Thousands flock to Isle of Man's Southern Agricultural Show

Thousands of people have attended เกมส์สล็อต the first major agricultural show on the Isle of Man for two years.

The Southern District Agricultural Show was held at Orrisdale Farm in Ballasalla for the first time after it was relocated from Great Meadow in Castletown.

Both the Southern and the Royal Manx Agricultural Shows were cancelled in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Show secretary Sarah Comish said they were "made up" with the attendance.

Ms Comish said the livestock shows were "important" to the farming community as modern farming could be "quite lonely".

"Connecting everybody up again has enormous benefits," she said.

She said organisers had been "a bit nervous" ahead of the event but it was "such a relief" to get the show up and running at the new location.

Held at Great Meadow in Castletown for almost half a century, the show was relocated to Orrisdale as it had more space.

The highlight of the weekend was the grand parade, which saw class winners in the livestock categories compete to be crowned Supreme Champion.

Derek Griffin, who was awarded the Silver Rosebowl for his two-and-a-half-year-old Hereford heifer, said it was "absolutely brilliant" to take the top honours.