Annual Show 2025
Our 47th Annual Show will be held on Sunday 17th August 2025 in Stratton Village Hall.
Please put the date in your diary.
Annual Show 2024
Our 46th Annual Show was held on Sunday 18th August 2024 in Stratton Village Hall. The weather was excellent with a clear blue sky and a temperature in the mid 20s. There were 64 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 then collect their prizes and Show Trophies. We were very pleased with the number of entries and were most impressed by the quality and range of the exhibits. 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 | Ray Scriven | Paddy Booth | Edwin Morgan |
| 2 | Collection of vegetables. | Ray Scriven | Paddy Booth | |
| 3 | A collection of onions and shallots | Tim Cox | Ray Scriven | Paddy Booth |
| 4 | Four potatoes white or coloured | Ray Scriven | Tim Cox | Paddy Booth |
| 5 | Four onions | Tim Cox | Ray Scriven | James Holden |
| 6 | Four carrots long or stump rooted | Jenny Holden | Rosie Elphick | Edwin Morgan |
| 7 | Five runner beans | Ray Scriven | Bryan Sumner | Gerald Blackwell |
| 8 | Five french beans | Tim Cox | Christine Perkins | Alan Barnes |
| 9 | Six Tomatoes | Bryan Sumner | Ray Scriven | Rosie Elphick |
| 10 | A dish of six cherry tomatoes | Bryan Sumner | Ray Scriven | Gerald Blackwell |
| 11 | Three beetroot any variety | Ray Scriven | Edwin Morgan | Paddy Booth |
| 12 | Two lettuces of the same variety | --- no entries --- | ||
| 13 | Six shallots for pickling | Tim Cox | Paddy Booth | |
| 14 | A plate of 3 courgettes | Alan Barnes | Sue Walton | Rosie Elphick |
| 15 | Three or more of any other vegetable | Ray Scriven | David Walton | Bryan Sumner |
| 16 | A misshapen vegetable | Edwin Morgan | ||
| 17 | Three apples dessert or culinary | Joanna Howe | Edwin Morgan | Rosie Elphick |
| 18 | Three hot chilli peppers | Bryan Sumner | Allan Bird | |
| 19 | A dish of any other fruit | --- no entries --- | ||
| 20 | Top Vase | Gerald Blackwell | Pam Barnes | Anne Halstead |
| 21 | One rose bloom | Sara Telling | Joanna Howe | Sue Walton |
| 22 | A vase of 6 stems of an annual flower | Sue Walton | Carole Price | Shirley Mathews |
| 23 | A vase of 3 cacti type dahlias | Gerald Blackwell | Bryan Sumner | |
| 24 | A vase of 3 decorative dahlia | Gerald Blackwell | Sue Walton | Bryan Sumner |
| 25 | A vase of 6 zinnia | --- no entries --- | ||
| 26 | A container of six stems of grasses | Iona Harris | Shirley Ponting | |
| 27 | One chrysanthemum bloom | Gerald Blackwell | Bryan Sumner | |
| 28 | A vase of any other flower | Gerald Blackwell | Shirley Mathews | Rosie Elphick |
| 29 | A vase of mixed garden flowers | Shirley Ponting | Sue Walton | Rosie Elphick |
| 30 | A display of floating flower heads | Anne Halstead | Carole Price | Valerie Timbers |
| 31 | Six fuchsia flower heads on a board | Gerald Blackwell | ||
| 32 | A potted geranium | Gerald Blackwell | Bryan Sumner | Rosie Elphick |
| 33 | A flowering pot plant | Gerald Blackwell | Valerie Timbers | |
| 34 | A foliage pot plant | Shirley Ponting | Anne Halstead | Iona Harris |
| 35 | One cactus or succulent plant | Iona Harris | Anne Halstead | Nesta Neale |
| 36 | One fuchsia plant | Pam Barnes | Gerald Blackwell | Edwin Morgan |
| 37 | The longest runner bean (members only) | Paddy Booth | ||
| 38 | A dahlia bloom (members only) | Gerald Blackwell | Joanna Howe | Sue Walton |
| 39 | A vase of culinary herbs (members only) | Pam Barnes | Alan Barnes | Rosie Elphick |
| 40 | Photograph: Reflections | Shirley Mathews | Lynda McVann | Paddy Booth |
| 41 | Photograph: A Flower Bed | Lynda McVann | Bryan Sumner | Shirley Sumner |
| 42 | Photograph: Glorious Gloucestershire | Lynda McVann | Allan Bird | Shirley Sumner |
| 43 | Photograph: Bird Life | Joanna Howe | Sara Telling | Shirley Mathews |
| 44 | A Victoria sponge | Rosie Elphick | Pat Spencer | Carole Price |
| 45 | A filled Swiss roll | Joanna Howe | Jenny Dowling | Sue Walton |
| 46 | Banana bread (men only) | Paddy Booth | ||
| 47 | Four plain scones | Sara Telling | Shirley Sumner | Paddy Booth |
| 48 | A savoury quiche | Joanna Howe | Rosie Elphick | |
| 49 | A jar of home-made marmalade | Joanna Howe | Rosie Elphick | |
| 50 | Four plain flapjacks | Sue Walton | Joanna Howe | |
| 51 | Floral art: Paris Olympics | Carole Price | Joanna Howe | |
| 52 | Floral art: Fabulous Foliage | Valerie Timbers | Carole Price | |
| 53 | Floral art: a hand-tied bunch of flowers | Joanna Howe | ||
| 54 | Floral art: an exhbit in a brandy glass | Joanna Howe | Carole Price | |
| 55 | A hand knitted hat | --- no entries --- | ||
| 56 | An item of craft | Edwin Morgan | Jane Lichnowski | Sue Walton |
| 57 | Cross or counted stitch, embroidery or tapestry | Nesta Neale | Pam Barnes | |
| 58 | An original pencil drawing | --- no entries --- | ||
| 59 | An original watercolour painting | --- no entries --- | ||
| 60 | A poem: A summer's day | Jenny Dowling | ||
| 61 | A home-made child's toy. | --- no entries --- | ||
| 62 | An animal made of vegetables (children only) | --- no entries --- | ||
| 63 | A home-made birthday card (children only) | Hannah Telling | ||
| 64 | A photograph of wonderful weeds (children only) | --- no entries --- | ||
Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everyone who entered for making such a wonderful show.
