The Society’s Annual Show took place on Saturday 19th August and was very successful. There were over 700 exhibits on display in categories covering of flowers, vegetables, fruit, floral art, wine, cookery, handicraft, photography and children’s entries. The Society was delighted to welcome 21 new exhibitors and this year introduced a new trophy for the new exhibitor with the most points across the show – this was won by Amy Rogers. Visitors were treated to a wonderful display of entries which filled the village hall and they were also able to enjoy a welcome cup of tea and a slice of home-made cake.
The cups & trophies were presented by Andrew Davey from Craft Nurseries of Lawford (the main sponsors of the show).
Trophy winners were:-
| R J Croxon Tankard (Most Points Ardleigh Residents Only Classes) | Kevin Jackson and Ron Mutimer |
| E C Catling Cup (Runner Up Most Points Ardleigh Residents Only Classes) | Chris Whitfield |
| S H Every Cup (Most Points Fruit & Vegetables) | Judy Owens |
| The Bill Sparkes Salver (Best Vegetable Exhibit) | Roger Cook |
| G Osborne Cup (Most Points Flowers) | Andy Owens |
| The Connie Revill Trophy (Best Gladiolus Exhibit) | Andy Owens |
| Mrs B Sparling Special Prize (Best Flower Exhibit) | Andy Owens |
| W Hudson Cup (Most Points Dahlias) | Andy Owens |
| The Patrick and Lilian Sparling Memorial Salver (Best Dahlia Exhibit) | Andy Owens |
| W J Freeman Cup (Most Points Flower Arranging) | Lynne Askham |
| Best Flower Arranging Exhibit | Lynne Askham |
| Mrs E Clayton Cup (Most Points Wine) | Linda Spinks |
| Best Exhibit of wine | Linda Spinks |
| Mrs V Mowles Cup (Most Points Cookery) | Diana Whitfield |
| The Downing Salver (Best Cookery Exhibit) | Amy Rogers |
| L S Trew Cup (Most Points Handicrafts) | Rosie Jackson |
| Best Handicrafts Exhibit | Rosie Jackson |
| JM and BK Pearce Camera Cup (Most Points Photography) | Ian Parker |
| D Underdown Trophy (Runner Up Most Points Photography) | David Garnham and Neil Bailey |
| Best Photography Exhibit | Neil Bailey |
| Mrs R Parsons Cup (Most Points Children 4 Years and Under) | Art Geddes and Dominic Bonney |
| Dorothy Culley Cup (Most Points Children 5 to 8 Years) | Aila Geddes |
| J Snell Cup (Most Points Children 9 to 13 years) | Danny Percival |
| David Sibley Shield (Best exhibit in the Children's Classes) |
Emma Scofield |
| The Edwards Shield (Best exhibit St.Mary's School Gardening Club class) | Sarah Scofield |
| Brian Dundon Cup (New Exhibitor with most points all classes) | Amy Rogers |
| Gordon Locke Shield (Most Points Ardleigh Resident all classes) | Kevin Jackson |
| Mrs R Parsons Shield (Most Points All Classes) | Andy Owens |
The Society would like to thank Craft Nurseries, the main sponsor of the show, and Percival Engineering, Haddocks, The Debbie Millar School of Dance, Ardleigh Garden Maintenance and Jubilee Restaurant who all sponsored sections of the show, also London Camera Exchange and Alresford Camera Club who donated vouchers for the top 2 winners in the photography section. The Society is most grateful to all the exhibitors and all those who helped make the show a success.
A date for your diary - next year’s show will be on Saturday 18th August 2018
Some photos from the 2017 Show
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| Best Vegetable Exhibit | Best Gladiolus Exhibit | Best Dahlia Exhibit |
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| Best Wine Exhibit | Best Handicrafts Exhibit | Best Childrens Exhibit |
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| Judging of Childrens and Cookery Sections | Judging of Floral Art, Flowers and Photography Sections |