FCHO Gardens and Allotments Competition 2007
MORE than 200 green-fingered Oldhamers swapped gardening gloves for their top togs to enjoy a night of presentations at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
First Choice Homes and Oldham Council’s parks department got together to host the annual Growing Together annual allotment and gardens competition.
Guests enjoyed a champagne reception and music from The Oldham (Lees) Band and supper before a glittering ceremony. Award winners were captured live on a giant screen as they received their trophies from the Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Ann Wingate.
The evening was organised by Jo White and Leigh Rourke from FCHO and Glenn Dale, Graeme Gibson and Matthew Suett.
The Oldham Chronicle Cup was won by Patrick Moran, who has an allotment on the Stott’s Lane site. The runner-up was Bernard Rhodes, from Rushcroft, with Michael Jeffries, from Oakbank, third.
Constantine Street won the Shield for the Most Improved Site, Heyside took the Oldham Corporation Cup for the Best Allotment and Stott’s Lane took the Shannon Trophy for having the best six plots.
In the FCHO section, the overall prize for the best garden went to Steven Moore, of Longfield Crescent, Littlemoor, with Mrs Verity and Mr Cooper, who tend the garden at Cherry Avenue, Alt, the runners up and Mrs K Hardy, from Lawn Close, Alt, third.
Geoff and Pauline Fish (Plot 37) with Mick and Mary Ruffle (Plot 12)
Full results:
Allotments Merit Awards
Broadway: Craig and Mary Briggs, Michael and Margaret Fyson. Constantine Street: Austin Shaw, Paulina Margol. Diggle: John Ransom; Fernhurst: Jim Dyson, Thomas Anderson. Fitton Hill: Warren Wilson. Heyside: John Richardson, Ian Pratt. Shaw: Ian and Pat Ogden, Eddie and Norman Cropper. Medlock Way: Andrew Debenham, Chris Shearing. Oakbank: Lori Fitton. Rushcroft: Trevor Verity. School Road: Brian Clark, Gerald Bridges. South Chadderton: Anna Tattersall, Steve Caulcott. Stott’s Lane: James McArthur, Denys Pope. Waterhead: Jim Dyson, Allan Booth. Werneth Park: Mr and Mrs Fish, Mr and Mrs Ruffle.
First Choice Homes
Baskets and containers: Mr and Mrs Walsh, Brennan Court, Hollins. Communal Gardens: Sheila Cronley, Greenfield. Best New Entry: Joyce Barton, Chadderton. Failsworth and Hollinwood: Mr R Wainwright, Collier Hill. Town centre, Primrose Bank and Eldon Street: Barbara Booth, of Bankside Close. Holts Village, Alt, Glodwick, Salem and Clarksfield: Robert Ford, Cranberry Street. Sholver: Jackie Shaw, Longfellow Crescent. Saddleworth: Mr and Mrs Howarth, Dobcross. Shaw and Royton: Mr N Mills, Lea View, Royton. Derker and Higginshaw Village: Steve Moore, Longfield Crescent, Littlemoor. Chadderton and Werneth: Mr Parrott, Chadderton. Bardsley and Hathershaw: Mr W McCann, Bardsley; Alt and Rounthorn: Mrs Verity and Mr Cooper.
Source: The Oldham Chronicle
Photographs: Mick Ruffle
