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REPORT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE 2011 SHOW At the Annual General Meeting of the Produce Show held on 8th November 2011 the Committee reviewed the outcome of the 2011 show. Show Secretary, Ray Oldham, reported that overall entries were down to 432 compared to the recent record level of 553 in 2010.The analysis of the entries showed the following for the individual sections.
The Committee believe the fall in entries in the fruit and vegetable was influenced by the variations in the weather during the summer compared to the 2010 year. The chairman had received several comments before the show about certain classes of vegetables being either past their prime or not yet fully grown. The flowers, preserves and cookery entries were seen as satisfactory when looked at against the pattern of entries in recent years. The handicraft entry is encouraging and takes it back to the level of 2009 and 2008. The drop in the art and photography section is wholly due to a fall in the photographic entries. The only explanation for this could be that the subjects included in the show schedule did not prove sufficiently attractive. The fall off in children’s entries back to the level of 2008 is a concern. The committee is to ask a small sub group of mothers with children in each of the age group’s to contribute ideas for the individual classes which may be more in tune with what today’s children would like to contribute. Also the show publicity may need to re-emphasis that children do not need to be resident in the villages to enter. They can be relatives of those living in the villages. Show Treasurer, Francis Barnard, presented the Income and expenditure Account for the year to 30 September 2011.This shows an overall surplus of £1,761 which compares with the record achieved in 2010 of £1,783. The summary of the makeup of this surplus is as follows
The Treasurer reported that the show had total funds of £ 2,890 of which £2,000 could be committed to expenditure on new equipment and donations to local projects. The Committee noted that the lightweight marquee used for the nearly new stall was in a poor state of repair and should be replaced and decided to put £500 aside for that. Two proposals were put forward for funding projects. The first was in connection with Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the second related to the need to carry out substantial repairs to the exterior stone work of the Rhodes Memorial Hall. |
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