Ponteland SRGC/AGS show 7th October 2017

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The " green plant, Cotoneaster or something fancier " 😜😄is Ulmus parvifolia 'Hokkaido' one of my plants Maggi

OOPs! Sorry, Lawrence!

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This photo from the show day is from Ian Christie -  if I'm not mistaken, this is the  Super Snapper Stan - in which case we may be fortunate enough to have some more photos in the pipeline!

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Ian Christie's pic of Alan Furness with his Forrest Medal winning Crocus banaticus ' Snowdrift'

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few more  from Ian Christie - people.....

Brian Smethurst and Sandy Leven


Brian gets in this one too ....


- a busy day can lead to fuzziness... Alan Newton, right


"Jock"  Richards, Lawrence Peet and Brian Burrow

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Arriving at the show the first thing to strike the visitor was  the superb display on woodland plants mounted by Mala Janes.

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Regular visitors to both the autumn and spring shows organised by this group will be familiar  with Mala's work but this one seemed even more comprehensive than usual. It received  a very well deserved  gold medal.

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Now what I hope is a  complete  summary of who won awards. Some duplication with earlier posts will be apparent. Alan Furness  with his Forrest medal crocus and its two companions as it was in a three pan class. Then  Alan Newton's Draba just one of the plants that won him the Ponteland Bowl for most first points in the open section. Bob & Rannveig Wallis took the AGS medal for 6 small pots and also had a merit certificate for their very large Cyclamen hederifolium and an award of cultural commendation  for Empodium flexile and another merit cert for Hyancinthoides ciliolata in their 3 pan entry 

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Ian & Maria Leslie took the Browne trophy for the best Gentian with The Caley. Don Peace won the David Boyd award for best Amaryllidaceae in a small pot with Galanthus  peshmenii, The Leslies also won the Millenium trophy for best foliage plant with a  Celmisia. The Ewesley Salver for best cyclamen went to Bob Worsley with C. mirabile. The Levers won the Patricia Furness vase for best plant other than cyclamen  with Gentiana Silken Star group.

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Ian Kidman received the AGS Ulster Group  Quaich for Crocus mathewii  part of a 3 pan entry. Lawrence Peet won the Inner Eye trophy for most point in the Intermediate section while David & Liz Livermore took the Newcastle trophy for the best plant in that section with a Correa. There  were no entries in the Novice section. Joint Rock also made awards to Gentiana Big Diamond and Christine Boulby's dwarf Clematis.

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Bob & Rannveig also received a joint rock award   for their  Arisarum in class 1

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 Views of the hall

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A very quick tour of the benches -have   not had time to improve these photos

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more

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