Spring Show 2025

Saturday, 12th April from 11am to 4.30pm

At Willowburn Sports & Leisure Centre, Willowburn Avenue, Alnwick, NE66 2JH

Spring Show 2025 Results

Congratulations to everyone who took part and made the day such a success. Here are this year’s prize-winners.

Special Awards

The Alnwick Spring Show Cup* Louise Jorgensen
The Championship Daffodil Class – D & V Parker Trophy* Jeff Smith
The Championship Tulip Class – Duchess of Northumberland Crystal Bowl* Geoff Watson
The best tulip in classes 8, 13 & 14 Geoff Watson
Best daffodil bloom in Classes 15 to 26 Jeff Smith
Best miniature daffodil in Classes 28 & 29 Gill Starkey
Best exhibit in Amateur Classes 37 to 44 Jackie Jurke
Best exhibit in Cookery Classes 47 to 69 Hilary Drury
Most points in Cookery Classes 47 to 69 Pat Dodd

*Past winners can be found here

Handicrafts

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
1 A hand knitted hat Lorraine Hansom Pat Dodd Dianne Watson
2 A soft toy (any medium) Susan Dodd Dianne Watson Jackie Jurke
3 A piece of cross stitch Janet Pibworth Lorraine Hansom Mary George
4 A textile shopping bag Rosemary Browell Katherine Challis Pat Dodd

Fly-tying

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
5 3 flies: 1 dry fly and 1 wet fly or nymph and 1 lure or salmon fly M J Dodd James Hume Tom Holloway

Flowers: Novice

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
6 1 stem single daffodil any Division Tim Dequincey Tracey Cosgrove Louise Jorgensen
7 1 stem of Division 4 (double daffodil) Dave Cosgrove Liz Adams
8 1 tulip in a vase Jackie Jurke Tracey Cosgrove Jackie Simpson

Flowers: Restricted Residence

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
9 3 stems of daffodils all yellow (y-y) any Division Louise Jorgensen Ron Thompson Will Simpson
10 3 stems of daffodils with orange or red in the corona any Division Pat Taylor Gill Starkey Tim Dequincey
11 3 stems multi-headed daffodils any division Ron Thompson Gill Starkey Katherine Challis
12 3 blooms of 1 miniature daffodil Katherine Challis Ron Thompson Gill Starkey
13 2 stems of tulips any type in a vase Gill Starkey Ron Thompson Geoff Watson
14 3 stems of tulips any type in a vase Geoff Watson Ron Thompson Will Simpson

Flowers: Amateur Daffodils

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
15 Championship Class: 3 vases each containing 3 blooms Jeff Smith
16 3 cultivars from Divisions 1-3 1 stem per vase Jeff Smith
17 6 cultivars from not less than 2 Divisions 1 stem per vase Jeff Smith
18 Palette containing 7 single blooms arranged on the board provided (with water tubes) Jeff Smith Ron Thompson
19 1 cultivar Division 1 Ron Thompson Jeff Smith
20 1 cultivar Division 2 Jeff Smith Gill Starkey Ron Thompson
21 1 cultivar Division 3 Jeff Smith Ron Thompson Gill Starkey
22 1 cultivar Division 4 (double daffodil) Jeff Smith Geoff Watson Gill Starkey
23 1 cultivar from Divisions 5 or 6 Gill Starkey Ron Thompson Will Simpson
24 1 cultivar from Divisions 7 or 8 Ron Thompson
25 1 cultivar from Division 9 Gill Starkey
26 1 cultivar from Division 11 Ron Thompson Jeff Smith Will Simpson
27 Bowl of miniature or small flowered daffodils Gill Starkey Katherine Challis
28 3 blooms of 1 miniature daffodil from Divisions 1, 2 or 3 Ron Thompson
29 3 blooms of 1 miniature daffodil from Divisions 4 to 13 Gill Starkey

Flowers: Amateur Tulips

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
30 Her Grace, The Duchess of Northumberland Championship Class: 3 cultivars, 3 stems of each staged in three vases Geoff Watson Margaret Smith Will Simpson
31 Palette containing 7 blooms arranged on the board provided (with water tubes) Margaret Smith Geoff Watson Dave Bonser
32 3 blooms any one cultivar in a vase Margaret Smith Dave Bonser Will Simpson
33 1 bloom red or pink tulip in a vase Will Simpson Dianne Watson Margaret Smith
34 1 bloom yellow or white tulip in a vase Dianne Watson Margaret Smith Gill Starkey
35 1 bloom any other colour tulip in a vase Geoff Watson Dave Bonser Gill Starkey
36 A bowl or pan of species or miniature tulips containing not less than 5 bulbs Gill Starkey

Flowers: Amateur General

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
37 Single potted cactus or succulent, pot size not to exceed 15 cm (6”) Dave Bonser Gill Starkey Katherine Challis
38 1 foliage pot plant, pot size not to exceed 15 cm (6”) Louise Jorgensen Gill Starkey Dave Bonser
39 1 flowering pot plant, pot size not to exceed 15 cm (6”) Dave Bonser Gill Starkey
40 Vase of flowers from 1 variety of shrub Katherine Challis Susan Dodd Geoff Watson
41 Amaryllis in pot any variety or colour Gill Starkey Susan Dodd
42 A vase of five Muscari flowers Jackie Jurke Gill Starkey Katherine Challis
43 1 pan or pot Sempervivum Terence Challis Katherine Challis
44 1 pan or pot Primula or Polyanthus Katherine Challis Jackie Jurke Hilary Drury

Floral Art

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
45 VE Day anniversary celebration Susan Dodd Cath Collins

Photography

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
46 Spring scene Jackie Jurke James Hume Terence Challis

Cookery

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
47 Victoria Sandwich cake, baked in one tin, jam filled no sugar dusting Heather Hedley Pat Dodd Rosemary Browell
48 Cake made with a vegetable (vegetable to be stated) Rosemary Browell Marilyn Holt Pat Dodd
49 Lemon Drizzle loaf / cake Rosemary Browell Pat Dodd Hilary Drury
50 Date and walnut cake Pat Dodd Rosemary Browell
51 Gingerbread loaf Pat Dodd Rosemary Browell Christine Allcorn
52 Shortbread round Christine Allcorn Hilary Drury Pat Dodd
53 Cherry cake Rosemary Browell Hilary Drury Pat Dodd
54 Chocolate cake iced and filled, not decorated Christine Allcorn Hilary Drury Pat Dodd
55 4 cup cakes, decorated (differently) Hilary Drury Pat Dodd Isabelle Rennie
56 3 dyed eggs Pat Dodd Helen O’Neil
58 Plate fruit pie, pastry top & bottom Pat Dodd
59 Savoury quiche, shortcrust pastry Pat Dodd Hilary Drury Marilyn Holt
60 4 oven fruit scones Rosemary Browell Pat Dodd Marilyn Holt
61 4 cheese scones Pat Dodd Christine Allcorn Heather Hedley
62 Stottie cake, not machine made Hilary Drury
63 Brown loaf, not machine made Hilary Drury
64 White loaf, not machine made Roland Jurke Hilary Drury
65 1 jar fruit jam, sealed with a wax disc & covered with cellophane Hilary Drury Gill Starkey Lorraine Hansom
66 1 jar orange marmalade, sealed with a wax disc & covered with cellophane Pat Dodd Gill Starkey Susan Dodd
67 1 jar lemon curd, sealed with a wax disc & covered with cellophane Caroline Stevens Pat Dodd Hilary Drury
68 1 jar chutney, sealed with vinegar proof lid Hilary Drury Lorraine Hansom Pat Taylor
69 1 Northumberland tea loaf (using recipe provided) Pat Dodd Jackie Jurke Lorraine Hansom

Children's Open: Under 11 years

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
70 Handwritten poem on theme of spring Wilfred Patten Grace Jorgensen Beatrix Patten
71 Painting of spring flowers Ezra Patten Elora Jurke Beatrix Patten
72 Decorated wooden spoon Isabel Rose Robin Bush Eliza Wilson
73 Felt creation Robin Bush Teddy Shepherd Beatrix Patten
74 Original model made from Lego (or similar), not from a kit Robin Bush
75 Photograph of a spring scene Grace Jorgensen

Children's Open: 11 to 16 years

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
78 Digital design of easter egg Emmie Keenan Isabella Smith Alisha Howd
79 Decorated wooden spoon Imogen Bush
80 Felt creation Imogen Bush
81 Photograph of a spring scene Blake Scott Jess Clark Isaac Griffiths

Children's Cookery

Class Class Description 1st 2nd 3rd
82 4 oven fruit scones Wilfred Patten Beatrix Patten Ezra Patten
83 4 homemade cookies Ella Armstrong Beatrix Patten Ezra Patten
84 1 decorated biscuit (biscuit does not have to be homemade) Grace Jorgensen
85 4 decorated homemade biscuits on the theme of spring Ella Armstrong
86 4 pieces of homemade fridge cake Grace Jorgensen Ella Armstrong Wilfred Patten
87 4 chocolate brownies Grace Jorgensen Ezra Patten

Support Alnwick Spring Show

Support comes in various forms, including financial and administrative and there are many options.

If you would like to help the Alnwick Spring Show by sponsoring the whole event, or a particular Class, please get in touch so we can have a chat.

You don’t have to be a plant expert to support the show – if you have some time to spare before, or on, show day or just want to find out more about volunteering, please get in touch. There are lots of different and interesting things to do to create the show.

We greatly appreciate the support that we receive from grant funders, sponsors and supporters, we would not be able to deliver such a successful event without them.

 

Alnwick Spring Show 2025 Supporters

Thank you to every business and individual who has sponsored or supported this year’s show.

Alnwick in Bloom

Clarks Rhododendrons

Crafting for cancer

Duchess of Northumberland

Gordon Castle

Head and Sole

Homemade At The Elms

Jackie Simpson

Janette Carter

Martin Swinbank

Martinjaellis Photography

Mayor of Alnwick

Northern Angels

Northumberland Recovery College, Alnwick Community Allotment

Parure Jewellery

Premier Inn

Robinsons

Ronnie Thompson

Turnbulls

Viking Bob Leather

Will Simpson

Spring Show 2025 Classes

Cookery

There are lots of opportunities, whether you like making bread, cakes, scones or preserves and more. You can enter as many classes as you want.

This year we have selected another local recipe – Northumberland Fruit Loaf – and we have provided a nut-free recipe, which everyone who enters this class must use.

Floral Art

This is open to everyone and the winner will be announced based on votes submitted by anyone who bought an admission ticket.

The topic for this year’s show is “VE Day Anniversary Celebrations”.

Flowers

There is something for everyone here – adults & children, those new to showing flowers and well as seasoned exhibitors.

This is not only for growers of daffodils & tulips, there is also a general section for other plants and flowers.

Fly-tying

We welcome fishing fans to the fly-tying category for the first time.

Handicrafts

If you like sewing, knitting or cross-stitch, have a look at the classes that have been selected for this year’s show.

 

Photography

We welcome photography for the first time – there is an open category which children and adults can enter, as well as age classes for children under 11 years old and children aged 11 to 16 years old.

The topic, for all classes, this year is “A Spring Scene”.

Children's Classes

There is a variety of classes for children to demonstrate their creativity – poetry, arts & crafts, cookery and photography. There are 3 age classes – children under 11 years old, children aged 11 to 16 years old and an open class for all children aged 16 years and under.

Northumberland Tea Loaf Recipe

Find out how to make this delicious loaf

Get in Touch

If you have any questions, suggestions or simply want to touch base with us, we’d love to hear from you.

Alnwick Spring Show Officials

Show Secretary: Lorraine Hansom

Treasurer: Katherine Challis

Show email: