Ruth and Keith Berry, of Waipara, were pleased to win champion all breeds ewe hogget.
Robin Wilson, of West Melton, was pleased to win the champion ribbon in the Corriedale ram hogget feature class at the Amberley A&P Show on Saturday.
Mark Woelders (left) and Kevin Rowe enjoy their work, judging in the ‘‘hoof to hotplate'' competition. Mr Rowe said he was impressed with the 18 samples of beef from calves entered by local farmers.
Waipara girls Anna Croft (9, left), and her lamb Pebbles, and Clementine Forbes (9), with her brother's lamb Big Joe (back) and her lamb Bruse, get ready to enter the judges' ring.
Deidre Ward, of Sefton, near Rangiora, gives her pet sheep ‘‘Pretty Pants’’, a 2-year-old wether, a cuddle.
Alice Jones (left), leading Hollybank Vanity, and Jane Arscott, leading Hollybank Vega, get ready for judging in the dairy goat competition. The Hollybank Sable dairy goats come from Cust, near Oxford.
Stephanie Rayward, of Clarkville, near Kaiapoi, feeds one of her kid goats in the pet tent.
All roads led to Amberley Domain on Saturday. After the cancellation of other A&P shows and events throughout the region this year due to Covid-19, Saturday's Amberley A&P Show was a welcome day out.
The day provided a chance for the rural community to come together, show their sheep, sample some lamb and beef cooked up in the hoof to hotplate tent, learn about wool and have a good old catch up.
The sun came out on Saturday morning to welcome the visitors, before strong winds blew dust about in the afternoon.
Central Rural Life journalist David Hill went along to snap some of the action.
