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e welcome world class events and attractions to the show each year, including six times FITASC Sporting
World Champion, European Champion and English Open Champion John Bidwell, who will be performing his off-the-hip shooting demonstration, and, new for 2011, Savage Skills, the UK’s leading freestyle mountain bike stunt team, perform their interactive and jaw dropping ‘Ultimate Air Show’ display. They will also be running an experience area where visitors can ‘have a go’ on the bikes.
We also welcome world famous horse behaviourist Richard Maxwell to the main arena, where he will be demonstrating with some of his own horses and ponies with his eleven year old son, William, as well as working on a few problematic horses brought to the show by members of the public. Richard mixes both traditional and alternative methods of horsemanship inspired by Monty Roberts, who he spent time with in the Household Cavalry, to tackle the horse’s issues and strengthen the bond between owner and horse.
Other attractions include: Dock Dogs; Sheep Dog & Duck Displays; the Dog & Ferret arena with Simon Whitehead; West Norfolk Hunt Hound Parade; the hilarious Sheep Show; fishing demonstrations; a forestry arena; and the MBS Mountain Boarding team performing spins and flip tricks over a Land Rover, dropping in off the trailer from a height of 20ft!
We aim to offer something for everyone, with fashion & beauty workshops by John Lewis, Norwich, and plenty of children’s entertainment, including walk on water balls, an animal area, slides, face painting, donkey rides, a carousel and the BeWILDerwood stand, which is new for 2011.
There are over 250 shopping stands with a great selection of products from gunmakers, country clothing, fishing tackle, home wares and jewellery, a craft hall and a mouth watering food hall where you can sample some fantastic local produce. The Game Fair Country Kitchen cookery theatre has a fantastic variety of cookery workshops and demonstrations taking place over the weekend from a great selection of local chefs, including game & rabbit cooking, grow your own vegetables master class with Home Grown Revolution and writer Keith Reeves, plus performances from celebrity chefs Chris Coubrough, Franck Pontais and TV Presenter Alan Coxon.
Get involved and ‘have a go’ at a range of country activities such as clay shooting with John Bidwell’s High Lodge instructors or the forty-
2011 EAST ANGLIAN GAME & COUNTRY FAIR
Te East Anglian Game & Country Fair is an annual, two day, family event held at the Norfolk Showground, Norwich. Tis year’s show will be held on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th April.
bird re-entry shooting competition. There is also the opportunity for fly fishing with the Salmon and Trout Association, ferret racing, archery, mountain boarding, mountain biking and even a free Treasure Trail around the show - just solve the clues to win some great prizes. Take a helicopter pleasure flight over the showground, try the air rifle range, hold an owl or take a ride in a Landrover on the off road 4x4 course.
Norfolk Poultry Club will be attending the show for the first time with their exhibition of purebred poultry, waterfowl & eggs; this will include large fowl and bantams, male and female, including Brahmas, Silkies, Wyandottes, Belgian bantams and various rare breeds. In addition, they will also have club members available to talk to the public about poultry keeping and will run talks on backyard poultry keeping, using birds from the exhibition to demonstrate the different characteristics and requirements.
We welcome dogs on leads and there is plenty for them to do, also! Mid Norfolk Gun Dog Club will be running the Gun Dog Scurry competitions and ‘have a go’ over the weekend. Enter your canine friend into the Dog Agility and Jumping competitions and ‘have a go’ arenas, the Pet Dog Show or even the popular Terrier & Lurcher Show, which take place
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on Sunday at 11am. A dog crèche is also available at the show, run by Samsalin Dog Rescue, so if you need to leave you dog somewhere safe for a couple of hours you can.
Advance discounted admission tickets are available now online at
www.ukgamefair.co.uk or by calling the ticket hotline number 0871 230 1102 (national call rate). Adult £9.50, Children (5- 16 Yrs) £4.00 and Family (2 Adults & 3 Children) £27, (offer valid until 10/04/11) under 5’s are Free and Car Parking is Free for all.
On the Gate Prices: Adult £12.00, Children (5- 16 Yrs) £5.00, Family (2 Adults & 3 Children) £34, Under 5’s are Free and Free Car Parking for all.
A great weekend for the whole family - we look forward to seeing you in April.
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We have 10 FREE admission tickets to give away for The Game & Country Fair 2011. Simply send a self addressed envelope quoting The Game & Country Fair Tickets to:
Fine City Magazine, St Withburgha Road, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2SB.
Or email an entry to:
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