Showing off the best at Halifax

A housewives' panel agreed with a long line of professional judges by choosing a Beef Shorthorn bull from Tracy Severn of Barkisland as supreme champion of the cattle section at Halifax Show last Saturday.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Aug 2010, 17:13 BST
Updated 20th Aug 2010, 17:23 BST

Notable among the section winners was Jonathan Timm, formerly of Selby, currently camping out between permanent bases, continuing a storming run with his commercial beef team as well as presenting the best British Blue.

The small but comprehensive Gargrave Show, near Skipton, is today and will be reported in the Yorkshire Post on Monday. Rosedale, near Pickering, also has its show today and Mirfield, near Dewsbury, follows tomorrow.

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The programme for the rest of August is: 25 - Egton, near Whitby; 25 - Reeth, near Richmond; 28 - Malhamdale, Malham; 28 - Bilsdale, near Stokesley; 28 - Wensleydale, Leyburn; 30 - Hope, Derbyshire; 30 - Burniston, near Scarborough; 30 - Epworth, near Doncaster; 31 - Kilnsey, Upper Wharfedale.

Kilnsey Show, on August 31, is a more-than-local event, with a 16,000 prize fund and a full range of rural competitions, plus a dramatic fell race up Kilnsey Crag in the afternoon and a fair amount of beer and betting at the harness racing in the evening

The season will wrap up with Countryside Live over the weekend of October 23 and 24 – the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's 'little brother' to the Great Yorkshire.

Livestock classes form the backbone of the event but there will also be family entertainments and more than 100 trade stands – plus a new competition to find Yorkshire's most talented young showjumper.

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Details of the young showjumpers' competition are still to be finalised but former Olympic rider Graham Fletcher and his wife, Tina, have been booked to assist. Watch website countrysidelive.co.uk or the event's Facebook page for entry details.

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