The grand parade on Saturday afternoon and the campdraft on Sunday were the only two events cancelled over the three days and Tenterfield Show Society president Peter Petty said this was a pretty good effort.

“Obviously numbers are going to be down across the board this year. We haven’t got the figures yet but I don’t think we can expect anything else,” Mr Petty said.

“This aside, I think it was a great show this year.

“We only had to call off two events over the whole weekend and I just want to thank everybody in the community who came along to support the show.”

A band of rather tired volunteers gathered at the showground on Monday to pack up the grandstands and pick up the left-over rubbish

The demolition derby on Saturday night went ahead but Mr Petty said the cars seriously have left the main ring in a big mess.

The churned-up mud made the area very difficult to walk across.

“Honestly I think the drivers were more concerned about not getting bogged,” Mr Petty said.

“The ring is in a bit of a mess, we’ll have to wait for some fine weather before we try and fix things up”

“We’re seriously looking at putting down some sand, especially in the campdraft area, but these are more long term issues which we’ll sort out in the next couple of months.

“For now we’ll just have to wait for things to dry out a bit.”

The show was officially opened on Friday night by farmer and inspirational speaker Sam Bailey.

Member for Northern Tablelands Richard Torbay and Tenterfield mayor Toby Smith were also in attendance.

In his address, Mr Bailey, who is a quadriplegic, spoke about the importance of family and community in small country towns like Tenterfield.

While life in a wheelchair had brought a host of challenges for Sam and his wife Jenny, who run a property at Warialda, Sam said he had been able to overcome most of them through the support of his family, friends and the local community.

This was the 135th year of the Tenterfield Show and marked the 75th anniversary of C.H. Perry and his horse Lookout’s record breaking high-jump.

A plaque was unveiled on Saturday afternoon in the rain to commemorate the historic occasion.