Ballinasloe all geared up for its 179th show
BALLINASLOE Horse and Agricultural Show Ltd will host their 179th Agricultural Show in the local Showgrounds on Sunday, September 23, starting at 11am.
Horse classes: Young Horses to be Shown in Hand; Riding Horses; Brood Mares and Foals; Registered Connemaras; Champion Foal of the Show; Champion Brood Mare of the Show; Champion Pony of the Show; Champion Working Hunter and Working Hunter Ponies.
In the cattle section there are classes for Commercial Heifers and Commercial Bullocks with a new area for showing cattle. In the sheep section there are classes for Best pair of Ewe Hoggets and Store Lambs. A very popular section is the Best young handler – cattle and sheep.
The Vegetable Growing Competition has sections for Heaviest Carrot, Largest Beetroot, Biggest Vegetable Marrow, Longest Bean, Most Unusual Vegetable, Ugliest Vegetable and Special Pumpkin class for school children. The Heaviest Cock and the Best 3 Duck Eggs feature in the poultry section.
There are 4 All-Ireland titles to be won: the All-Ireland Connemara Three-Year-old Filly and Mare of the Future; The Irish Draft Colt Foal Championship Final; The Irish Draught Filly Foal Championship and the All-Ireland Champion Donkey Final. The final event of the day is the the Ballinasloe Donkey Derby.
Free parking is available adjacent to Ballinasloe Showgrounds on the Fairgreen and Childrens Entertainment is in the grounds. Chairman John Harney, who is a member of the Ballinasloe Show for over 60 years, said he was delighted that the Ballinasloe Show would be one of the best he has seen put together in his 60 years as a member. He thanked all invovled for the huge effort. He added that now the showgrounds ran 4 shows a year and was open over 300 days a year for schooling. He said never in his wildest dreams did he think that the Showgrounds would be so busy and such an integral part of the farming scene.Huge crowds and entries are expected and John Harney paid a special tribute to the local sponsors who had kept this famous agricultural show running for the last 179 years. To facilitate the huge amount of entries, the closing date has being extended until Tuesday, September 18th next.
Further information and entry forms can be got from www.ballinasloeshow.com or John Harney at 087-2105032 or Faye O’Connor at 085-8005577.
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