Knowstone Autumn Fayre Craft and Produce Show 2024

The Autumn Fayre was held on Saturday 31st August 2024. Lots of lovely entries in the competitions. 

The results of the competitions were as follows: 

Arts and Crafts

A craft item for the home, any medium

1. Linda May
2. Elaine Chetham
3. Jeannie Hicks
4. Susan Vigus

A5 sized painting

1. John Wootten
2. Gill Cronk
3. Elaine Chetham

An accessory for your pet

1. Laura Parkman
2. Susan Vigus
3. Gill Cronk

Best use of 50g of wool

1. Laura Parkman
2. Soo Tomkins
3. Victoria Ward

Children only – decorate a paper plate to look like a member of your family

1. Logan Reed
2. Mason Reed
3. George Stanbury
4. Sophie Bowden

Baking / cookery

Victoria sponge (filled with raspberry jam and topped with caster sugar)

1. Laura Parkman
2. Linda May
3. Jeannie Hicks

Decorated party cake (max size 12”)

1. Laura Parkman
2. Tiina Paju-Pomfret

A jar of pickled vegetables

1. Wendy Vigus
2. Clare Vigus
3. Debbie Siggs

Six savoury biscuits

1. David Morgans
2. Victoria Ward
3. Wendy Vigus
4. Clare Vigus

A ‘Mrs Cropley style’ edible sandwich

1. Gill Smith (Chocolate spread, cornichon, mature cheddar cheese and blackcurrant jam)
2. Gill Cronk (Margarine, sardine, curry paste, peach jam, lettuce and marshmallow)
3. Wendy Vigus (Bacon, Lettuce, Three fruit marmalade topped with Love Hearts)
4. Clare Vigus (Mazzarella, ham, cucumber, tomato, olive, basil, honey and marmalade)

Children only – three shortbread pieces

1. George Stanbury
2. Logan Reed
3. Emily Bray

Flowers / produce

Three stems of seasonal flowers

1. Laura Parkman
2. Wendy Vigus
3. Debbie Maidment

A miniature arrangement of flowers and / or foliage in an unusual item (max size 15cm)

1. Laura Parkman using a shell
2. Gill Cronk using a shoe ornament
3. Wendy Vigus using a pottery shoe

An arrangement of flowers and / or foliage in an unusual item (bigger than 15cm)

1. Gill Smith using a cheese grater
2. Debbie Maidment using a syringes and funnels
3. Debbie Siggs using a lightbulb in a plastic container

A floral arrangement to hang on the door

1. Laura Parkman
2. Lynn McBride
3. Gill Cronk

Three large tomatoes (same variety)

1. Laura Parkman
2. Clare Vigus
3. John Maidment

Five runner beans (same variety)

1. George Stanbury
2. Sharon Brown
3. John Maidment

Three potatoes (same variety)

1. George Stanbury
2. Wendy Vigus
3. Laura Parkman

A wonky vegetable

1. Clare Vigus
2. Laura Parkman
3. Wendy Vigus

Photography

Skyscrape

1. Linda May
2. Soo Tomkins
3. Wendy Sweet

Sunset / sunrise

1. Ray Sweet
2. Gill Smith
3. Debbie Maidment

Black and white

1. Ray Sweet
2. Gill Smith
3. Victoria Ward

A building

1. Ray Sweet
2. Rosie Bere
3. Soo Tomkins

Children only – an animal or animals

1. Darcey Herniman
2. Rosalind Drake
3. Emily Bray

Scarecrows

1. Bev Costerton
2. Gill and Martin Smith
3. Laura Stanbury
4. Elaine Chetham