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2009 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Open Champion and Dean Hole Trophy

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

250s Champion -

David Bryant

Under 100s Champion -

Dick Bathe

Spring Champion -

David Weatherby

The Spring Show 2009 at at Malvern Showground

Kilbee Cup and Spring Champion - David Weatherby

Gregory Challenge Cup  -  Dave Weatherby

Francis Turner Trophy  -  John Anthony

Premier HT bloom - variety Andrea Stelzer exhibited by Bill Heath

Best Exhibit in Show - Basket of miniatures exhibited by Dave Weatherby

Spring Show 2009 Results Click Here

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HT Signature in frame Pauline and Ray martin
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Dave Weatherby's winning basket of Luis Desamero
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Golden Mimi and Little Buckeroo bowl - Pauline and Ray Martin
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HT in a rame - Dreamtime by Gareth Davies
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Spring Champion - Dave Weatherby
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Pauline and Ray Martin's Bees Knees
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Pauline and Ray Martin's Chelsea Belle and Irresistible basket
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Dave Weatherby's winning bowl of miniature Irresistible
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John Anthony's winning miniature box and palette
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Pauline and Ray Martin's 2nd placed box and palette
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Dave Weatherby's 3rd placed box and palette
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MiniFlora box of 4 Rocky Top and two Class of 73 - Pauline and Ray Martin
       

EARLY SUMMER SHOW 2009 at Squires Garden Centre, Badshot Lea

Open Show Champions - Pauline and Ray Martin

Under 250s Champion -

Under 100s Champion -

Early Summer Show 2009 - full results - CLICK HERE TO DOWN LOAD pdf

       
       
       
       
       

MID SUMMER SHOW 2009 at Austins Roses
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

AUTUMN SHOW 2009 at Harrogate

Due the desert-like conditions on our allotment in Felixstowe we were able to cut only enough blooms to fill a mixed basket and even that came second to Tony Bracegirdle's entry. The drought that we have experienced seems not to have affected the rose growers of Cumbria. John Bell, Ian Graham and Mark Hewertson staged some marvellous exhibits and they along with others produced some excellent autumn HTs. At the end of the show, I gathered up these few random blooms and photographed them in some disbelief. They had stood in the show for three days and still looked in top condition! Incredible.

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Andrea Stelzer
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Racy Lady
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Silver Anniversary
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Signature

Until Harrogate I had only ever seen the name, Neil Duncan on exhibitors cards, often with red labels on them, and had never actually met the man himself. Neil works, along with his lovely new wife Paula, at a racing stables and because of the demanding hours that they have to put in, need to get to a show early; stage the roses and head off home before most of us have even arrived! 'Riding out' the race horses is an early morning task and has to be done every day.

A rare week-end off meant that Neil could actually see the roses after they had been judged! His roses are magnificent and he will be a real force to be reckoned with next year as he gradually builds his stock of roses. The picture below shows Neil with his first attempt at a miniature basket using the variety Hot Tamale. I have never cut that many blooms from my Hot Tamale bushes in total in the many years  that I have tried to grow it! 

Congratulations Neil and we look forward to your roses next season - how about putting a few bushes into the greenhouse for Malvern?

 

John Bell brought many fine blooms to Harrogate, none better than the twelve he selected for his 'Best in Show' bowl of twelve HTs.

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Neil Duncan
 
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John and his best bowl
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John's bowl

This year's Autumn show marked the end of an era when Ron and Ann Nilett retired from their Show Manager position. They truly will be impossible to replace and while the show Committee decide how future shows will run without them, here's a  picture of Ann and Ron recieving the gifts that the exhibitors contributed to to thank them for their years of unstinting service and one of the cake baked by Pauline Naylor to mark the event.

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Ann and Ron Niblett with Ann Bird and John Anthony
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Ann and Ron's Retirement cake

The roses at Harrogate this year were amongst the best that I have seen at the Autumn Show. The cool weather during the weekend ensured that the roses remained in good condition until breakdown on sunday.

 
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David Parker's box of HTs
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David Parker's Glowing Amber basket
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Alice and Tony's bowl of mixed roses
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Our basket of mixed roses
       
       

National Championship Winners - 2008

Open Champion and Dean Hole Trophy

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Under 500 Champion and Queen Mary Cup

John Percival

Under 250 Champion and Charles Stanfield Cup

John Bell

Under 100 Champion and Gardener’s Challenge Cup

Dick Bathe

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Early Summer Show at Badshot Lea -  2008

Show Open Champion and W E Harkness Memorial Trophy

Pauline and Ray Martin

Under 500 Champion and John Hart Memorial Award

Bob Vickers

Under 250 Champion and Edward Mawley Memorial Award

David Bryant

Under 100 Champion and The McGredy Cup

Dick Bathe

Most Points in miniatures and The Frank Bowen Cup

Pauline and Ray Martin

Best Exhibit on second day and The Garden News Trophy

Pauline and Ray Martin

Premier Bloom

Variety -

Wimi

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Mid Summer Show at Newby Hall  -  2008

Show Open Champion and The Cocker Cup

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Under 500 Champion and The O’Loughlin Trophy

John Percival

Under 250 Champion and The Felco Secateurs Trophy

John Bell

Under 100 Champion and The Michael O’Loughlin Trophy

Dick Bathe

Most Points in miniatures and The Arthur Cox Trophy

John Percival

Best Exhibit on second day and The Garden News Trophy

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Premier Bloom

Variety -

Wimi

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Great Autumn Show at Harrogate  -  2008

Show Open Champion and Cant Trophy

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Under 500 Champion and H.R.Darlington Memorial Cup

John Percival

Under 250 Champion and Franklin Dennison Cup

John Bell

Under 100 Champion and Felco Secateurs Trophy

Ian Graham

Most Points in miniatures and Charlotte Bowen Salver

John Percival

Best Exhibit on second day and The Garden News Trophy

John Percival

Premier Bloom

Variety -  

Andrea Stelzer

Alice and Tony Bracegird

                Early Summer Show at Squires Garden Centre,

                Badshot Lea – 21st and 22nd June 2008

Class Number

First

Second

Third

1

John Anthony

Joe Fiamingo

 

2

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Pauline and Ray Martin

 

3

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Pauline and Ray Martin

Joe Fiamingo

4

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Pauline and Ray Martin

 

5

Pauline and Ray Martin

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

 

6

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Brian Christie

David Bryant

7

David Bryant

John McCarthy

Dick Bathe

8

Pauline and Ray Martin

Joe Fiamingo

 

9

Pauline and Ray Martin

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

 

10

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

John Ingamells

Pauline and Ray Martin

11

Pauline and Ray Martin

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Joe Fiamingo

12

No Entries

 

 

13

Pauline and Ray Martin

 

 

14

John Ingamells

 

 

15

Alan Peck

Brian Christie

Joe Fiamingo

16

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Bill Heath

Frank Pullin

17

Pauline and Ray Martin

Joe Fiamingo

 

18

Pauline and Ray Martin

 

 

19

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Pauline and Ray Martin

 

20

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

 

 

21

Joe Fiamingo

 

 

22

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

 

 

23

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

 

 

24

No Entries

 

 

25

No Entries

 

 

26

Pauline and Ray Martin

Joe Fiamingo

 

27

Pauline and Ray Martin

Bob Vickers

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

28

Pauline and Ray Martin

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Joe Fiamingo

29

Pauline and Ray Martin

Bob Vickers

 

30

No Entries

 

 

31

No Entries

 

 

32

No Entries

 

 

33

Frank Pullin

 

 

34

No Entries

 

 

35

Frank Pullin

 

 

36

No Entries

 

 

37

No Entries

 

 

38

Bob Vickers

 

 

39

No Entries

 

 

40

Bob Vickers

 

 

41

Brian Christie

Bob Vickers

 

42

Bill Heath

David Bryant

 

43

David Bryant

 

 

44

Bill Heath

David Bryant

Dave Weatherby

45

David Bryant

Ken Ellis

Nigel Chapman

46

David Bryant

 

 

47

Nigel Chapman

Bill Heath

David Bryant

48

Bill Heath

Nigel Chapman

David Bryant

49

David Bryant

Nigel Chapman

 

50

David Bryant

Brian Christie

Nigel Chapman

51

Brian Christie

Dave Weatherby

David Bryant

52

Dick Bathe

N Duncan

John McCarthy

53

Dick Bathe

John McCarthy

 

54

Dick Bathe

John McCarthy

 

55

Dick Bathe

John McCarthy

 

56

Dick Bathe

John Ingamells

N Duncan

57

John Ingamells

Dick Bathe

John McCarthy

58

Dick Bathe

John McCarthy

 

59

John McCarthy

John Ingamells

 

60

John McCarthy

John Ingamells

 

61

John McCarthy

John Ingamells

 

62

N Duncan

 

 

63

N Duncan

 

 

64

N Duncan

 

 

65

No Entries

 

 

66

No Entries

 

 

67

No Entries

 

 

68

Pauline and Ray Martin

Brian Christie

Frank Pullin

69

Pauline and Ray Martin

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

 

70

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Mike Thompson

Dave Weatherby

71

Dave Weatherby

Mike Thompson

Pauline and Ray Martin

72

Ivor Mace

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Pauline and Ray Martin

73

Pauline and Ray Martin

Frank Pullin

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

74

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Frank Pullin

Steve James

75

Dave Weatherby

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Ivor Mace

76

Sam Shuttleworth

Steve James

Mike Thompson

77

Pauline and Ray Martin

Dave Weatherby

 

78

Pauline and Ray Martin

 

 

79

No Entries

 

 

80

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

 

 

81

Sam Shuttleworth

Brian Christie

 

82

No Entries

 

 

83

Steve James

 

 

84

Ivor Mace

John McCarthy

 

85

Steve James

John McCarthy

 

86

Steve James

John McCarthy

 

87

Steve James

 

 

88

John McCarthy

 

 

89

No Entries

 

 

90

John McCarthy

Frank Pullin

 

91

John Ingamells

Dave Weatherby

Brian Christie

92

Dave Weatherby

John Ingamells

David Bryant

93

Dave Weatherby

Ken Ellis

John Ingamells

94

Dave Weatherby

David Bryant

Nigel Chapman

95

Dave Weatherby

John McCarthy

Nigel Chapman

96

Dave Weatherby

David Bryant

John McCarthy

97

John McCarthy

David Bryant

 

98

Dave Weatherby

David Bryant

 

99

John McCarthy

Ivor Mace

Sam Shuttleworth

100

Dick Bathe

John McCarthy

 

101

Dick Bathe

John McCarthy

N Duncan

102

John McCarthy

 

 

103

John McCarthy

Dick Bathe

 

104

John Anthony

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Ken Ellis

105

John Anthony

Pauline and Ray Martin

Ivor Mace

106

Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

Pauline and Ray Martin

John Anthony

107

John Ingamells

Brian Christie

Ken Ellis

108

Bill Heath

John Anthony

Dick Bathe

109

John Anthony

Brian Christie

Pauline and Ray Martin

The Provincial Shows

The Shrewsbury Flower Show  -  2008
According to The  Guiness Book of World Records Shrewsbury is the world's longest running flower show. This year was our first trip to the show although we've been meaning to come for years. This is the only show that we know of that has a class for A Display of Roses in the amateur's division and that was our reason to attend this year's show.

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Only three entries in this class but it does take an awful lot of roses to fill the one square metre of tabling

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Beginner's luck? Maybe but we were really chuffed to get the first prize certificate and the Piggott Cup at our first attempt
 

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One bowl of HTs and One bowl of Floribundas - after the weather we've had in the UK you may have thought that quantity rather than quality would be the order of the day. Paul Evans fromNorth Wales took the honours with some nice floribundas and some very clean HTs. Tony and Alice Bracegirdle were second and we were third.

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Our miniature bushes are very much 'in between flushes' at the moment and these were all we could muster for the miniature bowl class

The Rhondda Rose Society Summer Show  -  2008
You will always be assured of a warm welcome from the folk from the Valleys if you decide to visit this show. We've been regulars for a number of years now and it's really one of the highlights of our showing year.

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A new class - A basket of eight HT roses

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Pauline's favourite class - A basket of mixed roses

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Mike Thompson's miniature picture frame entry - Memphis Music
 

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Our bowl of 12 cluster flowered
 

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One of our Twice in a Blue Moons - not huge blooms but good enough for a bowl

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Mike Thompson's bowl of twelve minis

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Now that's what I call a Man's rose!!"
Gareth shows his preference for HTs above those danged minis and minifloras

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Mike the Rose - the Rhondda rose King

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Rhondda's own - Millie Jones

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Ace judge Ivor Clark, examines one of the specimen HT exhibits

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New from the USA, a stunning HT from Tantau in Germany. Already winning prizes in UK rose shows - Hot Princess

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Odyssey - a floribunda from amateur breeder Frank Cowlishaw

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A first prize for this palette of miniatures

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Mike Thompson's box of twelve miniflora

Some images from the show . . . . .

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This winning exhibit by Alice and Tony Bracegirdle featuring the white HT Silver Anniversary

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Dave Weatherby's bowl of the cluster flowered miniature Fired Up was judged; Best Miniature Exhibit

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Never the easiest variety to stage, our bowl of Buff Beauty drew many admiring glances - good on the nose too!
 
 
 
 
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HT in a picture frame is proving to be a very popular class. Our entry of Andrea Stelzer was placed second at judging but twenty four hours later, on the second day, looked a lot better

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Dave Weatherby from Southport used Behold, Amber Star and Sweet Caroline for his winning exhibit of three vases of five stems of miniature roses

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Little Muff, a superb miniature bred by the late Colin Horner, was staged here, to perfection by that man from Southport again; Dave Weatherby

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Glowing Amber, the George Mander's bred miniature was used extensively by many exhibitors

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Bowls of HTs and Floribundas  await the judges

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A basket of Austin's English roses staged by Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

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Our four Sally Holmes bushes produced some quality stems of this fine variety to enable us to pick up a First in this basket class

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Our bowl of OGRs

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I would never complain about a judging decision but was 'surprised' when this bowl was judged first ahead of ours ???

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Many times National Champion, Tony Bracegirdle, explaining the finer points of the cluster flowered bowl of twelve stems

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The bowl of twelve miniature roses class was keenly contested; this exhibit, by Mike Thompson, featured a vvariety of fine blooms.

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Tony Bracegirdle produced this excellent bowl of twelve Amber Sunset to deservedly win a top quality class

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Dave Weatherby's bowl of 12 Louis Desamero -

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Our bowl of 12 Sally Holmes, Best Cluster Flowered exhibit and Garden News Best exhibit on second day

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Three Wise Men - Judges, Mike Roberts, Malcolm        and Brian deliberate on the winner

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Miniature rose X Rated exhibited by Steve James

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Another judging 'surprise' - we were second again to Tony and Alice's basket

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A good looking exhibit for sure but I really fncied ours to get the first prize. Can't  win them all!
   

All the other National results from 2008
download PDF here

Mid Summer Show 2008 at Newby Hall

Miniature Show 2008

Autumn Show 2008 at Harrogate

The RNRS Autumn Show 2007 at Harrogate Showground
 
This is the  show that brings down the curtain on the National shows season and once again the usual topic of converastion was the weather and how it had ruined all of our roses and had caused the weeds to run amock and take over our beloved roses, reducing  them to nothing more than weed patches. Thankfully there are some rose exhibitors who display a greater determination than our weather and roses were seen on all show benches; some of them looking extremely fine for Autumn blooms.
Alice and Tony Bracegirdle were once again all powerfull in the open classes, putting up some fine exhibits where others, including ourselves, failed to produce any opposition.

In the current climate of falling exhibitor numbers I'm delighted to herald the 'arrival' of a new exhibitor. Mark Hewertson from Beckermet, just a couple of miles north of Sellafield, exhibited at a National show for the first time at last year's Autumn Show and staged some great exhibits in the novice classes. Bouyed by his success, Mark returned this year with some superb  roses and cleaned up in the Under 100 division as well as entering a couple of open classes.

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Here's a pic of Mark with his magnificent bowl of 'Roses and other Flowers' for which he won the W C Thorn Memorial Trophy. The superbly staged bowl featured lilies, sweet peas, chrysanths, dahlias and of course roses, all grown on Mark's allotment.

More images from the show . . . . .    (click on image for larger view)

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Premier Bloom
 - Buxum Beauty - exhibited by
David Bryant

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Bloom of Merit
 - Wimi - exhibited by Alice and
Tony Bracegirdle

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Bloom of Merit
- Die Welt-
exhibited by
Mark Hewertson

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Bowl of 12 HTs
- Under 500 Div - exhibited by
John Percival
 

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Alice and Tony Bracegirdle's bowl of 18 HTs
 
 
 

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Alice and Tony's  bowl of HTs was judged Best Exhibit on the second day
 
 

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Alice and Tony's box of distinct HTs, always a challenge, particularly at the Autumn Show.
 
 

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Jim Naylor presents Alice and Tony with their twelve National Championship
 
 

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A well staged vase of
HTs exhibited by
Mark Hewertson

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A stem of Sexy Rexy
exhibited by
Mark Hewertson

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Mark's winning cluster flowered vase of
Pink Flower Carpet

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Mark receives the 100sDiv Championship award from Jim Naylor

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HT in a picture frame class winner Julia's Kiss exhibited by Alice and Tony Bracegirdle

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HT in a picture frame class runner-up was this Elina exhibited by John Anthony. Two hours after judging it looked superb and if re-judged at the time of this photograph may have won

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Mavis Chaplin with her basket of single stemmed miniature roses which was judged to be the Best Miniature in the show