Updates.......
Prize schedules are availble from the Show Secretary, Sheila Quinn, on 052 6121413 or 086 1960039.
These schedules have the details for all the horses, ponies, cattle, sheep, poultry, dogs, art, crafts and horticultural classes together with the relevant entry forms. They are also available here on our web site.
Remember the best dressed lady competions and our gate prizes, and don't forget to enter your Veg / Flowers and Arts & Crafts..... there is something for every member of the family, no matter what age.
Entries for animal classes will be closing on Thursday 22nd of June.
Entertainment at the show includes Richie Hayes who in 2012 entered hit TV Show “The Voice of Ireland” where he was runner up and since then he has become a household name all over Ireland. He might even perform his debut single “One Voice” . We have a medieval village, archery and falconry as well as the much loved Donkey Derby, and an out of this world aeronatical display.
Riche Hayes LIVE
at Clonmel Show..... Come and see the VOICE OF IRELAND runner up put 'on a show' at the show...
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Competitons on Show Day
1. Best Dressed Lady 2. Bonny Baby Competition 3. Gate Competition All entries are taken on the day |
Other reasons to come to Clonmel Show 2012
Shopping live music Vintage Car Display Children's Amusements Pony Rides Airoplane display Pets Corner Dog and Pet Show Bouncing Slide Children's Fun Games Donkey Derby Dog Agility Tug of War Garden display Falconry Medieval Village |
Clonmel Show ’12 – All Set for a Great Family Day out
For that special family day out, visit the Clonmel Show on Sunday next, the 1st of July, at Clonmel Racecourse. Forget the recession blues and enjoy the craic for the day. Meet the neighbours, see the horses and livestock, smell the flowers, buy local produce from the Farmers’ Market stalls and enjoy the Donkey Derby. A packed programme of events, some old and some new has been planned. The 2012 Show will build on previous years’ successful formulae, with some changes in format and layout, some interesting new features, together with many of the old favourites. This will be a very special family day out “where town meets country” in the lovely Powerstown Park. The show commences with the horse classes at 9.0am and the general activities getting under way at 12 noon
NEW ATTRACTIONS
Richie Hayes, of Voice of Ireland, fame will provide his special brand of live entertainment mid afternoon at the Show. He will be accompanied by his lovely new backing group and they will perform his chart topping single “One Voice” and some songs from his new album which will be released in September.
Kevin O’Donnell will be presenting a very special “Grow Your Own” gardening exhibition in which he plans to explode the myth that gardening is difficult. He will demonstrate what can be grown in a limited space and how to maximise that space to provide fresh vegetables and flowers in our own patches.
South Tipperary Bee Keepers Association will have a glass hive on display to show how honey bees operate in their hives as they busily produce honey from the nectar that they collect from flowers. Few people, not associated with bees, relealise the huge role that bees play in the pollination of plants worldwide.
The Road Safety Authority will be attending this year with their Shuttle and Roll Over live demonstration of the need to wear safety belts. This is an intriguing yet frightening example of what seat belts can do for you. They will have personnel on hand to answer peoples’ queries on road safety, driving, pedestrian safety etc.
There will be new class this year for ridden Retired Race-Horses. This class will be quite an attraction for patrons who can see some of their favourite race horses in the show ring as they enjoy their retirement from racing. Prize winners in this class will qualify for the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Racehorse to Riding Horse 2012 Final at the Trim Show in September.
A Mediaeval Village and Mock battles in period costumes will be featured at the show. This spectacle should be of huge interest to young and old alike
Banna Cluain Meala make a welcome return to Clonmel Show. They will perform their wonderful routine in front the Club Stand around noon . In recent years they have been unable to attend our show as they were performing abroad in European competitions, where they have been very successful.
“Little Hooks” will present a display of their miniature horses. Rides will be available on these unique equines during the afternoon.
A live thatching demonstration will be given by master Thatcher Paddy Dolan. Clonmel Show has been featuring demonstrations of old crafts over the past few years and patrons have shown great interest in them. The Channon brothers will give a display of horse shoeing using the traditional “hot coal” shoeing method.
Returning this Year
.
The Munster inter club Tug-o-War championships will be staged again this year at Clonmel Show featuring finals in the lightweight, middleweights, over 640 kilos and ladies teams events.
These championships will go on all day with the grand finale of the 640 kilos at 4.30pm
€500 Most Appropriately Dressed Lady Competition. Six ladies will be chosen to contest the final of the most appropriately dressed lady competition. The finalists will be chosen as the ladies attired in clothes that best reflect the occasion and the weather. The winner will then be chosen by public ballot, and all the finalists will receive a cash prize.
A Bonnie Baby contest for the bonniest baby under one year of age will also be staged and judged during the afternoon
This year the Donkey Derby will have modified starting stalls in line with health and safety for the riders and their asses. Riders will wear helmets for the first time. Expect a few surprise riders to appear on the day
Rare breeds of sheep and cattle will be on display in special classes organised for them.
Poultry and egg classes returned two years ago to Clonmel Show after an absence of over thirty years and have proved very popular and interesting.
Again this year there will be GIY and Organic classes in the horticultural section of the show for the new “grow your own” gardeners
A display of Birds of Prey will be presented together with some working demonstrations
A Display of Vintage cars and tractors will be featured again this year. This was an interesting display last year with the proud owners only too willing to tell people about their own vintage models
Recent Additions
This year the show will feature a Farmers’ Market, with many of the stalls holders that attend the various local markets weekly setting up their stalls at Clonmel Show. They will be drawn from a wide area and many will be selling for the first time in the Clonmel area. The full range of products, all grown or produced locally, will be on display and their producers will be on hand to make a sale or offer their own homespun advice. Coolmore Stud continues their generous sponsorship of their All Ireland Thoroughbred Broodmare Championship. This Class is for T.B. broodmares likely to produce a high-class racehorse. It will be judged on conformation alone at 2.00 pm. There will also be classes for the best colt and filly foals, which are the progeny of these mares. These classes usually attract some of the finest Thoroughbred Brood mares with National Hunt pedigrees in Ireland Miniature Horses classes will be judged in the main ring. Seven classes are listed and will be judged from 3.15pm onwards in front of the Grand Stand. In the past these horses have proved to be a unique spectacle An attraction that is always interesting and stimulating is the question and answer “clinic” during the Pet show about pets and their problems, hosted by a number of local vets.
An Aeronautical Display involving two single-engine aircraft will take place over the show at 4.0pm This was a huge attraction last year with only one plane. The participating planes will land near the show after their display so that people can have a close up look at them.
Features
Another attraction that is sure to create a lot of interest will be the qualifiers for the Puppy Parlour Munster Dog Handling Championships. There will be two classes, one for toy or miniature dogs to be handled by a child under 16 years of age, and another class for a large dog of any breed to be handled by an adult. These classes will be judged before the Pet show at 2.30pm. Entries will be taken on the day. These classes are really for non pedigree dogs!
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
The Dog Agility classes will again be featured this year, when many All Ireland championship finals will be decided. These classes will see a variety of trained agility dogs of all sizes and shapes, competing accompanied by their handlers. These handlers must help their animals negotiate see-saws and hurdles, cross dog walks, weave through bending poles and run blind through darkened tunnels, all against the clock. These tests will commence at 9.0am and continue throughout the day. Dogs performing these skills are often featured on television during the world famous annual Crufts’ Dog show in London.
The Food Marquee hosts a display of quality foods produced in the Tipperary area, including both established brands and new products. Show patrons will have the opportunity to sample a range of culinary delights at many of these stands.
The Adult Art competition will be judged before lunch and open to the public from 2.00pm onwards. This year will also feature a qualifier class for amateur artists to an All Ireland Final in Virginia on 22nd August
Sheep dog trials will be staged once again this year, commencing at 10.00am and featuring open singles and doubles. Clonmel Show is almost unique in hosting a doubles event; whereby a pair of sheepdogs work together to round up and drive sheep through sets of obstacles into a pen, as seen on the popular BBC programme "One Man and His Dog.”
Abbott-Vascular and Enfer will sponsor the Children’s’ Programme. Every year the children’s’ corner is an oasis for parents – a place for parents to sit and chat with other parents and friends, as their offspring enjoy lambs, calves, bonhams(piglets), kittens, puppies, ducks, hens and ponies. Children will have the chance to hug and hold all these lovely animals. There will be carnival amusements, bouncy castles, face painting, practical art and crafts. Pony and Trap rides will be available for the smaller children from 2.00pm to 4.30pm. All activities in the Childrens’ Corner are free of charge.
The Pet Show will be judged on the Green between the Club and Old Stands, at 3.00pm, with prizes for every competing child and their pet. There will be special prizes for the best, the smallest, the best mannered, the most unique and the oddest pets. The Muiris Dromey Memorial perpetual cup will be awarded to the best pet in the show. The pet show was the brainchild of Muiris, who started this major attraction more than 25 years ago and encouraged its development in the intervening years. Children and their pets are entitled to free entry to the show-grounds; entries for the pet show will be taken at the Green at 2.30pm. An entry fee of €1 per pet is charged for the Pet Show. There will be a question and answer session about pets and their problems, hosted by a number of local vets after the Pet Show
At 4.45pm the Star Fuels sponsored Personality Donkey Derby will be run off, in two heats and a grand final, over the infamous "Aintree Derby Course!" Again this year the donkeys and riders will start from starting stalls. There is still huge amount of media interest in this unique donkey derby start. Nowhere else in the world do donkeys start a derby from starting stalls! These stalls should lead to a more even break and a fairer start to this year’s hilarious donkey derby. Riders will bravely attempt to stay on board their asses and complete the course. The winning rider will be invited to join the very exclusive "Clonmel Show Sore Asses Club,” of which most previous donkey derby riders have been members, for a few days at least!
This will be the 34th anniversary of the first running of the donkey derby. Special thanks are due to Eddie O’Gorman and his family for their involvement over all those years. The list of riders who participated over the years reads like a whose-who of local & national politics, sport and television, not to mention the occasional Rose of Tralee and Miss Ireland! Rumours are suggesting that some recently elected County Councillors will ride in this year’s derby and a previous winner may return to defend her title
A large display of new cars and 4 x 4s will form part of an expanding trade stands area. There will be a broad selection of companies displaying their wares, with everything from garden essentials to local crafts, new tractors to flavoured milks. The agricultural machinery section in particular promises to be bigger and better than ever. Many of the local car dealers will be showing their new models, likewise the farm machinery manufacturers, all hoping to make a sale!
REGULAR FEATURES
No show would be complete without the horses and ponies, show jumping, cattle and sheep, home baking and preserves, flowers, vegetables and decorative classes, horticultural photography and art classes. In excess of €45,000 worth of prizes will be keenly competed for in over 200 different classes, championships and national qualifiers.
Good Enuf2 Eat will have a marqee in the centre of the show-grounds where they will be serving lunch or snacks.
Excellent Choice Caters will provide afternoon tea and snacks to replenish thirsty show visitors in their restaurant / bar at the top of the Club Stand
For that special family day out, visit the Clonmel Show on Sunday next, the 1st of July, at Clonmel Racecourse. Forget the recession blues and enjoy the craic for the day. Meet the neighbours, see the horses and livestock, smell the flowers, buy local produce from the Farmers’ Market stalls and enjoy the Donkey Derby. A packed programme of events, some old and some new has been planned. The 2012 Show will build on previous years’ successful formulae, with some changes in format and layout, some interesting new features, together with many of the old favourites. This will be a very special family day out “where town meets country” in the lovely Powerstown Park. The show commences with the horse classes at 9.0am and the general activities getting under way at 12 noon
NEW ATTRACTIONS
Richie Hayes, of Voice of Ireland, fame will provide his special brand of live entertainment mid afternoon at the Show. He will be accompanied by his lovely new backing group and they will perform his chart topping single “One Voice” and some songs from his new album which will be released in September.
Kevin O’Donnell will be presenting a very special “Grow Your Own” gardening exhibition in which he plans to explode the myth that gardening is difficult. He will demonstrate what can be grown in a limited space and how to maximise that space to provide fresh vegetables and flowers in our own patches.
South Tipperary Bee Keepers Association will have a glass hive on display to show how honey bees operate in their hives as they busily produce honey from the nectar that they collect from flowers. Few people, not associated with bees, relealise the huge role that bees play in the pollination of plants worldwide.
The Road Safety Authority will be attending this year with their Shuttle and Roll Over live demonstration of the need to wear safety belts. This is an intriguing yet frightening example of what seat belts can do for you. They will have personnel on hand to answer peoples’ queries on road safety, driving, pedestrian safety etc.
There will be new class this year for ridden Retired Race-Horses. This class will be quite an attraction for patrons who can see some of their favourite race horses in the show ring as they enjoy their retirement from racing. Prize winners in this class will qualify for the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Racehorse to Riding Horse 2012 Final at the Trim Show in September.
A Mediaeval Village and Mock battles in period costumes will be featured at the show. This spectacle should be of huge interest to young and old alike
Banna Cluain Meala make a welcome return to Clonmel Show. They will perform their wonderful routine in front the Club Stand around noon . In recent years they have been unable to attend our show as they were performing abroad in European competitions, where they have been very successful.
“Little Hooks” will present a display of their miniature horses. Rides will be available on these unique equines during the afternoon.
A live thatching demonstration will be given by master Thatcher Paddy Dolan. Clonmel Show has been featuring demonstrations of old crafts over the past few years and patrons have shown great interest in them. The Channon brothers will give a display of horse shoeing using the traditional “hot coal” shoeing method.
Returning this Year
.
The Munster inter club Tug-o-War championships will be staged again this year at Clonmel Show featuring finals in the lightweight, middleweights, over 640 kilos and ladies teams events.
These championships will go on all day with the grand finale of the 640 kilos at 4.30pm
€500 Most Appropriately Dressed Lady Competition. Six ladies will be chosen to contest the final of the most appropriately dressed lady competition. The finalists will be chosen as the ladies attired in clothes that best reflect the occasion and the weather. The winner will then be chosen by public ballot, and all the finalists will receive a cash prize.
A Bonnie Baby contest for the bonniest baby under one year of age will also be staged and judged during the afternoon
This year the Donkey Derby will have modified starting stalls in line with health and safety for the riders and their asses. Riders will wear helmets for the first time. Expect a few surprise riders to appear on the day
Rare breeds of sheep and cattle will be on display in special classes organised for them.
Poultry and egg classes returned two years ago to Clonmel Show after an absence of over thirty years and have proved very popular and interesting.
Again this year there will be GIY and Organic classes in the horticultural section of the show for the new “grow your own” gardeners
A display of Birds of Prey will be presented together with some working demonstrations
A Display of Vintage cars and tractors will be featured again this year. This was an interesting display last year with the proud owners only too willing to tell people about their own vintage models
Recent Additions
This year the show will feature a Farmers’ Market, with many of the stalls holders that attend the various local markets weekly setting up their stalls at Clonmel Show. They will be drawn from a wide area and many will be selling for the first time in the Clonmel area. The full range of products, all grown or produced locally, will be on display and their producers will be on hand to make a sale or offer their own homespun advice. Coolmore Stud continues their generous sponsorship of their All Ireland Thoroughbred Broodmare Championship. This Class is for T.B. broodmares likely to produce a high-class racehorse. It will be judged on conformation alone at 2.00 pm. There will also be classes for the best colt and filly foals, which are the progeny of these mares. These classes usually attract some of the finest Thoroughbred Brood mares with National Hunt pedigrees in Ireland Miniature Horses classes will be judged in the main ring. Seven classes are listed and will be judged from 3.15pm onwards in front of the Grand Stand. In the past these horses have proved to be a unique spectacle An attraction that is always interesting and stimulating is the question and answer “clinic” during the Pet show about pets and their problems, hosted by a number of local vets.
An Aeronautical Display involving two single-engine aircraft will take place over the show at 4.0pm This was a huge attraction last year with only one plane. The participating planes will land near the show after their display so that people can have a close up look at them.
Features
Another attraction that is sure to create a lot of interest will be the qualifiers for the Puppy Parlour Munster Dog Handling Championships. There will be two classes, one for toy or miniature dogs to be handled by a child under 16 years of age, and another class for a large dog of any breed to be handled by an adult. These classes will be judged before the Pet show at 2.30pm. Entries will be taken on the day. These classes are really for non pedigree dogs!
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
The Dog Agility classes will again be featured this year, when many All Ireland championship finals will be decided. These classes will see a variety of trained agility dogs of all sizes and shapes, competing accompanied by their handlers. These handlers must help their animals negotiate see-saws and hurdles, cross dog walks, weave through bending poles and run blind through darkened tunnels, all against the clock. These tests will commence at 9.0am and continue throughout the day. Dogs performing these skills are often featured on television during the world famous annual Crufts’ Dog show in London.
The Food Marquee hosts a display of quality foods produced in the Tipperary area, including both established brands and new products. Show patrons will have the opportunity to sample a range of culinary delights at many of these stands.
The Adult Art competition will be judged before lunch and open to the public from 2.00pm onwards. This year will also feature a qualifier class for amateur artists to an All Ireland Final in Virginia on 22nd August
Sheep dog trials will be staged once again this year, commencing at 10.00am and featuring open singles and doubles. Clonmel Show is almost unique in hosting a doubles event; whereby a pair of sheepdogs work together to round up and drive sheep through sets of obstacles into a pen, as seen on the popular BBC programme "One Man and His Dog.”
Abbott-Vascular and Enfer will sponsor the Children’s’ Programme. Every year the children’s’ corner is an oasis for parents – a place for parents to sit and chat with other parents and friends, as their offspring enjoy lambs, calves, bonhams(piglets), kittens, puppies, ducks, hens and ponies. Children will have the chance to hug and hold all these lovely animals. There will be carnival amusements, bouncy castles, face painting, practical art and crafts. Pony and Trap rides will be available for the smaller children from 2.00pm to 4.30pm. All activities in the Childrens’ Corner are free of charge.
The Pet Show will be judged on the Green between the Club and Old Stands, at 3.00pm, with prizes for every competing child and their pet. There will be special prizes for the best, the smallest, the best mannered, the most unique and the oddest pets. The Muiris Dromey Memorial perpetual cup will be awarded to the best pet in the show. The pet show was the brainchild of Muiris, who started this major attraction more than 25 years ago and encouraged its development in the intervening years. Children and their pets are entitled to free entry to the show-grounds; entries for the pet show will be taken at the Green at 2.30pm. An entry fee of €1 per pet is charged for the Pet Show. There will be a question and answer session about pets and their problems, hosted by a number of local vets after the Pet Show
At 4.45pm the Star Fuels sponsored Personality Donkey Derby will be run off, in two heats and a grand final, over the infamous "Aintree Derby Course!" Again this year the donkeys and riders will start from starting stalls. There is still huge amount of media interest in this unique donkey derby start. Nowhere else in the world do donkeys start a derby from starting stalls! These stalls should lead to a more even break and a fairer start to this year’s hilarious donkey derby. Riders will bravely attempt to stay on board their asses and complete the course. The winning rider will be invited to join the very exclusive "Clonmel Show Sore Asses Club,” of which most previous donkey derby riders have been members, for a few days at least!
This will be the 34th anniversary of the first running of the donkey derby. Special thanks are due to Eddie O’Gorman and his family for their involvement over all those years. The list of riders who participated over the years reads like a whose-who of local & national politics, sport and television, not to mention the occasional Rose of Tralee and Miss Ireland! Rumours are suggesting that some recently elected County Councillors will ride in this year’s derby and a previous winner may return to defend her title
A large display of new cars and 4 x 4s will form part of an expanding trade stands area. There will be a broad selection of companies displaying their wares, with everything from garden essentials to local crafts, new tractors to flavoured milks. The agricultural machinery section in particular promises to be bigger and better than ever. Many of the local car dealers will be showing their new models, likewise the farm machinery manufacturers, all hoping to make a sale!
REGULAR FEATURES
No show would be complete without the horses and ponies, show jumping, cattle and sheep, home baking and preserves, flowers, vegetables and decorative classes, horticultural photography and art classes. In excess of €45,000 worth of prizes will be keenly competed for in over 200 different classes, championships and national qualifiers.
Good Enuf2 Eat will have a marqee in the centre of the show-grounds where they will be serving lunch or snacks.
Excellent Choice Caters will provide afternoon tea and snacks to replenish thirsty show visitors in their restaurant / bar at the top of the Club Stand
