SHOW NEWS
In 2010
The Show will be on Saturday 17th July in 2010.
Put that date in your diary now!
Application forms are now available for 2010 for Sponsorship, Craft Tent Space and Trade Stands. Follow the links opposite.
Some information from the Show in 2009 will continue to be displayed until it can be brought up to date progressively in 2010.
New for 2010
We made modest use in 2009 of a Google facility so that information could be made availabe in a timely fashion by a greater number of the people involved in the organisation of the Show. We will continue to experiment with that facility as we move into 2010. Navigation options on the right & below now take you to pages in that facility.
Show Field Layout
To see how the Show field will be laid out click here.
Half Marathon & Fun Run
To find out about the Yorkshire Wolds Half Marathon & Fun Run click here.
Show Programme
Details for 2010 will be available in the New Year. If you have any queries or comments about the Show 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.
There was a South African connection with the first Show which is explained in an article on the Local History site.
