Annual Show 2025
Our 47th Annual Show was held on Sunday 17th August 2025 in Stratton Village Hall. The weather was excellent with a beautiful blue sky and a temperature in the mid 20s. There were 61 classes, most of which are open to anyone to enter. Exhibits came in during the morning, then the halls closed for judging and re-opened in the afternoon for visitors to look at the displays and for exhibitors to collect their prizes and Show Trophies. We were very pleased with the number of entries, particularly since it had been a challenging growing season with very little rain for several months. There was also tea and cake to round off a very enjoyable event.
Here is a list of the prize winners in each of the classes:
| Class | First | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Tray | Robin Lancefield | Paddy Booth | |
| 2 | Collection of vegetables. | Robin Lancefield | Paddy Booth | |
| 3 | A collection of onions and shallots | Robin Lancefield | ||
| 4 | Four potatoes white or coloured | Robin Lancefield | Robin Lancefield | Joanna Howe |
| 5 | Four onions | Robin Lancefield | Alan Barnes | David Walton |
| 6 | Four carrots long or stump rooted | Robin Lancefield | Paddy Booth | Allan Bird |
| 7 | Five runner beans | Robin Lancefield | Bryan Sumner | Sue Walton |
| 8 | Five french beans | Robin Lancefield | Sue Walton | Bryan Sumner |
| 9 | Six red tomatoes | Robin Lancefield | Bryan Sumner | Paddy Booth |
| 10 | A dish of six cherry tomatoes | Robin Lancefield | Robin Lancefield | Sue Walton |
| 11 | Six tomatoes, any colour except red | Alan Barnes | Allan Bird | Sophie Hornby |
| 12 | Three beetroot any variety | Alan Barnes | Robin Lancefield | Allan Bird |
| 13 | Six shallots | Robin Lancefield | David Walton | |
| 14 | A plate of 3 courgettes | Allan Bird | Sue Walton | Allan Bird |
| 15 | Three or more of any other vegetable | Paddy Booth | David Walton | Robin Lancefield |
| 16 | Two cucumbers | Allan Bird | Jane Gunner | |
| 17 | Three apples dessert or culinary | Robin Lancefield | Joanna Howe | Rosie Elphick |
| 18 | Three hot chilli peppers | Robin Lancefield | Sue Walton | Robin Lancefield |
| 19 | A dish of any other fruit | Robin Lancefield | Pam Barnes | Jane Gunner |
| 20 | Top Vase | Gerald Blackwell | ||
| 21 | One rose bloom | Rosy Leek | Sara Telling | Sue Walton |
| 22 | A vase of 6 stems of an annual flower | Allan Bird | Gerald Blackwell | Robin Lancefield |
| 23 | A vase of 3 cacti type dahlias | Gerald Blackwell | Robin Lancefield | |
| 24 | A vase of 3 decorative dahlia | Gerald Blackwell | Bryan Sumner | Robin Lancefield |
| 25 | A vase of 6 zinnia | Allan Bird | Pat Spencer | Sue Walton |
| 26 | A container of six stems of sweet pea | Jane Gunner | Robin Lancefield | |
| 27 | One gladioli stem | Gerald Blackwell | Pam Barnes | |
| 28 | A vase of any other flower | Gerald Blackwell | Joanna Howe | Robin Lancefield |
| 29 | A vase of mixed garden flowers | Rosy Leek | Gerald Blackwell | Sue Walton |
| 30 | A display of floating flower heads | Robin Lancefield | Jane Gunner | Gerald Blackwell |
| 31 | a vase of three stems of cosmos | Robin Lancefield | Carole Price | Joanna Howe |
| 32 | A potted geranium / pelargonium | Gerald Blackwell | Joanna Howe | Sue Walton |
| 33 | A flowering pot plant | Pam Barnes | Gerald Blackwell | Rosy Leek |
| 34 | A foliage pot plant | Rosy Leek | Alan Barnes | Robin Lancefield |
| 35 | One cactus or succulent plant | Robin Lancefield | Rosy Leek | Carole Price |
| 36 | One fuchsia plant | Pam Barnes | Gerald Blackwell | Shirley Mathews |
| 37 | A vase of 3 African marigolds | Robin Lancefield | Sara Telling | Joanne Howe |
| 38 | The longest runner bean (members only) | Paddy Booth | ||
| 39 | A single dahlia bloom (members only) | Rosy Leek | Gerald Blackwell | Valerie Timbers |
| 40 | A pot begonia (members only) | Rosy Leek | Pam Barnes | Alan Barnes |
| 41 | The heaviest onion (members only) | Paddy Booth | ||
| 42 | Photograph: A woodland walk | Jane Gunner | Joanna Howe | Allan Bird |
| 43 | Photograph: A seascape | Alan Barnes | Joanna Howe | Paddy Booth |
| 44 | Photograph: An interesting sky | Paul Collins | Shirley Sumner | Paul Collins |
| 45 | Photograph: The colour white | Shirley Sumner | Bryan Sumner | Joanna Howe |
| 46 | A coffee sponge | Sue Sinton | Carole Price | Sue Walton |
| 47 | A carrot and hazelnut cake | Joanna Howe | Sue Walton | |
| 48 | A Dundee cake (men only) | --- no entries --- | ||
| 49 | Four cheese scones | Rosie Elphick | Joanna Howe | Jane Gunner |
| 50 | A cheese and sun-dried tomato soda bread | Sue Walton | Joanna Howe | |
| 51 | A jar of home-made jam | Rosy Leek | Rob Wiltsher | Valerie Timbers |
| 52 | Four pieces of plain shortbread | Sue Walton | Joanna Howe | |
| 53 | Floral art: repurposed container(s) | Joanna Howe | Carole Price | |
| 54 | Floral art: fabulous foliage | Valerie Timbers | Carole Price | |
| 55 | Floral art: summer sunshine | Carole Price | Joanna Howe | |
| 56 | Floral art: an exhibit in a teacup and saucer | Joanna Howe | ||
| 57 | A home-made garden ornament | Rosy Leek | Heidi MacDonald | |
| 58 | An item of craft | Rosy Leek | ||
| 59 | Cross or counted stitch, embroidery or tapestry | Sue Sinton | Patricia Betts | Patricia Betts |
| 60 | A handmade greetings card | Rosy Leek | Rosy Leek | Patricia Betts |
| 61 | A limerick: a garden shed ... | Alan Barnes | Andrew Betts | Valerie Timbers |
Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everyone who entered for making such a wonderful show.
