Incredibly, we had a perfect summer’s day for this year’s Apple Pie Day – in winter! We warned everyone to rug up, thinking it would be cold but Darkes Forest turned on its best sunshine!
We would like to thank everyone for coming and for your generosity and kindnesses on the day! We hope you got lots of photos in the blossoms and activities. A massive thanks to those who sent in pie and crumbles for the competition. The pies just keep getting better and better.
This year’s CWA representative judge, Robyn Simms, commented on how wonderful it was to see many entries where multiple generations were entering. Sharing knowledge and skills together can be so much fun.
Apple Pie Day winners
Junior Girls Apple Pie – Edie Sorenson
Junior Boys Apple Pie – Joint Champions, James Reid and Oliver Hughes
Open Women’s Apple Pie – Karin Sylvester
Open Men’s Apple Pie – Ian McDonald
Open Apple Crumble – Lorraine Hatton
Junior Apple Crumble – Angus Hughes
Money raised for the Stanwell Park Country Women’s Association (CWA) was $3107.50. That was made up of $1095 from the apple pie winners auction and $2012.50 from ticket sales.
Auctioneer Ron Kissell, from Ray White Helensburgh, set a blistering pace in the auction of the six winning pies.
A new record was set for the winning Women’s Apple Pie, which sold for a total of $600. The auction lit up as the battle for this amazing pie was fought out. Daniel Nesevski of DAE Electrical, Helensburgh was the winning bidder for the number one pie.
The CWA are so excited as the money raised will be a big help for local projects!
Visit Darkes.com.au and find more photos and a reel from the day on Instagram thanks to Sasha Faint