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The show takes place annually at the start of September at Holcot Village Hall, Back Lane, Holcot, NN6 9SL.
Non-residents of the parish are very welcome, either as exhibitors or to stock up with
fresh produce at the auction.
The 2021 show took place on 5 September. The show schedule is here.
Here are some lovely photos showcasing 2021’s event
Flower and Vegetable Show Winning Results 2021
| Class | Position | Name | Points |
| Fruit & Vegetable | 1st | Maureen Cooke | 51 |
| 2nd | Frank Hodgson | 15 | |
| 3rd | Barbara Yamada | 14 | |
| Flowers | 1st | Heather Wilson | 22 |
| 2nd | Maureen Cooke | 12 | |
| 3rd | Lesley Burns | 3 | |
| Children Under 7 | 1st | Violet W | 11 |
| 2nd | Sienna | 5 | |
| 3rd | Wren W | 1 | |
| Children Over 7 | 1st | Oscar C | 14 |
| 2nd | Honour W | 10 | |
| 3rd | Cleo | 5 | |
| Kitchen Creations | 1st | Rosie Walker | 23 |
| 2nd | Maureen Cooke | 17 | |
| 3rd | Isabelle Heasman | 11 | |
| Alan Hughes Cup- Garden Art | Dave Cooke for his copper rose | ||
| Cora Mabbutt Plate- jam/curd/jelly | Rosie Walker for lemon curd | ||
| Tony Moulds Prize- Man-made cake | Dave Cooke for marble cake | ||
| Mrs Speakman Trophy- art/craft | Rosie Walker for Easter Tree | ||
| Dave Cooke cup- teenage cake | Finlay | ||
| George Page plate for outstanding vegetable exhibit | Maureen Cooke | ||
| Walter Spokes plate for outstanding floral exhibit | Jean Martin | ||
| Kate Middleton Cup for best in show award | Rosie Walker for Easter Tree |
The 2019 show took place on Sunday 1 September. The show schedule is here.
| FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SHOW WINNING RESULTS 2019 | |||
| Points | |||
| FRUIT & VEGETABLE CLASSES | 1st | Frank Hodgson | 37 |
| 2nd | Maureen Cooke | 26 | |
| 3rd | Pam & Martin Wilson | 19 | |
| FLOWERS | 1st | Maureen Cooke | 15 |
| 2nd | Heather Wilson | 11 | |
| 3rd | Jan Henson | 9 | |
| CHILDREN UNDER 7 | 1st | Honour Wilson | 8 |
| 2nd | Violet Wilson | 7 | |
| 3rd | Wren Wilson | 6 | |
| CHILDREN AGE 7+ | 1st | Seren McGuinness | 14 |
| 2nd | Ollie McGuinness | 7 | |
| 3rd | Georgie Collins | 5 | |
| KITCHEN CREATIONS | 1st | Maureen Cooke | 15 |
| 2nd | Victoria Penn-Smith | 10 | |
| 2nd | Margaret Marsden | 10 | |
| Alan Hughes Cup – Garden Art | Doreen Kirk | ||
| The Cora Mabbutt plate – jam | Maureen Cooke | ||
| Tony Moulds prize for Man made cake | Dave Cooke | ||
| Mrs Speakman Trophy – Arts & crafts | Rose McMahon | ||
| Dave Cooke Cup for Teenage made Cake | Myles Collins | ||
| George Page Plate for best outstanding vegetable exhibit – Frank Hodgson for his cabbage | |||
| Walter Spokes plate for most outstanding floral exhibit – Jan Henson for her English Country Garden | |||
| Kate Middleton Cup for Best in Show Award– | Jan Henson for her English Country Garden |
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The 2018 show took place on Sunday 2 September.
| FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SHOW WINNING RESULTS 2018 | |||
| Points | |||
| OPEN | 1st | Pam & Martin Wilson | 17 |
| 2nd | Maureen Cooke | 9 | |
| 3rd | David & Sheila Ashworth | 5 | |
| FLOWERS | 1st | Heather Wilson | 11 |
| 2nd | Doreen Kirk | 10 | |
| 3rd | Maureen Cooke & Jan Henson | 9 | |
| CHILDREN UNDER 9 | 1st | Seren McGuinness | 10 |
| 2nd | Honour Wilson | 7 | |
| 3rd | Violet Wilson | 4 | |
| CHILDREN 9-12 | 1st | Ollie McGuinness | 6 |
| 2nd | |||
| 3rd | |||
| Winner of the Children’s cup | Seren McGuinness | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS | 1st | Maureen Cooke | 27 |
| 2nd | Sheila & David Ashworth | 7 | |
| 3rd | Everyone else! | 9 | |
| HOLCOT RESIDENTS | 1st | Maureen Cooke | 42 |
| 2nd | David & Sheila Ashworth | 22 | |
| 3rd | Barbara Yamada | 15 | |
| Alan Hughes Cup | Heather Wilson – pottery | ||
| Tony Moulds prize for Man made cake | Dave Cooke | ||
| Dave Cooke Cup for Teenage made Cake | No entries | ||
| George Page Plate for best outstanding vegetable exhibit – Maureen Cooke for sweetcorn | |||
| Walter Spokes plate for most outstanding floral exhibit – Jan Henson | |||
| Kate Middleton Cup for Best in Show Award – | Jan Henson for “Bridge over troubled water” | ||
| Flag competition winner | Martin Wilson |
The 2018 SCHEDULE OF CLASSES can be downloaded from HERE
| CLASS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPEN CLASS | Maureen Cooke 37 | Pam & Martin Wilson 19 | David Ashworth 15 |
| FLOWERS | Heather Wilson 14 | Maureen Cooke 11 | Clodagh Elliott 3 |
| MISC | Maureen Cooke 22 | Brenda Hughes 16 | Mrs Cull 6 |
| ALAN HUGHES CUP | Heather Wilson | ||
| MAN MADE CAKE | Dave Cooke | ||
| TEENAGE CAKE | Charlotte Ferguson | ||
| GROWN IN HOLCOT | Pam & Martin Wilson 27 | Maureen Cooke 26 | Adrian Hanrahan 11 |
| OUTSTANDING VEGETABLE EXHIBIT | Adam Keightley | ||
| OUTSTANDING FLORAL EXHIBIT | David Ashworth | ||
| BEST IN SHOW | Heather Wilson | ||
| SCARECROW COMPETITION WINNER | Victoria Penn-Smith | ||
| CHILDREN U9 | Honour Wilson 8 | joint Violet Wilson and Georgie Collins 6 |
To make it easier for EVERYONE to join in the Flower and Vegetable Show, we offer:
(1) Access to the official books which give hints and tips to anyone who’d like to try their hand at exhibiting their produce at such shows.
To see these books please contact Phil Scordellis (07785 347 297, or phil.scordellis@gmail.com);
But also (2), we’ve extracted from these books some of the MAJOR HINTS & TIPS, and attached these to this web-page below. Please click on these links.
Fruit&VegShow exhibitors’ hints FRUIT,
Fruit&VegShow exhibitors’ hints VEG.
Fruit&VegShow exhibitors’ hints FLOWERS,
Fruit&VegShow exhibitors’ hints MISCELLANEOUS
[Disclaimers: these edited extracts are provided purely to be helpful, and without liability:
a. Don’t forget that the judges are volunteers, and so may use their own, different, criteria to choose the winners
b. The attached files may mention classes of produce which are not included in the Holcot schedule this year – please check the schedule when you’re deciding what to exhibit.
c.The website editor has done his best to ensure that the attached files closely match the original words in the books, but cannot guarantee 100% accuracy! We acknowledge the copyright of the Royal Horticultural Society and WI on the original text before we edited it.]
Alternatively (3), if you want to buy your own copy of the latest edition of these books:
– The RHS book is called RHS Horticultural Show Handbook;
– The WI book is called On with the Show, and is available by sending a cheque for £10 payable to the NFWI, to Helen Neal at the NFWI Unit, Denman College, Marcham, Abingdon Oxon OX 13 6NW.