The largest agricultural show in the north of Scotland will also become the smartest this year as it launches a dedicated app for downloading onto smartphones. The Black Isle Show, which is held at the Mannsfield Showground near Muir of Ord on the first Thursday in August every year, commissioned the app which will debut […]
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Hundred different classes in Open Flower Show
The 182nd Black Isle Show takes place on 31 July and 1 August, and part of this show is the ever-popular Annual Open Flower Show which also includes a variety of sections from Floral Art to Photography, Fruit & Vegetables to Craft. In all there are nearly 100 different classes. The craft section was introduced around […]
Fit folk wanted to flex their muscles for charity tractor pull
The Black Isle Show is once again throwing down the gauntlet to teams of five to flex their muscles in support of their favourite charity. Organisers will stump up £2500 for this year’s tractor-pull event which sees teams competing to pull a 1950s Massey Ferguson over a set course of 100m. Secretary Rod Mackenzie […]
Early bird tickets on sale for Black Isle Show
TICKETS for the Black Isle Show are now on sale and this year’s event will boast more livestock, more music and more family fun than ever before. The north’s biggest farming event, The Black Isle Show, now in its 181st year will take place on August 1st and 2nd at the Mannsfield Showground in Muir […]
25th Annual Ploughing Match 2018
Saturday 3rd February 2018 Gilchrist & Balvattie, Muir of Ord, by kind permission of W Martin & Sons and Hamish Fraser The scratching and numbering of the Riggs on the ploughing match field was undertaken yesterday (30th January). The ground is in good order. Every hope is that the match will be going ahead as […]