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Autumn 2016 Show Results. May 7th & 8th.
This was our first Show at Castle Hill Showgrounds and was formaly opened by the Mayor of 'The Hills Shire Council', Mayor Dr Michelle Byrne, Adjunct Professor, who welcomed us to 'The Garden Shire'.
Our Spring Show will be on 24th & 25th September in the Federation Pavillion. The Harvey Lowe Pavillion this show was held in is slightly larger and brighter, but twice the cost and difficult to secure.
The feedback I have been hearing is that many new first-timers attended. More familiar faces may have spent more money, but all the beginners that are becoming addicted is a very good sign for the future of our Society."
There were 15 competitors, and 125 plants benched in total.
Thank you to all who helped run the Show - the number of helpers seems more important than over-exertion by individuals - and thank you to Judges Edwina Caruana-Wain and Terry Davis.

Class	1st	2nd	3rd
1. Pot of Aechmea	Carolyn Bunnell recurvata var. benrathii	Jon Townsend ‘Snowflake’	Werner Raff orlandiana
2. Billbergia Specimen	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Afterglow’	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Bob Earl’ x amoena var. viridis	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Domingos Martins’ x ‘Georgia’
3. Billbergia Colony	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Moon Tiger’	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Fascinator’	Kerry McNicol amoena x ‘Catherine Wilson’
4. Pot of Cryptanthus	Lydia Hope ‘Blood Red’	Joe De Gabriel ‘Ruby’	Lydia Hope ‘Corine’
5. Neoregelia Species	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Marie’	Joy Clark lilliputiana	R Farrugia pauciflora
6. Miniature Neoregelia	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Morning Rain’	Joy Clark ‘Blueberry Muffin’	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Golden Jewels’
7. Pot of Neoregelia Hybrid	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Lambert’s Pride’	Joy Clark ‘Rosella’	Jon Townsend ‘Wild Rabbit’
8. Nidularium/Canistropsis	Joe De Gabriel Nid. campos-portoi	Joe De Gabriel Nid. fulgens red	Joe De Gabriel Can. ‘Tutti Frutti’
9. Tillandsia Specimen	Ron Farrugia fasciculata‘Percal’	Joy Clark tectorum	Lydia Hope complanata
10. Tillandsia Colony	Werner Raff tectorum	Chris Larson mauryana	Carolyn Bunnell lindenii
11. Vriesea	Carolyn Bunnell ‘Red Chestnut’ x fenestralis	Joe De Gabriel ‘White Cloud’	Helga Nitschke gigantea
12. Foliage / Variegated Bromeliad	Carolyn Bunnell Vr. hieroglyphica x platynema	Carolyn Bunnell Neo. ‘Good One’	Carolyn Bunnell Neo. ‘Blast’
13. Pot of Other Genera	Carolyn Bunnell Quesnelia ‘Tim Plowman’	Ron Farrugia Guzmania ‘Gisela’ variegated	Joe De Gabriel Orthophytum leprosum
14. Pot of Intergeneric	Kerry McNicol xNeomea ‘Light Years’	Lydia Hope xNeophytum ‘Galactic Warrior’
15. Mounted Bromeliad	John Schembri Neo. ‘Cheers’	John Schembri Neo. ’Quoll’
16. Terrestrial Bromeliad	Carolyn Bunnell Dy. hybrid	Ron Farrugia Deut. brevifolia ssp. chlorantha	Lydia Hope Dy. ‘Ruby Ryde’
17. Artistic Arrangement	Werner Raff “Wonder Land”	Carolyn Bunnell “Broms on Cork”	Joy Clark “Showtime”
18. Novice	Elizabeth Mudriczki T. tectorum	Mark Belot Neo. ‘Gympie Delight’	Elizabeth Mudriczki T. ionantha
Grand Champion of Show	Ron Farrugia T. fasciculata ‘Percal’
Reserve Champion	Carolyn Bunnell Neo. ‘Lambert’s Pride’
Species Award	Werner Raff T. tectorum
Novice Champion	Elizabeth Mudriczki T. tectorum

Ron Farrugia - Deut. brevifolia ssp. chlorantha , Carolyn Bunnell - Billbergia ‘Moon Tiger’ . Photos: Alison Viatos

Opening Ceremony and welcome to The Hills Shire, by Mayor Dr Michelle Byrne, Adjunct Professor. General scene, Autumn Show. Novice Champion, Elizabeth Mudriczki.

Updated 14/05/16