Strong winds and heavy rain during recent days reduced the number of entries at the annual Watchfield Flower and Vegetable Show, held near Burnham-On-Sea on Saturday (September 5th).
The event, now in its 23rd year, attracted 240 entries which was well down on previous years.
“The number of entries in the flower and vegetable classes was below recent years due to the poor weather over the past week,” one of the event’s organisers, Keith Whitting, told Burnham-On-Sea.com.
“But there has been good support from local people in other classes and we had a good range of entries.”
Pictured is a prize-winning pumpkin, grown by Heather Bennett (pictured top). Richard Hawkins and Mary Chalker are pictured below with the flower entries and Keith Whitting is shown examining entries in the vegetable and cake classes.
.2009 Watchfield Flower and Vegetable Show Results:
Main cup winners: Sara Virgo, Brian Newton, Sarah Puddy, Heather Bennett.
Individual class cups: Sara Puddy (3), William Robinson (2), Mary Chalker, Diane Fisher, Peter Higman, Doris Wall, Emily Cotton.
First in individual classes: Mrs P Kick (9), Sarah Puddy (8), Marion Nuttycombe (8), Diane Fisher (7), Mary Chalker (4), William Robinson (3), Peter Higman (3), Doris Wall (3), Sarah George (3), Emily Cotton (3), Rosemary Hawkins (2), Brian Newton (2), Marg Cornish (2), Ruth Morgan (2), C M Virgo, Brian Gibbons, Ann Burridge, Maureen Phillips, Bob Vickery, Richard Hawkins, Heather Bennett, Harold Parsons.
