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Hurst Horticultural Show
Saturday 21st August
The 86th Annual Hurst Horticultural Show
opens to the public at 1.30pm on Saturday 21st August in the Village Hall and grounds.
For those wishing to enter produce, food items, crafts, handiwork or photography,
schedules are available from all village shops.
Entries close at 6pm on Wednesday 18th August so there is still time
to measure your onions and polish your apples.
Exhibits must be staged between 7 and 10.30am on Saturday morning,
as judging starts promptly at 10:30.
The show is a truly traditional village event.
When the hall, marquees and grounds open, the spectacle of colourful produce
is a real delight.
Helping to make the afternoon more enjoyable there will be craft and plant stalls,
teas, bar and food with music from the Jeez Cook Jazz Trio.
In the adjacent field, the Exemption Dog Show offer classes for both pedigree and novelty canine entrants.
Dog show entries are only accepted on the field from 11.30am and judging starts at 12 noon.
This year proceeds will go to Bellmead Kennels, Old Windsor (The Country Annexe of Battersea Dogs Home).
On the Martineau village green opposite, Children’s sports will start at 2.30;
again entries will only be taken on the field.
That is of course after the children have checked their entries for prizes in the junior’s section of the show.
There are classes for three age groups with four classes in each section.
Four trophies will be awarded in the children’s classes,
one for each age group and an overall champion for the competitor who gains the most points.
Trophies for the winners of all classes will be awarded at 4.30pm and this is
followed by an auction of the produce not removed from the show,
rounding off a truly enjoyable afternoon in Hurst.
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