Here are a few of the award winners at the weekend along with some fantastic Certificate of Merit Winners as well.

My own Maple to start. Best Deciduous Chuhin.

My favourite tree in the show, John Armitage’s Juniper winner of best Shohin Conifer.

Dave Hanna’s Common Juniper, Best Conifer Chuhin.

Mark and Ritta Cooper’s Zelkova, Best  Deciduous Shohin. Perfect little tree.

best Shohin Composition, the Coopers again.

The Best Tree/Pot combo, Again, the Coopers.

Best Mame Composition amazing display by Bob Bailey who managed to make the journey home far faster due to a lighter car 🙂 Thanks again Bob for bringing the slab up for me. Hope the wine was to your liking.

Best Mame Bonsai, Bob’s Black Pine.

Fiona Wallace’s Shohin Composition Merit Award

Les Story’s Blackthorn winning a merit award for Deciduous Chuhin.

Ashfield Bonsai Club, best Collaborative Composition

Sue Summers Juniper Merit award for Shohin Conifer

Bill Gordon’s Chinese Elm Merit Award Deciduous Chuhin.

Caroline Steward, merit award for this Juniper in the Chuhin Conifer class.

Bill Gordon, Mame Bonsai merit Award for this little Lonicera

It was part of this Collaboration composition from the lads from Wirral Bonsai Society.

Simon Hadden’s wonderful Lonicera winning a merit award in the European origin class.

Surrey heath Bonsai Society merit award winners for their Mame Composition.

Merit Award winning Acer from Simon and Gill Richardson in the Deciduous Shohin class.

Mike Rayson’s Merit Award for this Yew in the Chuhin Conifer Class.

Another European Origin Merit Award  for the Privet in the Wirral Bonsai Society Display.

Ray Columbe’s Juniper winning the nearly there class and the lovely pot awarded by Walsall Ceramics.

Apologies for those that are missing, trying to remember them all is a task in itself!