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News | Kent County Show


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Connor Green, James Beeton and Jessica Austen of New Line Learning’s Young Farmers’ Club and fun for this young guest on the carousel Sun shines on the best of Kent


THE Kent County Show – one of the area’s most anticipated events of the summer – has been cleared away for another year. While crashes on the M20 andM2


may have frustrated visitors getting to the opening day of the Kent Show, once inside, it was smiles all round as the sun shone down at Detling. Ahigher number of livestock, rid-


ers and entries in the fruit and flower classes than in recent years ensured the distinctly agricultural feel intended by the organisers. And, with the sun shining, the


cold drinks stands, ice-cream stalls and dog bowls were in demand, with the number through the turn- stiles just up on last year’s 80,000. Show manager Lucy Hegarty


said: “We know that the serious ac- cident on the M20 and a further in- cident on the M2 on Friday meant thatmany visitors decided not to try and make their way to the show. However,we are delighted with the overall attendance, helped by the weather.” Steward John Goode, from Ul- combe, was hired to count cars at the main entrance on the first day and had clocked up a modest 2,700 by midday. Hesaid: “Visitors do get caught in


these accidents and, at points, the flow of vehicles came to a halt, which is unheard of, and the morn-


Competitors line up with their beautifully groomed goats, ready for judging Tracey Tillinghast, from the vine-


ingwas slow.” The former traffic clerk at Lenham Storage managed to find hisway in, but others reported being delayed by over an hour. He added: “Unfor- tunately, in this country, accidents are never cleared quickly enough.” Happy to be inside the show- ground was Skoda representative John Colley, from Beadles Quarry Wooddealership inAylesford. John, from Coxheath, said: “It’s a great place to raise brand awareness and there are lots of happy people here today.”


yard on the Hush Heath Estate at Staplehurst,was also hoping the hot weather would encourage passers- by to taste an ice-cold glass of wine. Hush Heath was among 50 food producers in the new food hall, which received good support from the area, A noticeable 75 security staff were also visible on site, with 42 on the gates helping with in- creased security checks. Downs Mail also met with lady


sheep shearer Jasmine Martin, from Grove Green, who was giving


demonstrations at Hadlow Col- lege’s stand, and Jessica Austin, Connor Green and James Beeton were showing livestock from New Line Learning’s young farmers’ club in Maidstone. Martha Connolly (12), from Maplesden Noakes School, was showingWilma, her Romney sheep, for the Cobtree Young Farmers’ Club in Lock Lane, Sandling; and Valley Park’s young farmers Evaggelia Kargaki (13) and Austen Heneke (12) were helping out with the Maidstone school’s show en- tries, which included guinea pigs, cattle, sheep and pigs. Taking the praise of judges for


Ian and Claire Mason Rennie with their dogs and right, Evaggelia Kargaki and Austen Heneke with the Valley Park School’s guinea pigs


16 Maidstone Weald August 2017


their floral art were JanetWilliams, from Maidstone Flower Club and Patricia White, fromWateringbury, who both earned a highly com- mended award for their “over the sticks” arrangements. The Brian Piper Partnership at


Filmer’s Farm in Salts Lane, Loose, also won a clutch of prizes for cher- ries, with a prized punnet winging its way to The Duke of Kent from The National Cherry and Soft Fruit Show, which is held as part of the county show.


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