THE 66th Ashwater Agricultural Show was presided over by president Trevor Moon and his wife Carole on Saturday.

There was an array of beautifully turned out stock in the cattle and sheep classes with excellent entries this year, while 25 farmers of the future demonstrated their skills in the young handler’s classes.

Family pets including Guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens, and ducks were showcased in the ‘Fur and Feather’ tent while numerous dogs took part in the family fun dog show.

Horse classes commenced bright and early and the morning saw strong competition in the horse, pony and novelty classes, while many children enjoyed taking part in the gymkhana. The horse events were rounded off in the afternoon with show jumping competitions.

The show was officially opened by the president at 1pm, follows by a parade of vintage tractors in the main ring where Trevor Moon awarded the ‘presidents choice award’ to a 1968 Ford 3,000 pre-force restored by and owned by Ryan Gay.

A parade of the South Tetcott Hunt hounds followed. A ‘tossing the sheath’ event was then held, which proved a popular attraction and a good opportunity for many to show off their strength and throwing skills, after which people competed to see who could stay on the ‘bucking bronco’ the longest.

The show was held in conjunction with Ashwater Horticultural Show, where people from across the parish demonstrated their skills in a range of classes, from flower arranging to homemade preserves.

The craft tent was bursting at the seams with a showcase of local products and the various village organisations were represented including the church, the PTA with a cake stand and the community shop showcasing their goods.

The police were also in attendance, giving advice on how to keep belongings and personal property safe.

In the evening everyone let their hair down with the after show party, packed with locals and supporters for a great community get together dancing to ‘Archive’ and disco.

The show committee expressed its thanks to those who sponsored the various classes, the judges, programme advertisers and donors for their support of this year’s show. Thanks were also expressed to the president for carrying out his role admirably and to Clawton Young Farmers for their hard work holding with various activities through out the day.

The chairman, Paul Moon, expressed his thanks to everyone involved, the members of the committee and all those non-members, family and friends who gave up their time to make the show a success.

A spokesperson said: “A very big thank you to everyone who came and supported the show on the day, entered classes and took part in activities! Without the help and support of so many people the show would not be possible.”