Festival of Food and Flowers 2018

Posted November 29, 2018 by WI Staff in Event Reports

The Home and Garden Sub-Committee hosted a successful Festival of Food and Flowers in Sandholes Presbyterian Church, Cookstown on Saturday 6th October 2018. The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Our Fruitful Land’ and there was a very high standard of entries in the Floral Art and Cookery classes, all in keeping with the depiction of the theme. Congratulations to the trophy winners and well done to everyone who took part, your support is greatly appreciated and it ensured that there was a wonderful display for everyone to admire during the afternoon.

The prize winners were as follows:

Floral Art

Class 1 – Brownlow Trophy – Arrangement in a basket

1st – Lettie Fleming, Waringstown WI

2nd – Violet Little, Ballygawley WI

3rd – Daphne Wylie, Pomeroy WI

Highly Commended – Pearl Sinnamon, Waringstown WI

Class 2 – Killinchy Cup – Arrangement in a boot

1st – Mary Knox, Broughshane WI

2nd – Violet Little, Ballygawley WI

3rd – Barbara McGibben, Upper Finaghy WI

Class 3 – Donaghadee Cup – Autumn arrangement incorporating fruit and/or vegetables

1st – Mary Knox, Broughshane WI

2nd – Lean Sturgeon, Waringstown WI

3rd – Pearl Sinnamon, Waringstown WI

Highly Commended – Violet Little, Ballygawley WI

Highly Commended – Lettie Fleming, Waringstown WI

Class 4 – Kathleen Abercorn Trophy – Petite arrangement in a glass

1st – Mary Knox, Broughshane WI

2nd – Irene Boggs, Eglinton WI

3rd – Violet Little, Ballygawley WI

Highly Commended – Barbara McGibben, Upper Finaghy WI

Class 5 – Betty McCrory Salver – Arrangement in an eggshell

1st – Irene Boggs, Eglinton WI

2nd – Irene Boggs, Eglinton WI

3rd – Mary Knox, Broughshane WI

Class 6 – Dungannon Trophy – Arrangement depicting ‘Our Fruitful Land’

1st – Elizabeth Connor, Garvagh WI

2nd – Violet Little, Ballygawley WI

*Best in Show Floral Art – Broughshane Rosebowl – Mary Knox, Broughshane WI

Cookery

Class 1 – Crossgar Trophy – 4 apple pancakes

1st – Beth Irwin, Pomeroy WI

2nd – Elizabeth Moore, Garvagh WI

3rd – Glynis Armstrong, Desertcreat WI

Class 2 – Sadie Maxwell Cup – 4 flakemeal biscuits

1st – Betty Holmes, Garvagh WI

2nd – Annie Hamilton, Broughshane WI

3rd – Dawn Devine, Culmore WI

Highly Commended – Mary Knox, Broughshane WI

Class 3 – Eleanor Holding Salver – Apple tart short crust pastry

1st – Mary Knox, Broushane WI

2nd – Beth Irwin, Pomeroy WI

3rd – Dawn Devine, Culmore WI

Highly Commended – Diane Murdoch, Broughshane WI

Class 4 – James Neill Perpetual Trophy – Decorated carrot cake

1st – Elizabeth Patterson, Broughshane WI

2nd – Betty Holmes, Garvagh WI

3rd – Dorothy Watson, Ahoghill WI

Highly Commended – Diane Murdoch, Broughshane WI

Class 5 – Nettie Robinson Trophy – 4 cheese scones

1st – Marian Forsythe, Moneymore WI

2nd – Elizabeth Moore, Saintfield WI

3rd – Ethne Douglass, Crossgar WI

Highly Commended – Edna McMaster, Broughshane WI

Class 6 – Exorna Trophy – Boiled cake

1st – Dorothy Watson, Ahoghill WI

2nd – Lorna Stevenson, Crossgar WI

3rd – Betty Holmes, Garvagh WI

Highly Commended – Ethne Douglas, Crossgar WI

Class 7 – Chistlehurst Vase – Bramble jelly

1st – Lorna Stevenson, Crossgar WI

2nd – Elizabeth Moore, Saintfield WI

3rd – Brenda Love, Eglinton WI

Highly Commended – Elizabeth Patterson, Broughshane WI

Class 8 – Shilliday Salver – Beetroot chutney

1st – Laura Shepherd, Desercreat WI

2nd – Annie Hamilton, Broughshane WI

3rd – Irene Boggs, Eglinton WI

*Best Overall in both Floral Art & Cookery – Susan McBride Trophy – Mary Knox Broughshane WI

Members of the Home and Garden Sub-Committee, pictured with their Chairman Margaret Kelso and Federation Chairman Collette Craig at the Festival of Food and Flowers in Cookstown.

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