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Content Management Powered by CuteNews We can boast another successful Flower and Vegetable Show, with a record number of visitors enjoying the wonderful array of goodies on show. We were very fortunate to have the famous T.V. actor, Derek Fowlds to hand out the prizes at the end of the afternoon. Looking round the show it was easy to see why it is such a success, with the variety of stalls, the coconut shy, the skittles, and to see so many friends meeting for the afternoon of fun. There was Joe with his ever popular feathered friends, and we also noticed some furry, long tailed rodents. The ladies providing refreshments in the Parish Rooms worked so hard all afternoon supplying teas, cold drinks and home made cakes. The stewards were at the site at the crack of dawn making sure everything was ready for when the villagers came along with their entries. In the caravan were seen two men quietly working away all day, totting up the marks and writing out the certificates, but it doesn’t stop there as they were also responsible for collecting and counting the monies taken at the two entrances. It was also reported that help was at hand to clear up after the show, and it was done in record time. Well done. The prize winners are as follows: Mugs presented for most points in each section Children’s section 8 yrs. & under: Harriet Leeder Children’s section 9 – 14 yrs. Fiona Francis Flower arranging: Sheila Biles Wine: Kate Windo Photography: Ian Alderson Craft: Beryl Cookery: Stan Christie Flowers: Henry Wildy W.I. token for best geranium: Betty Holborow Cups David Lewis Cup – most points in Fruit & Veg: Vivian Hancock Challenge Class: Vivian Hancock Neville Day Cup for Fruit & Veg. Best Exhibit: Pat Osgathorp Downside Cup for Flowers Best Exhibit: Betty Holborow John Philpott Trophy for Cookery: Tony Humphries Richard Phillips Cup for Craft: Maureen Hawtin Childrens’ Best Exhibit: Harriet Leeder Childrens’ Winner with most points: Heather Francis Westwood Parish Council Cup for most points over all: Vivian Hancock
Freshford & District Horticultural Society (includes Westwood)Meetings take place the first Tuesday of each month at 8:00pm at Freshford Memorial Hall. The next meeting is 1st November. Chris Smith of Pennard Plants will be giving a talk on what goes on behind the scenes at the big horticultural shows. If you are interested in joining the Society and would like more information, please contact the Secretary, Sheila Wyatt 01225 723443 and she will be pleased to hear from you. Annual Village Garden Competition 2011Once again, despite less and late entries, we had a successful competition with beautiful gardens. My thanks go to Hugh and Jill Wright for judging the competition and to those who entered. The judge commented that all the gardens were of a high standard with much recent thought and ideas, and regretted that he was unable to give an award to every entrant. The results were: 2nd Henry & Evelyn Wildy Equal 3rd Dick Prothero, Angela & Barrie Womersley SMALL GARDEN 1st Norman Clarke 2nd Roger & Maureen Heard 3rd Vivian & Betty Hancock BEST CONTAINERS Roger & Maureen Heard
SAFARI SUPPER 2011A total of 68 people made their way around the village for this years Safari Supper on Saturday, 4th June. It was a great evening and as always an excellent way of meeting people and building new friendships. Everyone made a fantastic effort with their food and hospitality – many thanks to you all. Special thanks to Ray and Rita at the village shop for distributing the forms and to John and Beryl Taylor for hosting 63 people for coffee! Thanks must also be made to those who helped serve coffee and wash up. For those of you who have never got involved with the Safari Supper and don’t understand how it works, here is an explanation ! Before the event couples sign up to either do starter, main course or sweet for 8 people, including themselves, or you can be a guest. On the Thursday before the supper envelopes are delivered to all participants. On Saturday at 7 pm everyone opens their envelope to find out where they are going for starters – obviously some people will stay at home to host starters. You arrive at starters at 7.30. At 8.15 your starter host will open envelope number 2 to tell everyone where they go for main course. Everyone splits up (remaining as a couple) and goes to 4 different houses for main course. At 9.45 envelope No.3 is opened and everyone is told where to go for sweet. At the end of the evening we all meet up in one house for coffee. During the evening you will meet 9 different couples and then everyone at the end. It is always the first Saturday in June and always great fun ! Caroline Philpott
Westwood Village Flower Show 2011
The flower show committee would also appreciate very much some help before, during and after the show, so if you can spare a few hours please contact Terry Biles on 866513 for any information. The show takes place on the August bank holiday: Monday 29th August 2011Westwood Church Fete 2011A beautiful day and with 260 visitors and many children it all went with a swing. The children from the school also started their sponsored walk from the fete and were cheered on their way. Thanks must go to all those manning the stalls, the W.I. for the lovely cakes, tea and cold drinks, and all the band of helpers who set up the stalls, etc. The amount raised for the church was £1,843.70. Well done!
THE VILLAGE FLOWER Westwood takes great pride in its annual village flower show which, is a classic of its kind, with all the traditional events long associated with rural · a flower festival and organ recital in our 14th · a silver band sponsored by the Parish Council · ten pin bowling · children's craft/drawing display · teas and a raffle · a variety of stalls in aid of local and national charities To mount the' Show' costs in the region of £ 1500 and all profits are distributed to Village organisations and charities. The entrance fee this year (2010) will be £3.50 per adult (no concessions) with children and students free. We have an impressive array of cups and ceramic mugs as prizes and as an additional incentive winners receive cash awards of 40 pence for a First, 30 pence for a Second, 20 pence for a Third and 10 pence for a Highly commended!! The awards are normally presented by a celebrity e.g. Stephanie Cole. As ever we rely heavily on the Village to support us in the preparation and clearing up of the event and all help is greatly appreciated and volunteers or for any further information on the 'Show' are asked to contact Betty Hancock on 01225866878 or Terry Biles on 01225 866513. Westwood Village Flower Show 2008Some photos of the event may be viewed here: Flower Show. It would have been nice to take photos of the flower arranging exhibits as they are works of art in their own right. Unfortunately, the colour of the marquee fabric altered the lighting and very strong colour casts affected the appearance of the flower arrangements to such an extent that they were almost impossible to remove in the photos. One of the photos is published unaltered for comparison. Westwood Open Gardens 2008On the 13th July 2008 Westwood opened eight gardens to the public. This was a charitable event held in favour of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. To view photographs of the gardens follow the link: Open Gardens |
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