Chrysanth News - Scotland (last
updated 05 February 2008
)
Group Business
Person of the Year award for 2007.
Nominations for Person of the Year 2007 should be forwarded to the
Group Secretary by 14th February 2008.
2008 Group AGM
The Group AGM will be held in the Salutation Inn, Perth on Saturday 1st March
2008, commencing at 11.00am. Representatives from NCS Affiliated
Societies may attend. There are currently vacancies on the Management
Committee.
2008 Group Conference
The Group Conference will be held in the Salutation Inn, Perth on Saturday
18th October 2008. Speaker to be announced when known.
Order of Merit results 2007
The following table shows the top ten growers in the Order of Merit
competition:
| Position |
Grower |
Points |
| 1 |
Paul Barlow (Aberdeen) |
442 |
| 2 |
Alan Ainsworth (Arbroath) |
309 |
| 3 |
Tom Buchan (Fraserburgh) |
133 |
| 4 |
Ian Gerrie (Stuartfield) |
100 |
| 5 |
Jim Cathcart (Anstruther) |
84 |
| 6 |
Donald Buchan
(Aberdeen) |
80 |
| 7 |
Jim Hosie
(Scone) |
77 |
| 8 |
Bruce McLeod (Meigle) |
65 |
| 9= |
Arthur Fisher (Fraserburgh) |
50 |
| 9= |
Sandy Innes (Grangemouth) |
50 |
Order of Merit 2008
The Group will continue to sponsor the Order of Merit table again in
2008. More news will appear here in due course.
The basis of awarding points in
the Order of Merit table is as follows:
| Class
description |
First |
Second |
Third |
| Six vases of five blooms |
30 |
20 |
10 |
| Six vases of three
blooms |
18 |
9 |
6 |
| Three vases of five
blooms |
15 |
7 |
4 |
| Three vases of three
blooms |
9 |
5 |
2 |
| One vase of five blooms |
5 |
3 |
1 |
| One vase of three blooms |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Single vase of one large
or medium exhibition |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Note:
the term 'blooms' also refers to stems of sprays |
N.C.S. Business
N.C.S. AGM 2008
The National Chrysanthemum Society AGM 2008 will be held in Stoke-on-Trent. The
venue is the Best Western Hotel, Festival Way, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 5BQ The event will take place over the weekend of
14-16th March.
Timetable below:
AGM Timetable:
For further details see
N.C.S. literature.
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