Brompton Regis Show 2018

 Stuart presents the newly introduced Mary Stacey Shield to the Best Country Dog winner

65th Brompton Regis Show and Gymkhana

Brompton Regis Show & Gymkhana AGM – Summary

The AGM was held on November 21st with a good turnout.

The Treasurer, Bill Rees, reported on another successful Show with a net surplus of £5243.00 – not far short of the Show’s record – a tribute to the hard work of the whole Show team.

The Chair, Steve Coates, noted that it was Bill’s final set of accounts, and he complimented him on a fantastic job as Show Treasurer and for his past secretarial work as well.

£6,000 had been made available for grants, with the total requested being slightly over this figure. There followed some discussion, with comments from those present and requesting funds, and the committee then voted to award the following grants:

BR Village Shop                  – £1326.00 for new flooring
BR Church                           – £850.00 for churchyard maintenance
BR Village Hall                    – £850.00 for acoustic wall panels
BR Men’s Club                    – £908.00 for repairs to the snooker table and a new PA system
Short Mat Bowls Club        – £638.00 for an electric mat winder
The Millennium Green       – £247.00 for lawnmower fuel and repairs
BR Craft Club                      – £179.00 for materials for kneelers for the church
W.I.                                        – £150.00 for speakers’ costs and minibus hire
Withiel Florey Church        – £850.00 for painting the church

An agreement was made that unclaimed funds would be made available for the following year, although they can be reapplied for.

Appointment of Officers – The following posts were appointed for 2019: 

Steve Coates – Chair                                  Huw Williams – Treasurer                             Ian Nelder – Vice Chair      Su Elsden – Secretary. (David Selley had decided to stand down as one of the Vice Chairs prior to the AGM.)

Show Committee members – The following were confirmed as Show Committee members:

Phil Barnard,    Jack Buckingham,    Ben Cowling,    Matt Headley,    Shirley Julian,    Wendy Kingdom,            Rev Paul Kingdom,    Christine Nelder (Refreshments),    Becky Nelder,    Janet Neves,    Peter Page,           Charlie Phillips,    Jenny Phillips,    Caroline Sullens,    Rev Andrew Thomas,    Sherry Wade,     Kim Williams. (Sylvia had decided to hang up her pinny after many years running the refreshments, and happily Christine Nelder agreed to take on the task).

A brief discussion followed with possible new suggestions for next year’s show.

Su Elsden – Show Secretary

 

Show Secretary’s Report  – What a Corker!

Thank goodness the weather was kind to us this year enabling all events to go ahead, particularly having been hampered by the weather for the past two years.

We had an excellent turnout of visitors to enjoy the show – and again, Sylvia’s superb catering team ably supported by Andrew and Shirley’s skills at the BBQ ensured everyone had something delicious to drink and devour throughout the day.

The Somerset Red Arrows Majorettes entertained us with music and dance after lunch, and it was great to see so many families obviously enjoying themselves. Paul Haslem sporting his pink spotty pinny demonstrated how to ice a cake professionally, Becky Nelder ensured that lots of children proudly strutted around with wonderfully painted faces (having bounced around on the bouncy castle), and Babs Page’s info tent gave lots of useful background to our numerous clubs and societies. The bric-a-brac, book, bottle, WI produce and plant stalls were full of good things. The Auction of Pledges had some great offers and Sherry Wade’s hard work in running the raffle, tombola and golden bucket are sure to have contributed substantially to the show’s income.

There was an excellent line up of vintage tractors, and the coconut shy and slack line provided lots of entertainment!

The Gundog Scurry, so ably run by Charlie and Ros Dawson was an unprecedented success, with 97 entries – compared to last year’s 7! Much of this was down to the enthusiasm of the organisers along with the huge benefit of being able to run it in the adjacent field.

The exhibits tent was brimming with some fantastic floral arrangements and flowers to make those of us struggling with blackspot and aphids, green with envy. The cookery show was yet again very well supported with some very tempting exhibits and the handicraft tent showed what local talent we have! The egg show was again a cracking example of what our feathered friends can produce, and the veg exhibits this year were positively gleaming on their new black table cloths, looking so professional! The childrens’ classes were all well supported which is always good to see, boding well for the future of the show.

Yet again, the dog show was full to brimming with lots of friendly, tail wagging entries, run so smoothly by our resident dog show experts – Rev Paul and Dr Wendy Kingdom with their friendly and very proficient judge Mrs Rosemary Baron.

It was great to see the horse show so well supported and so ably run by Caroline Sullens and her hard working team of judges, stewards and helpers. Notable winners were Nicola Moon on Vixen, scooping up wins in three of the jumping classes and taking home three trophies and the gymkhana classes provided lots of thrills and thankfully very few spills! The showing classes were mostly well supported, with our Brompton Regis bred Exmoor pony Kingsby Fennel and Tamsin Hannah winning two of her classes and Sarah Louise Coates on Toffee going home with a clutch of trophies and rosettes too.

Our newly surfaced entrance proved a real boon ensuring everyone coming into the field was not caked in mud before their day started, and no horseboxes or trailers needed a tow.

A huge thank you goes to everyone who put SO much effort into making it such a good show – before, during and after the day, sadly far too many to mention here, to our numerous sponsors and supporters and to the Courage family for their incredible generosity in allowing us to use their fields, and the Knight family in providing their field for our car park. Without you all, we would have no show.

The committee will see provisional accounts at the 6th September meeting, and then all village organisations will be invited to bid for funds ahead of the AGM on November 21st to which you are all invited.

Su Elsden – Show Secretary

 

 

Historical Photo

1955 Carthorse Racing
1966 Gymkhana
1983 Dog Show
1987 John Vellacott’s Pig for Auction

 

 

 

 

 

 

1998 Sheep Show
2000 Betty and Bob
2011 Steve presenting Mollie Leadbeater Plate
2013 60th Anniversary Celebrations