Gooseberry grower celebrates victory for second year running

Peter Buckles, from Plumley, retained the Wilfred Lea Cup for the heaviest Premier Berry at the society’s 125th show.

The winning berry was a Montrose, weighing in at 27 pennyweights and 7 grains.

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Jim Hart, from Knutsford, came a close second with a Millennium berry weighing 26.13, gaining him the Les Palmer Goblet for Second Heaviest Premier Berry.

Peter Buckles with his winning berry receives the Wilfred Lea Cup from Dun Cow landlord Curtis Joyson (Image: Allostock Gooseberry Show)

Peter also won the Lord Derby Plate, Red Plate, Heaviest Yellow berry, a Montrose weighing 26.13, and the George Hughes Cup for Second Heaviest Twins.

Jim received the Jim Lander Cup for the Championship Show Plate with a dozen Millennium berries.

Jim also achieved multiple success, winning cups for the Most Points Gained and the Most Points Gained in the Colour Categories.

Weigher Jim Hart checks the weight of each berry (Image: Allostock Gooseberry Show)

He won two colour categories, the Heaviest Red Berry, a Lloyd George weighing 23.22, and the Heaviest White Berry, a Belmarsh weighing 24.17. Jim won the Best Beaten Berry with a Millennium weighing 24.22.

Peter Riley took the Heaviest Twins crown with a set of Montrose berries weighing 34.02. Pete also won the Heaviest Green Berry with a Bank View, weighing 17.09, and the Yellow Plate.

The winning berries are displayed in a special box (Image: Allostock Gooseberry Show)

Richard Hill won the Green Plate.

Dave Lake won the Jim Eyres Rose Bowl for the Heaviest Firbob Twins, and the Heaviest Assorted Berry Plate.

Allostock Gooseberry Society members would like to thank Dun Cow landlords Curtis and Tracey Joyson for their hospitality and continued support, hosting the event for the third year.