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42
Sept 2023
PRODUCE SHOW RESULTS 2023
Yet another weird and ghastly year, climatewise as well as horticulturally (not to mention, so far as your
correspondent was concerned, medically -- but that's another story).
So -- terrible Spring; terrible Summer; and the week before the actual Show a blistering heat-wave, registering, I
understand, not only the highest daytime temperature of the year, but one of the highest of the past decade. Phew!
And yet you lot out there continue to show your true mettle -- and grow wonderful flowers, superb fruit and vegetables, make brilliant crafts
and delicious food, paint excellent pictures, take extraordinary photos (and I mean extraordinary: some entries in the photo section were
not simply breathtaking, but breathtakingly ingenious -- we have some true Camera Fiends in the village!). And it can never be said
that we remain static -- three individuals on the leader board are first-timers.
A huge amount of hard graft goes into the making and setting up of our little Show, and many grateful thanks, as ever, to all who beavered
away behind, and in front of, the scenes. In no particular order: June Nason, Jane Munford, Gillian Lowder, Eloise Van Vuren, Tom Van Vuren,
Ian Hyson, and our esteemed Chair Jeff White.
Special thanks, again as ever, to our hard-working Judges: Caroline Rayner, Keri Backhouse, Jane Munford, and our Chief Produce Judge
(newcomer this year, who enjoyed himself immensely and, it is to be hoped, will be back next year) Robert Heigham.
But my biggest thanks go to my two colleagues Louise Van Vuren and Ken Nason -- without whom, frankly, there'd be no Show!
See you all next year!
Christopher Lowder
CUP & CLASS
WINNER
POINTS
RUNNER-UP
POINTS
EVERGREEN CUP
Flower Class
Liz Thomas
44
Joy Edwards
40
MURIEL JOHNSON CUP
Single Rose
Nicky Hahue
Pat Hessel
FRANK SKINNER CUP
Vegetables
John Perkins
82
Helen Fisher
62
JOHN DEEM CUP
Fruit Class
Mark Davies
58
Susan Collins
24
LAWRENCE LITTLE CUP
Photography Class
Tom Van Vuren
64
Louise Van Vuren
60
RICHARD MITCHELL
CUP
Poetry
Judi Creed-
Newton
Tom Van Vuren
CRADLEY SURGERY
CUP CUP
Handicraft
Jane Munford
44
Susan Collins
20
JOY JERKINS CUP
Highest Male Score
John Perkins
82
Tom Van Vuren
82
PETER MORGAN CUP
Highest Female Score
Joy Edwards
222
Jane Munford
158
CRADLEY VILLAGE CUP
Highest Family Score
Not awarded this
year
FRIENDS OF CRADLEY
SCHOOL CUP
Highest Junior Score
Not awarded this
year
42
Sept
2023
CRADLEY ANNUALPRODUCE SHOW
2023 RESULTS
Yet another weird and ghastly year, climatewise as well as horticulturally
(not to mention, so far as your correspondent was concerned, medically
-- but that's another story).
So -- terrible Spring; terrible Summer; and the week before the actual
Show a blistering heat-wave, registering, I understand, not only the
highest daytime temperature of the year, but one of the highest of the
past decade. Phew!
And yet you lot out there continue to show your true mettle -- and grow
wonderful flowers, superb fruit and vegetables, make brilliant crafts and
delicious food, paint excellent pictures, take extraordinary photos (and I
mean extraordinary: some entries in the photo section were not simply
breathtaking, but breathtakingly ingenious -- we have some true Camera
Fiends in the village!). And it can never be said
that we remain static -- three individuals on the leader board are first-
timers.
A huge amount of hard graft goes into the making and setting up of our
little Show, and many grateful thanks, as ever, to all who beavered away
behind, and in front of, the scenes. In no particular order: June Nason,
Jane Munford, Gillian Lowder, Eloise Van Vuren, Tom Van Vuren, Ian
Hyson, and our esteemed Chair Jeff White.
Special thanks, again as ever, to our hard-working Judges: Caroline
Rayner, Keri Backhouse, Jane Munford, and our Chief Produce Judge
(newcomer this year, who enjoyed himself immensely and, it is to be
hoped, will be back next year) Robert Heigham.
But my biggest thanks go to my two colleagues Louise Van Vuren and
Ken Nason -- without whom, frankly, there'd be no Show!
See you all next year!
Christopher Lowder
CUP & CLASS
WINNER
POINTS
RUNNER-UP
POINTS
EVERGREEN CUP
Flower Class
Liz Thomas
44
Joy Edwards
40
MURIEL JOHNSON CUP
Single Rose
Nicky Hahue
Pat Hessel
FRANK SKINNER CUP
Vegetables
John Perkins
82
Helen Fisher
62
JOHN DEEM CUP
Fruit Class
Mark Davies
58
Susan Collins
24
LAWRENCE LITTLE CUP
Photography Class
Tom Van Vuren
64
Louise Van Vuren
60
RICHARD MITCHELL
CUP
Poetry
Judi Creed-
Newton
Tom Van Vuren
CRADLEY SURGERY
CUP CUP
Handicraft
Jane Munford
44
Susan Collins
20
JOY JERKINS CUP
Highest Male Score
John Perkins
82
Tom Van Vuren
82
PETER MORGAN CUP
Highest Female Score
Joy Edwards
222
Jane Munford
158
CRADLEY VILLAGE CUP
Highest Family Score
Not awarded this
year
FRIENDS OF CRADLEY
SCHOOL CUP
Highest Junior Score
Not awarded this
year
