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WARKWORTH & DISTRICTS A&P SHOW SOCIETY146th Annual Show 26 January 2013

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Gates open 8.30am • off icial entertainment starts 10.30am animal competitions start 9am • indoor exhibits open 9am • all day entertainment at the large marquee

Enquiries: Marjorie Blythen Ph/Fax 422 2052 • Email: [email protected] • www.warkworthaandpshow.co.nz

• Kids (old fashioned) races eg. egg on the spoon• Ewe racing & shearing demos with Greg• Vintage displays • Martial Arts display• Queen, fairy, princess & pirate competitions (age conditions apply)• Music by Otherwise Fine• Shearing competitions (including pedal power shearing)• Dog Trials• Alpacas, beef & dairy, goats, Calf club & young handlers competition

ENTRY FEESAdults: $105-14 years: $5Family Pass: $25(2 adults & 3 children)

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• Wood chopping • Paintball • Don the Digger • Auckland Rabbit Club• Ranch horse club - trail, reining, cattle events• Young Farmers Club Fencing competition - Open to all members for the Northern Regional Final, Entry is for Y.F.C. members only, top two finalists go to the National Competition in Auckland, May 2013. Will be judged by a nominated person from NZ Fencing Federation.• Mahurangi Rugby Club - Hospitality Marquee• A wide variety of cottage industries and sales in the large marqueePlus all the usual trade and side shows and much more

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Warkworth will celebrate its rural heritage this month when it stages the annual A&P Show, at the Warkworth Showgrounds, on January 26 and 27.The show is in its 146th year and although there have been changes over the decades, the programme retains many of the elements which early settlers would have enjoyed.Long-serving show secretary Marjorie Blythen says it’s a traditional show, which mixes events and entertainment with plenty of opportunities for public involvement, all with a rural theme.“Greg and Mandy are back with their ewe racing and sheep shearing displays, and it’s quite a spectacle when members of the audience get up and ‘have a go’,” Marjorie says.The animal section, with everything from beef cattle to dairy goats and alpaca, is a big drawcard with farmers keen to take the opportunity to mix with other breeders. The indoor section provides an opportunity for locals to parade their cooking, sewing and gardening prowess.Entertainer Te Radar, who compered the show for the first time last year, is back again this year on the main day, Saturday, January 26.The programme features a variety of

Members of Young Farmers Northern Region will put their fencing skills to the test when they go hammer-to-hammer at this month’s Warkworth & District A&P Show.This is the first time the event has been held at the Warkworth show and contest convenor Mike Bolger says there will be plenty of action to keep spectators entertained. Competitors from Auckland to Kaitaia will by vying for a place in the National Fencing Grand Final, in Auckland in May.The fencers, both men and women aged between 18 and 31, will compete in teams of two and are given two hours to build a 15-metre long three-wire fence. While speed is a factor in their performance, the Fencing Federation judge will also be looking at the quality of their workmanship.Mike expects possibly up to 10 teams to be competing on the day.The Warkworth competition is being hosted by the Kaipara Young Farmers Club, which meets at the 3 Furlongs Hotel, in Kaiwaka, on the last Thursday of the month, at 7pm. Mike says the club is basically a social get-together for young people in the area, not just farmers. New members welcome.

Show programme maintains heritage links

entertainment from young handlers and calf club, to dog trials, wood chopping, a vintage car display and rabbits. A large number of horse rings will be held on both Saturday and Sunday. Marjorie says however, the miniature horse show will be missing this year as the Warkworth show clashes with the Premier Miniature Horse Show in Whangarei.Live entertainment will include the country bluegrass bands Otherwise Fine and Highly Strung.The Warkworth Ranch Horse Club will run competitions and demonstrations of trail, reining and cattle events in the rodeo arena, while members of the Puhoi Axemen’s Club will swing some winning blows.A new event this year will be the

northern regional fencing final, hosted by the Kaipara Young Farmers Club (see story this page).Snells Beach School will run old time entertainment for children such as egg ‘n’ spoon and sack races, and the Show Queen, Princess and Pirate Competitions will be judged at lunchtime. Mahurangi Rugby Club will host a hospitality marquee and there will be an expanded trade section. The Bayleys Guide Dog Auction will be held during the afternoon.Marjorie says no show would be complete without the sideshows.“There will be a number of great things to try, ranging from The Big Crocodile to the mega slide and obstacle course.”

To get a taste of what’s in store, view a video of last year’s A&P show at www.localmatters.co.nz

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Te Radar describes himself as an award winning satirist, documentary maker, writer, stage and screen director, failed gardener, and amateur historian. It turns out he is also a great fan of A&P Shows. He returns to Warkworth this month to compere, for the second year running, the annual show. How did you enjoy last year’s event? “I thoroughly enjoyed it. The weather was great, the cattle were as well groomed as the locals, and I took home an inflatable lifejacket, which I won at an auction. The children who entered the dress-up event made the day particularly difficult, as I had to help judge their event and they were in some pretty swanky outfits. They were more difficult to judge than the livestock.”Was there anything you particularly enjoyed last year?“I loved the shearing competition. If you’ve never shorn a sheep it’s jolly hard yakka, so to watch so many shorn so quickly can make one a bit exhausted. I always like watching the axemen and women too. Greg and Mandy’s sheep racing was superb even though I failed to win a commemorative cup. (I did win one from them at the Te Kuiti Running of the Sheep). I also met a young chap who had just bought a still to brew some alcohol. He promised to let me know how it went. Not well at first it seems, as he emailed to say he

Guest compere Te Radar will bring his own brand of fun to the Warkworth A&P Show this month.

Te Radar relishes A&P outing

had nearly burnt his shed down, but that he was getting the hang of it.”What made you accept the invitation to return this year?“I’m a big fan of A&P shows so I get to as many of them as I can. I enjoy talking to the stallholders, the breeders, the kids, and the other folk who are there mooching about. It’s an entertainingly wholesome day out.”What are you looking forward to?“I quite look forward to the crafts and produce competition. It’s always great to see the skill of the entrants and I revel in well-grown produce. It’s always a case of thinking “Yip, I’m not doing too bad in the garden”, and then you see how it’s really supposed to be done. I like looking at the winners’ names to see who has done best overall. There are some pretty talented folk out there and this is their stage. Can’t wait.”

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When the Warkworth & District A&P Show opens its gates on January 26 and 27, one stalwart on the organising committee will be absent.For the first time in possibly 50 years, life member Lorraine Hatfull, who turned 82 this month, will miss the show after being laid up after a knee operation.“I attended my first A&P Show when I married Arthur in 1950,” she says. “His parents were members of the former Rodney A&P Society and the show really was the biggest event on the local farming calendar in those days. Gubbs Buses used to run a shuttle service from Warkworth.”When the couple started farming, they were milking 60 grade Jersey cows on a farm on Woodcocks Road, about six kilometres out of town. Arthur got interested in breeding and they bought their first bull from the Rockvale Stud. Later, they took bulls from the Parry Estate and over the years, and as they could afford it, they bought from Waikato studs such as Glenmore and Merrieland.“As the herd grew, Arthur got interested in showing them so we joined the society for five shillings a year. We also belonged to the Rodney Jersey Breeding Association, which was quite a strong organisation in those days.”

The Ladies Committee, circa 1960s. Back, from left, Phyl Munro, Margaret Pirrit, Lorraine Hatfull, Ona Price. Middle, Iris Hutchings, Lil Davie-Martin, Eileen Buckton, Mable Nelson. Front, Molly Joyce, Ethel Mabbet, Elsie Jeffs, Dorothy Smith, Lois Joyce, Mary Brown. For more historical photos, read this story online at localmatters.co.nz

Operation forces loyal supporter to miss this year’s show

Lorraine says as the interest in the jersey group grew, a pavilion was built on the site where the Mahurangi Rugby Clubrooms presently stand.“It wasn’t anything flash but it included a kitchen where we could make tea and scones for the exhibitors.“As our children got older, I got interested in the indoor section. Mrs

Lil Davie-Martin was president of the Ladies Committee at the time and I was invited to act as a steward. The Women’s Division of Federated Farmers and the Country Women’s Institute (CWI) were also heavily involved. I’d help coordinate the dressmaking and craft sections, and after completing a judges’ course I

went on to judge at the local show, as well as A&P shows around the district, in the Bay of Islands and on Waiheke Island. It was very enjoyable and interesting to see other people’s work. I only stopped judging recently.”Lorraine says it’s disappointing to see the interest in the indoor sections fading.“They were once very popular, but now we find ourselves scratching for entries. People’s interests have changed quite dramatically. There’s very little knitting and sewing, and no embroidery at all. The art section has also gone and the only section still holding its own to any degree is the gardening and flowers.”Each section has its rules and the CWI published a booklet to give new exhibitors some guidance.For instance, flowers must be as fresh as possible and in good condition. While dahlia’s mustn’t be presented with a leaf or bud, when it comes to roses, the more greenery the better. Preserves are judged on colour and if it’s a close call, the judge can open the bottle and do a taste test.For a full list of sections in the Indoor Exhibits competition, go to www.ras.org.nz and look under A&P shows. Entries are accepted at the showgrounds on January 25.

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A peddle-powered wool cutter will be one of the more unusual features at this month’s Warkworth A&P Show.Shearing competition organiser Neil Sidwell came up with the concept and Dargaville engineering company Newman built it. “My mate used to have one which was popular at shows but it had fallen apart,” Neil says. “I put a design together and thought let’s see how it goes. It’s bloody good. It’s direct drive and it’s got an on and off button. It’s just like being in a wool shed.” The 12-speed mountain bike-shearer will be on display at Dargaville Museum before appearing at Warkworth on January 26.Neil says the rules of the competition are simple. “There’s five heats and everyone has to qualify. Then there’s two semis and everyone has eight sheep to shear, until we get three finalists.”“It needs to be neat, fast and clean as. Cuts and roughness will get you disqualified.”Seven experienced judges will be watching and prizes range from $250 for the open event to $100 for juniors.Neil, 68, started shearing as a 16-year

old and has been organising the A&P shearing competition since 1976. He spent 40 years farming in Ruawai and two years ago moved back to his birth town Waiwera. It was supposed to be a place to retire, but hanging up the shears permanently proved too tough. “My granddaughter and I recently spent a day shearing 250 lambs at four or five 10-acre blocks. We got $4 a lamb so ended up with $900 and split it.”He has also organised the shearing competition at Auckland’s Royal Easter Show since 2002 and, in 2007, managed NZ’s successful shearing team, including world record holder David Fagan, that won awards in England, Ireland and Wales.He says dairy and beef has pushed sheep out of Northland and most shearing work now takes place on lifestyle blocks. “In the early 60s there were 40 to 50 contractors in Northland. Now there’s only one or two. “Between 1968 and 1974, my gang was shearing 500,000 sheep a year. Now there wouldn’t be 5000 in the same area. There’s more shearers in places like Gisborne, Hawkes Bay and the King Country.”Neil says what he likes about shearing is the camaraderie.

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