By Ewan Pate, farming editor

THE ORGANISERS of Fife Show will be pleased with the attendance at their new venue at Kinloss on the Cupar town boundary.

This is the second year on the site but this year it was extended by an extra two fields.

This allowed tractor pulling, a game fair and children’s fun fair to be added to the attractions. But it also helped provide extra car parking thus avoiding a repetition of last year when the car parks were full by mid-afternoon.

President Ron Smith, Pitcruvie, Upper Largo, was in relaxed mood saying, “I am very pleased with the way the committee have pulled together to organise this year’s show. We expect an attendance of more than the 7000 who came last year, the new attractions helping to pull in extra visitors.”

This is around double the attendance before the show moved to its new location near the county town.

However, the traditional stock lines were still very much at the heart of the day.

The champion-of-champions, best animal on the showground, was a home-bred Limousin-cross heifer from Mr and Mrs Bert Paton, The Spott, Glenprosen. Megane, at 16 months, is by Goldies Oswald and was champion as a calf at Alyth last year.

The overall cattle champion was a three-year-old Limousin bull, Dyfri Target, shown by David Orr, Mains of Beath, Crossgates. Mr Orr has 35 pedigree Limousin cows. His winner was bought at Carlisle for 6000gns.

The overall sheep championship was a close contest between Gordon Mackie, Drimmie, Forfar, with his Suffolk gimmer and George Milne, Kinaldy, with his Cheviot tup. The Cheviot took the honours with the two-shear Allanshaws The Fox.

This is Mr Milne’s stock tup and was bought at Lockerbie for 2000 gns.