proctor Silver Cup for the highest aggregate points in the Handicraft classes.
Jennie Cockshott won the FE Jones Silver Cup for the highest aggregate points in the Cookery classes. A truly excellent performance with three first prizes.
The Children’s and Young Adults classes showed some excellent work and exhibits. Olivia Braybrooke
won the WE Percival Silver Cup for
the Children’s Flower arrangement
whilst Laura Maclean won the Cockshott Family Cup for the Animal made from a fruit or vegetable. Lastly Kate Berrisford won the
tallest sunflower prize receiving the Sunflower Challenge Cup for her entry.
The prizes and trophies were awarded by the Chairman of the Alderley Edge Allotments and Garden Society, Mr. Fenton Simpson.
Andrea Hallisey
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