Sheila Sorby winning the cup for Most Entries and Most Number of Winning Points
The Beech Gardeners’ Beech Village Show went beautifully. One of the judges, Ray Broughton, got caught up in the “suspicious package” problems on the M3 and took over 3 hours to get to us from Winchester. The other judges got on with the job; Karen Hawkins judged the food and produce and the children’s entries, and Neil Pearce judged the photography classes and the paintings. None of this would have happened without the organisational skills of Kathy Pearce, Sheila Sorby and Sue Robinson who arranged our timetables for us and got us at the hall on the evening before arranging the tables and getting everything ready for an early start the next day. Most of the entrants turned up with their “stuff” from 9.0am and it was all arranged on the tables by the BGs ready for the judging to start at 10.00. As the judges made their decision on each class, the certificates were written out by the judges helpers, BGs Ian, Helen and Ann, and the lists were ticked off. The points were added up and the lists of winners was compiled. All very tense. Ray eventually arrived at mid-day and did his judging very slickly. The public were allowed in, food was served and
Kathy’s winning 3 Dahlias
Sheila started selling her plants outside the front door. Lunch was super; soup and a roll, plus various hot and cold drinks, cakes galore etc. Well organised, Kathy, and well done the team of her, Kay and Ian – all that washing up !!!
Finally the lists were complete and the prize-giving began.
Below is a photo gallery of all the entries and the prize winners receiving their trophies. Also below is a list of all the winners and runners up of each class.
Then came the prize-giving –
| TROPHY | WINNERS | TROPHY | WINNERS |
| DIAMOND AWARD Best Flower in Show |
Sheila Sorby (Gladiolus) |
POLLY CHIVERTON CUP – Best Flower Arrangement | Ann Bishton |
| FORRESTER TROPHY Best Produce in Show |
Elaine King | ELSIE BOWL – Tastiest in Show | Andrea Pearce |
| EGG CUP – Finest Photo | Malcolm Harris – Member of the Family | BEST OF ARTS & CRAFTS CUP | LUCY FOXON – Wooden “Pig in a Pen” |
| STOODLEY CUP – Most points in Show | Sheila Sorby | BEECH CUP – Best in Show | Sheila Sorby |
| CHILDREN’S CUP | Hazel Robinson – hand-made card | BROWNIE CUP – for the most classes entered | Sheila Sorby |
| CLASS No | FIRST PLACE | SECOND PLACE | HIGHLY COMMENDED |
| 1 Single Rose | Elaine King | Helen Lamb | Sheila Sorby |
| 2 Single Dahlia | Colin Childes | Sheila Sorby | Judy Mortara |
| 3 Three Dahlias | Kathy Pearce | Sheila Sorby | |
| 4 Indoor Pot Plant | Sheila Sorby | Kathy Pearce | |
| 5 Best Flower Today | Sheila Sorby | Sue Robinson | Ann Bishton |
| 6 Three Courgettes | Elaine King | Doug Palmer | Camilla Gibson |
| 7 One Cucumber | Judy Mortara | ||
| 8 Four Runner Beans | Judy Mortara | Wendy Essex Crosby | Kathy Pearce |
| 9 Three Onions | Camilla Gibson | Elaine King | Anna Aungiers |
| 10 Three Tomatoes | Elaine King | Doug Palmer | |
| 11 Funny / Unusual Veg | Camilla Gibson | Anna Aungiers | Sheila Sorby |
| 12 Best veg in garden today | Camilla Gibson | Doug Palmer | Elaine King |
| 13 Collection of Herbs | Camilla Gibson | Sheila Sorby | |
| 14 Three Apples | Judy Mortara | Helen Lamb | Camilla Gibson |
| 15 Three Pears | Camilla Gibson | Sue Robinson | Judy Mortara |
| 16 Six Raspberries | Doug Palmer | Sheila Sorby | Ann Bishton |
| 17 Best Fruit in garden today | Helen Lamb | Kathy Pearce | |
| 18 Table Arrangement | Sheila Sorby | Ann Bishton | Annabel Young |
| 19 Arrangement in a teacup | Sue Robinson | Lucy Foxon | Sheila Sorby |
| 20 Arrangement – song/music | Ann Bishton | Sheila Sorby | Camilla Gibson |
| 21 Miniature Garden | Kathy Pearce | Ann Bishton | Sheila Sorby |
| 22 Chutney | Camilla Gibson | Malcolm Harris | |
| 23 Jam / Honey | Sally Cox | Malcolm Harris | Judy Mortara |
| 24 Carrot Cake | Andrea Pearce | Lucy Foxon | Anna Robinson |
| 25 Savoury Tart | Judy Mortara | Kathy Pearce | |
| 26 Scones – Men | Malcolm Harris | Colin Childes | Ian Hardy |
| 28 Items made of wood | Lucy Foxon | Richard Allshorn | Doug Palmer |
| 29 Soft Toy | Suzy Palmer | Judy Mortara | Annabel Young |
| 30 Hand-made card – Adult | Annabel Young | Judy Mortara | Sue Robinson |
| 30 Hand-made card – Children | Hazel Robinson | Ava Henderson | Kieran Robinson |
| 31 Photo – Solitude | Colin Britchford | Malcolm Harris | David Robinson |
| 32 Photo – A Member of Family | Malcolm Harris | Sue Robinson | Sheila Sorby |
| 33 Photo – In Action | Colin Britchford | Malcolm Harris | Saman Jayalath |
| 34 Photo – Humerous Caption | Malcolm Harris | Colin Britchford | Sheila Sorby |
| 35 Painting – Seascape | Cheryl Thomas | Annabel Young | Sally Cox |
| 36 Patio Feature | Sheila Sorby | Helen Lamb | Kathy Pearce |
The results above have some names missing – some people forgot to put a name card under their exhibit.
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