Agricultural show season to kick-off

July 31, 2014 at 11:13 am

Last year's Sanday show Champion of the Yard was homebred Suffolk ewe, Killer Queen, pictured with owner Malcolm Lennie of Seaview farm. — Last year’s Sanday show Champion of the Yard was homebred Suffolk ewe, Killer Queen, pictured with owner Malcolm Lennie of Seaview farm.

Tomorrow will see Orkney’s 2014 show season officially begin, with the Sanday Agricultural Show.

Following tomorrow’s proceedings, the East Mainland Show, held in St Andrew’s show yard, will take place on Saturday August 2, with the Shapinsay Show on the Tuesday and the South Ronaldsay & Burray Show, held in St Margaret’s Hope, taking place the following Wednesday

After that it’s the West Mainland’s turn, with the Dounby show taking place on Thursday August 7. The County show, held in Kirkwall’s Bignold park will round off the shows on Saturday, August 9.

For full details, interviews with the show presidents and more read the show previews in today’s The Orcadian.