Tyalgum Diggers Rodeo and Sports Day
Celebrating its 100th birthday in 2009, Tyalgum Diggers Sports Association holds an annual rodeo and sports day on the last Saurday on July, to raise funds for local volunteer organisations, with a rodeo, woodchop event, market stalls, demonstrations, exhibitions, monstor raffle, fireworks, live music, animal rides for the kids, and more!
>> TYALGUM SHOWGROUND, SATURDAY, 25th September, 2010* <<
>> EVENTS ALL DAY AND NIGHT!! <<
>> Gates open 9am 'til 9pm <<
A great family day out something for everyone. Competitions, market stalls, displays, live music, rides, arts and crafts, barrel racing, rural bush fire brigade display.
Sample Schedule of Events (Sample programme)
- 9am Gates Open
- 9am Raising of the flag by Tyalgum School Captains
- 9am — 11.30 Gymkhana
- 9am — 4pm Raffle Tickets on sale from Office $2.00 each
- 9am — 4pm Market Stalls
- 9am — 4pm Vintage Machinery Display and Demonstrations
- 9am -- 4pm Vintage Cars and Hot Rods Static Display
- l0am - 4pm Interactive Display by the Tyalgum & Chillingham Fire Brigades
- l0am — 2pm Wollumbin Reptile Exhibition (Guess the length of the Snake Enter at Office for $1.00)
- 10am — 4pm Longueville Park Alpaca Stud Display
- 10am- 11 am Local Poddy Calf Rides (Register at Office with guardian Cost $2.00)
- 10am — 11 am Tug A War Children's (Free) Ladies Men's (Register your team at the office Cost $2.00)
- 10am — 1200 The Irish Trio Bush Poetry with Special Guest Bill Kearns (Main Stage)
- 10am — 4pm Things for the kids - The 5 cent Table, Fairy Floss, Face Painting, Play doh, Colouring In and more Tyalgum Preschool & Tyalgum Playgroup
- 10.30- 11am Visit from Daily Dolphin
- Raffle Tickets on sale from Event Office $2.00 each
- 11 am — 12.00 Woodchop Demonstration
- 11am — 12.15pm Novelty Games -- 3 legged race, sack race, egg & spoon race (near Diggers Office) The Tyalgum School
- 11am — 11.30 Visit from Banana. Jim & Sugar Sue
- 11 am — 3pm Giraffe Jumping Castle ($2.00 a ride)
- 11.30 — 12 Hapkido Demonstration (Near Diggers Office)
- 12 midday Demonstration by the Tyalgum & Chillingham Fire Brigades
- 12 midday Country Bar is Open
- 12 — 12.30pm Local Poddy Calf Rides (Register at Office with guardian Cost $2.00))
- 12.15pm Little Miss Cowgirl & Cowboy Competition (Main Stage)
- Monster Raffle Tickets on sale from Event Office $2.00 each
- 12.30 Female & Male Tyalgum Dash (Register at Office Cost $1.00)
- 12.30 Flyover by The Murwillumbah Aero Club
- 12.45pm Opening Ceremony with Aunty Kath, Thomas George MP Lismore and Justine Elliot MP Richmond. The National Anthem will be preformed by The Tyalgum Primary School Choir.
- 1.00 — 4.30pm Rodeo
- 2pm Winner of Length of snake competition
- 2pm — 6pm Bruce the Mechanical Bull ($5.00 a ride)
- 4 pm Volunteer prize draw
- 4 pm Drawing of the Monster Raffle
- 4.30pm Demonstration by the Tyalgum & Chillingham Fire Brigades
- 5pm Drawing of the Lucky Entry Prize The Good Guys South Tweed Heads (Must be present to Win)
- 5.30pm Fireworks Spectacular Celebrating 100 years ( at dusk)
- 5.30pm — 8-45pm Live performance by "Tuff'
- 9.30pm Country Bar Closes
- 9pm —12midnight The Tyalgum Hotel presents the band "The Party Animals with Uncle Bruce"
See you there!
* Event date subject to change each year. Participants and media are advised to confirm date before arrival.
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Tyalgum is an old cedar getting village, located virtually under the rim of the caldera due west of Mt Warning. This agricultural community produces mostly dairy and beef, but many new settlers are using diversifying into alternative crops and enterprises such as coffee. |
