Canning Show Exhibition Awards announced

LIVELIGHTER CANNING SHOW EXHIBITION WINNERS REVEALED

The LiveLighter Canning Show 2020 saw nearly 15,000 tickets snapped up, record-breaking attendees and sold-out Sessions, heralding a new age for this key community event. The Exhibition has very much been the heart and soul of the Show for 110+ years, and was a huge hit with thousands over the course of the Show. With all seats taken at the Presentation Evening & Awards this Saturday just gone, we are now excited to reveal the winners of one of WA’s biggest community-focused Exhibitions.

The Exhibition proved the perfect catalyst to ignite people’s creative spark, discover and celebrate the community’s talents, and to provide a much-needed distraction for what has been a tumultuous 2020 for many. 285 people entered the Canning Show Exhibition, ranging from 2 to nearly 100-year olds, amounting to a total of 2,244 exhibits.

Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds’ main Exhibition Hall hosted a classy three-course affair for distinguished guests, award-winning exhibitors and Cannington Agricultural, Horticultural and Recreational Society Inc (CAHRS) committee, members, volunteers and staff frocking up in colourful jungle-themed attire. In-between performances from DJ Snake Mountain, African Oz Drum ‘N’ Dance and Gobbles The Gorilla, the applause was loud for some of the best entrants showcased at this year’s Canning Show Exhibition.

No stranger to the Awards stage, Ron Seaton took top honours, taking out the George H Wilson Perpetual Award, awarded to the exhibitor with the most points gained from placements overall. A veteran entrant with a formidable garden, this is the seventh time he’s won the award, adding it to a cabinet already packed with wins in 2003, ‘06, ‘11, ‘12, ’16 and 2019. With all his entries in the Flowers plus Fruit & Vegetables sections, Ron’s bag of awards included 30 first places, 5 Champion placings and a total of 185 points.

Alice Johnson also made a big impression for someone so small, the Under 12-year-old taking home a swag of awards to honour her creativity in an extremely diverse array of classes. A perfect example of how the Exhibition is for everyone, and anyone can have a go and improve their skills.

CAHRS CEO Dianne Begg applauded, “From recycled craft capturing more people’s imagination to our infamous Flower Hall blooming brilliance, this year’s Exhibition showed the positive things that have been created and nurtured in 2020. The International Year Of Plant Health brought attention to important messages in visually impressive ways. All in all, we felt lucky to still be able to host this important part of the Canning Show, which at many points this year we thought would not be possible. We thank the community for their support and can’t wait to showcase even more debut entrants next year!”

Key awards handed out on the night included:

PERPETUAL TROPHY WINNERS:

George H Wilson Perpetual Award – RON SEATON

Kenneth E Clark Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Vegetables & Fruit – RINI SMITH

Noel & Lurlene Dawkins Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Flowers – MARGARET GRAPES

Charles Treasure Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Home & Dairy Produce – EDNA WENDT

Ernest & Joan Clark Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Home Cooking – LAURIE CAPORN

Jennifer Outram Centenary Perpetual Trophy -For Best Exhibit In Sewing, Knitting, Crochet, Toys & Dolls- STEPHANIE LIVINGS

Thomas W Hammond Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Handicrafts – RUTH ROBARTSON

James O’Donnell Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Hobby Ceramics – JUDY HARRIS

City Of Canning Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Painting & Drawing – COLIN MACKIE

Rob & Florence Corney Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Photography – RON SPEED

Richard Liddelow Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Industrial Arts – BOB GARDNER

Agricultural Produce Commission (Beekeepers) Perpetual Trophy – GARY TEMPLEMAN

Edweena Smith Perpetual Trophy – For Most Points Overall In Youth – ALICE JOHNSON

Ray & Rose Humphry Centenary Perpetual Trophy – For Best Exhibit In Youth Exhibits – ALEYA VOON

PEOPLE’S CHOICE:

Craft Challenge: Minibeasts – DONNA ANDREW-ALLARD

Insect Hotel – ALICE JOHNSON

Plant Health – DALE EDNEY

WA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Best Hanging Container – KATE SMYTH

Pelargoniums – JENNY OUTRAM

SPECIAL YOUTH TROPHIES

SMYTH FAMILY TROPHY in YOUTH Flowers: 8 years & under –  ALICE JOHNSON

SMYTH FAMILY TROPHY in YOUTH Flowers: 9 to 12  years  – AANSH PATEL

SMYTH FAMILY TROPHY in YOUTH Flowers: 13 TO 17  years – MIKAYLA PRANDL-SMYTH

SCUTTER FAMILY TROPHY for Champion Cooking: 13-17 years – SKYE HOGAN 

PEOPLE’s CHOICE AWARD

This challenge was open to all age groups to encourage their creativity to portray the interactions of insects and plants in the spirit of it being the International Year Of Plant Health.

Mini Beasts – DONNA ANDREW-ALLARD

Insect Houses – ALICE JOHNSON

Plant Health – DALE EDNEY

VOLUNTEERING SERVICE AWARDS

These certificates are awarded to the following people for the many years service they have given to the Society.

JOHN SMITH         KATE SMYTH              JILL SMYTH        

CLAIRE PORTER  HELEN MORRIS