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Maleny Agricultural Show 2010
Alexia Purcell 28th April 2010
The 73rd Maleny Agricultural Show will be held on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 May, 2010.
FROM woodchopping events to Sideshow Alley, showjumping and ute musters, the 2010 Maleny Agricultural Show will have something for everyone when it is held in Maleny in the Sunshine Coast hinterland on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 May from 8am.
For 73 years, the annual Maleny Agricultural Show has been drawing crowds from far and wide with its variety of pavilion displays, events, competitions, stalls, animals, produce and music.
This year is no different. This year's show is jam packed with events such as the gumboot ironman and Battle of the Bands, competitions including woodchop, whip cracking and Miss Show Girl, displays of tapestry, photography and floral art, animal parades and much, much more.
Program
Friday
- Fireworks
- Poultry
- Aussie living history
- Battle of the Bands
- Puppets/clowns
- Sideshow Alley rides
- Animal nursery
- Alpacas
- Horses
- Show jumping
- Dairy cattle
- Beef cattle
- Pavilion displays: cut flowers, floral art, cookery, needlework, quilting, handicraft, woodworking, photography, tapestry and farm produce.
- Historical displays
- Vintage cars
- Speedway vehicles
- Farming equipment
- Pumps and engines
- Motorcycles
Saturday
- Woodchop
- Gumboot Ironman
- Whip boxing
- Ute muster
- Bush poets - morning
- Whip cracking competition - afternoon
- Rodeo - night
- Aussie living history
- Battle of the Bands
- Puppets/clowns
- Sideshow Alley rides
- Animal nursery
- Alpacas
- Horses
- Show jumping
- Dairy cattle
- Beef cattle
- Pavilion displays: cut flowers, floral art, cookery, needlework, quilting, handicraft, woodworking, photography, tapestry and farm produce.
- Historical displays
- Vintage cars
- Speedway vehicles
- Farming equipment
- Pumps and engines
- Motorcycles
Available details on events and competitions are as follows:
Competition classes include handler's and general classes and junior judge competition.
Friday 21 May
- Entries close
Friday 28 May
- Handler's classes commences at 12pm.
- Junior judges competition commences at approximately 2pm.
- Grand parade at approximately 2.30pm.
Saturday 29 May
- General classes commence at 9am.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show beef cattle program.
Competition classes include cookery and cake decoration.
Thursday 27 May
- Entries accepted from 8am to 10.30am.
- Judging begins at 11am (only judges and stewards permitted in the hall during this time).
Friday 28 May
- Pavilion display.
Saturday 29 May
- Pavilion display.
Sunday 30 May
- Entry collection from 9.30am to 11.30am.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show cookery and cake decorating program.
Competition classes include camellia, roses and miscellaneous.
Wednesday 26 May
- Entries accepted from 2pm to 4pm.
Thursday 27 May
- Entries accepted from 8am to 10am.
- Judging begins at 11am (only judges and stewards permitted in the hall during this time).
Friday 28 May
- Pavilion display.
Saturday 29 May
- Pavilion display.
Sunday 30 May
- Entry collection from 9.30am to 11.30am.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show cut flowers program.
Thursday 27 May
- Ground milking competition.
Friday 28 May
- Judging of breeds commences at 9am.
- Young Parader's competition after the grand parade.
Saturday 29 May
- Best school and hobby exhibit commences at 9am.
- Presentation ground milking awards.
- Interbreed classes.
- Young judges competition.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show dairy cattle program.
Competition classes include fruit and vegetable produce, eggs, honey and nuts.
Wednesday 26 May
- Entries accepted from 3pm to 4pm.
Thursday 27 May
- Entries accepted from 7.30am to 10.30am.
- Judging begins at 11am.
Friday 28 May
- Pavilion display.
Saturday 29 May
- Pavilion display.
Sunday 30 May
- Entry collection from 9.30am to 11.30am.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show farm produce program.
Competition classes include pot plants (orchids and miscellaneous) and floral art.
Wednesday 26 May
- Entries accepted from 2pm to 4pm (for both classes)
Thursday 27 May
- Entries accepted from 8am to 10am (floral art only).
- Entries accepted at 10am sharp (pot plants only).
- Judging begins at 11am (only judges and stewards permitted in the hall during this time).
Friday 28 May
- Pavilion display.
Saturday 29 May
- Pavilion display.
Sunday 30 May
- Entry collection from 9.30am to 11.30am.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show floral art program.
Competition classes include wool, leather work, pottery, ceramics, hand painted on china, porcelain and miscellaneous.
Wednesday 26 May
- Entries accepted from 12pm to 4pm.
Thursday 27 May
- Judging begins at 11am (only judges and stewards permitted in the hall during this time).
Friday 28 May
- Pavilion display.
Saturday 29 May
- Pavilion display.
Sunday 29 May
- Entry collection from 9.30am to 11.30am.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show handicrafts program.
Competition classes include breed, performance, novelties, showjumping and local, district and novice hacks.
Friday 28 May morning
- Showjumping commences at 8am.
- Judging in breed ring commences at 8.30am sharp.
- Ring one: inaugural show hunter feature including show hunter ponies, show hunter galloways and sho hunter hacks.
- Ring two: paint horses, quarter horses, colourama horses and AQHA "B" class/HSAA performance class (open to all breeds).
- Ring three: warmbloods, thoroughbreds, ansa and Australian stock horses.
- Ring four: palominos, buckskin/dun, pure bred Arabians, Arabian derivatives, Arabian under saddle class, standard breeds and heavy horses.
- Ring five: welsh mountain pony, shetland pony, Australian stud ponies, Australian saddle ponies, Australian riding ponies,
Friday 28 May afternoon
- Ring two: pony hacks.
- Ring three: galloway hacks and novelties.
Saturday 29 May
- Showjumping commences at 8am.
- Ring events commence at 8.30am sharp.
- Ring one: galloways.
- Ring two: pony hacks, junior rider classes and large pony hacks.
- Ring three: harness.
- Ring four: miniature ponies.
For more information see the Maleny Agricultural Show horse program.
Natural fibres creations
Competition classes include senior school, adult outfit, creative outfit, calico capers adult outfit and kids self made active wear, costume party and showtime.
Friday 21 May
- Entries close at 10am.
Thursday 27 May
- Judging commences at 6pm.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show natural fibres program.
Competition classes include hand embroidery, crochet, hand knitting, miscellaneous and 70 years and over.
Wednesday 26 May
- Entries close at 4pm.
Thursday 27 May
- Judging begins at 11am (only judges and stewards permitted in the hall during this time).
Friday 28 May
- Pavilion display.
Saturday 29 May
- Pavilion display.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show sewing program.
Competition classes include junior print, action/sport, animal, architecture, candid/humour, nature, people, photojournalism, travel/holiday, black and white print and photo illustration.
Thursday 20 May
- Entries close at 5pm.
Friday 28 May
- Pavilion display.
Saturday 29 May
- Pavilion display.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show photography program.
Competition classes include soft feather breeds, hard feather standard, soft and hard feather bantams and breeding pair.
Friday 21 May
- Entries close at 5pm.
Friday 28 May
- Birds can be delivered to the poultry shed from 6am.
- Birds must be caged by 8am.
- Judging commences at 9am.
- Birds can be claimed at 4.30pm.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show poultry program.
Competition classes include any article of patchwork and quilting.
Wednesday 26 May
- Entries close at 4pm.
Thursday 27 May
- Judging begins at 11am (only judges and stewards permitted in the hall during this time).
Friday 28 May
- Pavilion display.
Saturday 29 May
- Pavilion display.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show quilting program.
Sweets and preserves
Competition classes include jams, jellies, marmalades, miscellaneous and sweets.
Thursday 27 May
- Entries close at 10am.
- Judging commences at 11am sharp (only judges and stewards permitted in the hall during this time).
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show sweets and preserves program.
Competition classes include any article of tapestry and the over 70s section.
Wednesday 26 May
- Entries close at 4pm.
Thursday 27 May
- Judging begins at 11am (only judges and stewards permitted in the hall during this time).
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show tapestry program.
Competition classes include standing handicap, tree felling, underhand, combination, peg and raker and tooth handicap.
Friday 28 May night
- Woodchop display and teams challenge.
Saturday 29 May
- Woodchop competition.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show woodchop program.
Competition classes include woodturning, clocks, wood carving, wood crafted boxes, restored article and novelty class.
Wednesday 26 May
- Entries close 4pm.
Thursday 27 May
- Judging begins at 11am (only judges and stewards permitted in the hall during this time).
Friday 28 May
- Pavilion display.
Saturday 29 May
- Pavilion display.
Sunday 29 May
- Entry collection from 9.30am to 11.30am.
For full details see the Maleny Agricultural Show woodwork program.
Details...
What: The Maleny Agricultural Show.
When: Friday 28 and Saturday 29 May, 2010 from 8am.
Where: Maleny Showgrounds, Maleny Stanley River Road, Maleny.
Cost: free to Maleny Show Society members. For non-members $12 for adults (membership $18); $25 for a family of two adults and three children under 15 years of age (membership $35); pensioner $8 (membership $15); high school student $8 (on presentation of student ID or pass) and primary school student $3.
More information: contact the Maleny Show Society office on (07) 5494 2008.
Information sourced from the Maleny Show Society website. For more details visit the website or contact the Maleny Show Society office on (07) 5494 2008.
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