The Mahons have been onsite at Showgrounds Park to set up the ever-popular sideshows component of the Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show. John Mahon, pictured with his nearly 2-year-old granddaughter Bonnie, says it is great to be back in Gisborne. Photo / Murray Robertson
The Mahons have been onsite at Showgrounds Park to set up the ever-popular sideshows component of the Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show. John Mahon, pictured with his nearly 2-year-old granddaughter Bonnie, says it is great to be back in Gisborne. Photo / Murray Robertson
Preparations for the 2024 Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show have been gathering momentum this week in the countdown to the popular annual town and country get-together at Showgrounds Park.
A lot of the Mahons Amusements sideshow equipment, which had been sitting idle at Showgrounds Park for a couple of weeks, is now in position.
The Mahons crew have been busy putting together their exciting component of the show.
John Mahon of Mahons Amusements told the Gisborne Herald it “was great to be back in Gisborne”.
As of yesterday, at least a dozen large marquees had gone up inside the trades area, and work continued on other preparations around Showgrounds Park.
“The showjumping set-up in the main ring will be done Wednesday, with Heather McDonald from Dannevirke the course designer for ring 1, while Edward Bullock from Auckland will lay out ring 2.”
The dog triallists put their course at the back of the Showgrounds together on Tuesday.
The dog trials at the Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show kick off on Wednesday morning with the first of 201 runs across the course. Charlie Newman and Finn are pictured in action at last year's Show. Photo / Paul Rickard
The local competitors get first crack at the course at the back of the Showgrounds Park on Wednesday, with more of them in action on Thursday morning, then the visitors across the rest of Thursday and through Friday.
The predominantly Coopworth sheep have once again been provided by Rangatira Station.
Head steward Allen Irwin said they were expecting a top competition.
“We’ve got some really good triallists competing again,” Irwin said.
The weather forecast for the main days of the show (Friday and Saturday) looks promising – north to northwesterly winds, partly cloudy and maximum temperatures of 19C for Friday and Saturday.
