Non-standard results...
Nobody was more surprised than me to find that I'd come second in the non-standard class as we were sure I was not that high when Iain and I had finished marking.
At one point I WAS in second place, so I was going to withdraw and let a non-judge occupy that position for obvious reasons. (Iain had not entered his car for similar reasons, but since mine had never got a pot, I reckoned I was completely safe from accusations of insider dealing!) However my car was demoted by another so I neglected to withdraw it.
Just to confirm the judging procedure; no judge could mark their own car and all owners were discouraged from being around when their cars were marked, both to spare their feelings and to avoid any taint of influence.
As some may have noticed, I left the show before the finish for both hayfever and "other half" reasons; if I'd been around when the prizes were given out, I would have withdrawn on the spot.
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