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RECORD-BREAKING CROWDS FLOCK TO DORSET COUNTY SHOW!
It was a bumper year for the Dorset County Show as more than 56,000 people attended the South West’s biggest two-day agricultural showcase.
Delighted organisers hailed the event, now entering its 170th year, as one of the best ever. Show Secretary Sam Mackenzie-Green said: ‘It’s the range of different attractions that make the show so popular with families year after year – and parents love it that kids get in for free!
‘We have sensational headliners topping the bill like Titan The Robot and The Dancing Diggers and that gets people through the gates.
‘Then they have a wander round the livestock pens and watch the falconry or gundog demos and learn a bit about the countryside and simply have a superb family day out.’
Visitors to the Dorchester Showground on 4 and 5 September enjoyed wandering around, sampling local food and drink, watching show-jumping, ferret racing, viewing gardening and crafts exhibits and browsing a whole A to Z of trade and charity stalls ranging from Ann Summers gear, to Zintec Agri feed supplements for livestock.
The ‘cook-off’ between two of Dorset’s celebrity chefs, Masterchef 2009 winner Mat Follas and Michelin star restaurateur Russell Brown, also drew large crowds.
Find out who won in this year’s classes and competitions and who is the Show champion on the Dorset County Show website at www.dorsetcountyshow.co.uk
Next year’s Dorset County Show will be held on September 3-4.
NOTES TO EDITORS
For more information, or to arrange interviews, please contact Emily Pykett at Watershed PR on 01308 420 785, email emily@watershedpr.co.uk.
The Dorset County Show is one of the premier county shows, celebrating the spirit of the county and the best rural traditions of Dorset since 1841.
The 2010 Show took place just one mile outside Dorchester on 4-5 September.
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