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NEXT SHOW : Saturday, February 26, 2011
Enter next year's show
Check out the 2010 Show programme and entertainment
Take a look at photos from the 2009 show (2010 online any day!)
Become a Show member
Location: Helensville Showgrounds, Railway St, northern
end of Helensville
Open: 9am - 4.30pm
Tickets:
- Adults - $10.00
- Children (5-15 yrs) - $5.00
- Family Pass (2 adults & up to 4 children) - $25.00
- Parking - Free (Stewart Street)
The Helensville A&P Association held it's first Show in 1900
- and barring two occasions it's been held every year since. The
Helensville Show is easily the biggest event on Helensville's annual
calendar.
The Association was formed for the purpose of friendship and exchange of agricultural and pastoral ideas among the settlers, and agricultural competition among the farming and village community. The show became an annual event with surrounding communities challenging for the right to be judged Champion of the Champions. The Show became an attraction for Aucklanders who traveled by train to the event.
Today our aims are still basically the same, to promote excellence in agriculture and to bring the country a bit closer to town and to promote things rural, while at the same time bringing a bit of the town to the country. Our schedule of competition covers horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pet dogs, sheep dogs, pigs, woodchopping, calf club, pet lambs, cooking, horticulture, art and craft, painting, garden produce, needlework and a children’s section.
Click
here for images from the 2009 show
Download
results from
the 2009 show
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