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FEATURE 18 Ashburton Courier, March 11, 2021 www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Methven Annual A&P Show Saturday, March 20, 2021 Volunteers celebrated in show’s 106th year Above: Peter Lynn in his 1908 De Dion Bouton vintage car which will be sold at the Methven Vintage Club's wheels and motors auction at the Methven A&P show. PHOTO TONI WILLIAMS METHVEN A&P SHOW • New MethvenUte Muster • New Wheels&MotorsAuction •GiftLambAuction •GiftCalfAuction • SideShows • Sheep&Wool •Horse &PonyEvents • Clydesdales •SheepShearing • Dog Trials •SheepColouring-inCompetition •Produce •Wine&Food MethvenShowgrounds • MarketSites • LiveMusic Saturday, 20 March2021 Thanking volunteers in our community The Methven A&P Show is a community day out full of fun, entertainment for people of all ages. The show takes place at the Methven showgrounds on March 20, and this year will be celebrating its 106th annual event; it was cancelled last year due to covid. The theme is celebrating volunteers in our community and there will be exhibits and activities from many of the district’s volunteer force on show including emergency services, service clubs and organisations. The show will have all the traditional elements of an A&P show such as home industries competitions, animals on show, shearing, equestrian events, highland dancing, trade stalls, amusement rides and food galore. And there will also be top farming action with three Young Farmers regional finals taking place during the day. Methven A&P show president Alistair Stevens, a crop and stock farmer from Barrhill, has had along association with the show spanning back to his childhood. ‘‘We never missed it,’’ he said. His late father used to show pigs and then dairy cows and Mr Stevens and his sister used to compete on ponies as youngsters. He eventually showed Clydesdale horses, which are due to return to the show arena this year, although Mr Stevens will not be competing. He has however introduced other new events such as the Methven Ute Muster, and the Wheels and Motors Auction which have both generated a Woodchoppers will be in action. bit of interest. Mr Stevens has tractors a 1966 Ford 3000 Select OSpeed and a1985 Ford 4610, as well as a1981 Ford F350 truck to be included in the auction. He was drawn to the idea of an auction to allow people with extensive machinery collections, like himself, to either reduce their collections or make room for more. ‘‘People need to reduce their collections to buy other things,’’ he said. The auction, which starts at 4pm, is being run by the Methven Vintage Club and is limited to 100 entries. But there were already some rare collectable items going under the hammer, including a1908 De Dion Bouton vintage car, athree tonne stationary Tangye oil engine from 1902 as well as big name brands such as Kecvin, David Brown and John Deere. Ute Muster convenor Simon Wilson said there had already been agood number of entries but there was alot of interest and many would turn up on the day. There had been at least two Holden V8 utes already entered. The judging trio of Don Smith (mechanic) and Mark Robinson and Hamish Gilpin (motor enthusiasts) will have the task of rating the utes in their respective categories on the day. It was anovelty event and open to anybody to enter. The winners will get bragging rights in arange of categories; including best presented ute, best paint job, best pre1981 (vintage ute), dirtiest farmer’s ute and best modified ute. There was also at least $5000 worth of sponsorship prizes up for grabs. The prizegiving is at 1.30pm. Continued Page 19 Gate Entry: Adults $15 l School aged children Free Free parking l ATMonsite 2361213
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz FEATURE Ashburton Courier, March 11, 2021 19 Methven Annual A&P Show Saturday, March 20, 2021 Mid/South CanterburyContinuous Spouting The Original Spouting Specialists The animal shed is always popular with show visitors. From Page 18 The utes don’t have to be roadworthy, they can arrive on the back of atrailer, Mr Stevens said. The FMG Young Farmer of the Year competitions will be set up in three areas around the grounds throughout the day. Competitors in the Aorangi 2021 regional final of FMG Young Farmer of the Year, the Junior Young Farmer of the Year and the AgriKids competitions will be competing and give the wider community achance to see some of the work farmers do in action. The competitions start on the grounds from 7am and continue in stages throughout the day with the agri sports head to head challenge at 1pm. The Young Farmer of the Year regional final continues at the evening event at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, in Methven. The show layout has changed from past years most notably for the public, the car park has moved from the south side of the grounds to the north side. But inside there are still the same exciting opportunities to thrill young and old alike. Competitions will be fiercely contested in equestrian events (from at 8am), sheep dog trials (from 8.30am), and judging gets under way with sheep and wool (9.30am), children’s pets, dancing, dairy goats, poultry, farm produce, and home industries (from 10am) and sheep –champion of champions (12pm). The shearing and wood chopping competitions get under way from 10.30am. The wine and food area also opens at 10.30am. In the home industries pavilion there will be baking, knitting, photography, art, vegetables and floral delight and the annual gift lamb auction, with lambs donated by local farmers, gets under way at 2.15pm, Celtic band Boru will play in the wine and food area (from 11.30am) and there will be free face painting and balloon twisting in the sideshow area between 10am and 2pm. Always guaranteed to delight is the popular sheep colouring competition (1pm), where kids get in asheep pen to colour in asheep, or avisit to the animal shed where children can get up close to a variety of animals. There are also sideshow amusements and in the main ring official speeches will begin at 1.30pm with the Grand Parade (1.45pm) featuring the Ashburton Pipe Band followed by alolly scramble. The Dog Trial RunOff final (3pm), will be held in the paddock next to the vintage machinery and the Vintage Auction will be at 4pm. The annual tug of war competition will be at the bottom end of the main ring will also be at 4pm. It will be followed by aSustainable Water Sheaf Tossing at 4.30pm and the wood chopping prize giving (5pm) will wrap up the show. TM TM TM TM Askabout our large capacityspouting for commercial and farmbuildings Residential –fascia, gutter and downpipes Snowprotection our specialty Serving Mid/South Canterbury for over 26 years Your new spouting proudly installed by Craig or Josh John Tull ...providingoutstandingservice, afterinstallation care and pricing requirements! Phone him on 021 288 8290 Email: john@canterburycontinuous.co.nz www.continuous.co.nz Freephone 0800 50 1993 2344842 Young Farmers on stage DaleMcAlwee (Pendarves), James Sinclair(Foothills), JesseWilde (Hinds) and LachlanAngland (Pendarves) are amongthe eight young farmerstogohead to headin the FMGYoungFarmer of the Yearpracticalcompetition at the Methven A&PShow on March 20. They willbeupagainst AdamJudd (Timaru) and Jason Erasmus, Vanessa Braganand WilliamsGuerin, (all from MackenzieYoung Farmers), competing in handson practical modules throughout the daywith time and points up for grabs. In the evening theywill head to the quiz showwhere they havetheir written exam andthe famous FMG Young Farmer of the Year buzzer quiztotesttheir knowledge. The regional final is based aroundfour areas;technology and innovation,environment, people and food. The quizwill beheldatthe Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, in Methven, from 5.30pm. Tickets tothe Young Farmers night event are available onlineatwww. fmgyoungfarmercontest.co.nz 2069759
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