Village Show 2024
Saturday 31st August
Well we have another successful Village Show under our belts and as organiser I am very grateful to the superb committee who worked so hard again this year. They were enthusiastic, committed and very hard working, it makes all the difference to the day.
We had over 100 entrants and about 300 individual entries, which gave us plenty to look at and stir interest. We are always ready for more and it would be lovely to have all classes with at least one entry, some had none, and it seems much more gratifying being first out of three or more than first out of one!
Fruit and vegetables were well supported this year as were the plants, flowers and handicrafts, we could still do with more baking and preserves entries and lots more children’s entries, both of which had fewer entries this year. Those children who did enter were very proud of their rosettes and showing off their skills as well as pleased with the small gift they were given just for entering!
The one category that was extremely well supported was the photography section, which had over 40 entries, making it a hard job for the judge this year!
Although this is intended as a fun Village community event it is lovely to be able to report that we have been able to donate £200 to Northampton Search and Rescue and £200 to C2C, a social action charity. The money was raised from the Tombola, Refreshments and Auction, which was unfortunately rather poorly attended at the end, so some super bargains were to be had there!
If you visited to see what others could do I hope you were inspired to think that you could enter at the next Village Show in 2026, as your efforts are sure to be better!!
Sue Wray
