Gosforth Show changes to a Saturday

GOSFORTH Show is moving to a Saturday from next year.

Gosforth Show

Skelton Show has decided to move their show from the third Saturday in August to the first Saturday in July and Gosforth Show has taken the opportunity to move to the vacant Saturday.
Show secretary Henry Stewart said: “Gosforth Show has been keen to move to weekend day for some years now as it is felt that with more and more households having two working members there would be a better opportunity to attract more people.
“If we can attract more paying customers this will hopefully mean a bigger show.”
The Show for 2009 will be on Saturday, August 15th and it will be the third Saturday in August thereafter.

Gosforth Show beats the rain 2008

THE popular mix of agriculture and attractions was on offer yesterday at the annual Gosforth Show.

PROUD MUM: Sophie Slater from Beckermet with Dentviw Ruby, the champion Limousin in the Cow in Calf Class. Pictures: MIKE McKENZIE

Following the cancellation due to the weather of other agricultural shows around the county, the event at Gosforth - the biggest in West Cumbria's calender - only went ahead following an emergency committee meeting on Monday.
And organisers are glad that it did as the rain held off and, at times, the sun even shone on the traditional mix of exhibitions, agriculture and trade stands.
The competitions were, as ever, well supported with judges commenting on the high standard of entries in the horticulture, handicrafts and produce tents.
Peter Wright's honey won the best exhibit in the section, while Gosforth WI took first prize in their category with their exhibit "A leisurely lunch".
In the horticulture tent, Mark Hewertson, who won in the gladioli, pansies and fuschia categories, was named the Best in Show.
As well as the exhibits, there were plenty of animals to interest the hundreds of visitors. Livestock made its return to the show, having been kept away last year due to foot and mouth, and in the poultry section, Robert Brown, from Uldale, took the top prize with his clay/wheaten. It was the second time that Robert, who has been showing at Gosforth for 40 years, has won the Best in Show.
The centrepiece of the show was the horse and pony ring, as spectators enjoyed performances in a wide range of classes.
Frankie Stewart, from Seascale was crowned Champion of Champions at the Grand Parade. She was riding heavy horse, Burlington Park Willow, owned by Alan Boulton.
The dog and sheep shows were also strongly contested with each category receiving a high number of entrants.
One of the most popular attractions this year was the local history tent. A host of organisations, including Cumbria Family History Society, Cumbria Archive Service and Beckermet History Group, were represented and displayed old pictures, maps, postcards and newspaper clippings to give visitors a taste of bygone Cumbria.
Other stands included Made in Cumbria, Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, World Owl Trust and the NFU, while there were games, slides and a bouncy castle to keep the younger ones entertained.

The Gosforth Show 2006

The show was held on the 16 August 2006

Despite a poor forecast and some grey looking clouds the showday was a great one with sun and blue sky in the main, and no rain!

Hundreds of people gathered to wathc the events and walk around the stalls, and of course we were there too. We will have the results in full in here in due course but in the mean time please find below a movie of the day and a whole set of photos

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17 August 2005

The sun came out today for the Gosforth show as thousands of people made their way to the show ground just outside the village.

As usual there was a mixture of events, ranging from the traditional aspects of the show in the form of the farming side of things, as well as the less traditional games section of the show.

The various marquees were hot in the sun, but everyone seemed happy watching the horse events, the dog events and the judging of the many different classes of competition.

Children were well catered for with bouncy castle and competitors and many local charities also attended to be on hand to discuss their work.

The photographs below show a walk around the show filed as I went and sampled all of the delights the show had to offer.

Gosforth Show 2005

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