Catalogue of cancellations due to wet summer

Posted: July 12th, 2012 | Author: | Comments Off

THE CLA Game Fair is the latest big event to fall victim to Britain’s wet summer. But spare a thought too for smaller shows also hit by the weather.

Due to attract 200,000 people to Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, the Game Fair (20-22 July) was  cancelled on Thursday (12 July).

It came just 48 hours after the three-day Great Yorkshire Show (10-12 July) was abandoned following a waterlogged first day.

Other big events curtailed this year include the Suffolk Show (7-8 June), which was called off just 15 minutes after the gates opened on the second day.

Cancellation of these three events alone will cost rural businesses millions of pounds in lost revenue – and a whole lot of heartache.

But smaller rural shows have also been affected.

They might not make many headlines but small shows are just as important to the communities they serve – and the army of volunteers that put them on.

Confirmed cancellations so far this year include:

Keswick Show
27 August, Cumbria
Reason: State of the showfield

Chepstow Show
11 August, Monmouthshire
Reason: Adverse weather

Skyehouse Show
5 August, Yorkshire
Reason: Inclement weather

Burwarton Show
2 August, Shropshire
Reason: Extreme Weather

Cleveland Show
28 July, Middlesborough
Reason: Adverse weather conditions

Yealmpton Show
21 July, Devon
Reason: Adverse weather conditions

Bingley Show
21 July, Yorkshire
Reason: Waterlogged ground

Kirkheaton Show
21 July, Northumberland
Reason: Wet weather

CLA Game Fair
20-22 July, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
Reason: Adverse weather and ground conditions

Liskeard Show
14 July, Cornwall (Postponed until 8 September)
Reason: Adverse weather conditions

Dalkeith Show
14 July, Midlothian
Reason: Weather and field conditions

Kent County Show
13-15 July, Maidstone (closed early on 3rd day)
Reason: Wet weather

Great Yorkshire Show
10-12 July, Harrogate (2nd & 3rd day cancelled)
Reason: Waterlogged conditions

Constantine Agricultural Show
7 July, Cornwall
Reason: Waterlogged fields

Fettercairn Farmers’ Club Show
7 July, Aberdeenshire
Reason: Prolonged rain and wet fields

North Wales Show
7 July, Caernarfon
Reason: Field conditions following heavy rain

Sioe Bancffosfelen Show
7 July, Carmarthenshire
Reason: Due to the weather

Haddington Show
7 July, East Lothian
Reason: Continued poor weather

Market Bosworth Show
1 July, Leicestershire
Reason: Fields saturated with standing water

Scottish Game Fair
29 June – 1 July, Perthshire
Reason: Extremely inclement weather

North Yorkshire Show
17 June, Northallerton
Reason: Several days of heavy rain

Suffolk Show
7-8 June, Ipswich (2nd day cancelled)
Reason: Galeforce winds

 

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