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1 SOUTHERN DISTRICTS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BUSSELTON (INC.) ANNUAL BUSSELTON SHOW NOMINATION OF ENTRY FORM FOR EXHIBITS OTHER THAN STOCK (General Exhibits) ENTRY FEE MUST ACCOMPANY EACH EXHIBIT NOMINATION OF Entries: NOTE SCHEDULE FOR TIME OF BENCHING EXHIBITS ENTRY FORM Entries for all sections close as in Section Headings Entries can be sent by fax or post. All entries are subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Society and to the conditions printed on the back of this entry form. The exhibitor acknowledges that the acceptance of this entry constitutes a contract between the Society and the exhibitor to observe and be bound by the Rules and Regulations for Exhibitors and Participants. Section Class Fee Description Phone office: Fax: I CERTIFY that the above particulars are correct and I agree to conform to and accept the bylaws and regulations as printed on the back of this entry form, and make these entries subject to the ordinary rules, regulations and bylaws of the Society, and hereby hold the Society free from liability in connection with any mistakes or errors that may be made in the entries or in the Schedule of exhibits. Please print must be completed in full and signed. TOTAL AMOUNT OF ENTRY FEE $ Name of Exhibitor: Signature: Faxed entries must be paid before Address: staging of exhibit. If child please state age: Telephone Number:

2 SOUTHERN DISTRICTS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BUSSELTON (INC.) ANNUAL BUSSELTON SHOW NOMINATION OF ENTRY FORM FOR RING EVENTS ENTRY FEE MUST ACCOMPANY EACH EXHIBIT ENTRY FORM AND SIGNED CONSENT/INDEMNITY FORM Entries can be sent by fax or post. All entries are subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Society and to the conditions printed on the back of this entry form. The exhibitor acknowledges that the acceptance of this entry constitutes a contract between the Society and the exhibitor to observe and be bound by the Rules and Regulations for Exhibitors and Participants. Hacking, Jumping, Novelties, Breed classes. Phone office: Fax: All nomination of entry forms by exhibitors under the age of 18 years must be accompanied by the signed consent of the exhibitor s parent/guardian. All adult nomination of entry forms must be accompanied by the signed indemnity at the back of the schedule. Entry Fee Class Horse Name Reg. No. Owner s Name Total Fees Paid Faxed entries must be paid before participating in event. Stallion Boxes Please Print must be completed in full and signed Owing to the limited number, these will be allocated Name of Exhibitor: on a first booked basis at a fee of $5-00 per box (lockup stalls) accompanying entry. Signature: Type of Stall required Stallions Address: Number Required Day Required Telephone No:

3 SOUTHERN DISTRICTS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BUSSELTON (INC.) ANNUAL BUSSELTON SHOW LIVESTOCK NOMINATION OF ENTRY FORM All entries are subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Society and to the conditions printed on the back of this entry form. The exhibitor acknowledges that the acceptance of this entry constitutes a contract between the Society and the exhibitor to observe and be bound by the Rules and Regulations for Exhibitors and Participants. ENTRY FEE MUST ACCOMPANY EACH EXHIBIT ENTRY FORM AND SIGNED INDEMNITY/CONSENT FORM - Entries can be sent by fax or post. All nomination of entry forms by exhibitors under the age of 18 years must be accompanied by the signed consent of the exhibitor s parent/guardian. All adult nomination of entry forms must be accompanied by the signed indemnity at the back of the schedule. JUDGING TIMES FOR STOCK ARE AS PRINTED IN THE SCHEDULE Please indicate breed Office Use only Breed Class Fee per class Name of Animal Phone office: Fax: NILS Number Age Sire Dam I CERTIFY that the above particulars are correct and I agree to conform to and accept the bylaws and regulations as printed on the back of this entry form, and make these entries subject to the ordinary rules, regulations and bylaws of the Society, and hereby hold the Society free from liability in connection with any mistakes or errors that may be made in the entries or in the Schedule of exhibits. All entries must provide vendor declarations and have NLIS identification. TOTAL AMOUNT OF ENTRY FEE $ Faxed entries must be paid before staging exhibits. Name of Exhibitor: Address: Signature: Please print must be completed in full and signed. Telephone Number: EXHIBITORS ARE REMINDED OF THE CONDITIONS REGARDING TB, BRUCELLOSIS AND PARASITES IN THEIR STOCK - See beginning of Dairy and Beef Cattle Sections for full details.

4 SOUTHERN DISTRICTS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BUSSELTON (INC.) ANNUAL BUSSELTON SHOW NOMINATION OF ENTRY FORM FOR POULTRY, PIGEONS & CAGE BIRDS Entries: NOTE SCHEDULE FOR TIME OF BENCHING EXHIBITS ENTRY FEE MUST ACCOMPANY EACH EXHIBIT ENTRY FORM AND SIGNED CONSENT/INDEMNITY FORM Entries for all three sections close as per Section Headings - Entries can be sent by fax or post. All entries subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Society and to the conditions printed on the back of their entry form. The exhibitor acknowledges that the acceptance of this entry constitutes a contract between the Society and the exhibitor to observe and be bound by the Rules and Regulations for Exhibitors and Participants. SOUTHERN DISTRICTS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BUSSELTON (INC.) This slip will be returned to the Exhibitor with Pen Numbers filled in and must be produced when delivering and removing exhibits. Phone office: Fax: SOUTHERN DISTRICTS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BUSSELTON (INC.) CERTIFICATE OF ENTRY 2017 To the Secretary: Please enter for competition at the forthcoming Busselton Show the following: For Exhibitor s Use Pen Class Class Pen Breed Office (use separate line for each use entry) only Please fill in class numbers and name and Total Number of Entries: address on both forms: Total Entry Fees $ Name: In making these entries I declare they are my bona fide Address: property and I agree to abide by the Society s rules. (Please complete below in full and sign.) Faxed Entries must be paid before Name: staging of exhibits. Address: Telephone: The office copy of this form must be signed: Signature:

5 Rules and Regulations for Exhibitors & Participants 1. This Society is affiliated with the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia and is conducted under the rules and regulations of that Society, unless otherwise specified in the schedule. 2. The Exhibition Halls will be open to the public on Friday 3 rd November at 2.00pm until 9pm and Saturday 4 th November at 9.00am until 4pm. 3. Judging will commence as follows: Thursday 2 nd November: Section O Amateur Brewing & Winemaking; Section U Craft; Section S Needlework; Section T Spinning, Weaving and Dyeing; Section V Woodwork & Metalwork; Section R Photography; Section W Children s Photography. Friday 3 rd November: Section A Ring Events; Section I Wool; Section J Pastures and Fodders; Section K Vegetables; Section L Farm Produce; Section M Domestic; Section N Preserves & Pickles; Section Q Art; Section P Flowers; Section W Children s Domestic, Flowers and Art. Saturday 4 th November: Section A Ring Events; Section B Dairy Cattle; Section C Beef Cattle; Section D Stud Sheep; Section E Dairy Goats; Section F Poultry; Section G Caged Birds; Section H Pigeons; Tiny Tots 4. Admission to the Grounds: Adults $15; Children (6 to 16 years) $5; Children under 6 free; Pensioners (showing age pension concession card) $5. Financial members, on presentation of their membership pass tickets, will be admitted free to the ground. Tickets are NOT TRANSFERABLE and may be used only by the member. If used by any other person, the ticket will be cancelled. ATTENDANTS PASSES 5. (a) Firms exhibiting in the trade display area will be entitled to a limit of four (4) free passes. No other passes will be issued. Additional passes may be purchased from the office. (b) Trade exhibits must be placed on the area allotted by the Trade Space Coordinator. CONDITIONS OF EXHIBIT ENTRY 6. Nomination of entry forms must be forwarded to the Secretary no later than: POULTRY; PIGEONS - noon Friday October 27 DAIRY; BEEF - Monday October 30 PHOTOGRAPHY (including Children s) - 5pm Tuesday October 31 CAGE BIRDS - noon Wednesday November 1 CHILDREN S SECTIONS (excluding Photography) - noon Wednesday November 1 BREEDING HORSES - 5pm Wednesday November 1 RING EVENTS; SHOW JUMPING, FANCY DRESS day of event ALL OTHER SECTIONS Wednesday November 1 7. No entry will be received except upon the express condition that the exhibit will comply with and submit to the rules, regulations and by-laws of the Society in all respects. A copy of the rules, and regulations can be had at any time on application to the Secretary. 8. It is a condition of exhibit entry acceptance that an adult sign all nomination of entry forms. If the nomination of entry form is for a person under 18 years of age, the parent/guardian must sign the nomination of entry form. 9. The name of the breeder, grower, producer, manufacturer and the pedigree of the stock, as the case may be, must be stated at the time of entry, or (if not known) sufficient explanation must be given why this information cannot be afforded. (This does not apply in the case of Agricultural Societies being exhibitors). 10. The entry fee must be forwarded with the nomination of entry form in all cases. 11. The committee reserves the right to refuse, cancel, or accept conditionally, any entry without giving a reason for so doing. 12. All entries are received subject to the by-laws, regulations and the ordinary rules of the Society. 13. All the exhibits must be the bona fide property, work and product of the exhibitor, except where otherwise stated in each particular Section. APPLICATIONS FOR TRADE SPACE 14. Applications for Trade Space must be made to not later than fourteen (14) days before the Show. 15. Should the committee have any reason to suspect that any exhibit is dangerous or objectionable, it may have same removed from, or refuse its admission to, the grounds. ARRANGEMENTS OF EXHIBITS 16. Except where specially stated, no competing exhibit will be allowed to wear any ribbon, badge, or mark, whilst being judged. This does not refer to decorating ribbons, earmarks or ear discs. Livestock attendants must wear plain dustcoats in the judging ring. 17. The whole arrangements as to the position, classification and grouping of exhibits shall be under the control of the Stewards. 18. The exhibition and produce halls will be cleared of all persons, with the exception of Stewards, at 4pm on the Saturday and re-opened from 4.30pm to 5pm, for the removal of exhibits. Re-entry and removal of exhibit/s will be by Receipt of Entry form only. 19. All exhibits to be ready for judging at the times stated in each Section. 20. The owner or exhibitor of an exhibit, or stand for an exhibit, not approved as an exhibit by the committee, must remove such exhibit or stand on request. 21. An exhibitor or attendant refusing to attach the Prize Card to any exhibit to which the prize is awarded, and to keep the same on during the hours of exhibition, will on proof thereof to the committee forfeit all prizes awarded to such exhibit during the show and may be disqualified from again competing. 22. One Prize Card only is issued for each prize won. 23. Exhibitors will render themselves liable to a penalty not exceeding $10 by removing any official placard, ticket or ribbon affixed or posted by the Stewards, or by affixing any other placard, ticket or ribbon in lieu thereof, or by refusing in any way to carry out instructions, and the Society shall incur no responsibility by enforcing the regulations. The committee shall have power to retain any or all exhibits until fines are paid. 24. The responsibility for the accuracy or the description of pedigree and for the eligibility to compete of all animals entered in the various classes rests solely with the exhibitor. 25. Attendants shall be under the control and direction of the Stewards in their respective sections. 26. Exhibitors of hay in Section J must have grown at least 1.2 hectares this season. 27. Any exhibit, for which no class is provided, likely to be of interest or benefit to the district, may be entered in a non-competitive capacity at the discretion of the committee. BREEDING YEAR 29. The judges are empowered to decide on the age of any exhibit except cattle and in any dispute as to age, the animal under query shall compete subject to check with society concerned, unless herd book or calf registration form be produced; any animal which cannot be identified, will be automatically ineligible. PROTESTS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS 30. All protests to be made in writing to the Secretary within two hours of the judge awarding the prize, and must be accompanied by $2, which will be forfeited if the protest is considered frivolous. 31. Should any exhibit having gained a prize be disqualified (either by a protest or for any other reason) the next on the list does not necessarily obtain such a prize. The committee, with or without the advice of the judge, shall decide. Where any exhibit competes under protest, Stewards are to ensure that the judge makes an extra placing in case of need. JUDGES 32. No exhibitor shall act as a judge in the class in which he has an exhibit or in which there is an exhibit in which he is in any way interested. 33. The judges will enter upon their duties as per the timetable (Item 3). 34. Award papers: The judges shall fill in the award papers supplied to them in detail, assign reasons for their decision if requested and sign and hand same to the Stewards. 35. In the event of there being no competition in any class, prizes may be given if the judges certify to particular merit, but they are specially requested to withhold prizes, even where there is no competition, if the exhibits are of inferior description or not suitable for the class in which they are competing. They may award a second or third prize instead of the first, or may divide the prizes. 36. The judges are requested to make reserve number of the exhibits next in merit beyond those to which the prizes are awarded, in every class where the number of entries exceed the number of prizes offered, if, in their opinion, the exhibit is of sufficient merit to deserve a prize. 37. Champion Awards: In making these awards, the judges will only select from the exhibits which gained First Prizes in classes eligible. Under no circumstances may the judge make equal Championship Awards. Reserve Champions will be selected from the remaining First Prize winners and the Second Prize winner from the class which supplied the Champion. 38. The judges shall not award any prize to an exhibit that, in their opinion, does not comply with the condition. 39. Any person insulting or interfering with the judge during the Show will be subject to removal from the grounds and the prize, if any, awarded to such persons may be absolutely forfeited to the funds of the Society. STEWARDS 40. Stewards in all Sections shall attend upon the judges, furnish them with award books, prize cards and ribbons and afford them all the information and attention necessary to the discharge of their duties. 41. Stewards shall, in case of dispute, certify to the correctness of the awards. 42. Stewards shall carefully explain to the judges the conditions of the competition in each class and see that the rules of the Society are upheld by the judges. 43. It shall be the duty of the Stewards to prevent any person interfering with the judges and if necessary, to order the removal of the offender. Persons in charge of any exhibit must on no account address the judge, or leave their exhibit, during the adjudication of the judges, unless authorised by the Stew ards of the section in which they are competing. EXHIBITORS NOMINATION RECEIPTS (Receipt of Entry) 44. Exhibitors Receipt of Entry form for each exhibit must be produced to the Stewards on arrival of exhibit and again produced when the exhibit leaves the ground. SOCIETY S RESPONSIBILITY 45. Every reasonable care will be taken of exhibits, but no responsibility will be incurred by the Society. Ordinary precautions will be taken to guard against fire and to protect the property of the Society and exhibitors, but exhibits will not be insured at the cost of the Society. 46. The Society its Directors officers employees and agents will not be responsible to any exhibitor/participant servant agent em ployee or invitee of an exhibitor/participant for any loss or damage suffered by or caused to any such exhibitor/participant or their servants agents employees or invitees for the death or bodily injury caused to any such persons as a result of their participation in the Busselton Agricultural Show and/or Busselton Show and each exhibitor/participant shall hold Southern Districts Agricultural Society Busselton (Inc) blameless and indemnified against any legal proceedings arising from any accident whatsoever. 47. Prizes not claimed within the financial year of the show will be forfeited and revert to the funds of the Society. The financial year ends 31 December in each year. GENERAL 48. The committee reserves the right to reject or remove any exhibitor, servant or attendant or any visitor from the show without being required to give an explanation or being liable to compensation. 49. No dogs allowed on the ground. 50. The committee reserves the right to postpose and further postpone the show from the advertised dates, and make what alterations it deems desirable in the schedule or other show arrangements. 51. The decision of the committee on all points shall be final without recourse. 52. THE COLLECTION OF PRIZE MONIES AND TROPHIES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIZE WINNERS. PRIZE MONEY CAN BE COLLECTED FROM THE SOCIETY S OFFICE UP UNTIL 12 NOON ON THE MONDAY FOLLOWING THE SHOW. Entry forms may be lodged by mail prior to the Show Office in Churchill Park being open. 53. The Show Office is open to the public from Thursday November 26, 2017, 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 12n Saturday, 9am to 4pm both days of show.

6 Southern Districts Agricultural Society Busselton (Inc.) 2017 BUSSELTON AGRICULTURAL SHOW INDEMNITY NAME: Southern Districts Agricultural Society Busselton (Inc.) ADDRESS: Churchill Park, Adelaide Street, Busselton WA. EVENT: 2017 BUSSELTON AGRICULTURAL SHOW and/or BUSSELTON SHOW ALL ADULT EXHIBITORS 18 YEARS OF AGE and OVER I acknowledge and agree as a condition of participating at the 2017 Busselton Agricultural Show and/or Busselton Show ( show ) that neither the Southern Districts Agricultural Society Busselton (Inc.), its directors, officers, employees and agents, participants, officials, volunteers, medical personnel, any persons, promoters, sponsors, advertisers, nor owners or lessees of premises used to conduct the show shall be under any liability for either my death or the death of any attendant or any other participant for whom I am responsible or for any injury, loss or damage which may be sustained or incurred by me or any attendant or any other participant for whom I am responsible, as a result of participation in or being present at the show. By signing hereunder I confirm I have read and understood the contents of this Indemnity together with the Section Conditions and Regulation 46 by which I agree to abide. Name (Print): Signature: Dated this: day of PARENT/GUARDIAN CONSENT for EXHIBITORS, RIDERS, DRIVERS, PASSENGERS, ATTENDANTS and ANY OTHER PARTICIPANTS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE I, (name of parent/guardian), being the parent/guardian of (child s name), confirm that I have read the whole of this document and have taken all necessary actions to ensure I am aware of the activity in which the above named will participate at the 2017 Busselton Agricultural Show and/or Busselton Show ( show ) and consent to him/her participating. I acknowledge and agree that neither the Southern Districts Agricultural Society Busselton (Inc.), its directors, officers, employees and agents, participants, officials, volunteers, medical personnel, any persons, promoters, sponsors, advertisers nor owners or lessees of premises used to conduct the show shall be under any liability whatsoever for the death of or any injury, loss or damage which may be suffered or incurred by the above named or by any other person for whom I am responsible as a result of participation in or being present at the show. By signing hereunder I confirm I have read and understood the contents of this Indemnity together with the Section Conditions and Regulation 46 by which I agree to abide. Name (Print): Signature: Dated this: day of 2017