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Sunday the 2nd of September saw Parwich and District Horticultural Society’s 57th Annual Flower and Vegetable Show in the Memorial Hall. The Hall looked stunning with a selection of flowers, fruit, vegetables and home produce. It is also impressive that there are people willing to give up their Sundays to judge these local shows. In Parwich this year the judges were:
Chrysanthemums - Mr G Cobb of Matlock
Dahlias – Mr W K Wilkinson of Bradley
Other Flowers & Pot Plants- Mr R Hill of Dronfield
Vegetables- Mrs K Hill of Dronfield
Home Produce- Mrs E Sims of Woodeaves
Floral Art- Ms D Wayne of Absolutely Fabulous, Ashbourne
The local classes were well supported with an excellent range of entries. The Preserves & Cookery Section was particularly well supported with 12 entries in the new bread making class. It was good to see younger entrants, Sophie Philips and Catherine Bunting, winning several prizes for their baking. First time entrant Mrs Jane Bennett took the cup for this section.
Also in the other local sections we saw two other youngsters, James and Lucy Dickinson and William Beesley, taking on the adults and winning prizes. Mrs Anne Knight’s floral arrangement in an egg cup was selected as the best local floral entry in show, and Mr Peter Rawlins’ tomatoes as best local vegetable entry in show. However, husband and wife team, Tony and Rita Marshall, all but swept the board in the local flower and vegetable sections. They competed with each other for the Alan Oldfield Trophey for overall highest scoring entrant, with Tony just pipping Rita to the post.
The open floral art sections were also impressive with entries depicting ‘The English Summer’ and an arrangement using a wine bottle. Strawberries and cream on one entry perhaps were nostalgic for summers gone by, with the entry including a pair Wellington boots being more appropriate to this summer. It must have taken all of Delia Wayne’s professional skill to choose the prize winners.
The open sections in general had fewer entries, with no entries at all in the Open Vegetable Section. Can the Society do something different to attract more entries? The Dahlia and Chrysanthemum sections were also smaller than previous years but there was certainly no reduction in quality, with National Society Medals being awarded in both sections. Mr Paul Snow did particularly well, taking two of the National Medals, a Certificate of Merit and both cups.
Mrs Debbie Webster of Parwich presented the prizes and the day was rounded off by an auction of the produce and a raffle draw. Mr Denis Laycock of Parwich stepped in at the last minute to take the auction and his inimitable style helped get the bidders enthusiastically emptying their pockets of change and notes. Society members were particularly generous in the raffle prizes this year, which included a voucher for work in your garden by Parwich Pruners, as well as hampers of prize winning produce, and other prizes. The auction and the raffle may mean that the Show actually makes a small profit this year, an unexpected bonus to the Horticultural Society.
Trophy Winners
Harry Hopkinson Memorial Cup
(for best floral entry in the local classes)
Anne Knight for class 19, floral arrangement in an egg cup
Tarbatt Cup
(for highest scoring entrant in local dahlia classes)
Dot Hart
Crompton-Inglefield Cup
(for highest scoring entrant in the local flower section)
Rita Marshall
Bob Matthews Trophy
(for best vegetable in the local classes)
Peter Rawlins for class 30, plate of 4 standard tomatoes
Eric Allsopp Memorial Cup
(for highest scoring entrant in the local vegetable section)
Tony Marshall
Tallis Trophy
(for highest scoring entrant in the children’s section)
Catherine Bunting
Dorothy Foden Memorial Trophy
(for highest scoring entrant in the preserves and cookery section)
Jane Bennett
Alan Oldfield Trophy
(for highest scoring entrant overall in the local flower and vegetable sections)
Tony Marshall
Floral Art Rosebowl
(for highest scoring entrant in the floral art classes from both the local and open classes)
Won jointly by Rita Marshall & Helen Pitts
P&DHS Chrysanthemum Cup
(for highest scoring entrant in the open chrysanthemum section)
Mr Paul Snow
National Chrysanthemum Society Medals
(awarded to best chrysanthemum exhibits in any section, as appropriate)
Silver: Mr Paul Snow for class 54, vase of 3 sprays (single)
Certificate of Merit: Mr Paul Snow for class 54, vase of 3 sprays (single)
P&DHS Dahlia Cup
(for highest scoring entrant in the open dahlia section)
Mr Paul Snow
National Dahlia Society Medals
(awarded to best dahlia exhibits in any section, as appropriate)
Silver: Mr David Johnson for class 56, one decorative (giant)
Bronze: Mr Paul Snow for class 59, vase of 3 cactus or semi-cactus (medium)
Ambrose Wilton Trophy
(for highest scoring entrant in the open vegetable section)
No entries in the open vegetable section this year
2007 Children’s Horticultural Show
There were some nine entries to the Scarecrow Competition, with an additional anonymous entry appearing on the Green. The entries were inventive and amusing, with first prize going to the Griffiths family, second prize to the Drummond family and third prize to Mrs Barbara Edge. Well done to all entries and thank you to David and Janice Wigley for judging. It was a pleasure to have Brian and Barbara McCormick back in the village to present the winners with the McCormick Trophy.
The entries for Parwich School Poster Competitionwere displayed on Sunday in the Memorial Hall. This year’s theme was ‘the contents of a compost bin’. The entries were excellent, revealing an understanding of the composting progress, with some very realistic drawings of worms and insects, as well as the garden and kitchen waste. In the 7 yrs and under section first prize went to Jake Edge, second to Sam Dale and third to Ruben Griffiths. In the 8yrs and over section first prize went to James Dickinson, second to Tom Stafford and third to Elena Danks. Thank you to the School for supporting this, and to Di Turnbull for judging it.
The Children’s Show was very well supported, with a most impressive range of entries. The Show tables and drawings as a whole are well worth visiting, with the miniature gardens and animals made out of fruit and vegetables being of an exceptionally high standard. Also the drawings of Parwich people were well done, with no need to indicate who the models were. Well done to all who entered. A good range of children won prizes in each class, but the trophies were awarded as follows:
Ella Hopkinson Cup(for the geraniums grown by children at Parwich School)
7yrs and under won by Jamie Noble
8yrs and over won by Thomas Bunting
Kath & Cliff Goldstraw Cup (for best picture in show)
Won by Bethany Fentom
Matthews Cup (for most points in each age group)
7yrs and under won by Jacob Buckley
8 to 11yrs won by Georgia Griffiths
11 to 16ys won by Alexander Drummod
Compton-Inglefield Cup (for most points in Show)
Won by Alexander Drummond
It was certainly a difficult job for the judges. So a very big thank you to Alan Oldfield for judging the geraniums, and to Ruby Hickmott and Jean Wells for judging the rest. Also thank you to Don and Audrey Higgins for presenting the prizes. The one area of the Show where we need to encourage more entries is the 11 to 16 years sections. The entries submitted were excellent, but some of these classes had only one or two entries.
