A & P Show Arts & Crafts Winners...

Wow - what fantastic entries we had to the Arts & Crafts section of Putaruru on Show - over 200 in total and considering the awful weather, we had around 200 viewers at the granstand. The tough decision to cancel the A & P Show, Axemen and Top Team was taken at 6am on Saturday morning, and whilst the axe men can't chop in the rain, it was the wind that stopped the A & P Show from going ahead, as the wind spooks the stock, and we had a 9m inflatable slide coming in for the Top Team event - we had visions of a scene from The Wizard Of Oz flying off into the sunrise...We had worked so hard with the schools with the arts & crafts since last December that there was never any chance of us cancelling.

Because of the met service weather forecast and the fact that we couldn't guarantee the roof in the grandstand, we couldn't put any artwork into the grandstand until the morning of the show - which saw Bex, Nat and myself up at 5am to set up working by car light as we couldn't find the light box which is in some random place in the building, we laughed, laughed and laughed some more and learned a big lesson. Finally we got there and here are the winners..

Cupcakes:
Year 1 - 3
1st Simon Pompey - St Mary's
2nd Lucy Gray - St Mary's
3rd Shaunee Maaka - St Mary's

Year 4 - Pride Bronze
1st Lauren Prichard - Putaruru Primary
2nd Karla Christensen - St Mary's
3rd Lily Bendy - Putaruru Primary

Year 5 - These cupcakes all passed for pride however as none were decorated the same (the criteria was 3 the same) our judge felt that despite the fact the cupcakes were amazing, no certificates could be given as the other categories were all judged on 3 the same. Our judge highly commended them all and commented on the hard work that went into them.

Year 6 - Pride Gold
1st Carmen Nicholls - St Mary's
2nd Tessa Gisby - St Mary's
3rd Tom Waterworth - Te Waotu

Year 7 - Pride Platinum - No Entries

Year 8 - Pride Diamond
1st Sam Waterworth - Te Waotu
2nd Teagan Wallace - St Mary's.

Adults:
1st Natalie Pompey


3 Handmade Cards or a Scrapbook Page
Kindergarten & New Entrants
1st Bostyn Brown - Charles Kindergarten
2nd Rakeihele Atutahi - Abbeys Place
3rd Brieze Mulafia - Abbeys Place

Year 1 - 3
1st Shaunee Maaka - St Mary's
2nd Georgia Wood - Lichfield
3rd Simon Pompey - St Mary's

Year 4 - PRIDE Bronze
1st Sam Wood - Lichfield
2nd Kristen Broad-Lemberg - Te Waotu
3rd Lauren Prichard - Putaruru Primary

Year 5 - PRIDE Silver
1st Thomas Boulton - St Mary's
2nd Paige McGregor - St Mary's
3rd Katie Georgia Buckley - St Mary's

Year 6 - PRIDE Gold
1st Joshua Van der Heyden - Lichfield
2nd Therese White - St Mary's
3rd Tom Waterworth - Te Waotu

Year 7 - PRIDE Platinum
1st Tegan Totterdell - St Mary's
2nd Kaylah Mcginity - Putaruru College
3rd Chelsea Downey - St Mary's

Year 8 - PRIDE Diamond
1st Sam Waterworth - Te Waotu
2nd Teagan Wallace - St Mary's

Year 9
1st Jordan Harper - Homeschool

Adults
1st Sharon Davey
2nd Carol Davey
3rd Carol Davey

Painted Canvas or Standard Painting No Bigger Than A3 in any medium:
Kindergarten
1st Dice O'Brien - Putaruru Childcare
2nd Maia Campbell - Putaruru Childcare
3rd Ayden Tuhura - Putaruru Childcare

Year 1 - 3
1st Victoria Dott - Tokoroa North
2nd Danielle White (Fantail) - Tokoroa North
3rd Danielle White (Kea) - Tokoroa North

Year 4 PRIDE Bronze
1st Katie Lyttle - Putaruru Primary
2nd Hayden Muter - Putaruru Primary
3rd Kristen Broad-Lemberg - Te Waotu

Year 5 PRIDE Silver
1st Thomas Boulton - St Mary's
2nd Ben Williams - St Mary's
3rd Paigan Broad-Lemberg - Te Waotu

Year 6 PRIDE Gold
1st Kathryn Skinner - St Mary's
2nd Carmen Nicholls - St Mary's

Year 7 PRIDE Platinum
1st Tegan Totterdell - St Mary's
2nd Kaylah Mcginity - Putaruru College
3rd Hannah Peato Lister - St Mary's

Adults
1st Sandra Ogle - Natures Koru
2nd Sandra Ogle - Misty Sea
3rd Anthony Hancock - Serenity

Beaded Necklace or Bracelet
Year 4 PRIDE Bronze
1st Lily Bendy - Putaruru Primary
2nd Maveu Polaapau - Putaruru Primary
3rd Karla Christensen - St Mary's

Year 5 PRIDE Silver
1st Selena Duncan - St Mary's
2nd Selena Duncan - St Mary's
3rd Katelyn Convery - St Mary's

Year 6 PRIDE Gold
1st Ella Batley - St Mary's
2nd Hannah Duthie - St Mary's
3rd Tessa Gisby - St Mary's

Year 7 PRIDE Platinum
1st Chelsea Downey - St Mary's

1 Stitched Item - either hand, embroidery or machine
Year 4 PRIDE Bronze
1st Abbey Dowd - St Mary's

Year 6 PRIDE Gold
1st Joshua Van der Heyden - Lichfield

Year 7 PRIDE Platinum
1st Grady McMahon - Homeschool

Year 9 - 11
1st Jordan Harper - Homeschool
2nd Jordan Harper - Homeschool

Adults
1st Elly Rutgers
2nd Judy Lloyd
3rd Christy Harper

Thank you to all of those that took the time to enter into the Arts & Crafts section of Putaruru on Show, and a huge thank you for those of you that made the huge effort to come and view the entries on a day of shocking weather....