Main Ring Entertainment 2008 : See also Timetable (including Food Hall).
Royal Artillery Motorcycle Display Team (The Royal Gunners):
www.ra.mod.uk [picture below]
Speed, Excitement, Showmanship and professionalism are the hallmarks of this motorcycle display team.
Every year thousands of people throughout the country see the Flying Gunners in action.
The team is based in Larkhill, Salisbury. All the riders are fully trained Gunners from the Royal Artillery units, they stay with the team between two and three years.
Each year the team gives approximately120 separate performances at different venues. During recent years they have made appearances at the Royal Tournament, The Rhine Army Summer Show, The Fortress Fantasia in Gibraltar, and every major agricultural or trucking show in the UK. Television credits include The Edinburgh Tattoo, “You Bet “, National lottery Show, Noel Edmund’s House Party, Lenny Henry Show, Blue Peter and the Brian Connelly Show.
The display combines breathtaking high speed double crossovers from four corners of the arena when closing speeds may reach 90mph, with shows of the individual and combined skill which include amazing feats of balance, machine control, team work and courage. In the intermediate ride, the movements are carried out at very high speeds over ramps, with riders crossing in mid-air inches apart.
The climax of the show is a spectacular car jump over four cars or more. The daring high speed crossovers and the exciting moving pyramid requires a great deal of fitness, concentration, teamwork and professionalism, All the important qualities of the being a soldier in the British Army and the Royal Artillery’s Motorcycle Display Team “The Flying Gunners”.
Shetland Pony grand national:
[picture below] Bringing Aintree to the Cumberland Show main ring. A high speed dash, a blur of colourful silks, flying manes and tails and the roar of the crowd - condensed to Shetland pony size.
Countryside Area
...with displays and demonstrations of countryside skills, activities and wildlife
Schools Competition
...Presentations on 'Food & Farming'; £200 prize money. To enter please contact Mrs taylor 016974 72330
Supported by Cumberland Building Society.
Craft Demonstrations
Food Hall & Cookery Demos
Hotel Chefs
Young Farmers Cookery Competition judged by Annette Gibbons
Ivan Day; Historical Creations & Cookery Demonstrations
On-site Farm
Pigs, hens, beef cattle, sheep shearing and milking of cows.
Fun For All The Family
Face Painting
Rides and Games
Have-a-Go Pottery & Art Studio
Terrier Racing
Climbing Wall
Rodeo Bull
