Every chair around the arena was sold, as islanders and visitors of all ages descended on Saumarez Park.
Show president Gary Trimbee-Laine said he had been worried when he woke up yesterday morning and saw the bad weather, which got steadily wetter over the morning.
But at lunchtime the rain stopped and the crowds came out for the Battle. More than 20 decorated trailers, floats and motorised vehicles took the ring, with Thomas the Tank Engine, the RAF and Peter Rabbit forming the inspiration for some of the displays.
‘It’s been fantastic,’ Mr Trimbee-Laine said. ‘It’s been perfect show weather.’
The Senior Prix D’Honneur went to the Northern Warriors for Yellow Submarine, who were presented with the AA Way Shield & Wilson Robin Memorial Trophy.
Ian Lewis has been taking part in the North Show since 1976, when he was 14 and helped make the Capelles Sunday School entry.
This year he was back under the Northern Warriors banner, making a giant yellow submarine out of real flowers. About 8,000 were on the float. Two yellow and one orange kind of marigold were used to make the boat the right colour, while asters were used to make the portholes.
Mr Lewis grew all the flowers himself.
‘I sowed the seeds in February and then started building the float in June,’ he said.
‘The flowers have really suffered in the hot weather, but the marigolds have really saved the day.’
Friends and family helped out with the float and the last few days have been very busy. Flower sticking only started on Tuesday.
‘I got to bed at 3 this morning and I was back out again at 8.30am,’ Mr Lewis said.
‘I just like working with the natural flowers. They give the float an extra dimension and depth.’
The runner-up for the Senior Prix D’Honneur was It’s a Kind of Magic by the Denise Fawcett, her children and grandchildren. The Fawcett family have been entering the show for about 60 years.
The float included two young people making it look like they had been sawn in half, while another child was the rabbit coming out of the hat.
Siblings Luci Bergey and Kieran Fawcett both had to travel to Guernsey for the event – Mrs Bergey from France and Mr Fawcett from Italy – to help make the float.
Mr Fawcett said there were about 5,000 chrysanthemums on it. The family had been undecided about whether to make the float – only committing to it on Saturday.
‘We have been making it for four days,’ he said. ‘It’s always a bit busy before the show.’
Stories and lots more Battle pictures in tomorrow's Guernsey Press
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