The Spring Rose Show was this year held in a new venue at the CWA rooms in Barber Street.
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The change of venue didn’t deter the number of roses entered. There were 338 roses of all colours, the majority made up of red, bi-colour, yellow, pink and miniature.
The organisers thanked the sponsors and judge Judy Clarke for a hard job well done.
The champion rose was won by Julia Withers and was sponsored by Petrie Mitre 10.
The prize winners were: white – Kim Shields 1; Ann Laird 2. Orange – Barry Beasley 1; Karin Forster 2. Red – Julie Mammen 1; Coralie Howe 2. Bi-colour – Julia Withers 1; Julia Withers 2. Mauve – Wendy Murrell 1; Lorna Hawkins 2. Yellow – Sisters of Mercy 1; Coralie Howe 2. Peace – Lorna Hawkins 1; Sisters of Mercy 2. Pink – Barry Beasley 1; Joan Stacey 2. Double delight – Kristy-Lee Allan 1; Kristy-Lee Allan 2. Miniature – Sisters of Mercy 1; Chris Streeter 2. Colour not mentioned – Heather Sloan 1; John Berry 2.
Karin Forster, who bought the residence of Leonie and Boyd Gordon, who was renowned for his rose garden, attributes her win to them.
The raffle, a wheelbarrow donated by Gunnedah Show Society and the contents donated by the Ladies Auxiliary, was well-supported and won by Joan Stacey.
Co-ordinators Val Howes and Coralie Howe would like to thank the public for their support, helpers and Graham Howes, Rod Withers and Lou Flett for collecting and returning the bottles from the Showground Pavilion.
