Fun and variety stand out on the agenda at this weekends Te Puke A&P Lifestyle Show and Young Grower of the Year.
Visitors to the annual A&P Show will be in for some fun and games on Saturday.
There will be entertainment galore and all the crowd favourites. Dogs, horses, cattle, shearing, sheep racing and tractor and truck pulling and lawn mower racing will all be showcased.
Organisers hope the entertaining schedule will lure a lot of townies.
The show is steeped in tradition being the great country day-out, but it has evolved with the times and is attracting a lot more urban dwellers.
There are children's competitions and Miss & Master A&P Te Puke, as well as Miss Junior and Master Junior Te Puke.
Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade will be out in force where some brigade members will be raising money for the Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge in May.
They will be smashing up a car and demonstrating fire drills, and for a small donation people are invited to have a go.
Later the car will be cut up with rescue gear using the jaws of life.
The regional command unit and incident support vehicle (ISV) will be there - vehicles the public rarely get to see.
The popular sheep racing event, run by Greg and Mandy Clark, always draws a big crowd and lots of laughs.
The ex-farming couple breed race-sheep specifically for the purpose.
Only seven of their 30 texel-cheviot crosses will make it to Te Puke on Saturday, but it's enough to stir up a woolly crowd.
Greg says the breed is a bit like a goat and they make good running sheep.
"Food is what makes them run," he says.
Jockeys are strapped on to the back of the sheep. The jockeys are weighted so "they look physically alive" as they run down the 100m straight course.
The track includes a steeplechase of 30cm-high jumps, an easy leap for an animal that can easily bound over one metre.
Once they cross the chequered flag they are in to the sheep pen for a snack and a rest before the next race.
Greg says the punters get to have a bet by placing a small $2 wager on the seven different jockeys by buying a coloured silicon wristband.
Those who have picked the winning colour all get to take home a winners mug.
Sheep form can be checked out before each race in the marquee where you can choose your favourite and its accompanying jockey.
There's Lambourgini, Roastram, Pharlamb, Cardigan Bay and Mint Saucey, George, and the black sheep with a white face, Michael Jackson.
"It's all over in 30 seconds, but there's a big build-up so it give people time to put a bet down and buy a wrist band in the corresponding jockey's colours.
"It's so silly it is fun," he says.
"The animals seem to like it and people always comment on how the sheep look like they are enjoying it."
If you miss the first race there will be another one. Greg says they run at least three races during the day - possibly four.