Chairman Bert Quayle has said Saturday’s Peel Gardeners’ Association Show was the ’probably the most successful in 10 years’.

Mr Quayle said the organising committee had been concerned about this year’s show which was held at Central Marts Ltd, Knockaloe, instead of its normal Corrin Hall, Peel, location. However, those fears were allayed and the show ’exceeded all our expectation and was well supported from people island wide,’ he said.

Now in its 78th year, the show was moved from its regular Thursday show to a Saturday for 2020.

Winners from the show included:

â?¢ Best in show Dorothy Faragher - President’s Cup and Association Cup

â?¢ Corrine Brown won the Qualthrough Cup and the Roy MacDonald Cup

â?¢ Brunswick Gardens, Douglas won the Thomas Cubbon Cup for best flowers

â?¢ Richard Cain won the Jimmy Corlett Cup for novice vegetables

â?¢ Mike Pemberton won the Harold Oakes Shield for best carrot

â?¢ John Crevin won the Flower girl Cup heaviest marrow

â?¢ Bill Quine won the Millennium Cup for best photograph

â?¢ Mary and Alec won the Sid Kelly Cup for asters and the Walton Cup for sweet peas

â?¢ Michael Callin won best pot plant for his begonia

â?¢ Ann Cubbon won four trophies including best novice flowers

â?¢ The Sloane family won several vegetable awards including one for their leeks