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Sheep judges assess the champion ewe from each breed to decide the Overall Champion Ewe. The sheep section had Royal Event status this year.

A blustery northwest wind greeted early visitors to the Oxford A&P Show, but eased mid-morning to provide mild and sunny conditions for the rest of the day. Oxford hosted a fitting end to the North Canterbury show season, providing a friendly day of fun, entertainment and friendly rivalry in the competition classes. Neil Clarkson caught some of the action.

Oxford A&P Show 2018
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Sheep judges assess the champion ewe from each breed to decide the Overall Champion Ewe. The sheep section had Royal Event status this year.
Greyhounds As Pets regional co-ordinator Karen WIcks, of Oxford, and ex-racing greyhound Tex, with William Hardie, of Christchurch, and Sid, who is unraced. Both dogs, aged 6, were mixing with patrons.
Alexia Mehrtens, of Dunsandel, and Grumplestiltskin in the Ridden Pinto section.
The McAlpines North Canterbury Pipe Band performed for show visitors.
Sydney visitor Sylvan Affleck, visiting family in the Oxford area, looks over the wool entries.
Georgia Allison, of Oxford, and Pioneer High Jinx compete in the Pony Hunter Jumper class.
Dairy goat judge George Perry with young handlers, from left, James Jones, of Cust, and Tai Tapu sisters Niamh Carden-Holdstock and Siobhan Carden-Holdstock, all with their ribbons.
Huacaya alpaca Bemersyde Estate Scout, with Reuben Harrison, of Halswell, is judged by Shane Carey, of Australia, in the Intermediate Female Light Fawn Huacaya Section. Huacaya alpacas have a denser coat than the Suri.
Holly Birnie, 10, from Loburn showed her horse Trouble in the Miniature Horse section.
Shirley Cummins inspects a John Deere tractor. Shirley farmed at West Eyreton before retiring to Oxford a few years ago, and goes to the show every year.
Emma Ashworth leads a Woolstone Stud Lowline Angus. Harrison Lane, of Fernside, is in the intermediate-senior stock judging class, in which the young judges themselves are critiqued.
Brooke Adams, of Sefton, and Oky Doky in the pony hunter jumper section. Competition was strong across the show's horse section.
Sheep judge Doug Croy, of Oxford, in action.
Toffee the cocker spaniel scores a perfect catch in her run at the show during the agility demonstration by the Waimakariri Dog Training Club. The seven-year-old is owned by Dot Mote and was handled at the show by Helen Lappin, both of Fernside.
A suri alpaca from El dos Cadena Alpacas in Swannanoa has the Surfer Dude look perfected.

 

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