The Cheshire Agricultural Society has announced the launch of The Royal Cheshire Virtual Show 2020. The much-loved traditional event, which was sadly cancelled this year due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, ordinarily attracts over 80,000 visitors to the Cheshire Showground in Tabley. The online event, which will take place in lieu of the live show on 16th and 17th June, promises to provide a flavour of the entertainment, education and fun which have become the signature of this vibrant celebration of all things Cheshire.
Photo: Messy Church at a previous Cheshire Show
Highlights of the virtual event will include fresh, engaging content from the Delamere Dairy Main Ring and The Roberts Bakery Food Halls, as well as the sights and sounds of all the celebrated showground marquees.
Competitors are invited to enter their prized animals in an array of competition classes, including cattle, sheep, goats and, of course, light and heavy horses. Competitions will be judged on uploaded photographs and videos by a panel of Show judges and winners will be revealed online on the days of the virtual event.
The initiative will also enable the Show’s diverse trade stands to present their products and services to an online audience, allowing shoppers to browse and purchase unique artisan goods, usually only available at the event itself.
Revd Anne Lawson, Chaplain to the Cheshire Agricultural Society, says; “The Royal Cheshire Show is a major event in the Summer Calendar, drawing together not just the agricultural community, but for businesses and organisations from every aspect of life to show off their wares. This is even more important at a time when we are experiencing so many restrictions in every area of life. The virtual Royal Cheshire Show is providing a way of doing this despite being unable to gather together.
If you have never had an opportunity to visit the Royal Cheshire Show in person, this free event is the ideal opportunity to sample what is on offer.
The Cheshire Agricultural Society which runs the Royal Cheshire Show is enormously supportive of, and generous too, the Church. Visiting the Virtual Royal Cheshire Show is a way of recognising that support and of supporting the Show in return.”
For more information about the Virtual Show, please visit https://www.royalcheshireshow.org/