Honington & Sapiston Village Show

Bank Holiday Monday 26 August
VILLAGE SHOW
was very successful and a wonderful day
raised £700 for the Village Hall Fund
a huge thanks and well done to the organising team:

Howard & Carol King, Stephen Read, Allan Johnson, Ian Patterson-Parker,
Sharon Wilding and Ian Lawrence

and the winners were ...

The Grafton Cup - Victoria Sponge
The Syd Thurlow Cup - Basket of Home Grown Veg
The Barry Huffee Memorial Cup - Best Giant Vegetable
Under 10's - Handwriting
10 and Over - Handwriting
The Lindsay Miles Shield - Best in Show

Nettie Mendez
Richard Nicholas
Martin Waterman
Jack Buckeridge
Henrietta Tatum
Sue Cook

​URGENT REQUEST
Sue Cook left before the end of the show so she doesn't know that she has won the award! 
If you are Sue or know her please ask her to get in touch with Carol King on 01359 268763

Children’s competitions
The children's classes are to be judged in two age groups:
children under 10 / children 10 years and over

Baking – decorating a small pizza base
Art – a painting or drawing of The King’s Coronation
Craft – anything made out of Lego
Handwriting – a poem to be copied

Poem for the Children's Handwriting Competition

 
Adults’ competitions
 
Victoria Sponge – traditional recipe (no cream, jam only) – Grafton Cup
Fruit Cake – un-iced
Fruit Pie
Cheese scones (4)
Handmade Bread rolls (5) (no machines to be used)
Preserves
Chutney
Eggs – chicken eggs – 6 in a box
Flower Arranging (an arrangement in an item of footwear) (new for 2024)
Home Grown Flowers – Dahlias / Roses (3 blooms of each)
Vase of 5 different Garden Flowers
 
Vegetables
potatoes (3) / courgettes (3 - judges advice - max 8") / carrots (3 - judges advice - cut tops to 4") / sweetcorn (3) / leeks (3) 
onions (3 - judges advice - roots trimmed and tops tied) / peppers (3) / runner beans (3) / tomatoes (3 - judges advice leave calyces on)
cherry tomatoes (3 - judges advice - leave calyces on) / cucumbers (1)

Most Humorous Vegetable
Longest Runner Bean
Largest Onion
Longest Carrot
Best Giant Vegetable - Barry Huffee Cup
A basket of any 5 mixed Vegetables - Syd Thurlow Cup
Fruit – basket of any home-grown Fruit

Overall Best In Show - The Lindsey Miles Cup
 
Art (to be judged by the public - please put your name on the reverse)
Photography (to be judged by the public - please put your name on the reverse)
A Handmade Card
Needlecraft – to include knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, cross stitch, tapestry etc
Handicraft – in any medium incl wood, metal, clay etc

NOTE: No previous entries to be submitted

ENTRY FORM for all COMPETITIONS

RULES

One entry per person per class.
All Art, Craft and Photography competition entries to arrive at the Village Hall between 17:00 and 19:00 on Sunday 25th August.
All Produce competition entries to arrive at the Village Hall between 09:00 and 11:00 on the day of the show (no late entries will be allowed)
There will be a charge of 50p per person per entry
The show will open at 14:00 public voting to stop at 15:30 followed by prize giving and auction of entries (baked goods & preserves) and raffle.
All produce entries will be offered for sale via auction and honesty box after prize giving UNLESS clearly marked otherwise.
A certificate will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each adult category.
A certificate will be awarded to every child who enters any competition.
A medal will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each children's category.

OUR GRATEFUL THANKS GO TO:-

Euston Estate for donating The Grafton Cup
Sue Reeve for donating The Syd Thurlow Cup
Julie Goss for donating The Barry J Huffee Memorial Cup
The Miles family for contributing towards The Lindsay Miles Shield
All of the competition judges for giving their time, expertise and guidance
everyone who has donated raffle prizes and supported this event
and most of all YOU FOR COMING!!

Save the date and start producing ...  See you there!
Bank Holiday Monday 26 August