2011 Events
BANK HOLIDAY SHOW - THANKS!
My thanks to all who gave their time and expertise to make our Club Show a success. The work put in to prepare for a show is quite enormous, the printing of schedules, prize cards, certificates, posters, benching cards and all the paperwork to record the results - my sincere thanks to all who helped. We only have the Town Hall for a very limited, but very expensive time, and it is thanks to the members who transport the extra tables from the farm up into the exhibition hall and transform them into spotless white rows, all neatly divided out to receive the entries.
Of course without our judges we would not have a show - they give their time to the club on a busy bank holiday and are really only seen by our members who steward for them.
So as you can see the work and the expense of putting on a show is huge whether have just a few entries or are suddenly overwhelmed with exhibits at the last moment !
This is what the show is all about - our members and friends of the club bringing in their exhibits to let us enjoy them. This year was the last that Mr Les Howells, was to compete in. The club has always been fortunate to have a showman like Les who can shown us how well flowers and vegetables can be grown no matter what the season. When Les accepted his awards, he thanked the Club for all the work we do in putting on such a fine show and he made a plea to you all - which your committee heartily endorse - " You must be in it to win it !"
There were many other competitors who won prizes with their exhibits. Sandra Anderson won cups for her baking and preserves, whilst Gladys Tidy was a winner yet again with her knitting. Although the Floral Arrangement classes had been reduced due to a fall off in support over the last few years, Stephanie Whatley showed that the quality was still there with her clever arrangement of flowers. Young Miss Faye O'Reilly won two awards for her miniature garden - a future garden designer here! After posing with Graham Rees to have my picture taken for the newspaper, the editor decided to dump us old fogies in favour of young George Luckett and his amazing mouse he had made from a carrot and put George's picture on the front page.
Have I forgotten to thank anybody ? - yes of course I must have. Thanks to the ladies who 'manned' the entrance, and those who organised the raffle and Louise's 'tea and cake' team who ran a very smart 'cafe' and also kept our busy treasurer lubricated. And to those who cleared everything away in record time - a great thank -you.
Derek