WILLINGHAM HORTICULTURAL SHOW

The show is held annually on the last Saturday in September.   The exhibition of flowers, fruit, vegetables, baking, preserves, art, photography and handicrafts is held in the Village Hall opening at 3 p.m.
Exhibitors must live within a five mile radius of Willingham by Stow and produce must be grown in the area.
We hope that you will continue to support this friendly village tradition and look forward to seeing your entries in the next show.

The 62nd show

The 62nd Annual Show held in the Village Hall on Saturday 27th September was a tremendous success.  We were only one entry short of our best ever year which was in 1992, the 50th birthday year of the show.  The number of entries was higher in every category than over the past few years, so members of the show committee are full of optimism for next year’s show.  We are especially grateful to the young people of the village who, with thanks to their teachers and leaders, contributed so much to the highly colourful exhibition.  The excellent display of miniature scarecrows was a particular feature.
 
A very large number of people turned out to view the exhibition.  Mrs Sue Bingham, the Chairman, welcomed the packed audience.  Miss Margaret Smith our President then thanked the committee, the judges and the competitors for their hard work in staging such a good Show.  She also thanked Mr and Mrs Maw for their new award – the Arnold Maw Plate for the most points in Blooms section.   She then introduced our Opener, Roger Ferguson of Upton who kindly stepped in at the last moment to replace Minnie Cradock who was poorly.  Roger said how important it was to continue to support village events such as these and how pleased he was to see such a good display.   He congratulated all the participants on their efforts and then presented the various trophies.

This year the Aggregate cup for adults was won by Colin Hutchinson of Upton, and the cup for Juniors by Jack Panter of Willingham.  Mr K Stephenson, very deservedly, won the Parish Council’s award for the best kept garden.  The presentation was then followed by an auction of produce.  Ralph Bates did a marvellous job as auctioneer, the funds help greatly in staging the show.

CUP WINNERS 2008

Susan Bingham   - most points in Domestic Section –   Rachel Edwards

Oliver Cup          - most points in Preserves Section –  Minnie Cradock

Spencer Cup       -  best exhibit in Fruit Section –   Frances Oliver

Hudson Cup      - most points in Fruit Section –   Frances Oliver and Colin Hutchinson

Spiller Cup     - Best exhibit in Vegetable Section –   Colin Hutchinson

JW Bingham Cup – Most points in vegetable section –  Colin Hutchinson

Smith Cup          - most points in Floral Art Section –  Jean Bates

Floral Art Novice cup – winner of novice class -  (no entries)

Arnold Maw Plate  - most points in Blooms Section –   Sue Bingham

Slater Cup          - most points in Children’s Section (Key Stage 1) –  Oliver Piggott

Parish Cup        - most points in Children’s section ( Key Stage 2) –   Jack Woodhead

Photography Cup – most points in Photography section –   John Hawkins

Junior Photography Cup – most points in photography section -  Jack Woodhead

John Cope Memorial Cup – most points in Junior Domestic section –  Sarah Bates

Handicraft cup – most points in handicraft section – Lorraine White

Stephenson Cup – most points for a child in the handicraft section -  Jack Panter

THE COMMITTEE
A committee meets two or three times a year to make arrangements for the show
The current committee is

The secretary can be contacted on 01427 788092
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