Newcastle - Ponteland SRGC/AGS Show 11th October 2014

[Maggi Young]

NEWCASTLE    OCTOBER 11th    
From 12 noon to 4.00 pm    
Organised by the AGS in conjunction with the SRGC
Venue:
THE MEMORIAL HALL, DARRAS ROAD, PONTELAND, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NE20 9NX    
A1 round Newcastle; A696 past Airport and into Ponteland; Darras Road is to the left.
   
SHOW SECRETARIES: Alan Newton, 12 Main Street, Ponteland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE20    
   9NR. Tel: 01661 871974, email: Alan.Newton@agsgroups.org    
   Alan Furness, St Lukes Cottage, Wooley, Hexham. NE46 1TT.    
   Tel: 01434 673445. email: Alan.Furness@agsgroups.org    
ENTRIES TO:    Alan Newton by Wednesday, before the show.    
   (Novice Section Entries at any time - advance notice of large entry appreciated)    
STAGING:    8.00 am to 9.45 am on Saturday only.    
   No late entries after 9.30am on the Saturday    
JUDGING:    begins at 10.00 am    TROPHY PRESENTATION: 2.30 pm    
Exhibitors should note that AGS Show Notes and Regulations apply this year, and SRGC next year.    
Accordingly a Farrer medal may be awarded this year.    
Members of both AGS & SRGC are eligible for all prizes, medals and other awards. Points count towards Seasonal Aggregates and Merit Medals according to membership.    
Bulbous plants: under AGS rules, Note 27 applies this year.    

Entries have been coming in and cakes  arebeing baked - be there to enjoy a great day out! 

[ChrisB]

Here's the show stopping winner from our show today.  The incomparable Wallis duo won the medal with their Cyclamen graecum ssp anatolicum.  How could you not fall in love with this amazing specimen?

[Maggi Young]

That's a corker, Christine.
Been a lovely day here so I hope the  late afternoon and evening has been as kind to the tired show folks heading home.

[Stan da Prato]

besides the Farrer the Wallis duo had the AGS medal for 6 small pans. Don Peace took the Ewesley Salver for best cyclamen in a 19cm pot   with a C cilicium - bottom right in the group, the Ponteland bowl for most points (as well as the Guiseppi Cup most points in all AGS shows this year) and a merit cert for Crocus tourneforteii.

[Stan da Prato]

merit certs also went to Alan Furness for Crocus banaticus Snowdrift, Tom Green for a very large Saxifraga fortunei and Ian Kidman for a Viola spathulata . Peter Farkasch won the best foliage plant with Astragalus utahensis.

[ChrisB]

Here's a close up of the Viola spatulata shown by Ian Kidman, it was a big potful too, I loved it.

[Maggi Young]

Is that little Viola not the daintiest little thing?  Great glossy looking foliage, too.

[Stan da Prato]

The Newcastle trophy for the best plant in sections 2or 3  went to a Myrteola nummularia shown by Colin and Kath Billington. Bob Worsley received the Inner Eye trophy  for most points in section 2 as well as the SRGC bronze medal. Lawrence Peet took the Newcastle bowl for most points in section 3.
A large gold award deservedly went to the local AGS group for their detailed display on the alpine plant hunters - a huge amount of work which filled one end of the hall  and for which I am told Mala Janes should get the credit.

[Stan da Prato]

...and now a quick tour of the show starting  with class 1 for 3 plants which included the Farrer medal cyclamen (but which is pic 5 in this post) . Class 2 for one plant won by my out of season cassiope. Then class 3 for plants other than cyclamen or gentian. Classes 4,5,6 for shrubs and conifers. Class 7 for 3 large cyclamen.

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on to more cyclamen, foliage as well as flowers, ferns, gentians and some of the many cushion plants.

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more bulbs including  the large crocus classes and plants from a specific continent.

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foliage plants of various hues and plants  with fruit, seeds or cones

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succulents in variety, mini gardens and an arrangement of foliage without flowers.

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now into smaller  pots max size 19cm. Class 46 for three distinct, then three one genus then gesneriads, shrubs and conifers.

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more cyclamen, gentians, cushions and small bulbs