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Spring 2007
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Second win in a row.
Patrick Wiltshire has done it again. The Northern Regional Final of the Institute of Horticulture’s Young Horticulturist of the Year Competition, held at the Stockbridge Technology Centre, Cawood, near Selby on Saturday March 31st. was won by last year’s winner Patrick Wiltshire from East Yorkshire. It was a convincing win this year, with Patrick using his buzzer to great effect, as the other seven contestants from across the North of England could only watch in amazement as Patrick ratcheted up his score. Patrick will now go forward to the National Final of the competition at Glasnevin Botanical Gardens, Dublin on April 28th, where he will compete with the other seven Regional winners from across Britain and Ireland for the prestigious Percy Thrower Trust’s Young horticulturist of the Year title and a £2000 travel bursary.
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Patrick walked away on Saturday with a cheque for £100 for his hard work, with the sponsorship for this and the other prizes coming from the generosity of the North of England Horticultural society, organisers of the Harrogate Spring and Autumn Flower Shows (www.flowershow.org.uk) . Patrick also took away a spade and fork set, donated by Rollins Bulldog Tools Ltd (www.bulldogtools.co.uk) . Patrick is currently working at the Birmingham Botanical gardens and is hoping to get a studentship at the Tresco Gardens on the Isles of Scilly as part of his career progression.
The eight contestants have come through college heats to win their place in the regional final and there have been more than 1000 students across Britain and Ireland taking part of this year’s competition.
This year’s competition was held the Stockbridge Technology Centre in Cawood near Selby, with the Chief Executive, Graham Ward, presenting the prizes. The centre carries out trials and research for commercial growers from across Britain and Europe and provides help and guidance to growers on a wide range of horticultural and allied issues. The competition nationally has been sponsored this year by the Shropshire Horticultural Societies Percy Thrower Trust (main sponsor of national final), the Horticultural Development Council (www.hdc.org.uk national final sponsors), More People (www.morepeople.co.uk regional heat sponsors), Rollins Bulldog Tools Ltd (regional final sponsors).
The IOH North branch attracted six regional colleges to this years competition:
Askham Bryan College, York
Reg Stratton (2nd place and £60.00 cheque) Jodie Wallace-Hill (3rd place and a £40.00 cheque) Bishop Burton College, Beverley, East Yorkshire Patrick Wiltshire (1st place and £100 cheque, a Bulldog Spade and fork set and place in the National Final) Mike Elliott( joint 4th place)
East Durham and Houghall College, Durham
Laura Wanless (joint 4th place) Kirkley Hall College, Northumberland Daniel Blacklock (6th place)
Shipley College, Bradford
Lisa Waters (7th place)
Park Lane College, Leeds
Daniel Scott (8th place).
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