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The Royal Show - Media & PR - Press Releases
July 13th 2009
Royal Show ends on a high
More than 114,000 people attended the last ever Royal Show which
closed its gates at Stoneleigh Park for the last time on Friday (July
10th). That was 17,500 more visitors than in 2008.
“We were delighted to attract so many visitors to this very special
Royal Show” said RASE Marketing and Communications Director, Denis
Chamberlain. We know that good business was done at the Show and that
the very high standards of livestock were maintained to the very end in
a magnificent show and parade of cattle, sheep and pigs.”
The RASE trade awards, which are awarded to best exhibit in each area of
the Show, were won by:
Best Agricultural Machinery, Implement or Equipment Exhibit – Farol
Best Agricultural Business Exhibit – Glenside Group
Best Horticultural Exhibit (Including Flower Show) – Evergreen (Derek
Barnes)
Best Equine Trade Exhibit – Harper Adams University College
Best Motoring Trade Exhibit - DHL Inside Track (Peugeot)
Best Retail Exhibit (including Supermarkets) – Co-Op Food
Most Informative Stand in Show – Waitrose
Although this was the last ever Royal Show, The Royal Agricultural
Society of England has announced a programme of events and initiatives
which will keep it at the centre of knowledge transfer, technical
innovation and the management of countryside change to the long-term
benefit of agriculture and the rural economy. For further details please
visit www.rase.org.uk.
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For further information please contact julieb@rase.org.uk.