41 20 w 53.675 n 1.689 w 53.675 ; 1.689 mirfield agricultural show society type not for profit founded 1944 & 1995 headquarters mirfield england key people chris ramsden president karen bullivant chair martin ibberson vice chair website http www.mirfieldshow.com mirfield show is an annual agricultural show held at the huddersfield road showground in mirfield west yorkshire england on the third sunday in august . it is organised and run by the mirfield agricultural society mas as a not for profit event and regularly attracts over 6 000 visitors each year from across yorkshire . 1 contents 1 the showground 1.1 the rings 1.2 the marquee 2 history 2.1 1944 original show 2.2 1995 revised show 2.3 2007 2.4 2008 2.5 2009 2.6 2010 2.7 2011 2.8 show day images 3 references 4 external links the showground edit the showground is situated near mirfield town centre adjacent to crowlees junior and infant school and opposite mirfield memorial park home to moorlands and mirfield cricket clubs . the site is 5.5 acres 22 000 m2 in area and regularly hosts local football matches fairs and the annual mirfield charity bonfire organised by mirfield round table . the rings edit the show is centred on two rings . the first is the main ring which hosts the horse & pony show in the morning followed by main attractions in the afternoon which have included interactive demonstrations of dogs birds of prey duck herding racing terriers roman military re enactments by the legio secvnda avgvsta and classic car displays . it has also entertained the crowds with tug of war competitions children s races and its locally famous bush tucker challenge . the second is the dog ring which holds the fun dog competitions . the marquee edit the marquee is one of the focal points of the show and is home to various rabbit pigeon flower vegetable and domestic exhibitors all competing for best in show awards . an additional section is allocated to craft stalls . history edit 1944 original show edit the original mirfield show was founded during 1944 to bring a little sunshine into the wartime lives of local people . the president was colonel james walker and it was opened by councillor j h barraclough chairman of mirfield udc . the show reached its peak in the early 1960s and after several years of decline it ceased to take place . 1995 revised show edit in 1995 mirfield agricultural society was founded and the show began again on sunday 20 august with duck herding a tug of war organised by mirfield sports council and a display from mirfield martial arts club . 2 subsequent years have seen tripe and jelly eating competitions sheep shearing dog agility skills motorbikes majorettes birds of prey fire service displays shirehorses children s puppet shows a horse powered threshing machine and performances from knottingley silver band . the 2003 show was put in doubt due to a lack of exhibitors 3 and again the 2006 show when developers put forward plans to build a new community health centre on the huddersfield road showground . 4 in 2007 despite the early weather the show pulled in the crowds 5 with record entries in many events . 6 2007 edit the event was held on sunday 19 august . the main ring events included cyril the squirrel and his racing terriers bushtucker challenge eating competition and a display of the roman emperor s horseguard . rachael carter won the bushtucker challenge for the third year and subsequently retired whilst haigh s farm shop team won the tug of war for the second year . the chairman for the event was chris ramsden . the show was opened by mirfield mayor robert bennett . the 1995 show was estimated to have drawn in around one thousand visitors and the 2007 event in excess of 5 000 . 2008 edit the event was held on sunday 17 august under the direction of karen bullivant who held the chair position for this year . it was opened by margaret watson of the mirfield reporter . 7 attractions include the award winning springer s dog agility and flyball club a demonstration of the 16th century japanese classical martial art of takeuchi ryu by mirfield s shoufukan dojo and a new banana eating competition . 8 new classes were added for domestic rabbits and amateur gardeners a children s colouring competition a photography competition and a creative writing competition . 9 steve pope won the bushtucker challenge whilst haighs farm shop team won the tug of war for the 3rd year running 10 2009 edit the event took place on sunday 23 august again under the direction of karen bullivant with the highest number of visitors so far with about 10 000 visitors . the tug of war was won by the misfits from alan chappelow s calder farm 11 and the horse show by care johnson . 12 events include the trials kings bicycle display team ben potter s birds of prey ; the award winning knottingley silver band ; the grand bush tucker challenge ; pony rides pinxton puppets tug of war cheerleaders children s races a fun beach alpacas and a food court . 13 2010 edit the event took place on sunday 22 august and was reported to have had about 12 000 visiotrs passing through the gates throughout the day with about 6 000 on the showground at its peak breaking last year s biggest ever attendance record of 10 000 . 14 the day s festivities included an appearance of the kangaroos gymnastics display team ; the royal artillery parachute display team ; find mirfield a town crier competition ; and rabbit jumping as well as the horse and dog shows flower and vegetable classes and rabbit and domestic exhibits . 15 the tug of war was won by bradfield brewery beating last year s winners the misfits in the final . 2011 edit the event was held on sunday 21 august and the year s headline acts were the jhc air tattoo helicopter display team and the black rock llama display team . 16 the show was scheduled to be opened by lieutenant colonel david eastman mbe reme . show day images edit trials kings bike display team roman horseguard tug of war team best in show flower competition children s puppet show mirfield mayor rides miniature railway dog agility and flyball knottingley silver band references edit show aims to attract youngsters 20 june 2008 mirfield reporter history of the show 17 august 2007 mirfield reporter mirfield show future as risk health centre threat to our showground 19 may 2005 mirfield show pulls in the crowds 24 august 2007 crowd defies the rain 24 august 2007 mud glorious mud can t spoil your fun 22 august 2008 the press newspaper go banana at town s biggest ever show 18 july 2008 mirfield reporter new attractions in a scorching show 21 may 2008 the press show s a champion day out 22 august 2008 . mirfield reporter mirfield show 2009 is the biggest yet 28 august 2009 mirfield reporter mirfield show animal classes and competition results 27 august 2009 huddersfield examiner mirfield show almost ready to go 8 july 2009 mirfield reporter a show stopping day for 12 000 visitors at mirfield show 26 august 2010 mirfield reporter counting down to show day 16 july 2010 the press choppers and llamas will wow show ... 15 july 2011 external links edit mirfield show official website kirklees council retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mirfield show & oldid 731836871 categories agricultural shows in the united kingdomvisitor attractions in kirkleesevents in yorkshirefestivals established in 1944festivals established in 19951944 establishments in englandhidden categories use dmy dates from march 2014use british english from march 2014coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 july 2016 at 20 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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