Event Date
1st May to 31st Jan 2025

Countryside Conservation Competition

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 2a Best Farm Spring Conservation

Description:

A farm which, in the opionion of the judges, has done most to encourage conservation alongside a successful commercial activity. Conservation will be taken to include flora and fauna but consideration will also be given to landscape and historical interests. APPROX. ACREAGE OF FARM MUST BE STATED WITH ENTRY.

Kindly Sponsored By: A D BRAIN & SON, Broadway

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 2b Best Farm Autumn Conservation

Description:

A farm which, in the opionion of the judges, has done most to encourage conservation alongside a successful commercial activity. Conservation will be taken to include flora and fauna but consideration will also be given to landscape and historical interests. APPROX. ACREAGE OF FARM MUST BE STATED WITH ENTRY.

Kindly Sponsored By: A D BRAIN & SON, Broadway

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Livestock Competitions

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 3a Best Commercial Flock of Sheep

Description:

Number of breeding ewes to be stated on entry form. All sheep owned by the exhibitor to be shown.

Kindly Sponsored By: MIDLAND SLURRY SYSTEMS LTD, Shipston-on-Stour

www.midlandslurrysystems.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 3b Best Commercial Rams

Description:

Exhibitor of the best-kept rams in use with a commercial flock.

Kindly Sponsored By: MIDLAND SLURRY SYSTEMS LTD, Shipston-on-Stour

www.midlandslurrysystems.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 3c The Best Cotswold Shepherd

Description:

The Best Cotswold Shepherd working within the show catchment area. Must enter Best Flock of Sheep, Best Ram and Butchers Lambs classes (at the show) to be eligible for this class.

Kindly Sponsored By: SHELDON BOSLEY KNIGHT, Stratford upon Avon

www.sheldonbosleyknight.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 3d Best Pedigree Flock Sheep

Description:

Number of breeding ewes to be stated on entry form. All sheep owned by the exhibitor to be shown.

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 3e Best Pedigree Rams

Description:

Exhibitor of the best-kept rams in use with a pedigree flock.

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 5a Suckler Herd

Description:

Any breed or crossbreed

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 5b Working Stock Bull

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 6a Best Yard of Cattle Up To 15 Months

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 6b Best Yard of Cattle Over 15 Months

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Crops

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 10a Leguminous Forage Crop

Description:

Leguminous Forage Crops include, but not restricted to, whole crop of Alfalfa, Clovers, Lucerne, Lupins and Sanfoin. Leguiminous FALLOW crops are not eligible but can be entered into the Conservations competitions.

Kindly Sponsored By: TURNEY GROUP, Bicester

www.turneygroup.com

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 10b Standing Maize Forage Crop

Description:

The crop must be 5 acres or more, excluding Bird Covers.

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 11 Winter Oil Seed Rape

Description:

This class may be judged in sectors or combinations of sectors, if warranted by the entries.

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 12 Combinable Peas

Description:

This class may be judged in sectors if warranted by the entries and/or may also be divided between Spring and Winter-sown crops and/or between Peas & Beans. Classes 11, 12 and 13 may be merged if there are insufficent entries to warrant judging seperately.

Kindly Sponsored By: STOW AGRICULTURAL SERVICES, Moreton-in-Marsh

www.stowag.com

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 13 Field Beans

Description:

This class may be judged in sectors if warranted by the entries and/or may also be divided between Spring and Winter-sown crops and/or between Peas & Beans. Classes 11, 12 and 13 may be merged if there are insufficent entries to warrant judging seperately.

Kindly Sponsored By: W R HAINES (LEASOW FARMS) LTD, Chipping Campden

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 14 Linseed

Description:

This class may be divided between Winter and Spring varieties if warranted by the entries. Classes 11, 12 and 13 may be merged if there are insufficent entries to warrant judging seperately.

Kindly Sponsored By: COTSWOLD AGRICULTURAL MERCHANTS, Broadway

www.cotswoldagriculturalmerchants.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 15a Winter Barley

Description:

Corn Crop classes may be split into sectors for judging depending on entries recevied. Prizes will be awarded to each sector, and the first prize-winning crops from each sector will then be judged for the Champion Crop. Prize money is only awarded to Champion Crop winners.

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 15b Spring Barley

Description:

Corn Crop classes may be split into sectors for judging depending on entries recevied. Prizes will be awarded to each sector, and the first prize-winning crops from each sector will then be judged for the Champion Crop. Prize money is only awarded to Champion Crop winners.

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 16a Bread Making Milling Winter Wheat

Description:

Corn Crop classes may be split into sectors for judging depending on entries recevied. Prizes will be awarded to each sector, and the first prize-winning crops from each sector will then be judged for the Champion Crop. Prize money is only awarded to Champion Crop winners.

Kindly Sponsored By: AGRII

www.agrii.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 16b Winter Wheat

Description:

Corn Crop classes may be split into sectors for judging depending on entries recevied. Prizes will be awarded to each sector, and the first prize-winning crops from each sector will then be judged for the Champion Crop. Prize money is only awarded to Champion Crop winners.

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 16c Spring Wheat

Description:

Corn Crop classes may be split into sectors for judging depending on entries recevied. Prizes will be awarded to each sector, and the first prize-winning crops from each sector will then be judged for the Champion Crop. Prize money is only awarded to Champion Crop winners.

Kindly Sponsored By: OPENFIELD LTD

www.openfield.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 17a Winter Oats

Description:

Corn Crop classes may be split into sectors for judging depending on entries recevied. Prizes will be awarded to each sector, and the first prize-winning crops from each sector will then be judged for the Champion Crop. Prize money is only awarded to Champion Crop winners.

Kindly Sponsored By: OPENFIELD LTD

www.openfield.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 17b Spring Oats

Description:

Corn Crop classes may be split into sectors for judging depending on entries recevied. Prizes will be awarded to each sector, and the first prize-winning crops from each sector will then be judged for the Champion Crop. Prize money is only awarded to Champion Crop winners.

Kindly Sponsored By: OPENFIELD LTD

www.openfield.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Field Work

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 18a Drilling (with GPS) Competition for Winter Cereals

Description:

Whole field to be judged with a minimum of 5 acres. The name of drill operator to be stated when entering. This class may be judged in sectors or combinations of sectors, if warranted by the number of entries. The use of GPS to be declared when entering.

Kindly Sponsored By: WESTERN ARABLE SERVICES LTD, Elmstone Hardwick and TALLIS AMOS FARM MACHINERYLTD, Hinton on the Green

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 18b Drilling (non GPS) Competition for Winter Cereals

Description:

Whole field to be judged with a minimum of 5 acres. The name of drill operator to be stated when entering. This class may be judged in sectors or combinations of sectors, if warranted by the number of entries.

Kindly Sponsored By: WESTERN ARABLE SERVICES LTD, Elmstone Hardwick and TALLIS AMOS FARM MACHINERYLTD, Hinton on the Green

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 19 Best Ploughed Field

Description:

To be judged late January/ early February. Criteria of Judge. Whole field to be judged with a minimum of 5 acres. The use of GPS to be declared when entering and class will be split for judging accordingly.

Kindly Sponsored By: A.D. Brain & Son, Broadway


Price: £5.00

Vegetables

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 20 Field Vegetables

Description:

Grown above or below ground. Minimum of one acre to be judged, any mixed varieties/species will be acceptable.

Kindly Sponsored By: W R HAINES (LEASOW FARMS) LTD, Chipping Campden

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Game/Wild Bird Cover

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 21a Game Bird Cover Crop

Description:

One entry per class per holding. Crops may be entered in both classes.

Kindly Sponsored By: B A HULL LTD, Lower Lemington

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 21b Wild Bird Cover Crop

Description:

One entry per class per holding. Crops may be entered in both classes.

Kindly Sponsored By: B A HULL LTD, Lower Lemington

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Root Crops

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 22 Crop of Ware Potatoes (White)

Description:

Classes 21 and 22 will be merged if insufficient entries

Kindly Sponsored By: A D BRAIN & SON, Broadway

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 23 Crop of Ware Potatoes (Coloured)

Description:

Classes 21 and 22 will be merged if insufficient entries

Kindly Sponsored By: A D BRAIN & SON, Broadway

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 24 Sample Quality Potatoes

Description:

A Sample, weighing 5lbs, will be judged for appearance, cooking and eating.

Kindly Sponsored By: A D BRAIN & SON, Broadway

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 25 Best Fodder Crop

Description:

Kale, swedes, turnips, fodder beet and mangolds. Exhibitors to state the species of roots to be judged; if there are sufficent entries of one particular root crop, the class will be split.

Kindly Sponsored By: B A HULL LTD, Lower Lemington

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 26 Best Catch Crop of Stubble Turnips

Description:

Planted after a crop harvested in the same season.

Kindly Sponsored By: B A HULL LTD, Lower Lemington

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Malting Barley

Fodder Event - Dec 2024 (date and location TBC)
Mr Phillip Smith (Judge)
Class: 27 Best Sample of Malting Barley

Description:

All Malting Barley varieties are welcome. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: A A BULLOCK AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS, Bourton-on-the-Water

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

In-Store Wheat

Fodder Event - Dec 2024 (date and location TBC)
Mr Phillip Smith (Judge)
Class: 28a Best Sample of Stored Milling Wheat

Description:

Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: WESTERN ARABLE SERVICES LTD, Elmstone Hardwick

www.westernarable.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 28b Best Sample of Stored Other Wheat

Description:

Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: WESTERN ARABLE SERVICES LTD, Elmstone Hardwick

www.westernarable.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Silage and Hay

Fodder Event - Dec 2024 (date and location TBC)
Mr Phillip Smith (Judge)
Class: 29a Grass Silage Clamp

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 29b Maize Silage Clamp

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 29c Big Bale Silage

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 29d Big Bale Haylage

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 30a Seed Hay

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 30b Meadow Hay

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: HENRY RIGHTON ESQ, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 31 Cereal Straw

Description:

Will be judged by visual and sensory appraisal. Samples to be submitted to the forage event at a date and location to be confirmed in December 2023.

Kindly Sponsored By: OPENFIELD LTD

www.openfield.co.uk

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Invention/Adaption Competition

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 32 Invention / Adaption Competition

Description:

For the best farm invention/adaption designed and/or constructed by any members or their staff. This includes hand tools, machinery and adaptions to fixed equipment and machinery, large or small. Entries must relate to the working within the farming environment. Previous winning inventions/designs cannot be re-entered the following year.

Kindly Sponsored By: PETER J MALCOLM AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER, Moreton-in-Marsh

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

John Gadsby Farm Boundaries Competition

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 33a Best Section of Boundary Hedge

Description:

To be judged on the section of hedge, 11 yards (1/2 chain) in length; to have been newly cut and laid within the last 12 months.

Kindly Sponsored By: JOHN GADSBY ESQ, Chipping Campden

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 33b Best section of Machine Trimmed Hedge

Description:

To be judged on the section of machine trimmed hedge, 100 yards in length. The quality of the trim will be judged, not the species mix or health of hedge.

Kindly Sponsored By: JOHN GADSBY ESQ, Chipping Campden

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00
Class: 33c Best Section of Boundary Wall

Description:

To be judged on the continuous section of wall, 11 yards (1/2 chain) in length, to have been newly constructed or repaired during the last 12 months.

Kindly Sponsored By: JOHN GADSBY ESQ, Chipping Campden

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00

Best Managed Grain Store

On Farm
Banbury Agricultural Association (Judge)
Class: 34 Best Managed Grain Store

Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5

Price: £5.00