The Tenterfield Show Society’s Helen Petrie said stewards met last Wednesday for a final sorting out of details, with sections spread over the showground’s three pavilions: the WM Reid Pavilion (the main pavilion), the shearing complex and the floriculture pavilion.

The stewards have invested lots of work in making up the schedule to provide all the information required for winning entries, and Mrs Petrie encouraged all participants to read the requirements carefully to ensure their entry isn’t disqualified.

“It could be the size of a quilt or a baking tin, or whether an entry is required to be iced or not...,” she said.

The woodcraft section is making a welcome return this year after several years absent, with steward Michael Wish at the helm. He has been promised more entries that he has allocated space, ranging from pens to rocking horses and everything in between so it should be a great display.

For those whose skills lean more toward baking, the feature cake for this year is a Chocolate Beetroot Cake. The recipe’s provided in the schedule, so just following the directions carefully (including using a 20cm round cake tin), and you will be in with a chance.

There’s a special emphasis on encouraging child participation, particularly in the handcraft section with a new steward on board in the form of Sandie Iedema and a narrowing of age categories.

“Just so five-year-olds aren’t competing against 12-year-olds,” Mrs Petrie said.

In fact the categories are pre-school, Year 1-2, Year 3-4, Year 5-6, Year 7-9 and Year 10-12, and entries are encouraged both from individuals and groups and schools.

“There are lots of great prizes, and show ride passes up for grabs,” Mrs Petrie said.

Over in the shearing complex the junior art section also has a new steward (Louise Stewart) with some changes to encourage more entries. The Creative Kids exhibition also in the Shearing Complex is back again this year after a strong start in 2016.

Mrs Petrie encouraged everyone to check the schedule to see when entries are being received, and to bring along items on entry day even if they don’t seem to fit into a class, particularly in the handcraft section.

“If you have an apron, for example, bring it along,” she said.

“We can create a class or put it in ‘Any Other Subject’.”

Mrs Petrie said stewards are happy to take queries in the leadup to the show, with their contact details in the schedule. What isn’t in the schedule this year are the entry forms, but they are available online at tenterfieldshow.org.au, at the show office or from stewards on the day entries are being received.

“Let’s get behind the show,” Mrs Petrie said.

“It would be great to have the problem of too many entries for the space.”