The 35th  Autumn Veg & Flower Show

This was very well attended,  well up on last year, and with 179 entries in all, it is not surprising that there was plenty to admire.  

There seemed to be entries in most of the classes, and plenty of ‘Firsts’ were awarded.

The overall winner, with both the the ‘most points’ and the ‘best in show’ was Mr R Hughes.  

He was awarded the President’s Cup, the Stroud Building Society Cup and the Bill Fletcher Memorial Trophy.

Runner up in the top  categories was  Mrs Liz Hughes (no relation!), Who was also awarded The J Bridges Trophy.

The President’s Rose bowl , the Perpetual trophy for most points in the cookery section and  the C Haines trophy for ‘Best Orchid’ were all awarded to Queenie Jones -  who has worked tirelessly over many years to make this show a success - and who was also in charge of the Tombola amongst other things!

There were some charming entries in the Children’s sections, and some very talented youngsters about the place!

Otto Hayward was awarded the Bill Fletcher shield for his delightful  family of strawberry mice

…and  then there were also these delightful creations to admire.    Becky Ogle won the Moss trophy for these Shaun the Sheep cakes.

Ms M Hayward (left) won a trophy for her colouring work and Ms Laila Farrugia swept the rest of the board , taking the Neale Trophy, The Parish Council Trophy  and the Class 51 trophy for her handiwork

There were, of course many, many  other delighted entrants who walked away with a ‘First’  prize for their produce - including Betty  Barnfield, Ed Davies, Gary  Dingle, Jacqui Dingle, Alice Elliot, Dale  Haines, Liz Haines, Simon  Harris, Shaun Ireland, Kate Livingstone, Tom Low, Jo Pegler, Anna Marie Smart, Howard Smith, Helen Whitehead and E  Wroe  (apologies if I have missed you out!) -

     - But the fun is all in the taking part, and keeping this very old Eastington tradition alive.

The afternoon was brought to a close by the President, Lt Cdr W. R. Harris, - to whom, along with the stalwart members of the Jones and Haines families  who do so much of the hard work - we say “Thank You  for a great show” and “See you in the Spring”!