Midsummer Fete

22nd June 2024 from 12 noon

A Family Fun Day to celebrate the summer solstice.  Burgers, soft drinks and tea/coffee and cake available all afternoon.  Field games, children’s games and activities, adult activities and competitions for all ages. 

All competition entries must be submitted by 1:30pm on the day.

Adult Baking Competitions –

• Best decorated cake – will be taste tested as well but mostly judged on appearance
• Best undecorated cake – plain cake judged wholly on taste test
• Best chocolate cake – can be decorated or plain
• Best loaf of bread – classic loaf which can be white or wholemeal and will be judged on taste and texture
• Most amazing free style bread – can be any shape and style and as weird as you like. Will be judged on stun factor as well as taste.

Children (Under 12) Baking Competitions –  Children can also enter adult competitions

• Best under 12 decorated cake
• Best under 12 loaf of bread

Adult Gardening Competitions –

• Best cut arrangement – greenery and flowers grown in your garden and picked then arranged in a vessel of your choice
• Best potted plant – any plant you have tenderly cared for in either a pot or basket

Children under 12 Gardening Competitions –

• Best mini garden on a tray – flowers and leaves from the family garden arranged in a flat tray
• Craziest grass egg head –  grass, cress etc grown in a decorated eggshell which can be cut or tied in any manner that you fancy

Photography Competiton – The theme this year is “The Great Outdoors”.  All photos must be printed in no bigger than A4 size.  This competition is open to both children and adults.

Colouring Competition – The picture to be coloured is available by emailing elkcal@hotmail.co.uk, in the Ullapool News and will also be available on the day at the Fete

Table Football Competition –  teams of 2 competitors can compete against 3 other teams in a knockout competition during the afternoon for the title of champion.