Top of the crops: full results of the Chiltern Edge Horticultural Society contest

09:30AM, Monday 16 September 2024

Trophies

RHS Banksian Medal for the most points in horticulture — Wilma Crush

George Shaw Cup for best vase of mixed dahlias — Martin Hedges

Jim Knight Challenge Cup for most points in flower, vegetable and fruit — Sam Fooks

Certificate of Merit for Floral Art — Sue Jones, Colin Mather, and Sheila Walker

Sullivan Rose Trophy for most points in rose classes — Phil Pawley-Kean

Sid Harper Trophy for mixed roses — no entries

Owen Hammant Cup for best collection of vegetables — Phil Pawley-Kean

Len Holloway Memorial Trophy for most points in pot plants — Clare Talbot

Ray Williams Memorial Cup for most outstanding exhibit in sections A, B and C — Sam Fooks

Adrian Lindlaw Shield for the master gardener — Sam Fooks

Kenneth and Margaret Crush Memorial Cup for best individual flower — Keith Hedges

Francis Williams Cup for the most outstanding vegetable in section B — Sam Fooks

Trophies (spring and autumn)

Anne Alderton Trophy for the most points in the flower classes — Wilma Crush

Old Barn Cup for the most points in the vegetable classes — Sam Fooks

Chairman’s Cup for most points in floral art — Colin Mather

Domestic Trophy for most points in the domestic classes — Lyn Thompson

Baskerville Cup for the most points in the photography classes — Lesley Davis

Devon Cup for the most points in children’s classes — Sam Hazelden

Charlie Jarvest Cup for most points in the painting and drawing classes — Peter Crush

Dylan Jarvest Cup for most points in the handicraft classes — Masako Hamaguci and Joyce Robins

Flowers

Vase cactus dahlias: 1 Keith Hedges; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Wilma Crush

Vase decorative dahlias: 1 Keith Hedges; 2 Sam Fooks; 3 John Windass

Single bloom giant dahlia: 1 Keith Hedges; 2 Wilma Crush; 3 John Windass

Vase pompom dahlias: 1 Keith Hedges; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Sam Fooks

Vase ball dahlias: 1 Keith Hedges; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Sam Fooks

Vase of dahlias, mixed, six blooms: 1 Martin Hedges; 2 John Windass; 3 Keith Hedges

Vase of collarette dahlias: 1 Wilma Crush; 2 John Windass

Vase of roses, five blooms: no entrants

Rose, one specimen bloom: 1 Phil Pawley-Kean; 2 Sue Hedges; 3 Wendy Peaty

Bowl of mixed roses: no entrants

Vase of flowers one kind: 1 Sue Hedges; 2 Jessica Philbrick; 3 Wendy Peaty

Vase mixed perennial flowers: 1 Wilma Crush; 2 Clare Talbot; 3 Sue Hedges

Bowl of asters, mixed: 1 Wilma Crush

Pot plant in bloom (fuchsia excluded): 1 Wilma Crush; 2 Clare Talbot

Fuchsia in a pot of any kind: no entrants

Indoor foliage plant in a pot: 1 Sue Jones; 2 Helen Gavin

Cactus or succulent in a pot: 1 Clare Talbot; 2 Helen Fort; 3 Sue Jones

Patio pot of mixed flowers: 1 Sue Hedges

Homemade compost: 1 Janet Evans; 2 Nigel Crush; 3 Jessica Philbrick

Vegetables

Five potatoes — white: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Nigel Crush

Five potatoes — coloured: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Ian Burgess

Vegetable marrow: 1 Martin Hedges; 2 Sam Fooks

Two cucumbers: 1 Martin Hedges; 2 Sam Fooks; 3 Lyn Thompson

Three beetroots: 1 Martin Hedges; 2 Sam Fooks; 3 Nigel Crush

Six pods French beans: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 John Windass

Five pods runners beans: 1 Martin Hedges; 2 Sam Fooks; 3 Lyn Thompson

The longest runner bean: 1 Nigel Crush; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Sam Fooks

Four carrots: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Sue Jones; 3 Martin Hedges

Three onions over 250g: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Nigel Crush

Three onions under 250g: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Nigel Crush

Nine shallots: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges

Six tomatoes (exc cherry): 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Clare Talbot

12 cherry type tomatoes: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Anita Unwin; 3 Clare Talbot

Truss of green tomatoes: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Nigel Crush

Two lettuces: 1 Martin Hedges

Any other kind of vegetable: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges; 3 Ian Burgess

Collection of vegetables (novice): 1 Phil Pawley-Kean; 2 Sue Jones

Master gardener – any three kinds of veg: 1 Sam Fooks; 2 Martin Hedges

Fruit

Five dessert apples: 1 Wilma Crush; 2 Anita Unwin; 3 Geoffrey Adams

Five culinary apples: 1 Wilma Crush

Dish of any other kind of fruit: 1 Anita Unwin; 2 Wilma Crush; 3 Geoffrey Adams

Dish of kind of berry fruit: 1 Wilma Crush; 2 Anita Unwin; 3 John Windass

Floral art

Paris Olympics: 1 Sue Jones

Flowers in a small jar: 1 Sheila Walker; 2 Wendy Peaty; 3 Maureen Stevens

Single dahlia art: 1 Colin Mather; 2 Mike Farina; 3 John Windass

Domestic

Summer berry tart: no entrants

Focaccia loaf: 1 Aleigh Dindar; 2 Lyn Thompson; 3 Nigel Crush

Lemon drizzle: 1 Helen Gavin; 2 Nigel Crush; 3 Lyn Thompson; Highly commended Sue Mather

Jar stone fruit jam: 1 Tom Fort; 2 Katie Kapernaros; 3 Wilma Crush

Jar soft fruit jam: 1 Jessica Philbrick; 2 Helen Gavin; 3 Wilma Crush; Highly commended Sue Frayling-Cork

Jar of chutney: 1 Lesley Davis; 2 Wendy Peaty; 3 Nigel Crush

Children under seven

Monster: 1 Zoe Pickard

Summer garden: no entrants

Shortbread: no entrants

Children seven to 11

Monster: 1 Samuel Hazelden; 2 Isla Pickard; 3 Ernest Hazelden

Summer garden: 1 Maria Plochocka; 2 Samuel Hazelden; 3 Sylvie Fooks

Shortbread: 1 Sylvie Fooks

Photography

Landscapes: 1 Jessica Philbrick; 2 Lesley Davis; Peter Crush

Flowers: 1 Lesley Davis; 2 Anita Unwin; 3 Peter Crush

Shadows: 1 Peter Crush; 2 Lesley Davis; 3 Sue Jones

Open: 1 Susan Green; 2 Sue Jones; 3 Colin Mather

Handicraft

A small drawing: 1 Peter Crush; 2 Barbara Fletcher

A small painting: 1 Hilary Coote; 2 Peter Crush; 3 Barbara Fletcher

An article of handicraft: 1 Masako Hamaguchi; 2 Joyce Robins; 3 Sue Mather; Highly commended Lyn Thompson

3D item: 1 Peter Crush

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