NORTH SOMERSET AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

A Company Limited by Guarantee, not having a Share Capital and having Charity Status Company Registered in England No. 2548884 Charity No 1007694

North Somerset Agricultural Society dates for the diary

The 33rd Annual Crafts & Produce Show is being held in conjunction with the 178th Ploughing & Hedging Match Sunday 5th September

Separate schedules available for Ploughing, Hedging & Field Crop classes, please contact the Secretary, Tim Ledbury,

on 01934 837283 to request one.

We plan to sell any unwanted entries between 4 and 5pm. Please indicate on your entry form if you wish any of your exhibits to be sold.

All proceeds will go towards future craft & produce Shows.

North Somerset Show: Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May 2022 Tickets available at early-bird discount prices from January 2022. For schedules, see the

NSAS website www.nsas.org.uk or ring 01934 837283

Front cover design by Arwen Kuipers von Lande

Entry fee for each exhibit 50p

No more than 2 entries per person per class NO ENTRIES ACCEPTED ON THE DAY

All classes open to all comers unless otherwise stated

Payment:

Bank Transfer: Sort code: 30-91-84 Account number: 15411568 Please reference payments with ‘HC + your surname’

Entries not accepted without payment

Cheques to be made payable to ‘NSAS’ Cash payments also accepted

Entry forms on back cover – separate forms for OPEN and JUNIOR

Entry forms available to download from www.nsas.org.uk/nsas-events/ploughing-match

Please return entry forms to:

Craft & Produce Show North Somerset Agricultural Society

‘Our Offices 4’, Yeowood Farm, Iwood Lane, Wrington BS40 5NU Tel: 01934 837283

NO LATER THAN Monday 30th August 2021

Any personal data supplied on entry forms will be used solely for the purpose of contacting you about the current and future North Somerset Agricultural Society Craft & Produce Shows.

By signing the entry form, you consent to the NSAS Craft & Produce Show using your data in this way To read more about how the North Somerset Agricultural Society stores and processes data, please visit

www.nsas.org.uk/about

Prizes

£2, £1, 50p Best in Show - £20, donated by Mrs Margaret Burdge

Special prizes for certain classes as detailed

£5, donated by Mrs Bay Bardwell to be awarded for the highest number of points for

cooking and preserves and the trophy presented by the Society.

A trophy kindly presented by Mrs Pat Myers to be awarded for the highest number of points in the Handicraft.

£5, donated by Mrs Julie Butler, to be awarded for the highest number of points for flowers

and floral art and the trophy kindly presented by Mrs Esme Ford.

£5, donated by Mrs Gay Cook, to be awarded for the highest number of points for fruit and vegetables and the trophy kindly presented by Mrs Gay Cook.

Timetable for Sunday 5th September

7.30am Tent open to receive exhibits - no exhibits accepted before this time

By 9.30am ALL EXHIBITS MUST BE ON SITE

By 10am STAGING OF ENTRIES MUST BE COMPLETED

10.15am Judging starts

4pm Cup presentation followed by collection of prize money & sale of left over exhibits

Exhibits to be removed by 5pm but not before 4pm

RULES FOR EXHIBITORS! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!

1 If a measurement is quoted in the class description, do not forget to check it, because the judges will.

2 Junior classes must be completed without the help of adults. Their age (on the 5th September 2021) must be clearly shown on the entry form.

3 Novice classes. In this schedule a novice is deemed to be someone who has not won a first prize in the section being entered at this Show.

All entries are anonymous to the judges.

Do not take offence at their comments - they are intended to be constructive.

CLASSES

Best in Show to be judged by: Mrs Sarah Alvis £20 Prize, kindly donated by Mrs Margaret Burdge, will be awarded to the overall best

exhibit judged between preserves, alcohol, eggs, cooking, handicrafts, photography, flowers, floral art, vegetables and fruit.

ALCOHOLIC & NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS No trade names on bottles – Kilner allowed

Judge: Mrs S Luck 1 Bottle of wine, sweet or dry, red, white or rose 2 Bottle of Elderflower cordial 3 Bottle of any other homemade non-alcoholic drink, e.g. lemonade, apple juice,

ginger beer, cordial etc. – name to be stated on bottle 4 Bottle of homemade sloe gin – clear glass bottle 5 Bottle of homemade damson gin – clear glass bottle

(£5 prize money donated by Mrs Sue Pritchard)

EGGS

(The judge reserves the right to break the eggs) Judge: Mr Richard Simmons

6 Six brown hens' eggs 7 Six hens' eggs - same colour - other than brown 8 Three eggs from any other single breed of poultry

(Prize money in these classes donated by Mr Richard Simmons)

PRESERVES

(Take note of special conditions & see jar labelling diagram)

Judge: Mrs Elizabeth Stirratt & Mrs Sue Bougourd 9 Pot of strawberry jam 10 Pot of raspberry jam 11 Pot of jam other than strawberry or raspberry 12 Pot of fruit jelly 13 Pot of marmalade from fresh fruit 14 Pot of chutney or pickle

EXAMPLEBERRY JAM 19th June 2021

Label your jars with the name of the jam, jelly,

chutney or marmalade and the full date of when it was

made (including year)

Class 14 & 16– use

NEW metal lids.

No trade names on jars

Fill clear plain glass jars to the top to allow cooled jams, jellies and chutneys to settle to a quarter of an inch from the top

Classes 9-13, 15

Use wax discs and cellophane covers or NEW metal lids

Novice classes for any competitor who has never won a FIRST prize in this section. (Prize money in these classes donated by Mrs Bay Bardwell)

15 Pot of jam or jelly - any fruit 16 Pot of chutney

If your jar is not labelled properly, it cannot win a prize

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

➢ Fill clear plain glass jars (no trade names on jars – Kilner allowed) to the top to allow cooled jams, jellies and chutneys to settle to a quarter of an inch from the top. ➢ Names of preserve and date to show on jar label. ➢ Classes 9-13, 15 - use wax discs and cellophane covers, or new metal lids ➢ Class 14 & 16 - USE NEW METAL LIDS. (These can be ordered through any

‘Country Market’ (W I)) Entries with reused lids will not be judged!

COOKING (All cookery must be in polythene bags)

Judge: Mrs M Keel, Mrs S Simmons & Mrs V Clarke 17 Six pieces of fruit flapjack 18 A cake made with a vegetable ingredient (Please supply recipe on Show day) 19 Victoria sandwich (with red jam filling) – 7'' diameter – approx. (Recipe page) 20 Six sausage rolls 21 Six pieces chocolate brownie 22 Lemon drizzle cake 23 Six shortbread fingers 24 A Somerset apple cake 25 6 cheese straws 26 A savoury quiche – 8-10'' (20-25cm) in diameter – approx. 27 An ‘Afternoon Tea’, sweet or savoury. To be judged on individual items and overall

effect. Size – width/length no larger than 29 × 42cm (11.7 × 16.5”) (Special prize: £5; £3; £2 donated by Sue Pritchard)

28 Four bread rolls 29 A chocolate marble cake 30 Four plain scones

Novice class for any competitor who has never won a FIRST prize in this section.

(Prize Money in this class donated by Mrs Bay Bardwell) 31 Boiled fruit cake – 7''-8'' (18-20cm) diameter approx. (Recipe page) 32 Four butterfly cakes

SPECIAL CONDITIONS ➢ All items of cookery to be covered with polythene bags

➢ Do NOT use clingfilm to wrap any cooking please – it sticks to your cooking and makes it difficult to judge.

HANDICRAFTS All exhibits should be as new and garments must be unworn

(£5 Special prize for Best Handicraft Exhibit, given at the judge’s discretion, donated by Mrs Gill Churchill)

Judge: Ms J Hunter 33 A hand knitted item (any ply) 34 Any item of patchwork 35 An article in crochet 36 A homemade greeting card 37 A doorstop (any medium) 38 Any item of cross stitch 39 A child’s toy 40 A mixed media picture 41 An item of felting 42 Any item made using recycled materials 43 Compose a poem about ‘Harvest’ 44 Compose a limerick 45 A painting or drawing in any medium (name of artist to be obscured) 46 Any other craft not covered by above classes

PHOTOGRAPHY Prize money in these classes donated by Mr Tom James

Judge: Mr C Morley

Please pay attention to stipulated sizes

47 Music 48 Stepping Stones 49 Shadows 50 A previous Ploughing Match 51 Covid-19 Lockdown entertainment!

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

➢ Photographs are not to exceed 7” x 5” (13cm x 18cm) ➢ All photos to be mounted on plain white or black A5 size card

➢ Please do not frame your picture! ➢ Must be your own work and no photo more than two years old

Next year’s photo subjects will be:

• 2021 Ploughing Match or May Show 2022 • A garden visitor

• The colour blue • Connections

RECIPES

VICTORIA SANDWICH 7'' (18cm) diameter approx.

Do not sugar top. Do not turn out so wire tray marks are visible on the top.

6oz (175g) self raising flour 6oz (175g) butter or margarine 6oz (175g) caster sugar 3 eggs

BOILED FRUIT CAKE 7-8''(18-20cm) diameter approx.

4oz (115g) butter or margarine 12oz (350g) mixed dried fruit

1 teacup demerara sugar 4oz (115g) peeled or dried apricots (chopped) 1 teacup of water 4oz (115g) cherries chopped

Put all the above ingredients into a saucepan, bring to boil and then simmer gently for five minutes. Leave, preferably overnight, to cool.

2 teacups self raising flour 1 tsp mixed spice 2 eggs

Add the above three ingredients to the fruit, mix well and place in the greased and lined tin. Cook for 1 ¾ to 2 hours at 150C/300F/gas mark 2.

FLOWERS Judge: Mr Martyn & Mrs Valerie Davis

52 Best foliage pot plant 53 Best flowering pot plant 54 One rose 55 One floribunda rose 56 Three gladioli 57 Dahlias – five blooms of a variety or varieties 58 One hydrangea 59 Five blooms of any other flower not mentioned above 60 Best flower in your garden – one bloom or spray 61 A vase of mixed garden flowers, (not from a greenhouse) 62 Tallest sunflower

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

➢ All exhibits to be grown by exhibitors ➢ Vases must be supplied by the exhibitor

FLORAL ART Judge: Mr M & Mrs V Davis

63 A posy 64 An ‘Autumnal’ themed arrangement. Not to exceed 20'' wide x 20'' deep (50.8 x

50.8cm) 65 A miniature arrangement – not to exceed 4'' (10.16cm) in width, length or height 66 An arrangement, in an unusual container. 67 An arrangement themed ‘A Rainbow of Hope’ – Not to exceed 2’6” x 2’00 (76.2 x

60.96cm) Novice class for any competitor who has never won a FIRST prize in this section.

(Prize money in this class donated by Mrs Bay Bardwell) 68 A table centre for a meal

SPECIAL CONDITIONS ➢ Vases must be supplied by the exhibitor.

➢ The flowers for arrangements need not be out of your own garden. ➢ If a measurement if quoted in the class description, do not forget to check it because

the judge will

VEGETABLES (Please name varieties if known)

Judge: Mr B Hughes 69 Five cherry tomatoes 70 Five tomatoes 71 A pair of peppers 72 Five potatoes (coloured) 73 Five potatoes (white) 74 Heaviest potato 75 Five onions grown from seed – tops and roots to be intact and unpeeled 76 Five onions grown from sets – tops to be tied down 77 Five shallots suitable for pickling 78 Five carrots – three-inch tops 79 Three beetroot – three-inch tops 80 Longest runner bean 81 Six runner beans 82 One cabbage 83 Three courgettes, no longer than 6” 84 A pair of marrows 85 A pumpkin or squash 86 Heaviest pumpkin 87 Basket of vegetables for a Sunday lunch, to be displayed attractively in a trug, basket

or small box 88 Collection of four culinary herbs in small bunches 89 One specimen of any other vegetable, excluding salad veg 90 A pair of sweetcorn 91 One specimen of a salad vegetable (excluding tomatoes) 92 “Healthy eating – Five a day” - Display of fruit and/or Vegetables from your own

garden. NOT LIMITED TO FIVE ITEMS.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS ➢ Uniformity of size when showing vegetables in groups is most important.

➢ Vegetables should be gently washed clean, not oiled or polished. ➢ The calyx (stalk) should be left on all tomatoes or cucumbers.

➢ Beans should have a short stalk. ➢ All exhibits to be grown by exhibitors

FRUIT (Please name varieties if known)

All fruit to be exhibited with stalks Judge: Mrs S Luck

93 Apples - any dessert variety – five fruits 94 Bramley seedling – three fruits 95 Any other cooking apple – three fruits 96 Heaviest cooking apple 97 Pears - any variety of five fruits 98 Plums or Gages – any variety of five fruits 99 Blackberries – any variety – twenty fruits 100 Raspberries – twenty fruits 101 Any other fruit – please label with name

SPECIAL CONDITIONS ➢ The calyx (stalk) should be left on all fruit. ➢ All exhibits to be grown by exhibitors

Ploughing & Hedging Match & Crafts & Produce Show

Sunday 5th September 2021

BBQ, licensed bar, trade stands, ice cream, horse ploughing, tractor & trailer rides.

Please bring cash as there are no card payment facilities

available on site! Don’t forget to enter the raffle on the day, there are lots of

prizes to be won

All proceeds go to the North Somerset Agricultural Society. Charity No 1007694

JUNIOR SECTION All entries in this section 50p

Prize money in classes 107 – 116 sponsored by Mrs Anita Simmons Prize money in classes 117 – 126 sponsored by Ms Kate Esler

Junior prizes: £1, 75p, 50p and Prize for the highest number of points presented by the Craft & Produce Committee

Rules: 1. Ages reckoned to the day of the Show 2. Age of entrant to be displayed on each exhibit

3. All entries must be the work of the exhibitor. 4. All exhibits must never have been entered at a previous Ploughing Match.

JUNIOR PHOTOGRAPHY Judge: Mr C Morley

Any age up to 16 years 102 A garden visitor 103 Food 104 My hero 105 My Summer holiday – A view, a day out, the people you met, the activities you did

➢ Photographs are not to exceed 7” x 5” (13cm x 18cm)

➢ All photos to be mounted on plain white or black A5 size card ➢ Please do not frame your picture!

JUNIOR ARTS AND CRAFTS

Judges: Mrs Sarah Alvis & Mrs Jo Alvis

Any age up to 16 years 106 Design the front cover for the 2022 Crafts & Produce Show Designs must be in A4

and hand drawn or painted. It needs to include the following words: “North Somerset Crafts & Produce Show Schedule. Sunday 4th September 2022. Entries close: Wednesday 31st August 2022.

4 years old and Under (age on the day of the Show)

107 A painting done with my hands or feet! 108 A pasta necklace 109 A recycled plastic bottle as a musical instrument 110 Four Rice Krispie cakes (decorations of your choice) 111 A rainbow (any medium)

5 to 7 years old (age on the day of the Show)

112 An animal made from vegetables and/or fruit 113 A bug made from natural plant materials 114 An animal mask 115 Four fairy cakes 116 A decorated plastic bottle (paint may stick better if tissue paper glued on first & allowed to dry.)

8 to 11 years old (age on the day of the Show)

117 A miniature garden in a standard seed tray 118 A picture of a tree (in any medium; pencil, charcoal, felt pen, pen and ink, crayon

etc. Not digital) 119 Six cookies 120 Animals made from egg boxes 121 Hand written and illustrated article of poetry (Poem supplied below)

One little kitten Two big cats,

Three baby butterflies Four big rats; Six sad seals

Seven silly seagulls Eight happy eels;

Nine nervous lizards Ten brave bees,

Eleven smelly elephants Twelve fat fleas;

Thirteen alligators Fourteen whales; Fifteen donkeys

With fifteen tails. - Carolyn Graham

12 to 16 years old (age on the day of the Show)

122 A design for a chocolate bar wrapper 123 A painting – ‘Autumn’ (in any medium; pencil, charcoal, felt pen, pen and ink,

crayon etc. Not digital) 124 A marble cake 125 An upcycled item 126 Anything you like – you made it, let’s see

P.T.O

NO ENTRIES ACCEPTED ON THE DAY

Crafts & Produce Section – OPEN Classes Entry Form (separate sheet on reverse for Junior section)

Name........................................................ Phone…………………………………………………… Address......................................................................................................................... .................................................. Email......................................................................... Signed……………………………………………………………..Date………………………..

Class Description of Entry Fee -50p per class

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Are you happy for any of your entries to be sold after 4pm? (All proceeds go to NSS Craft & Produce Show) Y / N

P.T.O

NO ENTRIES ACCEPTED ON THE DAY

Crafts & Produce Section – Junior classes Entry Form Continuation forms available on website

Parent name..................................................................... Parent Signature……………………………………………………………..Date……………………….. Address................................................................................................................................

Email ...................................................................................................................................

Entrant name Age on Show Day:

Class Description of Entry Fee -50p per class

Entrant name Age on Show Day:

Class Description of Entry Fee -50p per class

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