Kempton Park Show 2010

[Grandpa]

Hi all,

Advance notification of a joint societies show to be held at Kempton Park Race course on 15th August 2010.

PM me for further details.

[Austin Allegro]

Discussed this at my local club last week and the organisers asking for clubs to make a speculative investment to cover base cost. That being on the basis that they would get back a pro-rata share the final profits. If i recall covering the outlay include something like a £5 entry, at least 200 tables and a thousand paying entrants.
Bearing in mind that about 20 million people are about an hours drive away from Kempton Park I think the expectation of 1000 paying customers is probably a wild underestimate. In addition the location is pretty handy for breeders on the other side of the channel to get to. Hence I would envisage the organisers not having to much trouble getting the place full of tables. So, overall likely to be a jolly good old success.

So, is this come on board investment opportunity offered to clubs also
open to individuals? if so i might be interested in putting the odd shilling in. Tell you wot it will probably pay more than my endowment.

[Metamorphosis]

Hi
we are interested can you give us some details

[penfold]

do we need another show also this is very close to when the madestone show is usually on so that will ruin that there is also the possibilty of an extra doncaster show and extra rodbaston the shows this year have been dieing very early plus you see the great same faces again and again how do they intend on getting new people to come to these shows saying all that ill still book tables

[Zak]

I was thinking about this, im pretty sure the West Mids show will be around same time next year as it was this year ie beginning of August putting the shows in direct conflict. Doncaster is what end of June and end of September, pretty close.

Anymore details on this Kempton park show?

[Grandpa]

I think August was picked so that it didnt clash with any other large UK or European Show. Its a shame that MRAC are committed to their show, it would have been nice to have them aboard for the combined society show. Question is will it effect both shows?

The IHS were also aware of the combined show - down south, so who knows.

Metamorphosis, what details would you like? If I can help I will, if I cant, I will contact the FBH secretary for the answers. If you require table booking info, please PM me. Hope this helps in its own small way.

Cheers

Grandpa

[penfold]

hold on mrac have had 2 shows around that date so not much research was done so that it did not clash and it is one of the larger shows

[Grandpa]

Penfold,

I'll PM you

[Zak]

Originally Posted by penfold

hold on mrac have had 2 shows around that date so not much research was done so that it did not clash and it is one of the larger shows

Agreed.

So in the space of 2 months (ish) theres MRAC, West Mids, Doncaster, BRAS and Rodbaston may be announcing another date. I cant find Hamm/Houten dates for 2010 ATM.

Are the FBH sure they can attract the other socities when their events are already planned/booked, things are done a year in advance usually. Surely the idea of a combined event would be to entice every other socitiey to bring their breeder contacts and their members creating an uber show. So picking a month when there are no/few shows nearby would be best idea.

[HS]

Originally Posted by Grandpa

I think August was picked so that it didnt clash with any other large UK or European Show. Its a shame that MRAC are committed to their show, it would have been nice to have them aboard for the combined society show. Question is will it effect both shows?

Grandpa

Quite clearly it clashes with two UK shows, and will no doubt affect those shows. The West Midland show and Maidstone shows. Obviously little research was done when setting a date. As for MRAC committment to their local shows, I would like to mention that the combined show is not meant as a replacement, but an addition. I would be interested to know which clubs have combined to make the show, and how many of them were involved in the actual choosing of a venue and date?
Also, how many of them won't be holding local shows in 2010.