Three Counties Show15th - 17th Jun 2012 29 days to go! Buy Tickets

Exhibit


Exhibit and compete at the region’s largest agricultural show. Whether you are a breeder or an equine competitor, our facilities, staff knowledge and capabilities will ensure you have the service you deserve and a platform to showcase the best of the best.

Livestock

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Closing dates for entries  
Cattle/Calf Stall Reservations 10th April
Sheep, Wool, Pigs, Dairy Goats, Pygmy Goats 10th April
Beef 8th May
Dairy/Dual Purpose 22nd May
Commercial Cattle 8th May
Angora Goat Pen Reservations 10th April
Angora Goat Exhibits 22nd May

To request an entry form please email and state the type you require

Contact the Livestock team via email or call 01684 584901


Equine

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N.B All exhibitors taking part in a HOYS qualifier must fill out the HOYS Qualifier Entry Form  if not already registered with HOYS 

Notes/Changes and amends
Please note the following changes to the schedule

  • H48 Amateur Owner/Amateur Riders, Mare or gelding, 4 years old and over, exceeding 148cms. Open to horses owned and ridden by an amateur as defined by the British Show Horse Association (Rule 7). The rider need not be the owner of the horse. 
  • The Judge for the Welsh Section B should read Mrs S McInnes Skinner, Deopham, Norfolk. (ERNFORD)

All entries in the Veteran Horse classes have to registered with the Veteran Horse Society. These classes are a Regional qualifier and not an Area qualifier.

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Fast, convenient and hassle free!

Closing date for all entries
By Post: 24th April
Online : 8th May

To request an entry form please email

Contact the Equine team via email or call 01684 584901


Poultry Schedule

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Download the entry form

Contact the Poultry team via email or call 01684 584901


Sheep Shearing

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Download the entry form

Contact: 01684 584904 or email


Bees & Honey

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Contact: 01684 584907 or email
 

Farriery and Smithing and Wrought Ironwork

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Contact: 01684 584932 or email


Cheese and Dairy Produce

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Download the entry form

Contact: 01684 584904 or email


Husqvarna European Pole Climbing Championships

Download the competition guidelines

Download the entry form

Contact: Email or call 01684 584932

 

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Entertainment


Main Arena

Exciting must see entertainment and displays including the impressive Grand Parade of Livestock each day.

Country Pursuits Village

This is one of the most popular areas of the show with a full timetable of country displays such as falconry, gun dogs and more.

Forestry Area

You won't miss this area with two 25m high poles with daring pole climbing competitions. Plus plenty of modern forestry displays including chainsaws, noise and information.

Emergency Services Village

The emergency services join together and create demonstrations and workshops to try and promote safety within the community. See the Police, Ambulance and Fire Service re-create situations in an educational and informative way.

Medieval Village

A great area for children to experience what life was like seven hundreds of years ago. See knights in shining armour, medieval archers, craftsmen, a gory surgeon and cooks. There will be a medieval tournament each day to enjoy.

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Admission & Tickets


Book online or call 01684 584924

Ticket Type

In Advance

On the Gate

Details
Adult £17.00 £20.00  
Children (5-15yrs) £5.95 £7.00 Kids go FREE on Saturday 16th!
Family (2 Adults & 3 Children) £39.95 £47.00 Not available on Saturday 16th 
Groups 8+ £14.45 N/A In advance only
Senior Citizen (65+) £15.30 £18.00  


Kids go FREE on Saturday 16th June!
We recommend that children, aged 12 and under, are accompanied by a responsible adult.

Advanced booking fee £1.50  
Show opening times 7am-6pm
FREE Car parking
4yrs and under go FREE

Disabled Ticketing Policy

The Three Counties Agricultural Society does not wish to discriminate against visitors with disabilities, so the full admission rate will be charged.

However, if a visitor has a full-time carer or attendant, a free ticket is available for them at the time of purchasing a standard price visitor ticket. This concession is only available by applying in advance, with supporting documentation to:

The Ticket Office
Three Counties Agricultural Society
The Showground
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR13 6NW

Book online or call 01684 584924

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Farming Village


This is the place to be at the Three Counties Show. The best of Britain's livestock will be there in all their splendour ready to compete of the whole show. So come along and watch some amazing farm animals

National Breed Society Shows

The Three Counties Show are proud to host the following national breed shows: Longhorn, South Devon, British White, Dexter Cattle, British Blonde, Gloucesters, Murray Grey and Ryeland Sheep, English National Beltex Show, Zwartbles, Portland Sheep. As well as the National Angora Goat Society Show.

National Rare and Minority Breeds show supported by RBST

Don't miss seeing some of the rarer breeds of livestock on the Sunday only.

Sheep Shearing

Watch the amazing talent of shearers from all over the country and even the world as they show off their amazing speed and skill. The show counts as a qualifying event for the English team so the pressure will be on!

 

Rural Business Support Pavilion

NEW location - Three Counties Centre

An excellent networking opportunity for businesses in the trade. Open to all visitors at the Three Counties Show.

  • Make new contacts to help drive your business forward.
  • Talk to exhibitors about your ideas and get their help to make things happen.
  • Meet in a relaxed environment- there are no sales pressures and plenty going on to interest you.
    Timetable will be available soon.

Including the launch of the NEW 'Real Life Entrepeneurs' competiton in association with the Federation of Small Businesses

Agricultural Equipment

See top of the range farm machinery ranging from Massey Ferguson and New Holland’s to specialist trailers and hurdles. The list is endless.

Young Farmers

The Young Farmers will be running humorous competitions which will guarantee to put a smile on your face.

More information on exhibiting at the show >>

Buy your tickets here » or call 01684 584924

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Food & Drink Hall


A wonderful selection of the finest food producers in the region will be found here with a festival of food to suit all types of taste buds!

HEFF Cookery Theatre

Make sure you stop by the cookery theatre and get tips and demos from the WI cookery school and special guests Marcus Bean and Sophie Grigson.

Cheese and Cider

The  popular Three Counties Cheese and Cider shows will be showcasing some of the finest produce with competitions running throughout the show.

Farmers’ Market

Buzzing with delightful and sumptuous food to take home.

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Equestrian Village


This is a superb horsey world of it's own with competitions going on throughout the whole day. Over 260 competitions including Horse of the Year Show Qualifiers.

Discovery Zone


The Discovery Zone is a hive of activity with FREE activities and workshops for children.

Discovery Trail

Back by popular demand, children can enjoy seeing a range of crafts with hands on activities from butter churning to milking a cow, medieval cooking and other workshops.

For more information email Sue Hodgson Jones

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Catering


The Society continues to support quality food and drink producers, and is stepping up its endeavours to source more local and regional suppliers using mainly British produce, for its catering at Shows and events.

The Three Counties Showground works closely with Brakes, a company which shares the Society’s own passion for supporting British produce, and is taking a leaf out of the Brakes’ book! Malvern has become the first showground in the country to be awarded a Red Tractor license, putting it ahead of the game. The Red Tractor scheme was launched in 2000 and is an independently inspected, nationally agreed standard, which unifies assurance schemes in all the major sections of food production.

Showground’s restaurants

Stockman’s Diner - Traditional roasts and all day breakfasts at reasonable prices. Now a Red Tractor licensed establishment.

Severn Valley Catering’s Food For Thought Café - A large choice ranging from scampi and chips to baguettes, burgers and salads. They use British meat and Red Tractor milk, potatoes and onions when in season. Severn Valley is also working towards making one of its mobile units a ‘Red Tractor’ unit.

Relish - A range of hot and cold meals, salads and soups.

TCAS remains committed to promoting local producers, subsidizing trade stand space for exhibitors, using local firms to supply its catering contractors and providing a platform for highlighting local and British ingredients at its main shows. The long term aim is that visitors and exhibitors eating at the Showground will know that wherever possible, produce is sourced from the UK first.

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Jack's Blog


Welcome to Jack's blog page

Say hello to Jack our new young blogger. Jack will be posting regular blogs on his experience as a young farmer; his thoughts and feelings about the goings on in the farming world and how he gets on being a steward at the Three Counties Show this June (15th - 17th).

About Jack

Jack, aged 14yrs lives near Malvern, Worcestershire and is an enthusiastic young farmer with his very own flock of Suffolk Sheep. Farming has been in Jack's family for generations. His Grandad currently owns one of the oldest Suffolk sheep flocks in England and his dad once trained as a Farm manager. Jack's hope for the future is to grow his flock, produce meat to sell and eat, and most importantly have fun and learn as much as he can about farming and keeping livestock.

Visit Jack's own blogsite

Recent blog


A touch of gardening

14th May

Hi All

What a great weekend. These past few days have been wonderful. It has rained at night but been lovely in the day, great growing conditions.

On Thursday the Malvern Spring Gardening Show started in typical British weather ... rain!! Never mind, people still flocked to the show. BBC Gardeners World were recording their show and on Friday it was shown on BBC2. It really showed off the show well and together with the beautiful sunshine, there was a bumper weekend crowd. The mud had gone and the roads were packed. As I cycled along the road home from school on Friday I had never seen as many buses full of ladies and gentlemen heading back on to the M5. 

On Sunday the mud was no where to be seen and I decided to go to the show. My mum works at the show so I cycled over and met her for lunch.  You probably don't know but I love gardening as well as farming. Any time I go to a garden centre I will buy seeds or plants and start growing and planting. I bought quite a bit at the show and came home and started potting up. It was a nice suprise for Mum when she got home that night!

In farming you need to know about horticulture and agriculture because you need to know what seeds to plant, when to plant and how to do it. I've tried to learn from my relatives and I also read gardening books.

My ewes are looking great and the lambs are growing very well, not long now until they are ready to sell.

I would like to here from you and what you would like to know about.
Speak soon
Jack

http://www.hanleysuffolks.blogspot.com/

Previous blog posts


8th May

Hi All

What a horrible week. I have had exams all week and to make matters worse it has not stopped raining. As a farmer I should not complain about the rain but it is horrible. I know a local farmer who has silage ready to be cut in the next few weeks but the river that runs next to the field has flooded. It needs to stop right now and if we then get some sun, there will be grass everywhere.

In the field where the ewes and lambs live, we use an electric fence which splits the field in half. The lambs get through the fence even though it is electric! This means that they are not with their mothers, so the ewes go to find them and they push through the fence too. The ewes can then get tangled up in the fence and it causes mayhem. So we have now decided to put a new permanent fence up. This will separate the field properly.

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Ewes and a photoshoot!

25th April 2012

On Monday I moved my ewes and lambs back to our field. The local farmer helped me but we had a problem. One of my ewes lay down and would not stand up. Sheep do this sometimes because they get scared of dogs and they do not like running. The farmer had to drive the quad back to the farm to collect the trailer to put the ewe in. Once we managed to move this ewe in the trailer we drove the rest to the pens and sorted them all.

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