Autumn Show 2023

Date and location

Sunday 8th September 2024 | 2 – 4pm

Ditchling Village Hall

Judges

Sections A & B: Mr P Eastwood and Mr. D Muller

Section C: Ms C Watts

Section D: Mrs K Beard

Sections E & F: Mrs B Lloyd

Trophies awarded at the Autumn Show:

  1. George Blackstone Trophy: Best trug of vegetables (class 30).
  2. Wheelwright Challenge Cup (Jim Blackman Award): Best basket of fruit (class 29).
  3. President’s Challenge Cup: Highest points* in Sections A & B in Autumn Show.
  4. Ralli Challenge Cup: Highest number of points* in Cookery, Handicrafts, Photography & Artsections across all three shows.
  5. Davy Challenge Cup: Highest number of points* in Floral Art sections, all 3 shows.
  6. The Children’s Trophy: (6 years & under) Highest number of points* in all 3 shows.
  7. Margaret Buckwell Trophy: (7-11 years) Highest number of points* in all 3 shows.
  8. The Henry Waller Memorial Trophy: Best kept allotment over the past year.
  9. The Buckwell Trophy: Most improved allotment over the past year.

*First prize = 5 points, second prize = 3 points, third prize = 1 point.

Autumn Show Categories

  1. 3 bunches of grapes, one variety
  2. 5 cooking apples, one variety
  3. 5 dessert apples, one variety
  4. 5 pears, dessert or cooking, one variety
  5. 10 cultivated blackberries
  6. 5 plums or gages
  7. 3 fruits not otherwise shown in schedule, one variety
  8. 3 parsnips, one variety
  9. 5 nuts, one variety
  10. 5 shallots, one variety
  11. 4 coloured potatoes, one variety
  12. 4 white potatoes, one variety
  13. 4 carrots, one variety
  14. 3 sweet peppers, any one variety
  15. 5 chilli peppers, any one variety
  16. 3 bulbs of garlic
  17. 5 onions, yellow or white
  18. 5 red onions
  19. 5 runner beans
  20. 5 dwarf/ French or climbing beans
  21. 3 beetroot any one variety
  22. 2 squash, one variety
  23. 2 lettuce, one variety
  24. 1 cabbage
  25. 3 leeks
  26. 3 tomatoes, one variety other than cherry type
  27. 5 tomatoes, cherry type
  28. Pair of cucumbers
  29. A basket of fruit, to be judged for quality and effect. Basket not to exceed 45 cm/ 18 inches
  30. A trug of vegetables, to be judged for quality and effect. Trug not to exceed 60 cm/ 2ft. Exhibit not to exceed 90 cm/ 3 ft. overall
  31. 3 vegetables not otherwise shown in schedule, one variety
  32. 1 amusing misshapen vegetable
  33. An exhibit of one flower and one vegetable
  34. 1 giant vegetable
  1. A vase of roses, any variety or varieties. Max width 45 cm/ 18 inches
  2. 5 blooms of dahlias, any variety or varieties
  3. 3 Hydrangea heads, any variety or varieties
  4. A vase of mixed flowers, judged for quality and variety, maximum width 60 cm/ 2 ft.
  5. A geranium (pelargonium) in a pot, the pot not to exceed 20 cm /8 inches in diameter
  6. 1 orchid plant in a pot, the pot not to exceed 20 cm /8 inches in diameter 
  7. 1 flowering plant in a pot, other than geranium or orchid, the pot not to exceed 20 cm /8 inches in diameter
  8. An indoor foliage plant in a pot, pot not to exceed 20 cm /8″ diameter.
  9. An exhibit of flowering shrubs, maximum width 60 cm/ 2 ft.
Flowers used in these classes may be bought. An ‘arrangement’ consists only of flowers with or without foliage; ‘depicting’ allows use of accessories.
  1. Arrangement in an Autumn squash. Maximum width 45 cm/1½ ft.
  2. Exhibit depicting a sunset. Maximum width 75 cm/2½ ft.
  3. Miniature arrangement in a perfume bottle. (Maximum height, depth and width of 10 cm/4 inches)
  1. Boiled fruit cake
  2. Colourful Autumn tart
  3. Harvest plaited loaf
  4. Jar of rosemary jelly
  5. Fruit infused alcoholic beverage

Photographs should have been taken by the exhibitor, maximum size 18 x 13 cm, 7 x 5 inches and unframed. Paintings should be by the exhibitor maximum size A3 – 297 x 420mm, 11.7 x 16.5 inches and unframed.

  1. Photo of a butterfly or butterflies
  2. Painting on the theme ‘Harvest Festival’
  3. Halloween mask
  4. Handmade ceramic item
  5. Hot water bottle cover
  6. Embroidered pin cushion
6 years and under at the time of the Autumn Show
  1. A pot of herbs you have grown from seed
  2. Halloween mask made out of a decorated paper plate
7–11 years at the time of the Autumn Show
  1. A pot of herbs you have grown from seed
  2. Gingerbread family, any combination of people / animals
12 – 16 years at the time of the Spring Show
  1. Gingerbread house

To submit an entry into the Show:

Choose the classes you wish to enter from the membership Show Schedule booklet. Entries are open to all DHS members, who can enter any number of classes.

Fee = 20p per entry

  1. Cut out one of the forms from the last page of your Show Schedule booklet 
  2. Complete it with your name and address and the details of your entries
  3. Put it in an envelope with your entry fee.
  4. Hand it in at Ditchling Post Office no later than 5 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the show. Late entries will not be accepted.
Guidelines for exhibitors
Show Rules

Entry form for the DHS Bicentenary Show 2022