Lincolnshire South Federation of WIs’ Make, Bake & Show event held at Ropsley Village Hall

A make, bake and show competition event held in a village was well-attended.

The Lincolnshire South Federation of WIs’ Make, Bake & Show event, was on Saturday October 28 at Ropsley Village Hall.

Working to a theme of ‘Come to the Carnival’, 113 entries were registered for the show across seven categories, photography, flowers, home made cards, craft, cookery and art.

There was also a novice category to encourage those who have never entered such a competition before.

The Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, Toby Dennis, and Mrs Dennis were in attendance, with the Lord Lieutenant presenting the trophies.

Janis Tunaley, first vice chair of the federation, said: “From 9am, ladies could be seen hurrying to Ropsley Village Hall, taking their entries for the event.

“Flower arrangements were carefully tweaked; cakes, fudge and chutney were handed over; photos, invitation cards and artwork gently placed on easels and hand made Venetian masks and knitted/crocheted carnival figures displayed to best advantage.

“At 11am, the hall was closed for judging. Expert opinion was brought to bear, comments were written and after much deliberation the results were determined.

“At 1.15pm, the doors were opened to the public and much interest was shown. There was also a great deal of cake eating, tea drinking and perusing of the jewellery, scarves and handbags on sale!”

Creators of the winning entries were:

For Photography: Jo Webber of Ropsley WI

For Flowers: Sue Case, Caythorpe WI

For Hand-made Card: Judith Poore, Barrowby WI

For Craft: Shirley Rowley, Witham St Hughs WI

Best Novice: Barbara Oates, Wellingore WI

For Cookery: Debra Dows, Wellingore WI

For Art: Shelley Marsden, Barrowby WI

The Cynthia Pearson Cup was presented to the WI which achieved the best overall performance.

This was determined by awarding points for the total number of entries plus additional points for being placed first, second or third, or being highly commended.

Ropsley achieved the highest score, with Wellingore second and Caythorpe third.

The Lord Lieutenant congratulated everyone for their entries and echoed the judges’ opinion that a very high standard had been achieved across all classes.

Mrs Dennis drew the raffle and the afternoon was concluded with a vote of thanks by LSFWI chair, Tina Orange to everyone who had been involved in setting up and running the event and particularly to Mr and Mrs Dennis for attending.