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18 The<br />
AMURI A&P SHOW<br />
North Canterbury <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Amuri A&P showagreat day out for all<br />
The 108th Amuri A&PShow, on<br />
Saturday, March 2, offers agreat day<br />
out for families and visitors, with<br />
plenty to see and do.<br />
The gates open from 8am at the<br />
Rotherham Reserve, 9Heaton St,<br />
Rotherham,and entry costs $10 for 18<br />
years and over, $5 for five to 17yearolds<br />
and preschoolersare free.<br />
The day begins with the stock horse,<br />
dog trials, wood chopping and horse<br />
and pony district classes.This year's<br />
copresidents Richie and Janine<br />
Ormond say this year there is agreat<br />
lineup of entertainment for the<br />
children.<br />
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show are for decorated bikes, pet<br />
lambs and pet dogs.<br />
On the stage, organisers are excited<br />
to have ‘The Wonky Donkey Man’, the<br />
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These include The Wonky Donkey<br />
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Alsosharing the limelight on the<br />
stage will be the Sheppard Dance<br />
Company and later, the inventive<br />
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Silly Billy the clown will again be<br />
roving around the show grounds<br />
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dog trialists and horse and pony riders<br />
keep the crowds entertained.<br />
At 10.45am in the featuretent<br />
Morgan Moore, who won the ANZCO<br />
Foods Butcher of the Year award last<br />
year, will tell her story while she<br />
demonstrates some of the best ways<br />
meat can be prepared.<br />
Just before lunch, the family lookalike<br />
competition for 0to2years and<br />
3to5years, will be held.<br />
This has become one of the signature<br />
events at the show, attracting very<br />
strong entries.<br />
The ProduceShed opens at noon to<br />
showcase all the entries in the<br />
vegetables, flowers, baking, art,<br />
photography, local school children’s<br />
art categories and much more.<br />
At noon in the ring, the lunchtime<br />
president’s events will start with a<br />
demonstration by amazing trick and<br />
stunt rider Sonia Duncan.<br />
The presentations of the Trade<br />
Exhibitor of the Year and the Amuri<br />
A&P Association Young Achievers<br />
Award will also be held in the ring.<br />
Acrowd favourite, the hilarious<br />
terrier race follows, where once dogs<br />
and owners are all lined up and ready<br />
to go, they will be set off by awave of<br />
the president’s wife’s hat.<br />
The McAlpines North Canterbury<br />
Pipe Band will lead the grand parade<br />
around the ring, showcasing the<br />
winners of horse and pony events,<br />
animalclass winners, new agricultural<br />
machinery and vehicles.<br />
Once the parade finishes, therewill<br />
be alolly scramble.<br />
Up next will be the sheep counting<br />
and steer riding competitions, which<br />
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On Parade ... The show jumpers parade<br />
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Domain during the Amuri A&P Show.<br />
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are followed later by acommunity<br />
barbecue and bar for everyone to<br />
enjoy until 7pm.<br />
Copresident Richie Ormond says<br />
they have over 70 trade sites this<br />
year,including machinery, tools,<br />
stock firms and many other<br />
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12:00pm<br />
StockHorse<br />
Horse & Pony –DistrictClass<br />
Dogs -trials<br />
Woodchopping<br />
Shed &Sheep Judginge<br />
Sheep ShearingCompetition<br />
Silly Billy the Clown (roving)<br />
DecoratedBike Judging<br />
PetLambJudging<br />
PetDogs Judging<br />
WonkyDonkey Man(on stage)<br />
Morgan Moore winnerofANZCO Foods<br />
Butcherapprentice 2023Demonstration<br />
(inFeature tent)<br />
Show JumpingClasses<br />
Sheppard Dance Company (onstage)<br />
Wearable Arts(onstage)<br />
Family Look-a-like competition 0-2yrs&3-5yrs<br />
(Bayleys tent)<br />
Produce ShedOpens<br />
President’s events (all in the ring)<br />
12:00pm SoniaDuncan -Trick Riding<br />
Presentation of Trade Exhibitor of the Year (by<br />
Presentation of AmuriA&P Assn,Young<br />
Achiever’s Award(by Past President)<br />
President’s Speech<br />
Terrier race<br />
1:00pm GrandParade led by McAlpines North<br />
CanterburyPipe Band<br />
Lolly Scramble afterGrand Parade (inthe ring)<br />
1:30pm WonkyDonkey Man(on stage)<br />
1.30pm Hunter Rounds<br />
1:30pm Novelty Bicycle ShearingCompetition<br />
(infeature tent)<br />
2:45pm CavellLeitchSheep Counting (nearSteer<br />
Riding)<br />
3:00pm Steer riding<br />
4:00pm– Community BBQ with music–<br />
7:00pm allwelcome<br />
ADMISSION Adults -18years of age and over -$10 |Child -5-17yearsofage -$5|Pre-Schoolers-FREE<br />
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