Northern Group AGM and Early Show 2015

March 12, 2015 3 Comments

The AGM was held at Denton Community Centre on Sunday 8 March 2015 with fifteen members in attendance.

After the closure of the meeting those wishing to do so were invited by Allen Brierley to visit the Denton Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society’s site nearby. This visit was much appreciated and Allen very patiently and knowledgeably responded to the many questions with which were asked. A few photographs of this visit follow. (click to expand)

A Welcoming Sin
A Welcoming Sign
Morris, Anne and Trevor admire the flowers
Morris, Anne and Trevor admire the flowers
John, Morris and Alan with pots for later shows
John, Morris and Alan with pots for later shows
A close-up of the pots
A close-up of the pots
Allen responds to a question from Alan
Allen responds to a question from Alan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the visit those present were able to look at the show (ably judged by Derek Williams and John Freer) which had six exhibitors with thirty seven exhibits. The full results may be seen here. Alan Robinson had made a great effort to force out a range of the best standard daffodils (reminiscent of the late Jack Whitmore) and was rewarded by winning the majority of classes, the Best Bloom in show, Impeccable  in Class 1 which was Best Exhibit.

A few photos follow

The Judges Derek and John
The Judges
Derek and John
The Presentation Alan Robinson and Anne Smales
The Presentation
Alan with Anne Smales
Class 1 Best Exhibit
Class 1
Best Exhibit
Class 2 Rapture and 2 Trena
Class 2
Rapture and 2 Trena
Class 3 Spoirot
Class 3
Spoirot
Class 5 Misquote
Class 5
Misquote
Class 7 Queen's Guard
Class 7
Queen’s Guard
Class 8 Impeccable
Class 8
Impeccable
Class 9 Honeybourne
Class 9
Honeybourne
Class 10 Evesham
Class 10
Evesham
Class 11 Brindabella
Class 11
Brindabella
Class 12 Rapture
Class 12
Rapture
Class 14 Paper White
Class 14
Paper White
Class 15 Cool Evening
Class 15
Cool Evening
Class 16 Narcissus bujei
Class 16
Narcissus bujei

 

Class 18 Candlepower
Class 18
Candlepower

3 thoughts on “Northern Group AGM and Early Show 2015”

  1. I would like to add a big thank you to all members who attended and those that put blooms on the show bench to make it an enjoyable meeting also Allen for the invitation to the allotments.
    The ladies for the superb lunch and afternoon tea and cakes.
    Must also add a speedy recovery to our re-elected president Wendy.

    1. Thank you for the good wishes Chris and northern group members. The ‘shingles’ is still painful but not too bad. I had a good day at the AGS show at Kendal yesterday and saw some wonderful pots of narcissus. I hope to see you all at some point in the spring. Good growing for 2015, we drove through a lot of snow on the northern Pennines and realised we’d been lucky in Yorkshire at lower altitudes. Roll on spring!

      1. The Early Show and AGM was a great success. As always a group of friends all meeting and working together proved to be the way forward . The latest information regarding the prospect of the RHS late Daffodil and Tulip Show being held at Harlow Carr in 2016 was discussed with great enthusiasm . We are delighted that Wendy is progressing well i am looking forward to seeing her at Harrogate. I should also like to mention that Don Barnes is in much better health.
        Kind regards to everyone.
        Rae Beckwith

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