Competitions

Come and join in and have a go at our competitions for all ages, click here to download an entry form or contact Angie Mason for further details 015396 25461.

Local crafts will include:

  • Ceramics, clay play glasswares
  • Woven blankets, scarves and throws from local wool
  • Walking sticks, accessories and hats
  • Art photography, watercolours and cartoons
  • Jewellery, dragons and lots more ...

There will also be craft demonstrations from the team and tenants at Farfield Mill near Sedbergh, from spinning and weaving to felting and papermaking.

Craft - Saturday

Age Groups

  1. *Pre-school, Reception and Years 1&2
  2. *Years 3 and above
    * The above age groups will be judged separately
  3. Adults (18 years and over)

Rules for exhibitors

  • Free entry for children.
  • Adults 50p per entry.
  • Children may enter the adult classes.
  • An exhibitor may enter up to two items in any class.
  • Entries must be the unaided handwork of the adult / child.
  • All exhibits to be displayed in the marquee between 11am and 12pm on the Saturday of the Show and not to be removed before 4pm.
  • Fee and entry form to be given to Angie Mason before or on the morning of the competition.
    Only the age of the child will be on display to aid judging    .
  • Judging will take place at 12.15pm. The decision of the judges is final.


Classes

Children

  1. A party hat
  2. A mask
  3. A decorated hardboiled egg
  4. 4 decorated biscuits, to be judged for decoration only
  5. A greetings card, any medium
  6. A picture of a house, any medium
  7. An imaginative poem, composed by the exhibitor and hand written

Adults

  1. A piece of hand-made jewellery
  2. A gift wrapped bottle
  3. An item of hand knitting (scarf, child’s garment, adult garment....)
  4. A felt or rag rug picture
  5. A greetings card, any medium
  6. An item of quilting
  7. An ornament made from wood or metal
  8. A photograph, colour or black / white, with a caption!
  9. A photograph entitled "A Farmer’s Friend", colour or black / white

Home Produce - Sunday

Rules for exhibitors

  • Entry fee 50p per item.
  • Children may enter these classes free (up to the age of 18).
  • An exhibitor may enter up to two items in any class.
  • All exhibits to be displayed in the competition marquee between 11am and 12pm on the Sunday of the Show and not to be removed before 4pm on the same day.
  • All exhibitors will provide their own display material.
  • Fee and entry form to be given to Angie Mason before or on the morning of the competition.
  • Judging will take place at 12.15pm. The decision of the judges is final.

Classes

  1. Carrot cake, baked to given recipe
  2. Handmade bread – any variety
  3. Six scones (cheese, fruit, plain...)
  4. Pot of chutney
  5. Bag of toffee or fudge
  6. Six ginger biscuits / people
  7. A cold sweet
  8. Pizza (homemade base, no bigger than 12 inches round or square)
  9. Six cup cakes
  10. Six jam tarts
  11. Five potatoes, one kind
  12. Five carrots, one kind, with tops
  13. Five runner beans
  14. Three courgettes
  15. Five tomatoes, one kind
  16. Five dressed onions
  17. Five beetroot, one kind
  18. A basket of home grown vegetables (five or more vegetables)
  19. Disaster class – ‘A vegetable that has gone wrong’
  20. A herb in a pot