COMPETITOR INFORMATION
ADMISSION
Free admission of non-members to the show is restricted to those having ten or more entries in the classes open to them.
ENTRIES
CPH Number: 83/532/8007
Entries and payment (including membership) for Cattle, Clydesdale and Sheep are due to the Secretary by Thursday 29th July.
Red Hose Race entries will be taken from 11am-11.45am at the secretary's tent.
Fleece, Horticultural, Industrial and Shepherds Crooks and Walking Sticks entries will be taken by the convenors in the relevant tents, up to 10am.
The Light Horse and Pony entries should be submitted by Wednesday 28th July, entries can be taken on the day although there will be a £15.00 surcharge per class.
The Pet and Dog Show entries will be taken by the convenor at the Pet and Dog Show ring from 11am-12pm.
The Poultry and Rabbit entries should be submitted by Friday 23rd July, no late entries will be accepted.
Please note that the majority of sections are open but the cattle and sheep sections are confined to members of the Society. Membership is open to applicants who reside or farm land within the Parishes of Carluke, Carnwath, Carstairs, Covington and Thankerton, Dolphinton, Dunsyre, Forth, Lanark, Libberton, Pettinain, Quothquan, Walston and West Calder. The members of the Society that have allowed their membership to lapse will be reinstated on payment of their membership.
All exhibits must be bona fide property of the exhibitor and have been in their possession within the bounds of the Society for at least one month preceding the Show.
All entries must be submitted before judging commences, if not it is at the committee's discretion if you will be allowed to compete
All entries must be paid before judging begins or prize money will be forfeited. Only half the prize money will be paid out for classes with no more than two entries.
Prize money and trophies can be collected from the secretaries tent from 3.30pm.
Trophies will be engraved with the exhibitor's name that is on the entry form unless otherwise stated.
Any exhibitor who reuses a ticket or acts in an unseemly manner towards the judge shall be liable to be expelled from the Society.
The Society will not be held liable for any loss, injury or damage which any stock, article or person may sustain from accident or otherwise at or in connection with the show.
If due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances Carnwath Agricultural Show has to be cancelled Carnwath Agricultural Society will not be liable for any actual or consequential loss that may occur.
PROTESTS
Protests must be made in writing to the Secretary no later than seven days after the date of the Show and a fee of £5.00 must be lodged with each protest, if the protest is not sustained, the fee shall be forfeited.
If there is any protests in the light horse and pony section they must be made in writing to the light horse and pony convenor and a fee of £15.00 must be lodged with each protest, if the protest is not sustained, the fee shall be forfeited.
TROPHIES
Competitors are requested to note that the ownership of all cups, shields or other trophies rests with the Society and that holders of such cups, shields or trophies are responsible to the Society for the safe custody and protection.
The Society further reserves the right to alter rules and conditions relating to particular cups, shields and trophies from time to time, as the Society may consider necessary.
VET
The Society will not be held responsible for any fee incurred should the Vet be required to attend any animals on the Showfield.
On-call Vet: