Fun at the A & P Showgrounds.

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Pony rides were the highlight of the show!
Always popular with the kids, pony rides.
Jason George does the farmer’s walk with 2 x 100kg weights.
Te Radar in control of the days presendings.
Rockin’ the high seas!
Sandra Hodgson, Ross Gillard and Chelsea Holm enjoy the donkey judging.
Hopper and Esme Burson hand feed farm animals.
Champions come in all sizes!
Andy from ‘Old McDonald’s Travelling Farmyard’ brings the farmyard to you.
Te Radar in control of the days presendings.
Brian Golding of the Franklin Historical Society bakes scones in a cast iron oven.
The Octopus in full flight.
Matt Ragg gives it his all on the farmer’s walk.
Roxanne and Catherine Rawnsley produces blue ribbon results.
Dean Sinclair aka ‘Powerlifting Jesus’ makes light work of the farmer’s walk.
Sheep racing
Afa Paea from Manukau approves of the Counties Strongman competition.
Alpacas are part of the camel family tree. More info at http://www.alpaca.org.nz.
Afa Paea rises over 100kg over his head.
Multiple world champion Jason Wynyard gives a world class effort.
The classic bumper cars are fun for the whole family.
Elliot, Robert and Mitchell Lim enjoys the amusement rides.
The ‘Top Gear’ merry-go-round.
Axwoman Mikhayla Tainui-McLean swings the axe to victory.

See pictures from the 2016 Franklin A & P Show.