Event: Grow Show On Tour

The Grow Show: On Tour!

With grow shows and events being canceled across the world due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the CANNA UK team together with Chelsea Gold winner Medwyn Williams put together a plan to give the growers of the UK the chance to showcase their hard work and compete at a national level.

The Grow Show: On Tour was a traveling event stopping off at three locations around the UK, first at Mansfield in the Midlands, Oxford in the South and finishing up at Anglesey in Wales.

To ensure the safety of event staff and entrants, the three events met a number of COVID secure measures. From social distancing to the wearing of masks, use of hand sanitiser and temperature testing with waivers upon entrance, the competition area was split into smaller zones and strict entrant appointment times were given to keep the number of people to a minimum. All entrants adhered to these regulations which further made the event successful.

Entries spanned categories in giant vegetables, long vegetables and exhibition vegetables, all of which were judged to National Vegetable Society standards by Medwyn Williams and co-judge John Bebbington.
The Grow Show: On Tour saw growers from across the UK weigh in and exhibit their hard work at Mansfield, Oxfordshire and Anglesey tour stops. With heaviest, longest and show vegetables impressing both the CANNA team and Chelsea Gold winner Medwyn Williams, the event even saw a potential of 4 new World Records yet to be officially confirmed by Guinness World Records.

The winners from all categories are listed below, along with the top 3 at each stop to show just how close the competition really was. All entries were judged to National Vegetable Society standards by Medwyn and co-judge John Bebbington.

The Grow Show: On Tour World Records awaiting confirmation:

  • Joe Atherton - Longest Beetroot: 8.56m
  • Joe Atherton - Longest Salsify: 5.57m
  • Neil Hands - Heaviest Red Cabbage: 31.6kg
  • Peter Glazebrook - Longest Leek: (tbc)

CANNA & Medwyn would like to thank all growers who attended the event and helped put on a Grow Show like no other, especially with such great results and in helping us keep this the safest environment we possibly could. We wish everyone a successful 2021 growing season and we hope to see many of you next year as competitions may return to the usual schedule.

RESULTS

NATIONAL

Show veg:WinnerRunner Up3rd Place
3 Onions Peter Holden Owain Roberts Andrew Grimmet
3 Blanch Leeks Peter Holden Andrew Grimmet Jeffrey Parsons
2 Pot Leeks Peter Holden Andrew Grimmet Walter Stringfellow
3 Long Carrots Peter Holden Ian Simpson Andrew Grimmet
3 Parsnips Andrew Grimmet Ian Simpson Mark Roberts
3 Carrots Ian Simpson Jeffrey Parsons Andrew Grimmet

MANSFIELD

Show veg:Top 1Top 2Top 3
3 Onions Peter Holden Peter Glazebrook n/a
3 Blanch Leeks Peter Holden Jeffrey Parsons n/a
2 Pot Leeks Peter Holden Walter Stringfellow n/a
3 Long Carrots Peter Holden n/a n/a
3 Parsnips Mark Roberts Peter Holden Jeffrey Parsons
3 Carrots Jeffrey Parsons Peter Holden Roy James

OXFORD

Show veg:Top 1Top 2Top 3
3 Onions Andrew Grimmet Chris Spree n/a
3 Blanch Leeks Andrew Grimmet Chris Spree Ray Scriven
2 Pot Leeks Andrew Grimmet Ray Scriven n/a
3 Long Carrots Andrew Grimmet Ray Scriven Chris Spree
3 Parsnips Andrew Grimmet Donald Chester n/a
3 Carrots Donald Chester Gerald Stratford Ray Scriven

ANGLESEY

Show veg:Top 1Top 2Top 3
3 Onions Owain Roberts n/a n/a
3 Blanch Leeks Lyndon Fletcher n/a n/a
2 Pot Leeks n/a n/a n/a
3 Long Carrots Ian Simpson Lyndon Fletcher n/a
3 Parsnips Ian Simpson Brian Brookes Lyndon Fletcher
3 Carrots Ian Simpson Owain Roberts Lyndon Fletcher

New World Record Marked in Yellow

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