Show pleads for more volunteers

The annual Storth & District Gardening Show was successfully held on Saturday but its future is very much in the balance unless people step forward to fill the positions of chairman, secretary and treasurer.

Visitors from far and wide made a beeline for Storth Village Hall which was a blaze of colour.

Entry numbers in the floral section were up on last year and despite the mixed weather and slugs there was a good selection of vegetables.

Craft numbers were down but the baking section was very popular with a delicious array of tempting cakes, bread and pies. Show organisers said the quality of the entries overall was of a very high standard.

Junior entries from the village primary school continued to achieve a very high standard. There will be a separate presentation to the winners in the school in September.

TROPHIES:

Bela Challenge Award, Mr A Shuttleworth; The Storth Award, Mr W Stables; J & L Nicholson Rose Award, Mr W Stables; The Kent Challenge Award, Mr D Fishwick and Miss D Carr; The Dorothie Jessop Award, Mr J R Gott; The Thomas S Crayston Award, Mrs P Jackson; The Sandside Award, Mrs K Owen; The Marian Allen Award, Mr D Fishwick and Miss D Carr; The Jill Dobson Award, Mrs K Duff; The Wm Houghton Award, Miss J Harrison; The Hazelwood Award, Mrs K Duff; The Sarah Baron Award, Mrs J Meakin; The Doreen King Award, Mrs K Duff; The Donald C Armistead Award, Mrs S Manville; The Waterdale Award, Mrs B Holdsworth; The Margaret Elbourne Award, Mrs J Meakin; The Mrs W Houghton Award, Mr L Elbourne; The Margaret Dobson Award, Mrs C Sellen; The Westmorland Award, Mr R Hall; The Fellside Award, Mrs B Holdsworth; The Lynne Willbourn Award, Mrs B Holdsworth; The Seagrave Award, Mrs C Sellen; The Heathwaite Award, Mr D Woodhouse; The W P Dobson Award, Mr D Woodhouse; The Dennis Ormrod Award, Mr A Shuttleworth; The Dennis Ormrod Award, Mr W Stables; The F J Parrington Award, Mrs J Meakin; The Blue Ribbon, Mr W Stables.