Classes 2023

Please enter as many classes as you like and encourage parishioners to enter as well.

Entry to adult classes is limited to the Parish of Hill and Longbridge Deverill, and Crockerton and ALSO anyone that works in these villages.

Children’s classes are open to all and we would hope that children who go to school in the parish will encourage their friends to enter.

The most points over all the adult classes will receive The Deverill Valley Flower Show Cup

The best individual entry will receive The Cock Inn Gardening Cup

The highest scoring child overall will receive The Dorothy Manning Cup with smaller cups for 2nd and 3rd overall

Click here to download the entry form

Click here for Rules and Regulations

Fruit and Vegetables

  1.     Runner Beans (3)
  2.     Longest Bean (1)
  3.     Onions Trimmed (3)
  4.     Tomatoes (3)
  5.     Carrots with foliage (3)
  6.     Showcase Basket of Fruit
  7.     Weirdest looking fruit or vegetable

Entry – 50p per class      Click here for entry form

Overall winner of Veg and Fruit class- Bill Curtis Memorial Cup

The Vegetable Class is open only to those living or working within the parish of Hill Deverill, Longbridge Deverill, and Crockerton.

Please check Rules and Regulations before entering

Flowers

8.   Specimen Rose, any Variety (1 stem in vase)

9.    Sweet Peas (6 stems in a vase)

10.  Dahlia – large (1 bloom in vase)

11.  Dahlia – small (3 blooms same variety in vase)

12.  Arrangement of weeds (Max W20″, D12″, H20″)

13.  Hanging Basket (Max diameter basket 14″)

14.   Flower Arrangement (Max W20″, D12″, H20″)

Entry – 50p per class             Click here for Entry Form 

Overall winner – George & Mary Blagdon Cup

The Flowers Class is open only to those living or working within the parish of Hill Deverill, Longbridge Deverill, and Crockerton.

Please read   Rules and Regulations before entering

Domestic

15.    Jam   (1 Jar)

16.    Chutney (1 Jar)

17.   Lemon Curd (1 jar)

18.   Bread (your choice, e.g. loaf, plait, etc.)

19.   Celebration cake – Coronation theme

Entry – 50p per class              Click here for Entry Form 

Overall winner – The Woodham Cup

The Domestic Class is open only to those living or working within the parish of Hill Deverill, Longbridge Deverill, and Crockerton.

Please read the   Rules and Regulations   before entering

Photography

20.    A Parish View

21.    Photograph of St Peter & St Paul Church at Longbridge Deverill

22.    A flower

23.    Portrait (e.g. person [NOT related to entrant], pet or animal, etc.)

Entry – 50p per class           Click here for entry form

Overall winner – The Lipscombe Cup Class  14

Winner of Class 15 – The History Club Cup

The Photography Class is open only to those living or working within the parish of Hill Deverill, Longbridge Deverill, and Crockerton.

Please  read    Rules and Regulations   before applying

Handicrafts

24.    Any “upcycled” item (max 15”sq)

25.    Knitted or crocheted scarf

26.     Painting/Drawing/Collage , any medium (max A3)

The Handicrafts Class is open to all.

Entry – 50p per class             Click here for Entry Form

Please read    Rules and Regulations  before entering

Beverages

27.    Any Homemade Wine

28.    Any Homemade Cordial (non alcoholic)

29.   Any Homemade flavoured spirit

Entry – 50p per class             Click here for Entry Form

Overall winner – The Wine Cup

The Beverages Class is open to all.

Please read the   Rules and Regulations  before entering

Family or Group

37.    Produce from a single growbag (42l bag, can be bought from Lakeside Garden Centre, Crockerton) – presented in a basket with picture before harvest

38.    Veg monster

Entry – 50p per class             Click here for Entry Form

Best scarecrow wins the Crockerton Village Cup

The Family/Group Class is open only to those living or working within the parish of Hill Deverill, Longbridge Deverill, and Crockerton.

Please check Rules and Regulations before entering

Disasters

101.    A bad entry is better than no entry, if it’s bad enough it could end up on the disasters table where even the worst can win.

Entry – Judges’ discretion

Overall winner – The Disasters Cup

The Disasters Class is open only those entries otherwise entered in the competition that went wrong and is entirely at the Judges’ discretion.

Please read the   Rules and Regulations  before entering

7 years & Under

30.    Collage of an animal (max A3)

31.    Decorated pebble

32.    Coronation crown

(A little help from an adult is permitted)

Entry – Free          Click here for Entry Form

Overall winner –  £2

Second overall – £1

Third Overall – 50p

The Childrens’ Classes are open to all.

Please read   Rules and Regulations  before entering

8 – 13 years

33.    Best LEGO creation not from kit (Max 18” x 12” x 12”)

34.    Homemade biscuits or cookies

35.    Homemade wildlife refuge/feeder (e.g. bird feeder, bug house, etc.)

36.    Coronation Crown

Entry – Free                  Click here for Entry Form

Overall winner – £2

Second overall – £1

Third overall – 50p

The Childrens’ Classes are open to all.

Please read Rules and Regulations  before entering

Dog Show

1.    Best Rescue Dog

2.    Best Behaved Dog with Young Handler (under 16)

3.    Dog with Best Facial Hair

4.    Waggiest Tail

5.    Best Dressed Dog

6.    Best Puppy (under 2)

7.    Best Adult (2 years and over)

        8.   Dog that looks like its owner

9.    Not a Dog (must be able to be led around the arena)

Entry – £1

All entries to the Dog Show will be taken on the day