Our Spring Show was held on Saturday 9 April, after a three-year gap. The display of show exhibits was delightful and clearly demonstrated the skill and enthusiasm of the exhibitors and their wide range of interests. We hope that you came along to see it all and to enjoy the refreshments on offer.
The Main Hall housed the exhibits of flower arranging, horticulture and culinary, together with a selection of arts & craft exhibits. The Parish Room housed the photography, painting, calligraphy and prose exhibits, with more children’s art exhibits shown in the corridor.
In the Flower Arranging class, there was a tie for first place between Mavis Haggar and Susan Whitbourn. The other class winners were Marie St Pier for Horticulture, Terry Brand for Arts & Crafts, Janet Gordon for Photography and Linda Gilley for Culinary. The Tewin Cowper School Award goes to the child with the highest number of points in the children’s classes for horticulture, arts & crafts and culinary. Erin Murray won convincingly by being first in her age group in all three of these classes (just as her sister Lauren did in the last Spring Show in 2019). The success of these two sisters extended to the photography, where Erin and Lauren Murray were joint winners of the Les Borg Cup for Children’s Photography.
Here are some photographs of the show:
and the full list of all the prize-winners is shown below.
Special Awards for Highest Points |
Winners |
Flower Arranging: Welwyn Times Trophy |
Mavis Haggar & Susan Whitbourn |
Horticulture: Van Hage Cup |
Marie St Pier |
Arts & Crafts: Marian Meads Memorial Trophy |
Terry Brand |
Photography: Peter Allen Memorial Cup |
Janet Gordon |
Culinary: Nodder Bowl |
Linda Gilley |
Tewin Cowper School Children’s Award |
Erin Murray |
Children’s Photography: Les Borg Cup |
Erin and Lauren Murray |
Adults |
First |
Second |
Third |
Flower Arranging |
Mavis Haggar & Susan Whitbourn |
Joy Lawson & Bridget Keppler |
__________ |
Horticulture |
Marie St Pier |
Ray Keppler |
Joy Lawson |
Arts & Crafts |
Terry Brand |
Hilary Tipping & Linda Gilley |
___________ |
Photography |
Janet Gordon |
Terry Brand |
Melanie Goodison |
Culinary |
Linda Gilley |
Melanie Goodison |
Tina Lord |
Children |
Winners |
Horticulture |
|
Nursery & Reception |
Orlagh* |
School years 1 & 2 |
Erin Murray |
School years 5-7 |
Peter Goodison |
School years 8-13 |
Zoe Farraway |
Arts & Crafts |
|
Nursery |
Connie* |
Reception |
Ralph* |
School years 1 & 2 |
Erin Murray |
School years 3 & 4 |
Edward* |
School year 5 |
Archie* |
School years 6 & 7 |
Peter Goodison & Amber* |
School years 8-13 |
Annabel Goodison |
Photography |
|
School years 1 & 2 |
Erin Murray |
School years 3 & 4 |
Lauren Murray |
School years 5-7 |
Peter Goodison |
School years 8-13 |
Annabel Goodison |
Culinary |
|
School years 1 & 2 |
Erin Murray |
School years 3 & 4 |
Lauren Murray |
*: - These children are pupils at Tewin Cowper School or Tewin Under-Fives Pre-school.
Many thanks to everyone who helped at the show: -
- The staff, helpers and children at Tewin Cowper School and the Tewin Under-Fives Pre-school group, who have been very enthusiastic and supportive
- The judges, who give their time and expertise freely
- The Judges’ Stewards, who helped the judges and recorded the results
- Linda Crawford and her team for lunch for the judges, refreshments in the afternoon and washing up
- Byron Sinfield for taking photographs of the winners
- The committee, who worked so hard to make the show a success
- All the helpers behind the scenes: - setting-up, staging exhibits, clearing the hall and making cakes for the afternoon refreshments.
- All the exhibitors, without whom there would be no show!
Ray Keppler (Show Secretary)