Family Division General Rules

FAMILY DIVISION

2024 Family Division Executive
Chair............................................................................................ Michelle Norris
1stVice-Chair.............................................................................. Christine Lee
2ndVice-Chair...................................................................................Sarah Dooley
Immediate Past Chair............................................................................... Lynda McCuaig
Secretary-Treasurer...................................................................... Meredith Brophy

2024 Family Division Committee Chairs

Culinary Arts – Cheryl Bunda and Donna Page
Flowers – Melanie Racine and Cindy Murray
Junior Division – Helen McDonald and Donna Koeniger
Homecrafts – Janet Mitchell and Christine Lee

2024 Family Division Committee Members

Mary Fisher, Norma McNaughton, Helen McDonald, Donna Koeniger, Cheryl Bunda, Bea Gregg, Janet Mitchell, Andrea Taylor, Cheryl Sullivan, Melanie Racine, Barbara Clark, Kasey Lepage, Amanda Cooper, Lisa Reid, Amy Duguay McDonald, Karen Benson, Debbie Duguay, Donna Page, Melissa Dow, Cindy Murray, Krista Rawlings, Rita Penner, Kerri Graham, Christine Tierney, Cheryl Page, Kim Brooks, Cathy Dow

General Rules & Regulations

A membership of $10.00 must accompany entry forms, unless retained from last year's prize money, and all entry forms must be submitted to the Fair Office by Saturday, September 28, 2024.

  • If any errors occur in this prize book, corrections will be posted in the fair office and at www.metcalfefair.com, and will supersede the prize book.
  • Due to City of Ottawa health regulations, the selling of food articles on Sunday of the fair will not be permitted.
  • Metcalfe Agricultural Society is not responsible for lost or damaged exhibits.
  • Entry items may be placed in the FAMILY PAVILION (Curling Club) on Wednesday evening, October 2nd, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. OR from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 3rd.. No entries will be received after 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 3rd. Entries MAY NOT BE REMOVED until 5:00 p.m., Sunday, October 6th, 2024. Metcalfe Agricultural Society is not responsible for articles left in the exhibit halls after 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 6th, 2024.
  • NOTE - DROP OFF TIME BEFORE 10:00 A.M.

Family Pavilion Hours: Friday 10 a.m - 8 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The Dorothy V. Reid Grand Aggregate Award

To be eligible for this award an exhibitor must exhibit in all three (3) of Culinary Arts, Homecrafts, and the Flowers Classes of the Family Division Department of the Metcalfe Fair in the current year. The Dorothy V. Reid Grand Aggregate Shield will be awarded to the exhibitor amassing the greatest number of prize winning points in the combined Sections of Culinary Arts, Homecrafts and the Flowers Classes. The winner will receive prize money in the amount of $100.00. The winner’s name will be engraved on our perpetual plaque.

2021 Award Winner - Melissa Dow, Metcalfe
2018,2019,2022 & 2023 Winner - John Peddie, Ottawa2017 Award Winner - Erin Hotz, Metcalfe
2016 Award Winner - John Peddie, Ottawa2014 & 2015 Award Winner - June MacMillan, Mountain
2013 Award Winner - Betty Prophet, Edwards2012 Award Winner - Erin Holtz, Metcalfe
2010 &2011 Award Winner - Betty Prophet, Edwards2007, 2008, 2009 Award Winner - Dora Smits, Cumberland