THE fourth Pyworthy village show was held on Saturday, September 1.

It has become an annual event with an emphasis on local homegrown produce, flowers and plants, baking, crafts and photography.

The main aim of the village show is to provide a celebration of village life, which brings together local people and visitors to enjoy shared activities and engage in friendly competition of home crafts and produce.

Most might expect a typical show entrant to be elderly allotment holders and retirees with perfect gardens, when in fact a new breed of young exhibitors were polishing their potatoes and entering their local show.

This year there were more than 460 entries. A few weeks prior to the show many folk had concerns about their homegrown produce and flowers due to adverse weather conditions, but the amount of good quality produce entered was amazing. The handicraft section showed what talented people there are in Pyworthy with such exquisite work of different types of art and crafts.

Photography entries were well supported this year and there were some wonderful pictures taken. There was an extensive amount of cookery and preserves entered, from beautifully made Victoria sponges to pickled chillies.

The children also provided some delightful creative displays, from animals made from vegetables and beautifully designed paper plates. All the results will be published on the noticeboard in Pyworthy.

The overall ‘well deserved’ winner of the show was Marion Ravn, who had planned and worked so hard throughout the year to support the show. A close runner up was Helen Baker who also presented superb produce and bakery.

As usual the local pub, The Molesworth Arms, supported the show and this year owner Monique presented an incredible pumpkin she had grown, suggesting people guess it’s weight — this produced such laughter and interest. All donations went to a local charity.

Thanks were expressed to the hard working team who help present and put the show together, to the wonderful people that made donations of money, raffle prizes, cream teas, etc. and to all the judges for giving up their time to make some very difficult decisions.