SHOW NEWS
In 2009
Yes, the Show will be on Saturday 18th July in 2009. Put that date in your diary now!
You can now decide which classes you are going to enter by consulting the Show Schedule.
New for 2009, there will be a Yorkshire Food Festival and a Yorkshire Beer Festival. To read more and find out how you can take part, read this announcement.
Application forms for the Craft Tent and for Trade Stands for 2009 are available.
Also there is a plea for Sponsorship - please give this some thought.
Show Field Layout for 2009
This is a copy of the layout that appears in the Show Schedule on the back page:
Click ...
... here to check which classes you are going to enter on the day
... here to apply for space in the Craft Tent
... here to apply for a Trade Stand
... here to become a Show sponsor and/or to advertise in the Show Programme
... here to leave us your feedback about the Show
... here to find out what is new on this site since you last visited
... here to see a range of trophies that can be won by entering Show classes
or follow the Site Content links opposite
The Half Marathon
The Yorkshire Wolds Half Marathon & Two Mile Fun Run takes place on the same day as the Show, starting at 10.00 am, beginning and ending in the Show Field. Entry forms can downloaded here.
If you have any queries you can make contact via the phone number shown on the entry form.
Show Programme
Details for 2009 are now available.
If you would like to find out how you can receive a printed copy of the complete Show Programme for 2009, through your letterbox (including printed entry forms), get in touch via email.
Affiliations
The Bishop Wilton Show is affiliated to:
| British Show Jumping Association (see the local website here) |
| Ponies Association (UK) |
| Shire Horse Society |
| Dartmoor Pony Society |
It is also a participant in the Press Association Accumulator Competition for Agricultural Horses with Eastrington, Sykehouse and Howden shows.
Press Coverage In 2006
On Sunday 16th July 2006 there was an article by Richard Benson in the Independent that mentioned the Show. If you missed it you can read it here.
Historical Background
It all started in 1897 as the Bishop Wilton Flower Show in a tent erected in the school yard. In the early days it was accompanied by a cricket match, sports, a brass band and an evening dance. By 1907 a competition for mares, foals, cows and pigs had been added.
Find out more about the very first Show on the Local History Site (including a copy of the first Show Programme). Also, the earliest known photograph of the Show, from 1923, can be viewed there.
