Category Organisation

The Cunningsburgh Show committee is very grateful to the following people and organisations who helped make this year’s show a success…

• All outlets that distributed schedules.
• Those who helped erect and dismantle our field in particular: Andrew Nicolson, Alan Adamson, Stuart Downing, Andy Jarmson, Pony Breeders of Shetland Association and Shetland Young Farmers.
• The judges and stewards who tended to 2362 entries.
• The TA Cadets for helping with car parking.
• All our gate stewards.
• Wilma Thomson who cleaned the 100+ trophies and Robin Hunter who presented them.
• Chris Faulkner for being MC
• Our main sponsor A Jarmson Shetland Ltd, along with our other sponsors and those who donated raffle prizes
• Shetland Rugby Club for managing the Hall teas and making luncheon for our volunteers, along with Martin Thomson for donating tatties.
• The 67 tradestands and the event caterers
• All musicians providing entertainment from our wonderful new stage, and the sound technicians making sure we could hear them.
• Those who demonstrated spinning and knitting, and those who took vintage tractors along to display.
• Joan Smith for organising the sports and Cee & Jays for sponsoring the medals
• Aimee Sutherland for the fantastic photos

Finally, to all the talented exhibitors and everybody who visited and made it all worthwhile. It was a fantastic day, thank you! Hope to see you all in 2025!

The map below shows where to find everything. Access to the free car park is at the gate just south of the Hall, please follow instructions from the parking stewards.

Home industries entries can be dropped off 7pm-8.30pm tonight, or you can take them tomorrow morning ready for judging to start at 10am.

Sheds 4 & 5 will be closed while judging is taking place but there is plenty more to see and do…

Livestock judging all morning (Shetland Ponies and Horses & Ponies into the afternoon)
Tradestands – Agricultural Machinery & Supplies, Crafts, Produce, Charities & Community Info
Hot Food, Ice Cream & Juice on the Park
Soup, Sausage Rolls, Sandwiches, Tea, Coffee & Cake in the Hall
Bouncy Castle
Bairns Play Area & Craft Tent
Facepainting & Sideshows (Tombola, Hook-a-Duck…)
Vintage Tractors
Fire Engine from Sandwick Fire Station
Grand Raffle – get your tickets in the marquee
Bairns Scavenger Hunt
Live Music until 3.30pm
11am Bairns SingAlong with Trevor Jamieson
12pm – 4pm Cunningsburgh History Group Hut – Cunningsburgh & Quarff Schools Display
1.30pm Dog Judging in the cattle ring
2pm Supreme Sheep Champion Judging
2pm Sports on the Football Pitch – Show Mile, Virdak Hill Race & Bairns Races
2pm Spinning & Knitting Demonstration in Shed 4
3.30pm Showyard Champion Judging in the Cattle Ring
4.15pm Presentation of Trophies

Find the answers here… https://cunningsburghshow.com/faq/

Entries can now be made for the 78th show sponsored by A. Jarmson Shetland Ltd, which takes place on Wednesday 7th August.

Schedules are available from local shops, including Mainlands Mini Market, Allan’s of Gillock, Bigton Shop, Sandwick Spar, Harbro, Scalloway and Bixter Vets, Loose Ends, Jamieson & Smith, Jamieson’s, Anderson & Co, The Camera Shop, Sound Service Station, Blydoit Fish Shop, Scalloway Meat Company and The Plantiecrub.

Enter online here… https://cunningsburghshow.com/online-exhibitor-entry/

Here’s the list of our Home Industries classes for 2024. Could your next project be a prize winner?

The long winter nights are the ideal time to get creative with crafts, work on that list of knitting/crochet projects that’s building up, or practise the perfect shortbread recipe. The low winter light and mirrie dancers can also produce some fantastic photos. Or maybe look at the bairns classes for something to keep the peerie angels busy on rainy days?

Some changes to note…

BAKING: We have a new class for Eclairs. The gentlemen’s baking is Marble Loaf & Viennese Whirls. Bairns Aged 9-11 have a new Rocky Road class and the theme for the Bairn’s Aged 12-16 novelty iced sponge is ‘Paris’.

GARDEN & WILD FLOWERS: The subject for the themed arrangement is ‘Paris’.

PHOTOGRAPHY: The subject for the themed classes in Adults & Bairns 12-16 sections is ‘Night Sky’ and for Bairns 5-8 & Bairns 9-11 it’s ‘Holidays’.

KNITWEAR & CROCHET: We have a new class for Fair Isle Socks, and the Jamieson & Smith Colourbox Colours have been updated. We have also re-arranged the Crochet Section into four classes: Any Wearable Garment, Blanket, Amigurumi/Toys & Any Other Article

The Committee would like to thank everybody who made this year’s show a success despite the wind!

Thanks to all outlets for supplying schedules. We would like to thank those who helped erect and dismantle our field, in particular: Steven Malcolmson, Alan Adamson, David Adamson, Stuart Downing, Conon MacKenzie, Shetland Young Farmers; and those who helped with car parking, Sam Pearson and the TA Cadets.

Thanks to the judges and stewards who tended to 2077 entries; all our sponsors including our main sponsor A Jarmson Shetland Ltd; our gate keepers; Wilma Thomson who cleaned all 123 trophies and Pamela Halcrow who presented them; Hannah Ross for invaluable admin support and Chris Faulkner for being MC. Thanks to those who donated raffle prizes.

For making the Show a good visitor experience we thank the 60+ tradestands who coped admirably with the last minutes changes, the event caterers, Shetland Boccia Club and Shetland Rugby Club for managing the Hall teas, Trevor Jamieson for the bairn’s singalong, all who provided live music in the Hall and to those who took vintage tractors to the show. Thank you to Joan Smith for organising the sports and Cee & Jays for sponsoring the medals.

Finally, a big thank you to the exhibitors who produced an excellent array of exhibits and the visiting public for making all the effort worthwhile. The community spirit shown this year was hugely encouraging! Hope to see you all in 2024!

Please see images below which shows where exhibits, tradestands, food vendors, entertainment, entry points and parking can be found on Wednesday at the Cunningsburgh Show.

Exhibitors can drop off exhibits from 6.30pm on Tuesday evening & all exhibits should be in place for judging to commence at 10am on Wednesday morning. There will be no access to sheds at this time but there will still be entertainment and food / drinks available on the showfield, as well as lots of tradestands to see.

Due to Mavis standing down as joint secretary we are looking for someone to join us to help with the running of the show.

There is another secretary so you won’t be on your own and good bunch on the committee to help. It is only 1 meeting per month (2 in August).

If you are interested in the show and would like to know more please drop us a message or email info@cunningsburghshow.com for more info or an informal chat. Alternatively speak with any of the committee.

Entries can now be made for the 77th show sponsored by A Jarmson Shetland Ltd, which takes place on Wednesday 9th August.

Schedules are available from local shops, including Mainlands Mini Market, Allan’s of Gillock, Bigton Shop, Sandwick Spar, Mackenzies Farm Shop, Harbro, Lerwick, Scalloway and Bixter Vets, Loose Ends, Jamieson & Smith, Sound Service Station, Scalloway Meat Company, The Checkout and The Plantiecrub.

Alternatively you can view the schedule and enter online at https://cunningsburghshow.com/online-exhibitor-entry/

The colours have been announced by Aister ‘oo’ for their sponsored knitting class.

AISTER ‘OO’ Competition: Any Fair Isle Hat, gloves or headband, knitted in at least 4 of their colours from the following range: Fornenst, Fjord, Hurley, Veggil, Scord, Holms Geo.