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18 North Canterbury News, October 12, 2023
Show has humble beginnings
The Northern A&P Association maybe 157
yearsold this year, butthis Labour
Weekend it will be celebratingits 150th
show.
From humble beginnings, the Northern
(Rangiora) Agricultural and Pastoral Show
has growntobecome one of the largest
annual shows in the South Island.
Established in 1866,the Northern A&P
Association took its name because it was
the first A&P Association in the South
Island to be established north of
Christchurch.
It was establishedfollowing ameeting at
ahotelinSaltwater Creek in 1866, where
the Mandeville FarmersClub put up a
proposal to set up an annual show similar
to the Canterbury A&P Show, founded
threeyears earlier.
Historian Philip Worthington, and
associationmember, says the first­ever
show held by the Northern A&P
Association, on Friday, December28,1866,
was in apaddock lent to the association for
the occasionbyWilliam Buss of Rangiora.
Mr Buss was alocalauctioneer and a
member of the showcommittee.
It was heldonhis farm, Harrange, on the
south side of what is now Kippenberger
Avenue,roughly opposite whereLamb
and Hayward’s Waimana funeral chapel
stands today.
An estimated 1200people attendedthe
show with gate takings of £46 pounds, 13
shillings and sixpence.
The second show was held in Kaiapoi on
Wednesday, November 6, 1867, in a15­acre
paddockowned by John Skinner opposite
the KaikanuiHotel.
Two further shows, alternating again
betweenRangiora and Kaiapoi, were held
in 1868and 1869, and then the association
went into recess.Itwas revived in 1874 and
the fifth­ever show was held on Guy
Fawkes Day,November 5, 1874, in a
paddockonAshleyStreet,owned by
Frederick Rickman, on the opposite side
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The shows have continued
uninterrupted eversince, except for one
year at the heightofthe World War 2, and
two becauseofthe recent Covid pandemic.
Whileitisnow known as the Rangiora
Show,the association has keptthe
Northern name because of its history.
OtherNorthCanterbury shows have
sincebeen established in Oxford,
Amberley,Hawarden, Amuri, Cheviotand
Kaikoura.
It was the fourth South Island A&P
Association to mark its 150th anniversary,
following Otago­Taieri (founded in 1860),
Canterbury (1863) and North Otago (also
1863)associations.
Mr Worthington says the showof2016,
marking theassociation’s 150th year of
existence,was the biggest, helpedbybeing
granted Royal Event status for both the
equestrian and sheepsections. ‘‘In all,
therewere 4335entriesacross all sections,
more than18times that of the first ever
show.’’
Mounted Games demonstration at show
MountedGames is abranch of equestrian
sport in which fast gamesare played on
ponies up to aheight of about 152cm(15
hands).
At this yearsNorthernA&P Show there
will be ademonstration by the Canterbury
MountedGames Association on Saturday
morning with three half hour shows
starting from shortly after 9am.
Participants in mounted games require
athletic ability, riding skills, hand­to­eye
co­ordination, determination,
perseverance, and acompetitive spirit,
which nevertheless requires an ability to
work togetherwith other riders and a
willingness to help one another.
Mounted Gameswere the inspiration of
the late PrincePhilip.
When the Director of the annualHorse
of the YearShow, England,was asked by
Prince Philipifhecould devisea
competitionfor children who could not
afford an expensive, well­bred pony, he
came up with aplan .
At the 1957 the Horse of the Year Show,
in North London, England, the first
Mounted Games Championship for the
Prince PhilipCup was staged —itwas an
immediate box office success.
The aim of Mounted Games was to
extend the sport, previously age­restricted
by Pony Club, for wider participation.
In 1984, the Mounted Games Association
of Great Britain was established.
In the years which followed, Prince
Philip’scontinued support and patronage
ensured that the sport spread across Great
Britain and beyond.
The sport is beingenjoyedbymany
ridersaround the world, and the
International Mounted Games
Association, which were formedin2003,
now has members in 24 countries on five
continents.
It is ateam sportcombining alove of
ponies and friends, with various races.
Teams of four or five riders and ponies
take part involving amix of turns,
handovers, skill, vaulting andgalloping
against other teams.
The Canterbury Mounted Games
Association will demonstrate mounted
games riding in the main arena at 9.30,
11am and 11.30 am.
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