Sun sets on another Shawville Fair

Sun sets on another Shawville Fair

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Grace Pasch helps her younger sister Claire compete in the Pee Wee barrel race on Sunday afternoon after Claire’s previous run sent her tumbling from the saddle. In last year’s gymkhana competitions – the girls’ first ever – it was Grace who was being led through the races.
Seven-year-old Loretta Sprigings has her horse Ma So Jo Tassilo dressed up in familiar farmer attire during the costume class at the gymkhana event on Sunday.
Gymkhana racers wait their turn behind the arena as the sun sets Sunday evening.
Laird Graham plays some piano tunes to welcome the first class during Friday evening’s horse show.
Ray McLaughlin and Chrissy Heatlie of McLaughlin Clydesdales in Haley Station, Ont. drive their team of horses around the ring during Saturday’s four-horse hitch competition.
Louise Aumond of Ferme DAJO in Maniwaki buffs the wheels on David Aumond and Joelle Lapointe’s cart in preparation for Friday night’s heavy horse event.
Raelynn Sally (left) and Myanna Sally (right) sort out their ribbons after winning the reserve and grand champion titles, respectively, in the heifer class of the regional 4-H dairy show on Sunday.
Kinsley Driscoll shows in the 4-H cloverbud beef class on Sunday, which she went on to win.
Molly Dowe shows a rabbit during the 4-H regional show on Saturday morning, winning first place in both the overall showmanship class. Reid Thompson (right) won second place.
Kathleen Kelly (left) and MacKenzie St-Pierre (right) position their animals during the market lamb show on Saturday morning. Kelly won reserve champion in both the showmanship and conformation classes, while Laura Mayhew (not pictured) won overall champion.
A crowd gathers at the back entrance of the arena to watch as the four-horse hitch class takes its turn inside.
Glass Tiger plays the main stage Friday, saving hit track “Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone” until the very last song of the evening.
Pontiac’s own Louis Schryer (left) and Phil Denault (right) shred it on stage during Denault’s set on Sunday evening.
Shawville Fair favourite Brett Kissel takes the stage Sunday after Phil Denault warmed up the crowd.
Eganville cowboy Mansel Jamison waits his turn to enter the arena for one of the many horse races he partook in as part of his first gymkhana competition on Sunday afternoon. “It’s different than chasing cows,” he laughed.
Teams await their turn during the horse pull on Sunday afternoon.
The Greer family’s team of horses traveled from North Gower, south of Ottawa, to compete in the horse pull on Sunday afternoon. They won the heavy class, managing to pull 11,000 lbs over six feet after several attempts.
Eric Chrétien does a victory lap of the arena after winning the open cart class in the horse show on Friday evening. Ryan Currie finished second.
Three-year-old Rosie Oattes keeps Bella in line during the Pee Wee beef show on Saturday afternoon.
Andrea St-Pierre wrangles her Jersey calf during the Pee Wee dairy showmanship class on Friday morning.
Young Clarendon farmer Brynn Currie shows her steer in her first 4-H market auction on Sunday evening, landing a final bid of $10.10 a pound.
Bryson Bullis shows his steer at the 4-H market.
Eloise Thompson shows her goat The Rock in her first 4-H market after a touch-and-go summer throughout which she was unsure whether he would make the weight minimum.
Rhys Shanks of Leamington, Ont., takes a break from the fair mayhem to enjoy a lollipop in the sunshine on Friday afternoon.
Auctioneer Chad Findlay flings his arm in the air to take an audience member’s bid for Jake Childs’ (left) market steer at Sunday night’s 4-H auction.
Last year’s Shawville Fair pumpkin champ Mike Rusenstrom (left) helps 15-time champ Todd Kline (right) weigh Kline’s contribution to the fair’s produce division on Wednesday evening. The pumpkin weighed in at 740 lbs., the lightest of his batch this year. He saved his heavy hitters for the three higher-stakes competitions he plans to enter this fall.
The Scrambler was one of many attractions at the Beauce Carnival midway throughout the weekend, and was enjoyed by fairgoers both young and old.
Hayden Grey rounds one of the barrels during the gymkhana time trials.
Shawville Rotary’s Sue Page (left) and Marc Latreille (right), are joined by Bill Telford to draw the winning 50/50 ticket at the conclusion of the fair on Monday. The winner was Bristol’s Pat Lydiard, who won $4,752.50.
Mariane Desjardins Roy takes a turn on the carousel with her son Valentin as the sun sets on Friday evening.
Alex Markwell of Mountain, Ont. won the 10,500 lbs. big diesel tractor category of Thursday night’s pulls with a distance of just over 263 feet.
Shawville-Clarendon firefighter Vaughan Bastien heeds requests to cool off the raucous midday crowd at Monday’s demolition derby.
After 10 minutes of playing cat-and-mouse with his final remaining opponent, Jeremy Williams of Ladysmith goes in for his final kill at Monday’s demolition derby.
Jeremy Williams gives the crowd a thumbs up after winning the V8 class, his sixth demolition derby victory at the fair.
Photographer Ben MacDonald, who has been photographing truck and tractor pulls in Shawville since the 1970s, said this year’s muddy track in Shawville was among the worst he had ever seen. The track had to be changed three times due to wet weather on Thursday night, before finally going ahead in its original location.
This year’s Supreme Dairy Champion was a Jersey owned by Double-G Farms in Clarendon. Back row from left are Garth Tracy, dairy director Lee Stanley, judge Kevin Johnston, Mike St-Pierre, Peyton St-Pierre, MacKenzie St-Pierre, Morgan Tracy, Chris Tracy, and Alex Mayhew. Front row, from left, are Andrea St-Pierre, Collins St-Pierre, Gavin Tracy, and Evelyn Tracy.
Longtime Shawville Fair volunteers Rick Younge (left) and Elwyn Lang (centre right) were recognized with the Fair’s dedicated service award, here presented by Pontiac Agricultural Society general manager Mavis Hanna (centre left) and president Ralph Lang (right) at the weekend’s opening ceremony on Thursday evening.
Crowds gather at the Shawville fairgrounds for the annual demolition derby on Monday.

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