AGRICULTURAL CLUBS

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LXIII, Issue 98, 11 December 1942, Page 3

AGRICULTURAL CLUBS

THE JELLESMERE GROUP

VEGETABLE GROWING

PROJECT

Forty-four entries were received from all parts of the, district for the vegetable growing project of the Ellesmere, group of the Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Clubs. The preliminary local judging in tiie different centres was done by Messrs M. C. Brown (Diinsandel), J. A. Millar (Irwell), H. J. Hurford, R. J. Gilbert (Doyleston), G. L. Barnett (Lakeside), D. J. Ridden and V. G. Mason (Leeston). The records were judged by Mr V. G. Mason and on Monday, Mr D. F. H. White visited the best gardens in the various centres, and made the final judging in the Ellesmeregroup competition. A great deal of time was spent on the project, by all who iieiped with the judging arid the committee and all concerned are grateful to them for their assistance.

The preliminary results were:— : Dunsandel: Noeline Murison and Joy Hill equal 1, Betty Happer and Mavis Sheat equal 3; Brookside: lan Keele 1, Mervyn Keele 2, Marshall Hunter 3; Irwell: Judith McLaugalin 1, Norma Henderson 2; junior, Jennifer McLaughlin 1; Doyleston: Connie and lan Tweedie equal 1; , Lakeside: Eileen Cooper and Edward Overton equal 1; junior, Brian Chambers 1; Leeston: Richard Cartwright 1, David White 2, Colin Johnson 3; Killinchy: Junior, Mervyn Rathgen l. Group Championship The final placings in the Ellesmere group championship were: Senior Richard Cartwright (Leeston) 1 Mervyn Keele (Brookside) 2 Judith McLaugalin (Irwell) ...... 3 lan Tweedie (Doyleston) 4 lan Keele (Brookside) ...... " ; 5 Connie Tweedie, Noeline Murison an* Joy Hill (Dunsandel) equal 6 Special awards, notebooks: Marshall Hunter and Judith McLaughlin: I Junior : Jennifer McLaughun (Irwell) and | Brian Chambers (Lakeside), j equal ;....; ■.....„■ 1 Mervyn Rathgen (Killirichy) ...... 3 Merit certificates were awarded to the following: Beatrice Johnson, Paul Rasmussen, Ron Hudson, Jim. Batt, lan Hamilton, Lindsay Hamilton, Heather Goss, Colin Johnsonf Neville Ward, Lyla Anderson, Jean Donald, John Ford,. Stanley Main/ David White, Norma Hendersjori, P. Asliton, A. McLachlan, M. Pocock, M. Neale, T. Ashton, Marshall Hunter, Mervyn Keele, C. Neale, Betty Happer, • Margaret Upston, Eric Stephens^ David McLachlan, Colin Bishop, Charles Bishop, Mavis Sheatand Eileen Bishop. '

.'CALVES AND LAMBS Tlie judging of . the entries in' the calf and lamb projects has been taking place at the show ground; Leeston, today, but the results were not available at tde time ,of going - . to press. . '