Show Report "Worthing's Village Show 2018"
Last Saturday, 1st September, we held our 41th Annual Horticultural Show, known as “The Great Village Show”, at Oak Grove College for the eighth time. The sun was shining and everything was set for a great afternoon but for us gardeners this has been the most difficult year with the long, cold Spring followed by a two month drought that decimated many shows and we feared the worst. But our members came up trumps again and the hall looked sensational, full glorious fruit, vegetables, flowers and cookery on display. Outside, in the gardens, there were stalls selling all manner of things including allotment produce, plants, tools and crafts. Local Beekeepers John and Sarah Scrace were there, explaining the wonderful world of bees and selling glorious honey produced on the Allotment Site and Robin Chapman with "Men in Sheds" displayed their considerable talents. People sat around enjoying tea and cake, bangers and burgers, and soaking up the sun shine and warm friendly atmosphere. This is such a lovely place to spend an afternoon and the weather was perfect. The event was well attended and it was a much more successful show than we could have expected a few weeks ago when the allotments and gardens had that Sub Sahara look. This event has developed into such a friendly occasion as well as a chance for members to show off the results of a year's hard work.
On the competitive side there were exhibits of a very high standard and it was so pleasing to see newcomers taking part and picking up awards alongside the experienced showmen.
Heather Broad had a good afternoon winning Most Points and Best exhibit in the Flower Section, and overall Best Exhibit in Show for her bowl of flowers. Peter Webb had the most points and Best Exhibit in the Vegetable Section and won the RHS Banksian Medal while Jack Powis won Best Exhibit in the Fruit Section and Celia Powis won the Cookery Cup, the Rose Bowl and the Floral Art Cup. Peter Mazillius had the Best Collection of Vegetables, Peter Webb won Master Gardener and the Wine Cup was shared between Mick Russell and Jack Powis. Frank Di Chello won The Best Allotment award and Rosemary Hill the Most Improved Allotment. In the novice section Gareth Burgess won Most Points and Rosemary Hill the Best Exhibit. In the children’s section Theo Burgess won Best Exhibit for his "Wonderful Wellie" and the most points trophy went to Ben North.
The lasting memory of the afternoon was the very friendly atmosphere everywhere, with so many happy people enjoying themselves. I need to thank all the competitors for giving their time and effort to put on such a wonderful display; it is most generous of them, and of course our wonderful team of helpers who set up on Friday evening, worked all Saturday afternoon making the event work like clockwork, almost, and clearing it all away like magic at the end. What would we do without them? Finally, if you did not take part this year, there is always next year!
Congratulations to you all. Well done.
Jack Powis, Show Secretary.
Last Saturday, 1st September, we held our 41th Annual Horticultural Show, known as “The Great Village Show”, at Oak Grove College for the eighth time. The sun was shining and everything was set for a great afternoon but for us gardeners this has been the most difficult year with the long, cold Spring followed by a two month drought that decimated many shows and we feared the worst. But our members came up trumps again and the hall looked sensational, full glorious fruit, vegetables, flowers and cookery on display. Outside, in the gardens, there were stalls selling all manner of things including allotment produce, plants, tools and crafts. Local Beekeepers John and Sarah Scrace were there, explaining the wonderful world of bees and selling glorious honey produced on the Allotment Site and Robin Chapman with "Men in Sheds" displayed their considerable talents. People sat around enjoying tea and cake, bangers and burgers, and soaking up the sun shine and warm friendly atmosphere. This is such a lovely place to spend an afternoon and the weather was perfect. The event was well attended and it was a much more successful show than we could have expected a few weeks ago when the allotments and gardens had that Sub Sahara look. This event has developed into such a friendly occasion as well as a chance for members to show off the results of a year's hard work.
On the competitive side there were exhibits of a very high standard and it was so pleasing to see newcomers taking part and picking up awards alongside the experienced showmen.
Heather Broad had a good afternoon winning Most Points and Best exhibit in the Flower Section, and overall Best Exhibit in Show for her bowl of flowers. Peter Webb had the most points and Best Exhibit in the Vegetable Section and won the RHS Banksian Medal while Jack Powis won Best Exhibit in the Fruit Section and Celia Powis won the Cookery Cup, the Rose Bowl and the Floral Art Cup. Peter Mazillius had the Best Collection of Vegetables, Peter Webb won Master Gardener and the Wine Cup was shared between Mick Russell and Jack Powis. Frank Di Chello won The Best Allotment award and Rosemary Hill the Most Improved Allotment. In the novice section Gareth Burgess won Most Points and Rosemary Hill the Best Exhibit. In the children’s section Theo Burgess won Best Exhibit for his "Wonderful Wellie" and the most points trophy went to Ben North.
The lasting memory of the afternoon was the very friendly atmosphere everywhere, with so many happy people enjoying themselves. I need to thank all the competitors for giving their time and effort to put on such a wonderful display; it is most generous of them, and of course our wonderful team of helpers who set up on Friday evening, worked all Saturday afternoon making the event work like clockwork, almost, and clearing it all away like magic at the end. What would we do without them? Finally, if you did not take part this year, there is always next year!
Congratulations to you all. Well done.
Jack Powis, Show Secretary.