The 61st Ashwater Agricultural Show took place on Saturday, August 18 and was opened by President Ken Jones, who has had a long association with the show.

Despite a wet start to the day there was a good number of horse entries and the cattle, sheep and young handler classes were well up on last year.

The family fun dog show also saw an increase in entries with dogs of all sizes. The puissance took place and the fur and feather classes once again proved very popular.

For the full report, and a round up of the area news and sport, please see this week's edition of the 'Post'.