Sloe Gin Competition Prizegiving and Celebration
For decades, residents of the area have been making Sloe Gin (and other tipples) and holding an annual competition to find the best concoctions as a way of warding off […]
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Entries are open for the annual Sloe Gin competition
Did you make any sloe gin, or other fruit and spirit combination this autumn? Or have you tried your hand at homebrew beer? Why not enter Great Chishill’s very own
2025 Sloe Gin Competition
Helen Whitehead, organiser of this year’s event writes: ‘Last Saturday saw the continuation of the Chishill tradition of the ‘oldest Sloe Gin competition in the world’ with a packed schoolroom
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The GREAT Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition 2024
Every year the Bellringers organise the Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition and this year it took place on Feb 22nd and was followed by a prizegiving party on Saturday 24th.
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The Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition 2023 – Results
The Sloe Gin Competition judging took place on Thursday 23rd February followed by the Results Party on Saturday 25th. The party took place in the URC schoolroom and was deemed
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The 2022 Sloe Gin Competition
The annual Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition took place on Thursday 24th February. This year there were 42 entries across 3 categories, all of which were sampled by the judges!
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The Annual Sloe Gin Competition
Every year Great Chishill bellringers run a Sloe Gin competition, raising money for the refurbishment of the bells of St Swithuns. Due to the virus it was thought that the
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The Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition 2020
On Saturday 22nd February the great Great Chishill Sloe Gin Competition party was held at Stackyard Cottage, kindly hosted by Jean and Peter Wiseman. This very popular annual event raises
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Sloe Gin Competition 2019
The Annual Sloe Gin Competition took place on 21st February. There was a staggering 55 entries which presented quite a challenge for the 3 anonymous judges. (They may have been
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Sloe Gin Competition – The Host is a Winner
The annual Great Chishill Bell Ringers Sloe Gin Competition took place on 22nd February with the party and prize giving two days later. Neil Heywood not only hosted the party