Whissendine Craft and Produce Show
What a great day in Whissendine!!
Whissendine Craft and Produce Show was held on Saturday 2nd September at St Andrew’s Church. It was another amazing show with 92 exhibitors and over 600 exhibits. The Church looked magnificent again with so much colour and wonderful scents.
It is amazing how many talented people live in Whissendine in terms of art, craft, baking, photography and of course growing wonderful flowers and impressive vegetables. It was particularly good to see so many entering the two Junior Classes this year.
Lots of people came to view when the show re-opened after judging and enjoyed a cup of tea with delicious homemade cake. They then stayed to see the Reverend Deborah Marsh congratulate everyone who had entered and award the prizes.
| Ongoing Totals | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibitors | 100 | 121 | 116 | 90 | no show | 62 | 86 | 92 |
| Exhibits | 503 | 645 | 724 | 623 | no show | 424 | 460 | 607 |
A few words about the anonymous judging process
The judges all come from outside the village. When they look at the exhibits, all they see is the number that each entrant is given when they register. The names are only added by the stewards after the decisions have been made as to who came first, second and third.
Points are allocated with three points for first place, two for second and one point for third place. It is the entrant with the highest points in each section that becomes at section winner and is awarded the relevant trophy.
Winners of each section
| Section 1 | Vegetables & Fruit | Sarah Body |
| Section 2 | Flowers | Cynthia Moss |
| Section 3 | Baking | Lin Ryder |
| Section 4 | Preserves & Chutney | Sarah Body |
| Section 5 | Craft | Sue Spencer |
| Section 6 | Hard Craft | Jean Penny |
| Section 7 | Art | Paul Greenlay |
| Section 8 | Flower Arrangements | Cynthia Moss |
| Section 9 | Photography | Jean Penny |
| Section 10 | Junior – Up to end of Year 6 | Isobel Thompson |
| Section 11 | Junior – Year 7 to end of Year 11 | Elkie Hood |
Trophies and Awards
| Jane Body Memorial Trophy (best exhibit in Art and Craft) |
Paul Greenlay |
| Edmunds Trophy (most points/1st in show) |
Jean Penny |
| 2nd in show | Sarah Body |
| 3rd in show | Chris Howard |
Results
The 2023 Craft and Produce Show was made up of 103 classes across 12 categories or sections.
Class number
1 Sarah Body
2 John Clift-Hill
3 Emma Richardson
4 Chris Howard
5 Tony Law
6 Sue Corfield
7 Claire Streit
8 Carmela Turiccki
9 Sarah Body
10 Anna Clyde
11 Marion Curry
12 Emma Dodson
13 Claire Streit
14 Charlotte Carter
15 Cath Jones
16 Sue Lammin
17 Anna Clyde
18 Sarah Body
19 Emma Dodson
20 Sarah Body
21 Chris Howard
22 Claire Streit
Class number
23 Sarah Body
24 Jean Penny
25 Andy Matlock
26 Jean Penny
27 Cynthia Moss
28 Cynthia Moss
29 John Clift-Hill
30 David Smart
31 Chris Howard
32 Cynthia Moss
33 David Penny
34 Gloria Carter
35 John Clift-Hill
36 Sue Corfield
Class number
37 Lin Ryder
38 Lin Ryder
39 Karen Langham
40 Chris Howard
41 Paul Watchorn
42 Ro Raymond
43 Rosemary Powell
Class number
44 Sarah Body
45 Sarah Body
46 Ro Raymond
47 David Smart
48 Sarah Body
49 Rosemary Powell
50 Lin Ryder
Class number
51 Barbara Burnish
52 Joan Giblin
53 Sonia Rickaby
54 Jeremy Fenby-Taylor
55 Charlotte Carter
56 Patricia Turbayne
57 Anita Brown
58 Sue Spencer
59 Lucy Moss
Class Number
60 Jean Penny
61 Bob Barker
62 Beverly Hornsby
63 Jean Penny
64 Deborah Sterry-Blunt
65 Beverly Hornsby
66 Nicola Carter
67 Andy Matlock
Class number
68 Paul Greenlay
69 Anita Brown
70 Paul Greenlay
71 Paul Greenlay
72 Sue Lammin
73 Marion Curry
74 Karen Langham
75 Paul Richardson
76 David Penny
Class number
77 Deborah Sterry-Blunt
78 Theresa Stokes-Watson
79 Lesley Meacock
80 Cynthia Moss
81 Gloria Carter
82 Lesley Meacock
Class number
83 Karen Langham
84 Jean Penny
85 Jean Penny
86 Chris Read
87 Tracey Horsey
88 Karen Langham
89 David Penny
90 Andrew Horsey
91 Jean Penny
92 Eloise Tressider-Walton
Class number
93 Isobel Thompson
94 Isobel Thompson
95 Astrid Arrichielli
96 Isobel Thompson
97 Isobel Thompson
98 Astrid Arrichielli
99 Elkie Hood
100 Sam Pearce Smith
101 no exhibits
102 Poppy Pearce Smith
103 Elkie Hood
2023 Photographs
