POST-COVID growth of Boort’s annual show is predicted to continue this year as the volunteer committee says plans for the October celebration of country life are well advanced.
Madeleine Scott, last week re-elected for her fifth term as president of the agricultural and pastoral society, said the truck show section was playing a big part increasing participation and attendance.
“The truck show organiser Heath Saunders had more than 170 trucks at our show last October and is looking to have more than 200 this year,” she said.
“We are already in step with organising all parts of the show ... pretty much all the volunteers have slipped straight back into the same roles.
“The crowds have been steadily increasing since we resumed after the COVID hiatus and it’s looking like the show, with its great family entertainment atmosphere, will keep growing.”
Re-elected vice-president last week was Alan Wilson with Sharon Pickering and Jess Lee as show secretaries, Jane and Grace Hosking executive secretaries and Kelly Henderson treasurer of the Loddon Shire’s only agricultural show.