Bridgewater High School

Fete at the Farm - Saturday 17 April 2010

Main Road, Brighton, 10am-3pm

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A fun day for all the family on the farm

 

COMPETITIONS

BABIES SKILL
  • Woodchopping (Details below)
  • Dunk Tank
  • Gum Boot Throwing
  • Basketball Shoot-out
PETS CHANCE

 

  • Main Raffle
  • Wood Raffle
  • Craft Raffle
  • Crayfish Raffle
  • Chocolate Wheel
  • Buy a program to enter the draw for a bike
VEHICLES CHANCE AND SKILL
  • Guess the Weight of the Bull - weighing approx. 1.15pm, $60 first prize
  • Guess the Weight of the Pumpkin
  • Cow Pat Lotto
  • Caterpillar Jacket Raffle
CHANCE BUT YOU STILL WIN
  • Ice-cream Stick Pick - everybody wins!

 

THINGS TO WATCH OR SEE
Involving
ANIMALS
HUMAN
performances and demonstrations
DISPLAYS
  • Cattle Handlers
  • Tasmanian Yard Dog Trials
  • Light-horsemen
  • Heavy Horses
  • Brighton Pony Club
  • Bee Keeping
  • Farrier - Barefoot Shoeing 'Performance Horse Hoof Care'
  • Sheep Shearing
  • Sheep Trimming
  • Tasmanian Poultry Club
  • Animal Nursery

And, from the COMPETITIONS above:

  • Dog High Jump
  • Pet Parade
  • Wood Turning
  • Sawmilling
  • Morris Dancers - Jolly Hatters
  • Truck Pulling
  • Country Music
  • Sand Castle Construction - international sand and ice sculptor Peter Bignell
  • Smiffs Puppet Show - times to be advised. (Last year's times were 11am, 12.45pm, 1.45pm)

And, from the COMPETITIONS above:

  • Baby Show
  • Wood Chopping - Glenorchy Axemen
  • Dunk Tank
  • Fox Task Force (now Fox Eradication Program), Drought Relief - DPIW
  • Rockmoor 4WD Club
  • Southern Tasmanian Fire Service
  • Make-a-Wish Foundation Cars
  • Dragon Car
  • Brighton Rescue
  • Veteran Car Club
  • Vintage Machinery & Cars
  • Brighton Rural Youth

And, from the COMPETITIONS above:

  • Ute Competition

 

 

THINGS TO DO FOR KIDS

  • Ride a PONY

  • Have a ride in the HAY CART

  • Have your FACE PAINTED

  • Get to know the FARM ANIMALS

  • Buy a PROGRAM and be in the draw for a terrific prize - a BIKE!

  • Dress a SCARECROW

  • Buy a helium-filled BALLOON

  • Throw a GUM BOOT as far as you can

  • Watch the PUPPET SHOW

  • Engage in SPONGE throwing

  • Play in the JUMPING CASTLE

  • Dunk a student or a teacher in the DUNK TANK

  • Enter the PET PARADE

 

STALLS

  • Books
  • Toys
  • Balloons
  • Plants
  • Vegies
  • Trees
  • Crafts
  • Scrapbooking
  • Beaded jewellery
  • Cakes and biscuits
  • White Elephant / Trash & Treasure
  • Bottle Tombola
  • Pet Shop, Chooks
  • Preserves
  • Honey
  • Lucky dip
  • Girls on the Farm
  • Sheep manure

 

EAT AND DRINK

  • Hamburgers, sausages, saveloys (and possibly egg & bacon rolls) (BBQ SHED IN MAIN AREA)
  • Hamburgers, sausages, saveloys, cordial, tea and coffee (BESIDE THE WOODCHOPPING ARENA)
  • Hot chips (MAIN AREA)
  • Devonshire teas, sandwiches, rolls, tea and coffee (OLD FARM HOUSE)
  • Ice-cream and soft drinks (KIOSK NEAR THE ENTRANCE)

 

 

St John Ambulance will be on site

 

 

Competition details:

 

Baby Show
  • JUDGING BEGINS AT 11.00AM
  • CLASSES:
       Class 1: 0 - 6 months
       Class 2: 6 -12 months
       Class 3: 12 - 18 months
       Class 4: Boys 18 months - 3 years
       Class 5: Girls 18 months - 3 years
  • Entries taken on the day, Saturday 4 April, from 10am to 10.30am.
  • $2 Entry
  • Prizes for all classes

 

Fehlberg's Produce Pet Parade

Commences 11.00am

28 classes for all kinds of pets. See:

Pete Parade details and entry form (Word doc)

Entries can be made on this form and handed to Mrs Brown at school, or an entry form can be obtained at the Fete before 10.00am

Pets to be shown by children under 16

$2 per entry

 

 

 

Woodchopping
A full program of woodchopping will be held at the Fete on the Farm.

Presented by the Glenorchy Axemen's Club

Program commences at 10.00am.

 

 

Ute Competition
Judging at 10.30am

Entries must be on site by 9.30am

Entry $5 per category

ENTRY FORMS can be collected from the school office, or you can enter on the day.
If you wish, you can click here for an entry form (Word doc).

Trophies and prizes to be won

 

UTE CATEGORIES:
(Categories have changed from prior advertising of the Ute Competition.)
  • Best 4 x 4 Ute
  • Best Country Ute
  • Best Tradesman's Ute
  • Best Chick's Ute
  • Best Old farm Ute
  • Best Town Ute

FUN SECTION:

  • Most Stickers
  • Show Pony
  • Best Ute 'n' Dog
  • Longest Aerial
  • Best feral Ute
  • Most Accessorised

 

 

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Last updated 16 April 2010