2025 Exhibition Results

2025 CANNING SHOW EXHIBITION RESULTS

The 2025 Canning Show is officially over for another year, having smashed expectations by welcoming over 11,000 people through the gates! Families enjoyed a Show packed with more free activities for kids than any previous year, making it an unmissable community highlight. Once again, the Exhibition component proved its dominance, cementing its place as one of the best in the state, with over 2,600 people entering a class to showcase their skills. As we look ahead to the next Show, we want your input! We’ve opened our feedback survey to shape the 2026 exhibition categories, tell us what you want to see.

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Officially announced at the Awards, save the date for the  Canning Show 2026: Currently set for Fri 7 November & Sat 8 November!

Next year’s theme will be Growing in the orchard!

Look closely at the orchard! Be inspired by the colours, flavours and textures you see, or explore the simple, secret ways things grow. The rough, gnarled bark, the split-second of a falling fruit or the buzzing life in the blossoms.

The Exhibition Awards  on Saturday 15th November saw the best of the best exhibitors awarded for these efforts, with trophies, sashes and certificates handed out, on top of the $19,000+ in cash prizes that went to the best exhibits. The dinner affair for distinguished guests, award-winning exhibitors and CAHRS committee, members, volunteers, and staff – many of them arriving dressed in. This year’s awards were an amazing showcase of the community’s creativity and talent, in which the applause was loud as the best exhibit and exhibitors were awarded.

Coming in first place, Brad Lewis-McKnight again received top honours, winning the George H Wilson Perpetual Award for the exhibitor with the most points gained from placements overall, for the fourth year in a row. Brad entered classes in Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables, Herbs, Home & Dairy Produce, Home Cooking, and Photography, amassing a tally of  163 exhibits and 454 points.

Key awards handed out on the night included:

PERPETUAL TROPHY WINNERS:

George Wilson Centenary Trophy for Most Points Overall – Brad Lewis-McKnight

Kenneth E Clark Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit in Fruit & Vegetables -  Colleen Edmeades

Dianne Begg Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit in Herbs – Brad Lewis-McKnight

Noel & Lurlene Dawkins Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit in Flowers – Ann Kosick

The Agricultural Commission (beekeepers) Centenary Perpetual Trophy – Gordon Carter

Charles Treasure Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit in Home & Dairy Produce – Damelsa Belcher

Ernest & Joan Clark Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit in Home Cooking – Carol Seaman

Jennifer Outram Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit in Sewing, Knitting, Crochet, Toys & Dolls – Pina Robertson

Thomas W Hammond Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit Handicrafts – Anita Staaden

James O’Donnell Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit Ceramics – Kathleen Philip

Richard Liddelow Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit Industrial Arts –  Denis Tapley

City of Canning Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit Painting & Drawing – Daria Kurmaev

Rob & Florence Corney Centenary Perpetual Trophy For Best Exhibit Photography –  Janelle Davies

PRESIDENT’S AWARD

Judith McKenna

YOUTH SPECIAL AWARDS

Edweena Smith Trophy for Most Points Overall in Youth –  Alice Johnson

Smyth Family Trophy Champion Flowers Exhibit 8 years & under – Alyssa Low

Smyth Family Trophy Champion Flowers Exhibit 9 to 12 years – Anns Binnu

Maxine Wylie Perpetual Trophy for Best Exhibit in Youth Home Cooking –  Vivo Sander

Ray & Rose Humphry Centenary Perpetual Trophy for Best Youth Exhibit – Cheu An

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

(Cooperative with a hint of Halloween themed Exhibition Classes):

Handicraft Challenge 12 years & under – Western Rock Lobster Papercraft– April Eldridge

Handicraft Challenge 13 – 17 years – Halloween Skills and Thrills – Lexie Collins

Handicraft Challenge – Lobsters, Bananas & Halloween – Loretta Westcott

Painting & Drawing Challenge – Bananas still in life – Loretta Westcott

Photography Challenge – Lights, Camera & Click: Pumpkins, Banana’s and/or Lobsters – Michelle Manolas

Home Baking Challenge – Decorated Halloween Biscuits – Kylie Cook

Horticulture Challenge – Jack O’ Lantern – Shelda Cail

WA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Best Hanging Container Exhibit –  Jenny Outram

Best Pelagoniums & Geranium Exhibit – Merle Oliver

GENERAL CHAMPIONS

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

Champion Fruit Exhibit – Jenny Cox

Champion Vegetable Exhibit – Colleen Edmeades

HERBS

Champion Cut Herb Exhibit – Rob Johnson

Champion Potted Herb Exhibit – Brad Lewis-McKnight

FLOWERS

Champion Rose Hybrid Tea Exhibit – Mary Rutherford

Champion Rose – Floribunda Exhibit – Bronwyn McDougall

Champion Rose – David Austin Exhibit – Kylie Cook

Champion Miniature Garden Exhibit – Kylie Cook

Champion Carnation Exhibit – Rob Johnson

Champion Gerbera Exhibit –Lynette Fenton

Champion Geranium & Pelargonium Cut – Jenny Outram

Champion Miscellaneous Flowers Exhibit –  Bronwyn McDougall

Champion Shrub, Tree or Creeper Exhibit –  Elena Lim

Champion Australian Native Flowers Exhibit –  Brad Lewis-McKnight

Champion Plant in Pot Exhibit – Brad Lewis-McKnight

Champion Floral Vase Exhibit – Ann Kosick

Champion Floral Bowl of Flowers Exhibit – Brad Lewis-McKnight

Champion Hobby Floral Art Exhibit –  Brad Lewis-McKnight

HOME & DAIRY

Champion Preserves Exhibit – Merle Oliver

Champion Conserves – Brad Lewis-McKnight

Champion Dairy Produce Exhibit – Damelsa Belcher

Champion Eggs Exhibit – Callum Begg

Champion Home Brew Exhibit – Jamie Nuttall

Champion Honey Exhibit – Gordon Carter

HOME COOKING

Champion Baking Exhibit – Sophie Vowels

Champion Decorated Cake Exhibit – Carol Seaman

Champion Savoury Bake Exhibit – Sophie Vowels 

Champion Bread Exhibit – Irene Battini

SEWING KNITTING CROCHET TOYS AND DOLLS

Champion Machine Sewing Exhibit –  Genevieve Armson

Champion Hand Embroidery & Needlework Exhibit –  Estelle Strydom

Champion Toys & Dolls Exhibit – Pina Robertson

Champion Crochet Exhibit – Pina Robertson

Champion Knitted Handwork Exhibit – Michelle Ellis

Champion Machine Knitting Exhibit – Janet White

Champion Quilting and Patchwork Exhibit –  Myra Godfrey

Champion Sewing, Knitting etc. Exhibit Over 70 Section – Eileen Bucksey

HANDICRAFTS

Champion Jewellery Exhibit – Anita Staaden

Champion Textiles Exhibit – Anita Staaden

Champion Glass Exhibit – Anita Staaden

Champion China Painting Exhibit – Marilyn Savill

Champion Pottery Exhibit – Kathleen Philip

Champion Card Making Exhibit – Leanne Williams

Champion Miscellaneous Craft Exhibit – Robin Atwood

Champion Scrapbooking Exhibit – Ruth Johnson

Champion Handicraft People with disability – Lyndee Aspey

HOBBY CERAMICS

Champion Student & Amateur Exhibit –  Yujie Huang

Champion People with Disability Exhibit –  Kathleen Phillip

Champion Hobby Ceramics Exhibit Over 60 – Kathleen Phillip

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

Champion Leather Work Exhibit –  Harry Brien

Champion Wood Work Exhibit -  Denis Tapley

Champion Metal Work Exhibit -  Ron Attwood

PAINTING AND DRAWING

Champion Painting Exhibit – Gregory Pastoll

Champion Drawing Exhibit – Robin Ramirez

Champion People with Disability Exhibit – Jasmin Franklin

Champion Emerging Artist – Daria Kurmaev

PHOTOGRAPHY

Champion Amateur Photography Exhibit –  Samuel Aston

Champion Professional – Janelle Davies

Champion Canning Show Young Photographer Exhibit –  Jasmine Manolas

YOUTH CHAMPIONS

Champion Home Cooking Exhibit 8 years and under – Robert Wilkinson-McFarland

Champion Home Cooking Exhibit 9 – 12 years – Vivo Sander

Champion Home Cooking Exhibit 13-17 years – Zoe Simpson

Champion Sewing/Knitting/Toys/Dolls Exhibit 12 years & under – Daniel Sullivan

Champion Sewing/Knitting/Toys/Dolls Exhibit 13-17 years – Sophia Sullivan

Champion Handicraft Exhibit 8 years & under – Shayan ali Ghulzari

Champion Handicraft Exhibit 9 to 12 years – April Eldridge

Champion Handicraft Exhibit 13 to 17 years –  Lexi Collins

Champion Horticulture Exhibit 8 years and under – Alyssa Low

Champion Horticulture Exhibit 13 to 17 years – Anns Binnu

Champion Hobby Ceramics Exhibit 13 to 17 years – Mila Sander

Champion Painting & Drawing Exhibit 8 years and under – Alyssa Low

Champion Painting & Drawing Exhibit 9 to 12 years – Elisa Crosby

Champion Painting & Drawing Exhibit 13 to 17 years – Mila Sander

Champion Photography Exhibit 12 years & under – Elise Crosby

Champion Photography Exhibit 13 to 17 years - Lexie Kut

Champion Photography Enlargement Exhibit – 17 years and under – Alice Johnson

Champion Industrial Arts Exhibit 13 to 17 years – Cheu An

2025 CANNING SHOW EXHIBITION RESULTS

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