Deddington Parish Show 2015 - Saturday, 5th September 2015 - Summer Reflections

A bright sunny morning over Deddington's Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Church Street, Deddington, Oxfordshire OX15 0SA, where villagers and friends have gathered their prize show exhibits for their Parish Show.  Show Day produce has been arriving at the Church since 9am this morning, labelled with each exhibitors' numbers, and beautifully presented, ready and willing to be inspected by Show officials for the great honour of gaining prize entry status.

There are nine Show sections each with a wide selection of individual classes - Cookery with 13 classes; Flowers with 17 classes; Vegetables with 21 classes; Fruit with 8 classes; Art with 5 classes; Crafts with 11 classes; Photography with 7 classes; Children's with 6 classes in each age group = Children aged 5 years and under - Children aged 6 - 9 years - Children aged 10 to under 15 years.

Certificates  to be awarded to1st, 2nd and 3rd places and Winners of Children's classes will be awarded rosettes or badges.

Trophies will be awarded as follows - The Welford Cup for Cookery; The Marianne Elsley cup for Flowers; The Oliver Hawes Cup for Vegetables; The St. Peter & St. Paul Cup for Fruit;  The John Cheney Art Cup for Art; The Stella Marmion Craft Cup for Crafts; The Deddington Farmers' Market Cup for Photography; Rosettes and Badges for each relevant Children's age group; The Maureen Forsyth Cup for the Child Champion; The Deddington Gardeners' Cup for the Show Champion.

Deddington Parish Show held open its doors to the public from 2pm and when I arrived a little later the Church was alive with eager anticipation as exhibitors, friends and visitors crowded round each class, table and show-stopping exhibit to gaze with unabashed excitement at the delightful range of local produce brought to each specimen's individual excellence for the honour of being judged Show Champion, Child Champion, Children's Class winners of Rosettes or Badges and Trophy Honours for the seven named Cup prizes.

Here for your perusal, a few photographs of Deddington Parish Show 2015 as a reminder of a brilliant Event Day for Deddington and, for those unlucky enough not to be present, a little taster of what they've missed....

It was very exciting to chat to some of the thrilled and enthusiastic exhibitors and an honour to take photographs of all their brilliant entries.

Happy Parish Show memories to all exhibitors, friends and visitors to Deddington Parish Show 2015.

Daisy xxx