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Pictures from Saturdays event are now on-line
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tQ5JtR9f2rNZTWDx8 If you have any more please add them! Thanks to all who attended our delayed competition Everyone arrived in good time on a very wet, but thankfully not windy morning. The hedges fell into two categories, very light for the novices and Super veteran class, and "interesting" for the rest. By interesting I really mean horrible. it was very gappy, and had been flailed at about 3 foot leaving a huge gnarly knot with a fair number of tall growths on top. This meant a lot of hard pruning to reduce the weight. The vast bulk of the competitors opted for chainsaws from the start, Frank started with hand tools but quickly switched. David Dunk however stuck with hand tools, as of course did the novices. Such a tough hedge meant almost everyone was pushed for time, however all sections were down by the finish horn, although one was without binders. Our novices produced some really good work this year. Congratulations to all the winners Massive thanks to the judges and stewards Pictures to follow Bob and Des judged last years regrowth, and as well as overall 1st 2nd 3rd they marked each class, so for fun here are the details Veteran 1st Dave Truran 2nd John French 3rd Clive Gilligan Novice 1st Natasha Stonestreet 2nd Gwyn Alford 3rd Graham West Senior 1st Mike Mason 2nd Matthew Beard 3rd Russell Woodham Champion 1st Nigel Adams 2nd Tony Gallow 3rd Gary Moore Sadly I managed to mess up the names/cants for the new Super Vet class, this has now been corrected.
Here is the detail of the points trophy
This year we agreed to select the 3 best scores, as this does not penalise people who judge at events during the season. |
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