Reaseheath College in Nantwich scooped a top award for its action-packed exhibition at this week’s Cheshire Show.
The college won “Best Outside Education Stand” during the show which pulled in tens of thousands of visitors.
The Nantwich college took top honours after judges gave it full marks for enthusiasm of staff and students and diversity of activities it offered.
Top crowd puller on the stand was a Caterpillar digger which gave visitors the chance to operate the controls to move golf balls and tyres. The digger was on loan from John Bownes, of Winsford.
Families at the Show also enjoyed riding the college’s mechanical horse, tried boat building with construction students and watched ferret racing.
Other activities, under the banner ‘Do Something Different’, included a climbing wall, a model cow which could be milked, a horticultural quiz, a floristry demonstration, bird box making and a bakery demonstration.
Animals from the college’s zoo and a student show garden were also on display.
VIP visitors to the stand included the High Sheriff of Cheshire Susan Sellers, who said: “I have been impressed with the breadth of activities, the knowledge and enthusiasm of staff and the obvious interest they are generating among members of the public.”
Reaseheath agriculture students also celebrated success in the cattle show ring by gaining awards in the calf showing and young handler classes.
Agriculture students Rebecca Harper, Kirsty Tailor and Liberty Turner and Lydia Diamond showed heifers from the Reaseheath Holstein dairy herd.
Marketing manager Glyn Ferriday said: “We are very proud of the success of our students and coming to the Cheshire Show each year gives us a great platform to show the public what we can do.”
(pic above: Judge John Gittins and steward Marie Birkenhead present best stand award to Liz Green, Stephanie Owen and Glyn Ferriday from Reaseheath)
(pic below: Rebecca Harper, Kirsty Tailor, Liberty Turner and Lydia Diamond show off Reaseheath Holsteins)
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