The ever-popular pig racing drew the crowds at the Mayfield show.
Despite a shower of rain early that morning, the sun came out, and the Mayfield Show was once again a shining success.
The event, featured tractor pulls, demonstrations by Timaru Fire and Emergency, vintage machinery, extensive trade sites and, of course, the show’s famous pig -racing.
Claire Inkson went along with her camera to catch the action.
The tractor-pull provided excitement for machine enthusiasts.Leighton Brehaut from Timaru Fire and Emergency demonstrates what happens when you throw water on a kitchen fire with the mobile kitchen trailer.Philip Wareing (left) and Gary Clement at the Mayfield Transport site.Andrea and Mark (Welshy) Davies with their 1972 Morris Minor ute at the Welshy contracting site.Jeff Donaldson, Eden Crowley and Robyn Leggett from PGG Wrightson were serving up sausages, cake and Easter eggs at the show.Mayfield Lion Club members Alistair Morrison, Ron cross, Ian Ludemann, Kevin McNab and John Milne were kept busy selling tickets to their chocolate wheel raffle.Andrew Quigleyat the Quigley site with the vintage Ferguson tractor he won last year from a Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club raffle.The Mayfield Playcentre train, pulled by a side-by-side, was popular with little ones.Mayfield Fire Volunteer Brigade members David Greenslade, Matt Kearney and Brent Murdoch with brigades old 1973 International Affco fire truck.
