PLANS are progressing well for the Mid Devon Show which will take place at Knightshayes, Chettiscombe, near Tiverton on Saturday, July 26.

The Show is a firm favourite for everyone from across Mid Devon and further afield, being a true celebration of Mid Devon Life and one of Devon’s Best Days Out.

William Heathcoat Amory is Mid Devon Show President Elect.
William Heathcoat Amory is Mid Devon Show President Elect. (MDS)

Outgoing Mid Devon Show President Ray Redford was able to present his chosen charity Marie Curie with £1,227.40 from last year’s Show, received by Amanda Fosbrooke.
Outgoing Mid Devon Show President Ray Redford was able to present his chosen charity Marie Curie with £1,227.40 from last year’s Show, received by Amanda Fosbrooke. (MDS)

From 8.30am to 6.30pm it promises entertainment, food, drink, shopping, music and farm life, a chance to indulge in the finest offerings Mid Devon has to offer.

Ray Bradford recently stood down as President and Richard Taylor has been appointed as the 2025 President.

Pictured from left, Richard Taylor - Mid Devon Show President 2025, Ray Radford - Show President 2024 and Billy Amory - Future Show President 2026.
Pictured from left, Richard Taylor - Mid Devon Show President 2025, Ray Radford - Show President 2024 and Billy Amory - Future Show President 2026. (MDS)

William Heathcoat Amory was elected President Elect.

Richard has chosen RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution) as this year’s charity.

For further details, visit: https://www.middevonshow.co.uk/ .

Julian Rice of Essington Farm, North Tawton, took many top prizes with his Essington Pedigree Poll Dorsets, pictured with 22-months-old Shearling ram, Essington Formidable which previously took Champion Dorset at the Launceston Show.  AQ 8509
Julian Rice of Essington Farm, North Tawton, took many top prizes with his Essington Pedigree Poll Dorsets at the Mid Devon Show in 2024, pictured with 22-months-old Shearling ram, Essington Formidable. AQ 8509 (Alan Quick, Crediton Courier)
John May of Priorton Barton, Crediton, took the Champion Devon title with two-and-a-half-year-old bull, Priorton Yeoman.  AQ 4776
John May of Priorton Barton, Crediton, took the Champion Devon title with two-and-a-half-year-old bull, Priorton Yeoman at the Show in 2024. AQ 4776 (Alan Quick, Crediton Courier)