Cattle

Show Description

Each entry of Cattle in one class Non Members. £6.00 Members £4.50
The first 5 entries per exhibitor are charged as above. All further entries, over and above the first 5 per exhibitor are FREE OF CHARGE.

By entering in any of the sheep classes you are agreeing to adhere by the following rules and regulations.
LIVESTOCK-GENERAL CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS
1. Every exhibit in Livestock classes, except ewe lambs, must be the bona-fide property of the exhibitor for not less than two months previous to and on the day of the Exhibition.
2. All entries must be made on the appropriate forms and submitted to the Secretary, not later than the closing date.
3. Exhibitors who have not paid their entry fees shall not be entitled to compete.
4. Exhibitors are required to provide accurate information regarding their entries on request.
5. No second prize will be given in any class unless three entries or more & no third prize unless 5 entries or more are exhibited. The Society reserve the right to cancel any event for which there are insufficient entries.
6. Neither the Society, nor any of its officers or servants shall in any way be responsible or accountable for anything that may happen (from any cause or circumstance whatsoever) to exhibitors or their servants, or any animals or article exhibited, or property brought into the Show, or otherwise for anything else in connection with or arising out of or attributable to the Society’s Show.
7. All livestock, implements, etc. exhibited and all servants in charge of them, will be subject to the orders and rules of the Management Committee, or the officers appointed by them. Owners of animals exhibited will be held responsible for the behaviour of their servants, and for the consequences of any misconduct of such servants. Each exhibitor will be solely responsible for any consequential or other loss, injury or damage done to, or occasioned by or arising from any animal or article exhibited by him, and for its description as given in the catalogue; and shall indemnify the Society against all legal or other proceedings in regard thereto.
8. Admission tickets will be sent to exhibitors prior to the Show. Attendants cannot obtain free admission to the show unless such a ticket is produced. Two exhibitor passes & one vehicle pass is given for up to fifteen entries and three exhibitor passes and two vehicle passes for sixteen and over entries. These will be posted to you before the show for your sheep/cattle entries.
9. Arrival and general departure of stock. All exhibits of livestock must be on the Showground and penned up by 9.00 a.m. on Monday, 26th August, 2024, except where otherwise stated. All livestock and produce must remain in their places in the Showground until 5.00 p.m. on the evening of August 26th, and as long as the Stewards consider necessary. The carriage of exhibits must in all cases be paid by the exhibitor.
10. Challenge Cups & Trophies to be held for one year.
11. Disease. Every exhibitor of livestock shall forfeit and pay to the Society the sum of £50, for liquidation damages, if any animal which he exhibits is to his knowledge suffering under any contagious or infectious disease, and for such and every animal if more than one.
12. Any animal not under control or considered to be distressed in the opinion of a Steward may be asked to be returned to the trailer or removed from the Showground.
13. Judges have the authority to ask for the removal of any animal from the Show Ring
14. During the judging of stock, no person will be allowed in the Ring except Judges, Stewards and attending Members of the Class being judged.
15. The Committee request that all sheep are treated with a scab approved product at least 14 days prior to the show.

CONDITIONS APPLYING TO PARTICULAR CLASSES
SHEPHERDS: ‘Hired Shepherd’ is a Shepherd who is employed full-time for wages by an employer other than his parents or other relatives. Their stock to be drawn from their own pack or from their employer’s hirsel.
THE SHEEP CLASSES ARE OPEN: All entries must comply with orders and regulations under Diseases of Animals Acts current at the time of the Show.
NOTE: Suffolk, Texel, Zwartbles, Any Other Continental and Native entries must be from fully M.V. accredited flocks and will be provided with approved penning. All other sections will be in non-accredited accommodation. All sheep entered in M.V. only classes must be accompanied by a valid Certificate of Official MV Status which has been correctly completed and presented before they are unloaded.
All Ewes shall have reared lambs in the current year.
PROTESTS - No protest against any exhibitor or the awards of the Judges will in any case be entertained if made after the decisions are given and the distinguishing tickets attached to the prize animals, unless such protest applies to fraudulent entry or description. Every protest must be delivered to the Secretary at the office on the Showfield before 1.00 pm on the day of the show,and accompanied by a deposit of £25.
The Directors of the Society shall hear the evidence by which such protest is entered, and also the evidence offered by the exhibitor, and decide upon the same, and in all cases their decision is final.
In cases where such protest shall be deemed frivolous or unsupported by evidence, the deposit shall, at the discretion of the Council, be forfeited to the funds of the Society.
All exhibitors and persons admitted into the Show shall be subject to the Rules, Orders and Regulations of the Committee.
By order of the Committee, Gemma Douglas, Event Manager, 8 Market Place, Wooler, Northumberland NE71 6LF.