AGS Loughborough Autumn Show 2025 Trophies


Photos by JON EVANS Derby Group Trophy Open Section aggregate Bob & Rannveig Wallis, Carmarthen PRIZE POINTS: first:26 second:6 third:1 Marjorie Dudfield Cup Intermediate Section aggregate David Harris, Chesterfield PRIZE POINTS: first:17 second:6 third:0 Wirral Trophy Novice Section aggregate Lou Nicholls, Middleton Cheney PRIZE POINTS: first:1 second:4 third:0 Thorpe Acre ...(more below)

September 29, 2025
AGS Editor





Photos by JON EVANS

Derby Group Trophy

Open Section aggregate
Bob & Rannveig Wallis, Carmarthen
PRIZE POINTS: first:26 second:6 third:1

Three large pans of rock plants exhibited by Bob and Rannveig Wallis.
Three large pans of rock plants exhibited by Bob and Rannveig Wallis.

Marjorie Dudfield Cup

Intermediate Section aggregate
David Harris, Chesterfield
PRIZE POINTS: first:17 second:6 third:0

Sempervivum arachnoideum var tomentosum exhibited by David Harris

Wirral Trophy

Novice Section aggregate
Lou Nicholls, Middleton Cheney
PRIZE POINTS: first:1 second:4 third:0

Cyclamen hederifolium Alba exhibited by Louise Nicholls

Thorpe Acre Trophy

most first prize points in Artistic Sections
Rannveig Wallis, Carmarthen
PRIZE POINTS: first:4 second:0 third:0


Art & Craft Trophy

best painting, drawing or needlework
Sandra Clements, Sleaford
Ophrys tenthredinifera


Crosshall Goblet

best exhibit in Novice Section
Lou Nicholls, Middleton Cheney
Cyclamen hederifolium ‘Alba’


Minera Trophy

best bulbous plant in Intermediate & Novice Sections
Christine Jarvis, Blewbury
Galanthus reginae-olgae ‘Blanc de Chine’


Leicester Group Trophy

best pan in cone, seed, fruit, or autumn coloured foliage
David Harris, Chesterfield
Aruncus aethusifolius ‘Noble Spirit’

Aruncus dioicus Noble Spirit exhibited by David Harris

Nottingham Group Trophy

best pan Cyclamen
Bob & Rannveig Wallis, Carmarthen
Cyclamen graecum candicum


Farrer Medal

Best plant in the Show
Bob & Rannveig Wallis, Carmarthen
Empodium elongatum

Empodium elongatum exhibited by Bob & Rannveig Wallis

AGS Medal

Class 41 – 6 pans rock plants (not more than three of any one genus)
Bob & Rannveig Wallis, Carmarthen


Certificate of Merit (plant or exhibit of outstanding merit)

John Savage, Church Warsop
Gaultheria ‘Snow White’


Certificate of Merit (plant or exhibit of outstanding merit)

Alan Newton, Ponteland
Myrteola nummularia


Certificate of Merit (plant or exhibit of outstanding merit)

George Elder, Cardiff
Lachenalia corymbosa

Lachenalia corymbosa racemose form exhibited by George Elder

Certificate of Merit (plant or exhibit of outstanding merit)

David Carver, Yelverton
Narcissus x perezlarae


Certificate of Merit (plant or exhibit of outstanding merit)

David Carver, Yelverton
Narcissus obsoletus


Certificate of Merit (plant or exhibit of outstanding merit)

Ian Robertson, Dorchester
Cyclamen graecum candicum


Certificate of Merit (plant or exhibit of outstanding merit)

Rachel Lever, Aberconwy Nursery
Nerine humilis