Ashburton Guardian, Monday, October 29, 2018

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The sun shone, the crowds came and when the gates shut on this year’s Ashburton A&P Show, president David Butterick couldn’t stop smiling. On Sunday, the annual show might have been over, but for Butterick and his team there was still plenty of work to be done – clearing up and stacking away the hundreds of items that are part of show day. It had been a big lead-in to the two-day show, but a president couldn’t have wished for anything better than heavy rain the day before the gates opened and sunshine during the show itself. It was as close to perfect as a show could get. Numbers might have been down a bit on Friday, but the huge crowds on Saturday more than made up for that, he said. “People really seemed to enjoy the day and they all seemed pretty happy.” Entries in many sections were up and in others on par with last year. The two-day show ran like clockwork and that was all due to the great team of convenors and their helpers, Butterick said. This year’s show’s theme was Irrigation – the lifeblood of Mid Canterbury, and it was impressive the way some of the trade stands had taken that on board. The displays by the district’s irrigation companies was also appreciated as it showed the benefits of irrigation to the district’s economy, he said. “My committee is already trying to wrangle out of me what the theme will be for next year, but I’m not saying anything – yet.”

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