Home Part of the This Is The West Country Network Home News Sport Jobs Homes Cars What's On CommuniGate Weather Dating Competitions Newsletter Features Archive Advertise Subscribe Contact Us Newsletter Site Map ____________________ The West Country | Archive | 2002 | March | 21 Weather fails to deter exhibitors at annual show From the archive, first published Thursday 21st Mar 2002. The daffodils were blooming at Grade-Ruan Spring Flower Show despite easterly gales doing their best to flatten potential exhibits earlier in the week. The flowers were on display alongside a host of other entries at the village hall in Ruan Minor for the annual event, which was opened this year by local GP Dr Robert Edgerley. Among the exhibitors was 91-year-old Cyril Roberts, who won first prize for his exotic entry in the pot plant section. There was also success for local youngster William Drysdale, who was awarded a special medal for his impressive entry in the computer graphics class. Show secretary Cynthia Pickering said organisers were pleased to be only a handful of entries down on the previous year. "Because of the awful weather we did not expect as many exhibits so we were very pleased," she said. "The weather on the day was wonderful and a nice lot of people came to have a look round." Awards Most points in show, Tony Girling; most points by a newcomer (male and female awards), G Fox and Pam Roberts; most points daffodils, Rex Bray; most points daffodils (Grade-Ruan resident), Pam Roberts; most points cut flowers and foliage, Tony Girling; most points pot plants, Tony Girling; most points floral art, Lindley Wilks; best Easter/spring themed arrangement, Julia Nunn; best miniature arrangement, Sylvia Sullivan; most points art and photography, Barry Sherlock; children's open classes: most points under 8yrs, Tommy Phillips; most points 8-11yrs, Jamie Pascoe and Sophie Goldsack; Grade-Ruan schoolchildren: most points in the section, Jack Glover, Jamie Pascoe and Sarah Holt; medals awarded to Jack Glover, James Green, Jamie Pascoe, Catherine Wilson, Sarah Holt and Peter Wood. Archive Home From the archive http://www.middevonstar.co.uk © Newsquest Media Group 2002 Order your photos online Find a Job Find a Home Find a Car [fish4_line.gif] Powered by Powered by Fish4 [cv_quest_banner.gif] Hot Jobs Web Developer Tiverton, Devon Copybook Solutions Web Developer required MySQL ... Fully Qualified Technician and Service Advisor/Web sales co-ordinator Taunton PERFORMANCE DRIVEN Have expanded and are ... TOOLMAKERS and CNC OPERATORS Bridgwater, Somerset TMB Patterns Limited requires SKILLED ... advertise in freeads Place and advertisement 24 hours a day using our secure site More... Newsquest Privacy Policy © Copyright 2001-2006 Newsquest Media Group A Gannett Company This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network