Have A Go Show

Saturday, 13th September 2025
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue

• £2 per entrant 
  
• Bring entries between 9am and 10.15am
• Closed for judging 10.30am-12pm
• Public viewing, sale of goods and refreshments from 12pm 
• Collection of show items 1.30pm - 2pm
• Sale of remaining show items after 2pm
• All vegetables, fruit and baking to be shown on a plate. Paper ones will be available on the day.

The aim of the Have a Go show is to display the work and talents of the local community. Everyone is encouraged to enter even if this is your first year of growing, making and baking, especially if you have never entered a show before. Judging and awarding of certificates are to add a bit of fun to the event and reward efforts.

This year’s event will be raising funds for Anomaly Arts which is based in the St Chad’s Community Hub. Anomaly Arts Collective is a volunteer-led community arts organisation improving mental health through creativity.  

_{Instructions for the Show}

• All entries to be brought to church between 9am and 10.15am on the day.
• Please leave as soon as you have placed your entries. Viewing takes place later.
• Entries should not be shop bought with the exception of making fruit and vegetable animals and biscuits for decoration. These entries should be the work of the entrant.
• Some classes are especially for children, but we would like them to feel free to enter alongside the adults in any class.
• Age ranges for children’s classes are 4-7 years and 8-11 years (under 4s in art only)
• Judging will take place between 10.30am and 12pm and the judges’ decisions are final. Church will be closed during this time.
• All entries must be collected between 1.30pm and 2pm. Please do not remove your entry before this time.
• Any unclaimed entries left in church after 2pm will be sold or disposed of – unless otherwise arranged. Please ensure you mark your item.
• Care will be taken with all exhibits but the organisers cannot take responsibility for any loss or damage.
• Public viewing, sale of goods and refreshments from 12pm onwards.
  

Schedule

Vegetable and Fruit Section

1. Three potatoes any variety
2. Three onions - dressed
3. Three onions - as grown
4. Four spring onions
5. Three carrots - show with tops
6. Two leeks - show with root and top
7. Six tomatoes – show with small stalk and calyx
8. Six runner beans
9. Three mixed veg – not otherwise in schedule (please name on card)
10. Three bulbs garlic
11. Three beetroot globes – show with tops and main root
12. One green cabbage – show with root trimmed
13. Three courgettes (similar length, max 25cm)
14. Longest Vegetable
15. Heaviest Vegetable
16. Ten soft fruit on a plate eg blackberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, gooseberries
17. Five fruit on a plate – not otherwise in schedule
18. Three rhubarb stems – show with tops and root
19. Five apples on a plate
20. Adult  - Animal made out of fruit and/or vegetable
21. Child -  Animal made out of fruit and/or vegetables (21a: 4-7 years; 21b 8-11 years)

Floral section

22. One Vase of Three Dahlias – same length and colour
23. One vase of Three Mixed Dahlias
24. One chrysanthemum - spray
25. Three gladioli – any variety
26. One single rose in glass/vase – 6-8 inch stem
27. Miniature floral arrangement (must not exceed 15cm overall)
28. Floral arrangement (must not exceed 60cm overall)
29. One vase mixed garden flowers
30. Six pansy or viola heads on a plate
31. Child – ‘recycle/reuse’ miniature garden – made in an empty sweet or biscuit box, or a 'BOTTLE'

Preserves Section 

32. Jar of fruit jam
33. Jar of fruit jelly
34. Jar of chutney
35. Jar of pickle eg beetroot, onions etc 
36. Jar of marmalade
37. Jar of fruit curd

Baking Section 

38. Four sweet biscuits/cookies one variety
39. Four fruit scones on a plate
40. Sweet “free from”  baked item eg gluten free, dairy free
41. One decorated cake (only decoration to be judged, not the cake)
42. Baked item containing unusual fruit or vegetable - please supply descriptive label 
43. Victoria Sandwich 7 inch (175g self raising flour; 175g caster  sugar; 175g butter; vanilla essence; three eggs; raspberry jam; no dusting) 
44. Child – Victoria Sandwich, as  above (44a: 4-7 years; 44b: 8-11 years)
45. Child – Four sweet biscuits/cookie one variety (45a: 4-7 years, 45b: 8-11 years)
46. Child – Four decorated biscuits – decoration only to be judged, not the biscuit - biscuit base can be bought (46a: 4-7 years; 46b: 8-11 years)

Needlecraft Section

47. One embroidery item
48. One knitted or crocheted item 
49. 'Recycle/reuse' clothing item - please supply photo or description of previous use
50. One sewn item
51. Child – one item from any of the above (51a: 4-7 years; 51b: 8-11 years)

Art Section

52. Single photograph – theme ‘Recycle/Re-use: Bottles’ (single photo not composition) 
53. Single hand produced picture eg pencil, pastel, oil, charcoal or watercolour
54. One handmade decorative item eg pottery, wood
55. Child – single hand-produced picture – theme 'Recycle/Reuse: Bottles' (55a: 4-7 years, 55b: 8-11years, 55c: under 4 years)