8.30am Class 205 Mercers local jumping competition, Ring 2

9am Class 210 Ponies (UK) M M small breeds followed by class 211 with large breeds, Ring 3

Class 219 Unaffiliated working hunter followed by Class 220 BSPS working hunter, Ring 4

9.15am Class 201 Ponies (UK) amateur ridden horse/hunter/cob, Ring 1

Class 221 BSPS Heritage M M open working hunter, followed by Class 222 Pony Club pony followed by Class 223 Pony Club/riding club horse, Ring 4

9.30am Poultry judging starts, Poultry tent

Heavy horse classes, Ring 5

Members’ cage birds, Cage bird tent

Dairy classes, Livestock ring 1

British beef, Livestock ring 2

Commercial beef and calf, Livestock ring 3

9.45am Produce tent closes for judging

10am Continental cattle, Livestock ring 3

10am (approx) Class 206 Equissage discovery (1st round), Ring 2

10.30am Hereford classes, Livestock ring 1

Aberdeen Angus classes, Livestock ring 2

Class 212 Mountain and moorland small breeds followed by Class 213 Mountain and moorland large breeds, Ring 3

10.45am Class 202 Accumulator with joker (advanced), Ring 1

11am Classic car judging, Classic car area

Best pair of beef cattle, Livestock, Ring 3

Vintage tractors, Tractor lines

The Sheep Show, Village Green

11.30am Dexter classes, Livestock ring 1

Rare, endangered and minority breed classes, Livestock ring 2

Young handler classes, Livestock, Ring 3

Game Goer working dogs demonstration, Village Green

Noon Beef champion, Livestock ring 2

Bird of prey display, JRCS falconry team, Ring 3

Class 207 Tri-Zone senior newcomers (1st round), Ring 2

Lucky To Be Alive perform, Village Green

12.15pm Area trial, Ring 1

Produce tent re-opens

12.30pm Supreme champion, Livestock ring 1

The Sheep Show, Village Green

12.45pm Class 214, Foreign breeds class, Ring 3

1pm Companion dog show, Village Green

1.30pm Richard Savory’s Sheep Racing, Ring 1

Class 215 SSA Equitation Championship qualifying open followed by class 216 SAA Classical ladies’ side saddle qualifier, Ring 3

2pm Cage birds, Cage bird tent

Class 208 Horse Hound foxhunter (1st round), Ring 2

Classic cars — Presentation of prizes, Classic car area

Lucky To Be Alive perform., Village Green

2.15pm The Light Cavalry Display Team, Ring 1

2.30pm The Sheep Show, Village Green

2.45pm The Pony Club Mounted Games, Ring 1

3pm The Grand Parade, Ring 1

Class 224 Novice working hunter followed by class 225 ponies (UK) open working hunter, Ring 4

3.30pm Class 209 1.25m open jumping, Ring 2

Class 217 Unaffiliated open veteran horse in-hand followed by class 218 unaffiliated open veteran horse ridden, Ring 3

Game Goer working dogs demonstration, Village Green

3.50pm (approx) Vale of Aylesbury with Garth South Berks Foxhounds, Ring 1

4pm Produce tent presentation of cups, Produce tent

4.15pm Grand Parade, Ring 1

4.30pm Poultry prize-giving, Poultry tent

The Sheep Show, Village Green

5pm The Light Cavalry Display Team, Ring 1

5.30pm Closing ceremony with the Corunna Bugles Drums of Oxfordshire (The Rifles) ACF, Ring 1

6pm Last shuttle buses to Henley and Marlow

All day

Food and Farming Marquee:

An interactive display and exhibition about how food reaches your table. Watch cows being milked, try milking Delilah the wooden cow or bake a biscuit and see bees at work in a glass-fronted hive and how technology aids farming. Plus there’s a prize quiz.

JCRS Falconry static display, Village Green

Plus ferret racing, Hurst Morris People, Astroglide slide with inflatable galleon, simulator, spinners and weavers, children’s swingboats, Apollo space shuttle and water walking

lThe Henley and District Agricultural Association reserves the right to alter the timetable and cannot be held responsible for changes or cancellations to any of the events listed.

THE JRCS Falconry display team is returning to the show for the fourth year running.

Jan Prymarka and his falconers will give a flying demonstrations featuring several birds of prey in ring 3 at noon.

These include Q the hooded vulture, Zulu the harris hawk, Sas the lanner falcon, Talia the Eurasian eagle owl, Cklas the Russian steppe eagle and, the queen of all birds of prey, Ezrie the golden eagle.

There will also be a static show with more than 20 species of birds, which visitors can inspect at close quarters and ask questions of the falconers who will be on hand.

All the birds will be set out with individual identification plaques and there will short, informative talks about their habits and natural habitat throughout the day.

For the demonstration, the team will fly up to 11 birds and this most exciting sight will be accompanied by a light-hearted commentary.

Jan’s speciality is audience participation and visitors will enjoy seeing the hawks fly through the crowd, feeling the speed of the falcons as they fly close by and watching the silent owls fly low over children.

There will even be chance to have a vulture eating out of your hand — always a popular attraction.

Set up in 2001, JRCS Falconry is a private collection of more than 30 birds based near Rugby, Warwickshire.

It provides static and flying displays throughout the year at shows, fetes and children’s parties and the falconers also visit schools, clubs and garden centres.

For more information, visit www.jrcsfalconry.co.uk, call 01788 890096 or email jan@jrcsfalconry.co.uk

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Published on 12 September 2011