Best Kept Allotment Competition

Two independent judges scored the 20 shortlisted plots for Best Plot Overall and the 6 shortlisted plots for Best Newcomer 2024. The judges had a difficult task this year as it was a closely fought contest.

Adam H. (CR47B) scored the most points at Clothall Road and is the Best Plot at Clothall Road. Dave K. (NR49B/50B) scored the most points at North Road
and is the Best Plot at North Road. Congratulations to Adam H., who scored the most points overall and will be awarded the Basil Bryant Cup. Winners will receive a £25 voucher to use at the Members’ Shop. Presentations will be made at the 2025 AGM.

Adam H (pictured early summer)
Best Plot at North Road (please note we took the picture in late August)

Here are the results for the newcomers: Kemjira S. (CR14A) scored the most points at Clothall Road and is the Best Newcomer at Clothall Road. Colin M.
(NR60A) scored the most points at North Road and is the Best Newcomer at North Road. Kemjira will be awarded the Frank Conway Cup and Colin will be
awarded the John Gray Cup at the 2025 AGM. In addition, the Best Newcomers will receive a £10 gift.

Best Newcomer at Clothall Road (Please note photo was taken in late August)
Best Newcomer at North Road (Please note photo was taken in late August)

Congratulations to all the winners and finalists! Pictures of the winning plots can be found in this article. Hopefully, this will give you some inspiration for next year!

Best Kept Competition 2023 – The Results

Third time lucky, and the final round of judging for this year’s Best Kept Allotment competition took place at the beginning of August. We had to postpone it twice due to the poor weather. Two independent judges scored the 21 shortlisted plots for Best Plot Overall and the shortlisted 6 plots for Best Newcomer 2024. The judges had a difficult task this year as it was a closely fought contest.

Adam H (CR47B) scored the most points at Clothall Road and is the Best Plot at Clothall Road. Stephen D (NR39) scored the most points at North Road and is the best plot at North Road. Congratulations to Adam H, who scored the most points overall and will be awarded the Basil Byrant Cup. Winners will receive a £25 voucher to use at the Members’ Shop. Presentations will be made at the 2023 AGM.

 

Here are the results for the newcomers. Lesley F (CR37A) scored the most points at Clothall Road and is the Best Newcomer at Clothall Road. Terry and Melody M (NR24) scored the most points at North Road and both are the Best Newcomer at North Road. Lesley will be awarded the Frank Conway Cup and Terry and Melody will be awarded the John Gray Cup at the 2024 AGM. In addition, the best Newcomers will receive a £10 gift.

 

Congratulations to all the winners and finalists. The pictures of the winning plots can be found in this article, and bigger versions on the website. Hopefully, this will give you some inspiration for next year!

Best Kept Competition 2023

Yes, it’s that time of year again! The annual judging for Best Kept Competition will be taking place in June. A small panel of committee members from each site will judge all plots and select the best 10 plots from each site. These selected plots will then be put forward for final judging by independent judges in mid-July who will determine the best plot on each site. Each site winner will receive a prize of £25 voucher to be spent at the Members’ Shop. Of these two, the plot gaining the most points will be declared the overall winner and the tenant awarded the Basil Byrant Cup.

In addition, a separate independently judged competition will select two Best Newcomers. One from North Road and one from Clothall Road. These awards are for new tenants that started from 1 May 2022 – 30 April 2023. Each Best Newcomer will receive a prize of £25 voucher to be spent at the Members’ Shop. The winner of the Clothall Road site will be awarded the Frank Conway cup and the winner of the North Road site will be awarded the John Gray cup.

Take some inspiration from the previous plot winners in the pictures below.