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UK Winter Shows and Events Latest: There will be BPA stands at the following shows this year. At most of these events there will be Sausage Competitions and opportunities to promote Pedigree Pork to the public. For more details click on the name of the event. For details of the Sausage Competitions Click Here
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 Countryside Live at the Yorkshire showground in Harrogate on 25th and 26th October will host a display of live pigs for the first time this year. The local organising committee of Peter Brier (01943 862189) e-mail - peter.brier@talktalk.net and Patricia Horsley (01904 744353) are looking forward to really good show . There will be a heat for the National Pedigree Sausage Competition. Entry forms will be available from the BPA website and office. There will also be a Pedigree Pork stand so if you would like to promote your pork or farm shop contact Peter or Patricia to arrange to use the stand. This show attracts a big crowd and we know from the excellent series Jimmy’s Farming Heroes that Yorkshire folk like to support local producers. Click here for the Countryside Live website |
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 The BBC Good Food Show in Scotland will be held at the SECC in Glasgow from 31st October to 2nd November. After the success of our stand and sausage competition last year we have teamed up with Slow Food to host a Pedigree Pork stand this year. If you would like to enter the sausage competition or promote your pork at the show please contact Chloe Randall at Dunlossit Estate (01496 840232) or the BPA office This is a chance for Scottish
Pedigree Pork Producers to take part in Scotland’s biggest food show
so don’t miss out on this opportunity to promote your pork to a
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 The East of England Show is famous for its local food policy and supporting local producers. This year Guy Kiddy will be
helping to organise a Pedigree Pork stand at the Christmas Festival.
If you are a Pedigree Pork producer in East Anglia don’t miss out on
this opportunity to take part in this major event and promote your
pork. Cooking facilities for tasting and a refrigerated display will
be provided. There will also be a heat of the Pedigree Sausage
Competition. If you can’t attend in person why not send us some of
your leaflets for distribution. Entry forms for the Sausage
Competition will be available from the BPA office and website. Click here for the EWF Sausage Competition Entry Form. |
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 The BBC Good Food Show will be held at Olympia in West London on 14th to 16th November. This year the BPA will be part of the Slow Food Pavilion. As well as our Pedigree Sausage Competition there will be a stand where BPA members can promote their pork. This is an ideal opportunity to exhibit as part of the Pedigree Pork stand at a fraction of the cost of taking your own space. If you are interested in taking part please contact Bryan Card (01725 517071) Entry forms for the Pedigree
Sausage Competition will be available from the BPA website or call
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 The English Winter Fair will be held at the Staffordshire Showground on 15th and 16th November. This event is one of the few that has classes for live pigs as well as a carcass competition. For more details please contact John Herbert (01889 500269) There is a sausage competition run by the organisers which BPA members can enter with their pedigree sausages. Pedigree entries will be judged alongside the commercial entries in the main competition. Pedigree Pork Quality Certificates will also be awarded. The Pedigree champions and reserves will be eligible for the Final of the BPA competition at Smithfield. Entry forms and schedules are available from the BPA website or the show website. Click here for the English Winter Fair website |
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 The Welsh Winter Fair takes place at Builth Wells on 1st and 2nd December. The Wales and Border Counties Pig Breeders Association always have a strong presence at this traditional Winter Fair and you are sure of warm welcome and a cup of tea at their stand. There are classes for live pigs at this show as well as two days of Sausage Competitions. The Pedigree Sausages are judged on the second day. For detail of how to enter please contact Keith Brown (01982 552100) e-mail - chisholmkv@tiscali.co.uk Entry forms will be available
from the BPA website and office. Champions and reserves will qualify
for the Final at Smithfield |
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 The Royal Smithfield Christmas Fair will be held at the Bath and West Showground at Shepton Mallet in Somerset on 5th and 6th December. Smithfield is synonymous with
Winter Shows and Carcass Competitions. As well as the final heat of
the Pedigree Sausage Competition the show will be host to the Final
on the second day. For more details please contact Bryan Card (01725
517071) Entry forms will be available from the BPA office or
website. There will also be a display of live pigs in the livestock
area. |
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