Coastside Residents Bring Home Ribbons From the County Fair

Miramar resident Eva Crosland and daughters Carly, 19, and Sarah, 18, entered a few things in the 79th San Mateo County Fair earlier this month, and “between us we have two 1st places and several 2nd and 3rd place awards,” said Crosland. “Even the honorable mention I received on my one entered photograph was enough to make me giddy with joy.”

Here’s what the Croslands took home with them from this year’s County Fair, which was June 8-16:

Eva Crosland

Culinary: 

Open judging, layer cake

Entered Double Duty Carrot Cake

Awarded 1st place

Home Arts:

Painted furnishings

Entered two chairs hand-painted for her daughter and her fiancé for their themed engagement announcement "Mad Hatter" party

Awarded 2nd and 3rd place

Embellished, non wearable, items:

Entered 2 masks (1-Night Blooms, 2-Spring) embellished with paint, silk flowers, glitter, beads and rhinestones.

Awarded 1st (night blooms) and 2nd place 

Sewn clothing:

Entered costume ensemble made for her daughter, Carly, to dress up as the Ace of Spades for a Mad Hatter party.

Awarded 3rd place

Carly Crosland

Fine Arts:

Entered three paintings in the Fine Arts department.

Awarded 3rd place for her watercolor titled "For Which It Stands," and an honorable mention for "The Red Couch.”

Sarah Crosland

Art youth division:

Entered a watercolor painting

Awarded 1st place with her watercolor painting of a shark in the youth division.

Also, Sarah and Wade Watkins, affiliated with the Half Moon Bay Ag program and Coastside Chapter 13 of the Future Farmers of America, both showed their Nigerian Dwarf Goats. Wade brought home two 1st place awards and one 3rd with his two goats, Dot and Donna.

Sarah was awarded a first, second and third ribbon while showing her two 3-month-old brother and sister goats, Daisy and Hank. This is Sarah's third year showing at the San Mateo County Fair in the Ag division. The first two years she raised market pigs but chose goats this time around.

There's also 11-year-old Zoe Roberts from Pacifica who entered three paintings in the Youth Exhibits section of the San Mateo County Fair, competing in the 6 through 15 age group, all art mediums. All three of her pieces won an award — two first place ribbons and one second place ribbon. Read more about Roberts in a Pacifica Tribune article here.

And Randie Marlow, a long-time Coastside photographer, took home a Best of Show in Color Photography at this year’s San Mateo County Fair, held in San Mateo this June. Entering 11 images in 12 categories brought her eight ribbons. More about Marlow on Patch here.

Who else from Half Moon Bay and Pacifica took home ribbons from this year’s San Mateo County Fair? Tell us in the comments.