The First Kentish Rifleman Autumn Produce Show was held on Saturday 11th September 2010. The competition was fierce,
with 20 entrants displaying 110 exhibits.
Many thanks to our judge, Anthony, for his diligent deliberations.
Thank you also to Jon at the Rilfeman for hosting the event and providing marquees, coffee and ongoing support and to Ian
for manufacturing a replacement for a missing marquee leg in the nick of time !
The event rasied £90
for The Lions Club of Sevenoaks and will hopefully be the first of what will become an annual event.
2010 KRAPS Show Champions
The perpetual challenge trophy went to Sarah and
Tom Isaacs.
Class Results
Please note that Class 3 - Three Parsnips, Class 8
- Heaviest Onion and Class 21 - Dahlia only had one entry in each ans so were not judged. Next year we will probably
drop the parsnips class as many people wanted to wait for frost before lifting. But please let's see some more Onion
entries ...... they don't have to be huge to win!
The 2 shallot classes were combined and judged as one class.
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| One plate potatoes - white - 3 tubers | Rachel Simpson | David and Anne Bowles | Elaine
Mitchell |
| One plate potatoes - coloured or part
coloured - 3 tubers | Sarah
and Tom Isaac | Emma Parker | Helen Homard |
| Three parsnips | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
| Three carrots - long or short | Helen Homard | Sarah and Tom Isaac | Mick |
| Three onions | Jane Denham | Roger Hope | Mick |
| Five shallots - non-pickling | #N/A | Elaine Mitchell | Mick |
| Five
shallots - pickling | Jane
Denham | #N/A | #N/A |
| Heaviest Onion | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
| Five tomatoes - medium | Jon Austin | Sarah and Tom Isaac | Dawn Mitchell |
| Seven tomatoes
- small - must not exceed 35mm diameter | Elaine Mitchell | Sarah
and Tom Isaac | Rachel Simpson |
| Nine runner beans | Mick | Elaine
Mitchell | Jeff Powell |
| Three leeks | Mick | Sarah
and Tom Isaac | #N/A |
| Three different root vegetables - excluding parsnips and carrots | Jane Denham | Sarah and Tom Isaac | #N/A |
| Longest runner
bean (average of 3 specimens) | Jane Denham | Mick | Sarah and Tom Isaac |
| Edible pumpkin or squash - to be presented cut open | Rachel Simpson | Sarah and Tom Isaac | Jane Denham |
| VEGETABLE
CHAMPION | Sarah and Tom Isaac | |
| One plate of
apples - 3 specimens - single or mixed cultivar | David and Anne Bowles | Sarah and Tom Isaac | Roger Hope |
| One
plate of pears - 3 specimens - single or mixed cultivar | Roger Hope | Mick | David and Anne Bowles |
| One plate of any other kind of fruit - soft or hard | Jeff Powell | Rachel Simpson | Roger Hope |
| FRUIT CHAMPION | Roger Hope | | |
| Specimen rose - single stem | Sharon Williams | Helen Homard | David and Anne Bowles |
| Selection
of 3 roses of different cultivars | Rachel Simpson | David and Anne Bowles | #N/A |
| Dahlia - any variety - 3 stems mixed or single cultivar | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
| Chrysanthemums - 3 stems mixed or single cultivar | #N/A | #N/A | #N/A |
| Annuals - seven stems of any cultivar | Rachel Simpson | Sharon Williams | Mick |
| One
vase of mixed wild foliage and/or grasses | Mary Hope | Tina Whitfield | #N/A |
| FLOWER CHAMPION | Rachel Simpson | | |
| A baked item of exhibitors choice using apples | Sarah and Tom Isaac | Tina Whitfield | Mary Hope |
| A jar of preserve
- jam, marmalade or chutney | Jane Denham | Elaine Mitchell | Emma Parker |
"The Riches of Autumn" - Garden and or
allotment grown plant material Inc.fruit & veg staged on a 14in/35cm round plate, cardboard or other round platter | Elaine Mitchell | Mary Hope | Mick |
| HOME ECONOMICS CHAMPION | Elaine Mitchell | | |
Best Vegetable in Show went to Mick for his runner beans
Best Fruit in Show went to Roger Hope for his Pears
Best Flowers in Show went to Mary Hope for her arrangement of wild foliage
Best In Show Home Economics went to Elaine Mitchell for her arrangement "Riches of
Autumn"