HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SUMMER SHOW
Bolton le Sands Summer Show Report 10th August 2024
By Louise Belcher, Show Secretary
Bolton le Sands Horticultural Society’s 94th Annual Summer Show was held on SATURDAY 10th AUGUST from 2pm – 4.15pm at the Village Community Centre.
We were very lucky to have a beautiful afternoon for the 94th Annual Summer Show and the public came thronging in to see the lovely exhibits. The Show was opened by retiring President David Regan and his wife Lynn. Lynn was presented with a lovely bouquet by Amelia & Heidi Mckechnie, while incoming President, Barbara Bainbridge, presented David with a token of the society’s appreciation for his years in the role.
Long Service awards were presented to Pat Davey and Doreen Steele for 20 years service to the Society.
Despite a slow start to the growing year there was plenty of fruit and vegetables on display, with some particularly fine peas and beans this year. This year the Blue Ribbon was won by Martin Ellam for his extra long truss of tomatoes and the Banksian Medal was won by Bill Howarth. Brenda Muir won the National Vegetable Society Silver Medal for a truss of plum tomatoes. Alex Rhodes won the National Sweet Pea Society Bronze Medal for his vase of sweet peas and Rebecca Wait won the National Dahlia Society Bronze Medal for a vase of pompon dahlias. Both Alex and Rebecca were first time exhibitors so it goes to show that the old hands don’t always win all the prizes.
Other awards presented at the show included those for the Village Garden Competition:
Len Parkinson Trophy for Best Large Garden – Belinda & Steve Garland,
H & M Pennington Trophy for Best Small Garden – Jo Kidd
Arthur Briggs Trophy for Best Patio Garden – Sue Crookall
David Rodwell Shield for Most points in Village Garden Competition – Sue Crookall.
150 people came through the doors to enjoy the exhibition and to partake of the excellent coffee & cakes provided by the lovely team from the WI.
This year’s Auction of donated exhibits was conducted by Social Secretary, Steve Slater, aided by auction runners Bel & Loki Rhodes. The Auction raised £34, half of which will be donated to our Charity of the year, Growingwell.co.uk
Show Secretary Louise Belcher would like to thank all those who entered the show and those who came to see the show, but particularly those who helped set everything up and run such a wonderful event. It takes a lot of work and a certain amount of magic to turn an empty hall into a spectacular flower show.
TROPHIES AWARDED AT SUMMER SHOW 2024
| MARY BALDWIN ROSE BOWL
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Best Horticultural Exhibit
Open odd years / Local even years |
Alex Rhodes for class 93. |
| MISS FOSTER VASE | Most points in Open flowers | Bill Howarth |
| W. SHARPLES TROPHY. | Most points in Local vegetables | Alan Jolley |
| R. MOORE CUP | Most points in Open vegetable | Martin Ellam |
| H. HILL TROPHY | Most points in Local flowers | Trevor Piearce |
| H. M. FOSTER CUP | Most points in Homecraft | Kate Bargh |
| T. O. WALKER CUP | Most points in Handicraft | Judith Spotswood |
| MRS M. A. GRUBB CUP | Most points in Floral art | Susan Retallick-Roberts |
| MRS D. ORR CHALLENGE CUP | Most points in Children’s Baking | No entries |
| MRS J. WHITHINGTON CHALLENGE CUP | Most points in Children’s Art/Photo | No entries |
| MRS A. WOODS CHALLENGE CUP | Most points Children’s Modelling | No entries |
| PAT & MICHAEL FULLER SWEET PEA BOWL | Most points in classes 2, 3 & 4 (Sweet peas in Open Flowers) | Bill Howarth |
| C. W. GRUBB CUP | Most points in fern classes | Trevor Piearce |
| B. NOON TROPHY | Most points in classes 62, 63 & 64 (Onion classes) | Martin Ellam |
| Dr A. BROCK TROPHY | Winner of class 6
(Roses, 3 blooms in Open section) |
No entries |
| E. RAWLINSON TROPHY | Winner of class 93
(Vase of Sweet peas, Local section) |
Alex Rhodes |
| ALDERMAN E G SMITH CUP | Winner of class 94 (the rose cycle, open section) | Steve Slater |
| THE S. R. LONG CUP | Winner of class 96
(Gladiolus. 1 Spike) |
Ruth Piearce |
| THE B. S. COTTAM CUP
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Best pot plant in Local section | Louise Belcher for class 105
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| NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY BRONZE MEDAL | Best Exhibit of Sweet Pea classes | Alex Rhodes for class 93
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| NATIONAL DAHLIA SOCIETY BRONZE MEDAL | Best Exhibit in Dahlia classes | Rebecca Wait for class 21 |
| NATIONAL VEGETABLE SOCIETY SILVER MEDAL | Best Exhibit in Vegetable classes | Brenda Muir for class 116 |
| The Westmorland & North Lancs Federation of Horticultural Society Shows BLUE RIBBON
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Best Horticultural exhibit in show. | Martin Ellam for class 60 |
| THE RHS BANKSIAN MEDAL | Largest amount of prize money in all Horticultural classes in Show | |
| LEN PARKINSON TROPHY | Best Large Garden in Village Garden Competition | 1st Medal:
S & B Garland |
| 2nd Medal:
Irene & Russ Smith |
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| HAROLD AND MARY PENNINGTON TROPHY | Best Small Garden in Village Garden Competition | 1st Medal:
Jo Kidd |
| 2nd Medal:
Christine Cuthbertson |
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| ARTHUR BRIGGS TROPHY | Best Patio Garden in Village Garden Competition | 1st Medal:
Sue Crookall |
| 2nd Medal:
Kevin Fisher |
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| DAVID G. RODWELL SHIELD | Most points in Village Garden competition | Sue Crookall |
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Highly Commended Certificates: |
Jane Foster
Michael Parkinson Sue Crookall (small garden) L & K Robinson |