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| BOTTISHAM v. BURWELL CHALLENGE SHIELDThe two gardening clubs have been holding this bi-annual competition (home and away) since 1981, competing for the Bottisham & Burwell Gardening Challenge Shield. Members bring along their best offerings – anything grown in the garden, greenhouse or house, fruit, flower, houseplant, or vegetable, exotic or native. The best five entries from each club are selected and an independent judge awards up to 20 points for each entry. This is a light-hearted friendly competition, with a quiz and buffet supper.
4 September 2010The second round of this two-part competition was held on a wet and windy night in Bottisham on 4 September. Our thanks go to Mr John Drake for his excellent judging of the exhibits, and to all those who contributed to the large and varied buffet supper. Results for the night were as follows:BOTTISHAM | BURWELL | Basket of Vegetables 19 4 Cooking Apples 17 Heuchera 15 Foliage pot plant (Mother in Law’s Tongue) 15 Flowering pot plant (Kalanchoe) 14
TOTAL 80 | Pot Plant 18 points 6 onions 15 Cucumbers 14 4 potatoes 14 Flowering pot plant (Streptocarpus) 14
TOTAL 75 |
Burwell won the first round in June with a total of 83 points to Bottisham's 81 points, making Bottisham the overall winners by 161 points to 158. We look forward to the return bout on 13 June 2011.
2009 COMPETITION
Part one of this year's competition was held in Bottisham on 8 June, when Bottisham won by a margin of 1 point (Bottisham 84, Burwell 83).The second leg of the 2009 competition was then held in Burwell on Monday 14 September, with a good turnout again from both clubs and many and varied entries. Burwell was declared the overall winner with a final points total of 86 to Bottisham's 82The overall score at the end of the 2009 competition is therefore equal - Bottisham 15 wins and Burwell 15 wins - with all to play for in 2010. | |
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