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My Interflora World Cup Journey – Neil Whittaker

Kate — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:49:38 +0000

The 2010 Interflora World Cup recently took place in Shanghai. Representing Great Britain was Neil Whittaker of The Design Element in Irlam, Manchester. He did us proud by placing in the top 10 at the end of the three-day event. Impressively, Neil has recently gone on to win the Croatian Cup 2010 too. We caught up [...]

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Interflora World Cup the final – days 5 & 6!

Kate — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:23:27 +0000

The Interflora World Cup in Shanghai has reached an exciting conclusion, with Great Britain representative Neil Whittaker eventually finishing in the top 10. On Saturday the judges’ scores from the day before were available to competitors. These showed Neil 17th out of 20 and 258 points behind the leader and eventual winner Stein Are Hansen from [...]

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The Interflora World Cup kicks off – Day 4

Kate — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:24:02 +0000

Friday was the official start to the competition with the first two rounds. In the morning the representative of each country had to finish off their designer’s choice piece, which they had planned in advance. Neil Whittaker, Great Britain’s representative, took us through the planning stages of his design in the video in Thursday’s post. Click [...]

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Behind the scenes at the Interflora World Cup

Kate — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:23:29 +0000

Yesterday our reporter, Dave Clancy, took some time out of the competition at the 2010 Interflora World Cup in Shanghai to visit the city’s thriving flower market. Dave also got to see Great Britain representative Neil Whittaker’s booth and work in progress…. He’s currently working on his free expression piece, which will make up the first [...]

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Interflora World Cup is well underway

Kate — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:09:03 +0000

Yesterday was a wet, cold and overcast day in Shanghai, but the weather didn’t detract from the atmosphere at the Interflora World Cup. All the contestants were busy preparing their booths from 8am until 8pm. Only the competitor and one assistant were allowed to work on the booth. There was a slight hiccup, with some of the [...]

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Interflora World Cup preparations begin in Shanghai

Kate — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:45:07 +0000

It’s been a few months since we last talked about the Interflora World Cup. You might remember we brought you an insight into the 2004 world cup and, more recently, we introduced you to Great Britain’s representative, Neil Whittaker. Well, everything is in place and the competition is about to begin! Over the course of the competition we’ll [...]

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Can Neil win at the 2010 Interflora World Cup? – Post 2

Kate — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:18:34 +0000

The 13th Interflora World Cup will take place in Shanghai this year from March 26-28. The venue for the competition will be the beautiful Oriental Riverside Hotel. Representing Great Britain is talented florist Neil Whittaker of The Design Element in Irlam, Manchester….. This is the first time the World Cup has been held in China. It provides [...]

Interflora World Cup 2010 – Post 1

Kate — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:28:37 +0000

The Interflora World Cup is the most prestigious competition in floristry and floral art! Like the Olympics it occurs once every 4 years….. Out of the 13 competitions so far, Great Britain has won three times – in Miami in 1974, Stockholm in 1993 and in Melbourne in 2004. Hopes are high of another win in [...]

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