Cripley Meadow Allotments Association

 2009 results

Cripley Meadow did very well in the city allotment competition.  The judges feedback in general was great this year and they clarified how you get points for number and variety of crops.  A commom reason for losing points was a lack of cmpost bins on the plot and limited evidence of succession in the september judging.  Nevertheless Cripley Meadow took the Challenge Sheild as Wendy was judged to have the best plot and John Sivell came second in his category.  Reneth Mackenzie was one of only three newcomers across the city awarded certificates for outstanding achievement. 

Cripley Meadow came second in the Alderman Knight Award for best site. We did well in our environmental management of site composting, our recycling facilities, our reclamation and management of plots and notice boards and fences.  We did not do well with maintenance of headlands, and weeds (we did better in the first judging but not so well in the September one), lack of plot numbers and rubbish on plots. We were delighted to have done so well.  Aja collected our prize for the committee.

There are photos of the awards evening in the photo gallery.  

The competition is organised by ODFAA supported by OCC