Cuckfield Village Show - 10th September 2016
The annual Cuckfield Village Show is organised by The Cuckfield Society in the grounds of the magnificent Cuckfield Park. This year's show takes place on Saturday 10th September.
Here's a list of categories, entry forms must be submitted at Wealden Stores, Cuckfield Candy Store, Anne Morrison at Covert, Broad Street or Trish Denyer at Holy Trinity School by 3pm on 7th September 2016.
HORTICULTURAL
VEGETABLES
- 6 runner Beans
- Longest runner bean
- 6 french beans
- 4 white Potatoes
- 4 coloured potatoes
- Heaviest potato
- Heaviest pumpkin
- A pumpkin or squash not exceeding 45cm in size
- A vine of Cherry Tomatoes
- 6 tomatoes (non cherry)
- Most unusual selection of tomatoes (max 6)
- 2 beefsteak tomatoes
- Heaviest marrow
- 3 beetroot
- 3 chillies
- 5 onions from either seed or sets, under 250g ea
- 3 onions from either seed or sets, over 250g ea
- 6 shallots
- 3 leeks
- A cabbage
- Posy of herbs judged for variety – list contents
- Selection of home-grown vegetables in a suitable container, not exceeding 55cm in any direction
- 2 sweetcorn
- 2 cucumbers
- 3 courgettes, not exceeding 20cm long
- 3 carrots or parsnips, tops trimmed to max 8cm
- Unusual vegetable
- Selection of 4 different veg’s of the same colour
- Most amusing vegetable
FRUIT
- 3 apples
- Largest cooking apple
- 3 pears
- Plate of soft fruit (15-20 items)
- A plate of exotic fruit
FLOWERS
- 3 dahlia blooms - cactus/semi cactus
- 3 dahlia blooms - any other variety
- The single most fragrant rose
- 5 roses
- 3 hydrangea blooms
- 1 pot flowering pelargonium
- Mixed perennials – 6 stems, not shrubs (min 3 varieties)
- Mixed annuals – 6 stems (minimum 3 varieties)
FLORAL ART
All exhibits maximum 60cm width/depth
- “Rio Carnival” – an arrangement using any materials or accessories
- “Gone Fishing” – for men only – an arrangement using any materials and accessories
FOOD & DRINK
- The Katie Stewart Cup - Katie’s Chocolate Pecan Crumb Cake – to recipe given in schedule
- Mrs Beaton’s lemon biscuits – to recipe given
- A marble loaf cake
- A decorated chocolate sponge cake
- Afternoon tea for two, maximum size 40cm
- 3 iced finger buns
- A vegetarian quiche (home made pastry)
- 3 flat breads on a plate
- A savoury loaf (oven cooked)
- A jar of fruit curd
- 1 jar of chutney any recipe
- 1 jar jam
- 1 jar fruit jelly
- 1 jar marmalade any flavour
- 1 jar of any other preserve, sweet or savoury
- 1 bottle homemade beer, wine or cider
- 1 bottle homemade fruit spirit
CRAFTS
for inspiration see our Pinterest Board
- Something new from something old
- An item of pottery
- 3 handmade bath bombs
- An item in wood no bigger than 75cm
- A knitted item max 75cm
- A handmade greetings card
- Any item in any medium max 75cm
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
ART – maximum horizontal or vertical size (including frame) 60cm, framed or unframed
- Portrait – any medium
- An abstract design – any medium
- Landscape – any medium
- Still life - any medium
PHOTOGRAPHY – unmounted, maximum size 20cm, black & white or colour unless specified
- Patterns in Nature
- “Making an Entrance”
- “Bubbles”
- “Work, rest or play”
- “Cuckfield 2016”
JUNIOR
KS3 & 4*
- A customised pair of flip flops
- A digital picture collage
- 3 cupcakes
- 3 cheese straws
KS2*
- A book cover for your favourite book (max A5)
- A wind chime
- 3 chocolate chip cookies
- A lego bridge max 16cm in any direction
Reception & KS1*
- A decorated gingerbread person
- Seaside on a plate
- A hamma bead vehicle
- A robot made from the contents of your recycling bin. Max size 45cm
Pre-schoolers
- A fingerprint flower
- Colour in the picture (download here)
* for clarification please email info@cuckfield.org