MOUNT Isa Show Society are calling on a local group or organisation to conduct the horse events at this years show, to be held on June 17 and 18.
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Mount Isa Show Society president, Leslie Peterson, said if a group of people did not come forward to organise the horse events, there would be none.
“Unfortunately the show committee do not have enough time, people or knowledge to organise the horse events,” Ms Peterson said.
“It is not a one man show, a lot of effort needs to go into preparing and running the event.”
Two years ago the show society struggled to fill the position. Anne Seymour stepped in and organised the event. This year due to other commitments, Anne is unable to manage the event.
The Mount Isa Show Society have addressed horsing committees and pony clubs to see if they would be interested in running the event, with no luck.
“We have asked persons who we thought may have had an interest in managing it, we have put it on Facebook, community pages, and no one is interested,” Ms Peterson said.
“Therefore what we thought we would do was address any committee to see if they wanted to run their own horse event at the show.
“They can actually run this event with whatever competition events they would like. We don’t want to know what they charge, they can make money out of it and it is their money.”
The show society will pay for the hire of the grounds but the group or organisation is required to do everything else.
Maintaining the grounds would be required prior to the show including, scarabing, watering and setting the grounds and stables have to be cleaned and organised.
Other duties include organising entry forms, entry fees, event schedule, sponsorship, ribbons, judges, prize money and insurance.
“There is a lot of work needed but if a group of people do it together it will lighten the work load.”
The horse event costs $19,000 a year although if it does not go ahead it will not affect the show society’s standings.
“We spoke to Queensland Shows and it will not affect the show society itself, the town will just lose the event,” Ms Peterson said.
“Unfortunately it is not only Mount Isa who are struggling to find people to run horse events, it is happening all over Australia. Horse events are diminishing simply because no one wants to run them.
“This would be very disappointing to happen in Mount Isa as it is the biggest payer of prize money throughout the region and an event like this brings many competitors and families to the town.”
For more information regarding horse events at this years show, contact Leslie Peterson on 0400 576 906.