Longford Show Society, Media Release, 2 October 2021
Come and celebrate the 164th Longford Show on Saturday the 16th of October. We are a very family friendly show, there is lots of free entertainment to see throughout the day.
This year’s main attractions feature:
- Trial Riding Motorbikes
- Pelican Puppets
- Tassie Flying Paws
- Sheaf Tossing
- Snake display
- Fishcare
- Large Animal Nursery
- Sheep Dog Trials
- Shearing Demonstration
- Show jumping, fleece, sheep, chopping, poultry, kennel and home industries competitions!
- Live music in the music tent
- Plus plenty more free entertainment as well as all of your favourite rides in sideshow alley!
Adults $12 – Children $6 – Family $30
We encourage everyone to come along for a fun filled day and support local businesses and the community. This year’s event is a mask wearing event. Gate opens at 9am at the Marlborough Street entrance. Exit via the Bulwer Street gate.
Trial Riding Motorbikes
Watch all of the action of motorbike trial riding! Unlike most other forms of motorcycle sport, Trial is not racing. It is simply you and your bike pitted against the terrain. Trial is a sport of balance, skill and concentration. One at a time, competitors will ride over an obstacle course of boulders, streams, hill climbs, logs, drop offs, and nearly anything else they can find.
Tassie Flying Paws
High paced entertainment from 2 teams of dogs competing in a relay race. Flyball is a dog sport in which teams of dogs race against each other from the start to the finish line, over a line of hurdles, to a box that releases a tennis ball to be caught when the dog presses the spring-loaded pad, then back to their handlers while carrying the ball.