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FINAL preparations are being made for the 59th North Clare Show which takes place this Saturday, July 26, at the Parish Field and St Patrick’s Hall.
After weeks and months of frantic organisation everything is now in place for one of north Clare’s sum- mer highlights.
“The show will start at 9.30am with the pony and horse jumping in the Parish Field. At the same time things will be getting underway in the hall. People will be coming with exhibits for the hall from 9am or so for judging around llam,” said Mary
McMahon of the North Clare Show Association.
“The jumping section is always very popular and we have huge num- bers of entrants in both the sportsman classes. People would come from far and wide to take part in that. The jumping goes on until around 6pm including the horses, the ponies and the qualifiers.”
This year the North Clare Show will have three qualification classes for the Shannonside league and all- Ireland qualifiers in the filly/foal sec- tion and the sports horse section as well as a gelding qualifier in the pony section.
Like in other years the hall exhibi-
tions will be a great draw for many.
“The hall is always a site to behold. Between the flower entries, the home baking and the children’s categories which are bursting at the seams,’ continues Mrs McMahon.
‘The flower section and the vegeta- bles are looking particularly well this year as is the home baking. Our turf and poultry is strong as well; overall the hall section is very strong. We really try to have something for eve- ryone. This year we have put up the County Clare Home Baking Compe- tition and we will be sponsoring the Fergus View Cup for the best tray of baking.
“The Clare Limousine Club will be
hosting their calf finals in Corofin this year which is a very big coup for us. As well as that we also have a dog show which always proves to be very very popular with people.”
The North Clare Show Committee includes Maurine Roche, Joe Kil- leen, Mary McMahon, John Cahill, Thomas Carroll and John Beakey. Although the closing date in some categories has now passed, any re- POL-HUOUDOTSME SA OL OM oKMr-DOLO Ms DOLOLUUDMlonm Je COlUNCe! be directed to Mary McMahon at 065 6837795.