Only entry and didn’t win? That’s absolutely savage. Village fetes really are a special sort.
Savage!
Support and be a part of your local community groups!
It’s little wonder that community spirit is dying
Village fete competitions are brutal. Bunch of pensioners on a power trip.
I think my doctor wrote that
I can’t make out one word “The flowers which are … unfortunately stand out too much.”
So if you didn’t get first did they award you 2nd? I mean I know you’re the only entry but I’d still take 2nd.
I would be petty and ask for feedback with punctuation
Too bad because of your bad flowers the neighbourhood watch alliance are going to have you killed and the body dumped along side crusty jugglers
Guessing there’ll be zero entries net year!
I actually love it? I think it’s really cool that the judges have high standards. There’s no reason for it not to be competitive in a competition aimed largely at adults.
(Am from a village and heavily involved in fête type activities)
The village fete flower comp will not be made a mockery of. This is hysterical.
There’s no point in writing something if it’s very difficult to read. It’s disrespectful to those reading this.
Fated for fete appeal
My friend’s parents have an ongoing fued of over 20 years with a neighbour over a dispute about an asparagus competition at the village fete.
I really like it. It’s super natural, like you’ve scooped it straight from a meadow.
So in other words the judges bent the rules to suit their needs because they disliked the arrangement?
If it’s a competition and nobody else enters, whoever enters therefore wins first place by default, unless its ran by village fete rules apparently.
I think its nice 🙂
My dad was a Yorkshire federation beer judge. He would judge every year at a fayre near Leeds. One year he asked if he HAD to award a first prize… he was told yes.
The first prize went to a half bottle of beer with a hand drawn felt tip label!!
You can only beat whoever turns up, but this is taking it a step beyond. It looks like it would grace any table or sideboard. How dare they tell Mother Nature that her flowers aren’t good enough for a fete?!?
Once had similar with some shortbread I entered. Third place out of 2 entries. Savage
That’s so mean spirited 🙁 I live in a village and can confirm this is the sort of thing that seems weirdly acceptable at village fetes!
Village fete confession time.
Neighbours friends are very competitive with the village fete. Husband and wife each enter lots of different categories and between them have taken home the best in homeware trophy 16 out of 20 years, so the engraver mostly just alternates the initial before the surname each year.
Few years back there was a category for men to bake some brownies. Costco sell Ghirardelli choc chip brownie mix and it is lovely stuff. Add water, oil, egg, mix with the packet mix and bake in the oven. Lovely gooey brownies if you do them for the right time. Thought it would be a bit of fun to enter those.
Enjoyed the fete and went to check the tent later on and see how it went. Brownies won first place in the men’s brownies event. Second note next to it. Also won best overall in homecraft.
Still haven’t let the competitive couple know their winning streak was ended by some packet mix!
Similar here – my wife entered cakes into our local village show about 10 years ago and got no comment about the mix / bake itself, but some snotty feedback about “the category was for an eight inch cake and these were barely seven”.
None of us have ever entered anything since.
Fête crime pure and simple
This happened a few years ago at a village fete baking contest the only entry, a viccy sponge came second.
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Only entry and didn’t win? That’s absolutely savage. Village fetes really are a special sort.
Savage!
Support and be a part of your local community groups!
It’s little wonder that community spirit is dying
Village fete competitions are brutal. Bunch of pensioners on a power trip.
I think my doctor wrote that
I can’t make out one word “The flowers which are … unfortunately stand out too much.”
So if you didn’t get first did they award you 2nd? I mean I know you’re the only entry but I’d still take 2nd.
I would be petty and ask for feedback with punctuation
Too bad because of your bad flowers the neighbourhood watch alliance are going to have you killed and the body dumped along side crusty jugglers
Guessing there’ll be zero entries net year!
I actually love it? I think it’s really cool that the judges have high standards. There’s no reason for it not to be competitive in a competition aimed largely at adults.
(Am from a village and heavily involved in fête type activities)
The village fete flower comp will not be made a mockery of. This is hysterical.
There’s no point in writing something if it’s very difficult to read. It’s disrespectful to those reading this.
Fated for fete appeal
My friend’s parents have an ongoing fued of over 20 years with a neighbour over a dispute about an asparagus competition at the village fete.
I really like it. It’s super natural, like you’ve scooped it straight from a meadow.
So in other words the judges bent the rules to suit their needs because they disliked the arrangement?
If it’s a competition and nobody else enters, whoever enters therefore wins first place by default, unless its ran by village fete rules apparently.
I think its nice 🙂
My dad was a Yorkshire federation beer judge. He would judge every year at a fayre near Leeds. One year he asked if he HAD to award a first prize… he was told yes.
The first prize went to a half bottle of beer with a hand drawn felt tip label!!
You can only beat whoever turns up, but this is taking it a step beyond. It looks like it would grace any table or sideboard. How dare they tell Mother Nature that her flowers aren’t good enough for a fete?!?
Once had similar with some shortbread I entered. Third place out of 2 entries. Savage
That’s so mean spirited 🙁 I live in a village and can confirm this is the sort of thing that seems weirdly acceptable at village fetes!
Village fete confession time.
Neighbours friends are very competitive with the village fete. Husband and wife each enter lots of different categories and between them have taken home the best in homeware trophy 16 out of 20 years, so the engraver mostly just alternates the initial before the surname each year.
Few years back there was a category for men to bake some brownies. Costco sell Ghirardelli choc chip brownie mix and it is lovely stuff. Add water, oil, egg, mix with the packet mix and bake in the oven. Lovely gooey brownies if you do them for the right time. Thought it would be a bit of fun to enter those.
Enjoyed the fete and went to check the tent later on and see how it went. Brownies won first place in the men’s brownies event. Second note next to it. Also won best overall in homecraft.
Still haven’t let the competitive couple know their winning streak was ended by some packet mix!
In case you have access to Costco, this is the stuff: [https://www.costco.co.uk/Grocery-Household/Food-Cupboard/Home-Baking/Ghirardelli-Chocolate-Chip-Brownie-Mix-4-x-566g/p/431519](https://www.costco.co.uk/Grocery-Household/Food-Cupboard/Home-Baking/Ghirardelli-Chocolate-Chip-Brownie-Mix-4-x-566g/p/431519)
Similar here – my wife entered cakes into our local village show about 10 years ago and got no comment about the mix / bake itself, but some snotty feedback about “the category was for an eight inch cake and these were barely seven”.
None of us have ever entered anything since.
Fête crime pure and simple
This happened a few years ago at a village fete baking contest the only entry, a viccy sponge came second.
https://www.theregister.com/2007/07/05/cake_snub/
Well… The flowers are prettier than that persons hand writing and that’s coming from someone who writes like they have arthritis