Blaston & District Agricultural Society was founded in 1957 by a group of local people with a keen interest in agriculture and the rural community. The original founders were Bill and Molly Jackson, Dick and Clare Clarke and Joyce Noble.
The first ever Blaston Show was held in the same year and has been an annual event ever since, only having to be cancelled three times in its history; once due to Foot and Mouth disease and twice for Covid 19. The Show originally started as a small gymkhana competition and later incorporated donkeys. As the show grew and became more popular, show classes of horses and ponies, sheep, goats, cattle and dogs developed.
The Show has always been held in the vicinity of Blaston village and has been run from just six sites in its 66 year lifespan. It has been held at the current site on Langton Road, Slawston since 2022.
The management team have ambitious plans to build on the Show’s successes and its unique positioning in the summer show calendar.
The Society was incorporated as a limited company in 2009 as Blaston and District Agricultural Show Society Ltd.
The Society was formally registered as a Charity in 2010.
Registered Company: 06796428 | Charity No: 1135686 | Registered Office: 2 Nursery Court, Kibworth Harcourt, Leicester LE8 0EX
President :
Janet Meek OBE
Chairman :
William Young
Directors & Trustees:
James Mount
Alistair Chapman
William Young
Duncan Maxwell
Trisha Clarke
Mick Marlow
Society & Show Secretary:
Janette Stocks
Treasurers:
Nick Bairstow and Antony Walters
Honorary Membership Secretary:
Lucy Lee-Tirrell
Honorary Auditors:
Ireland & Co
2 Nursery Court, Kibworth Harcourt, Leicester LE8 0EX
Show Director: Matthew Trembath
e: showdirector@blastonshow.co.uk
Head of Main Ring: Brett Marshall
e: brett.marshall@cityam.com
Media & Marketing: Hilary Manners Marketing
e: marketing@blastonshow.co.uk
Sponsorship & Advertising: Beth Morris
e: sponsorship@blastonshow.co.uk
Membership Secretary: Lucy Lee-Tirrell
e: membership@blastonshow.co.uk
Trade Stands: Trisha Clarke
e: tradestands@blastonshow.co.uk
Horse & Pony: Ann Lee
e: horseandpony@blastonshow.co.uk
Sheep: John Dixon and Abi Fincham
e: sheep@blastonshow.co.uk
Sheep Shearing: Gill Burbidge
e: sheepshearing@blastonshow.co.uk
Cattle: Andrew Fyfe
e: cattle@blastonshow.co.uk
Dogs: Chrystopher Wharmby-Thorpe
e: dogs@blastonshow.co.uk
Modern Farming & Livestock Area: Tom Stops
e: tom.stops20@gmail.com
Classic & Vintage Car Run: Trevor Stocks
e: classiccars@blastonshow.co.uk
Vintage Tractors: Andrew Brown and John Barnett
e: vintagetractors@blastonshow.co.uk
Society & Show Secretary: Janette Stocks
e: secretary@blastonshow.co.uk
2 Digby Close, Tilton on the Hill, Leics LE7 9LL
Blaston Showground
Langton Rd
Slawston
Market Harborough
LE16 7FA
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