The CLA Game Fair 2011 - Blenheim Palace - Oxfordshire - 22 - 24 July 2011
By Talking Point Broadcasting
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The CLA Game Fair Brings the Best of Rural Britain Back to Blenheim. Whether it is shooting, fly fishing or falconry, parachuting or pet management, there will be an opportunity to try it out at the biggest countryside event there is -The CLA Game Fair, which returns for the fourth time to Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, to offer an all-action start to the summer holidays. Blenheim is one of the most popular venues for this three day event, which runs from Friday 22 – Sunday 24 July, and attracts the greatest number of visitors from throughout the UK, Europe and beyond to enjoy everything to do with the British countryside and the rural way of life packed into one awe-inspiring and inspirational site.
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CleanSean Finley - Beretta Trident Program | The Beretta Trident Program is a formal evaluation and rating system for participating shooting sports venues around the world - from birds to clays and ranges to big game. Less than 5% of such operations worldwide merit the quality mark of even one Beretta Trident award. Tridents are renewed - or not - every three years, minimally. Much as Michelin® “stars” assure superb dining, the Trident program ensures the shooting sportsman will have absolute confidence that any venues receiving “Tridents” are among the very best and complete field sport experiences available. | 24 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanClint Orms - Engravers & Silversmiths | Inspired by the great silversmiths and apparel designers of historical Texas, our belt buckle styles are named after the counties of Texas. Each piece is handcrafted from silver, gold and precious stones in Clint Orm’s Ingram, Texas workshop and intended to be in your family for generations. | 24 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLeonard Logsdail - Logsdail Classic | The Sporting Gentleman's destination for classically tailored clothing and accessories. Built for the country life by Savile Row tailor Leonard Logsdail, every Logsdail Classic product has been selected for its heritage and unmatched quality. Featuring a full line of sport jackets, field coats, shooting vests, trousers, and breeks, all made-to-order in the finest traditional tweeds and hunting fabrics. Also offering access to premiere British accessories including William & Son cuff links, House of Cheviot socks, and Cheaney & Sons shoes. | 24 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohn Hoy, Chief Executive, Blenheim Palace | The Country Land and Business Association brings this world-class event back to Blenheim Palace on Friday 22 July until Sunday 24 July. Set with the stunning backdrop of Blenheim Palace the CLA Game Fair attracts over 140,000 visitors from throughout the UK and Abroad over the weekend. As the World's Leading Country Sport Event the show hosts the UK's biggest and best shooting and fishing shows as well as the comprehensive gundog and falconry exhibitions alongside every other aspect of countryside activities and interests such as ferreting, game keeping, Estate Management, Forestry and Woodland, hounds and hunting. Under the banner of the National Countryside Show, visitors will also enjoy the food, gardening, conservation and nature, food and cookery demonstrations, 4 x 4 driving, and many family orientated features included in areas such as Active Countryside for all, where quad biking, mountain boarding, aerial trekking, laser combat and many other fun activities can be enjoyed. | 24 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohn Savings - Traditional Hedge - Laying | Hedge laying declined after the 1939 -1945 war due to many factors such as the availability of labour, the introduction of machines to cut hedges, wire fences and changes in agriculture that placed emphasis on production. By the 1960's hedges were declining at an alarming rate. Lack of maintenance meant that hedges became tall and gappy with nothing at the bottom; in effect a line of trees. Many hedges were grubbed out to make larger fields that could be more efficiently managed by larger machinery. In the early 1970's three hedge layers Mr Fred Whitefoot, Mr Clive Matthew, and Miss Valerie Greaves realised that soon the valuable skills of hedgerow management that had been acquired over hundreds of years would be lost forever. These founder members conceived the idea of setting up a National Society to enable the skills to be documented, and passed on to others. Competitions were organised all over the country. | 24 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPatrick Hawes - Bonhams Auctioneers | The leading rifle manufacturers and distributors will be exhibiting on Gunmakers Row - a great opportunity to see such an extensive range of products and have access to advice in one place | 24 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSheron Harris - Eggesford Studio | Eggesford Studio is a West Country gallery specialising in 19th Century, 20th Century and contemporary sporting and military art. The Studio has original prints by Snaffles, Lionel Edwards and Cecil Aldin together with original art and prints by contemporary artists Daniel Crane, Katharine Lightfoot and Colin Allbrook. We aim to provide a wide variety of top quality art illustrating the military, hunting, racing, polo, moorland scenes and the animals who live there. We are based in mid Devon, near Winkleigh, in a fabulous position. We are within easy reach of Dartmoor on the one side and Exmoor on the other. The Studio is open every day by appointment. We are also happy to bring pictures for you to look at in the comfort of your own home. In addition, we are pleased to value pictures for you and also to purchase pictures. Equally, we operate a picture sourcing service and will endeavour to find you the picture you have always wanted. | 24 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLiz Kershaw. Group Director of Publishing, National Magazine Company | Country Living Magazine Whether you live in the town or countryside, in Country Living you’ll find a wealth of ideas for your home and garden, learn about traditional crafts, keep informed of rural issues, enjoy irresistible dishes using seasonal produce and, above all, escape the stress and strain of modern-day life. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanReshma Patel - Stratstone | Stratstone is the UK’s leading luxury automotive retailer. Stratstone has been offering unrivalled, personalised service since the company was founded in 1921. It has been a great success story, made possible by the relationships Stratstone has forged with its key partners and customers. At Stratstone we are really proud of our relationships with the world’s leading automotive manufacturers. We have long standing associations in line with our Core Values, and are able to retail fantastic products and services | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLindsay Waddell - Chairman of the National Gamekeepers' Organisation (NGO) | The focus of this year's NGO stand (H794) at the CLA Game Fair will be the importance of the gamekeeper's role in the countryside. On its largest show stand to date, the NGO will be: Reporting on new research showing the links between gamekeeping and wildlife Announcing the winner of the NGO Frank Jenkins Memorial Trophy for the gamekeeping student of the year. Featuring a new display on Health and Safety in the gamekeeping environment Meeting Government Ministers for the countryside and for farming Raffling a JCB Workmax worth £9,000 for just £2 a ticket Providing free refreshment and somewhere to meet throughout the event for NGO members and friends NGO Development Officer, Louise Stimson, who is running the NGO stand said: "The CLA have allocated us a fabulous site, H794, which is at the top of the Land Management and Gamekeepers Row. With generous support and participation from our sponsors and contributors, including JCB, Ford, Limagrain, Sportsman and Kings, we are putting on our most ambitious display ever. I am really looking forward to meeting NGO members and friends alike. All will be welcome and I can promise something on the stand to interest everyone." | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoger Alsop - Napton Waterbuffalo | Napton Water Buffalo was born in 1999, when the Roger Alsop and family bought their first 20 buffalo cows and a bull. The herd originally came from Romania, where buffalos are a common sight. The herd now numbers over 280 animals, Stuart Alsop and cousin James milk the buffalo at the farm located at Napton, near Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. The buffalo milk is mainly supplied to Laverstoke Park in Hampshire, a large organic farm owned by ex-Formula 1 driver Jody Scheckter. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRebecca Fossett - Camels | Joseph's Amazing Camels is the only company in the UK specialising in camels. Started in 2000 by Joseph and Rebecca Fossett JAC has the highest standards of training and animal welfare. We provide camel racing, camel polo, camel rides, camel trekking, the Three Kings and their Camels at Christmas, film ,TV, stage and photo shoots, promotions, corporate entertainment, team building, weddings, parties and camels for all occasions. We also do pig racing. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCrispin Golding - UPM TILHILL | UPM Tilhill, the UK’s leading forestry and timber harvesting company, offers a full range of consultancy and contracting services to the woodland owner and forestry investor. We harvest more timber than any other British company, supplying the UK market. Through its network of strategically placed offices UPM Tilhill has developed a range of highly professional landscape construction and utility arboriculture services, working with local authorities and government departments as well as the private sector. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Bracher - Riding for the Disabled Association | RDA is proud to have celebrated 40 years of delivering opportunities for therapy, achievement and enjoyment to people with disabilities. Founded as a National organisation in 1969, RDA now has almost 500 Member Groups across the UK – together, these Groups help 23,000 people to take part in riding, carriage driving and vaulting activities. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMary Berry - Cookery Demonstration Theatre | Mary is the doyenne of family cookery, specialising in Aga cookery, cakes and desserts. She is a regular contributor to food programmes on TV ; most recently in the Great British Bake Off, and radio; including guest appearances on Women's Hour, and has written over 48 best selling cookery books, including the classic Aga Cookbook. Mary now teaches Aga cookery courses at her home in Buckinghamshire. Mary's particular expertise is in preparing good value family dishes which are easy to turn out, spectacular to look at, and absolutely delicious to eat. In the words of The Mail on Sunday's You magazine; 'Mary Berry is to Aga what Pavorotti is to opera'! | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDoug Joiner - British Horse Loggers | Whether you are a horse enthusiast or a newcomer, this area offers a wonderful opportunity to see at first hand the versatility of horses and ponies and the great enjoyment those who work with them gain from these loyal animals. There is a huge variety of exciting and informative displays and demonstrations taking place in the Arena; Doug Joiner and Ella, Working Timber Horse | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMike Short - Predation control studies | The protection of wild game by gamekeepers has by tradition involved the control of those predators that kill gamebirds or rob their nests. While some ecologists up to the late 1970s believed predation losses to be of little or no consequence to prey populations our experimental studies have demonstrated this is not the case for at least ground-nesting gamebirds. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRobert Vansittart - Rural Crafts Association at Blenheim Palace | The Rural Crafts Association organise and present prestigious craft shows and is a major feature at the premier country shows within the United Kingdom. The Rural Crafts Association was established in 1970 to promote the work of British craftsmen and women and has an enviable reputation for presenting a wide variety of craft products and specialist foods in a professional and enjoyable manner. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVivian Jones - Home Economist | Cookery Demonstration Theatre The Demonstration Theatre features a full programme of lively demonstrations by many well known chefs and cooks. With a focus on quality British ingredients and a mind to the busy working lives of many of our visitors, this programme offers something to tempt everyone's palated | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAdam Henson - BBC Countryfile | Every week on Countryfile, Adam Henson talks you through the events on his Cotswolds farm. As Cavan Scott discovers, even after eight years on the show, Adam still classes himself a farmer first and a TV presenter second | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDavid Stapley - Browning and Winchester | The leading rifle manufacturers and distributors are exhibiting on Gunmakers Row - a great opportunity to see such an extensive range of products and have access to advice in one place. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSarah Stride - General Manager - The British Deer Society | The British Deer Society Head Office is located in the Walled Garden at Burgate Manor. Newly built and officially opened in 2006, the block is shared with the Entomology department of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust. Staff Profiles General Manager - Sarah Stride - responsible to the Board for the day to day management of the Society and its subsidiary company. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Duchess of Rutland - Belvoir Castle | Exhibiting at this years CLA Game Fair - Blenheim Palace. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEarl of Hertford - Ragley Hall | Visiting the CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPaul Knight - Chief Executive - Salmon & Trout Association | Formed in 1903, The Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) is a company limited by guarantee which was granted charitable status in March 2008. We have a UK-wide membership of game anglers, fishery owners/managers, affiliated trades and members of the public with an interest in conserving the aquatic environment and its dependent species. We address all issues relevant to fisheries legislation and regulation, together with environmental and species management and conservation. We have close working relationships with Government departments and agencies, advising them over fisheries and angling matters and influencing their decision-making processes on behalf of all those with an interest in the aquatic environment. | 23 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMalcolm Wilson - MSport | Malcolm Wilson has more than 20 years' experience of rallying at World Championship level, much of it with Ford. As a driver he won two British national titles in the late 1970s and achieved a long-held ambition by winning the British international crown in 1994, all at the wheel of Ford Escorts. He drove for three factory teams in the World Championship and spent several years as Ford's chief test driver, developing new rally cars. Under his guidance, M-Sport has become one of the world's leading private teams with a string of international titles and rally wins to its credit, including victories at World Championship level. As director of the Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team at its magnificent Dovenby Hall headquarters in the heart of the English Lake District, Wilson has responsibility for Ford's WRC activities and the development of its Fiesta SportTrophy programme | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanScott MacKenzie | Fishing Demonstrations The UK's top demonstrators and anglers will be showing off their casting skills, tricks and techniques and sharing the secrets of their success. Three times consecutive CLA International Spey Casting Champion and previous world distance record holder. | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFiona Eastman - CLA Director of Marketing and Show Development | The 2011 CLA Game Fair is in full swing, Fiona talks to us about the day ahead. | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBernard Cribbins OBE | Actor, Voice Over and Singer - Bernard Cribbins Well Loved character actor, stage, TV and radio, musical comedian and passionate angler, at this years CLA Game Fair. | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanClarissa Dickson Wright - Two Fat Ladies. | On the Countryside Alliance’s main stand this year there will be Clarissa Dickson Wright signing her books for fans. Clarissa rode to fame in the sidecar of Jennifer Paterson's motorcycle in the TV series Two Fat Ladies: she was often seen as the slightly saner of the duo. However, Clarissa refused to make another series after her co-star's death in 1998. | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanChris Robinson - National Target Shooting Association (NTSA) | The Target Shooting stands, organised by the National Target Shooting Association (NTSA), are very often the starting point for visitors wanting an introduction to shooting. At each NTSA stand, there will be maps showing the location of the other ranges around the showground together with details of their voucher scheme. If you have-a-go at one of their stands you will receive a voucher for extra free shots at another of their 'Have-A-Go' events. Target Shooting The Target Shooting stands, organised by The National Target Sports Association (NTSA), are very often the starting point for visitors wanting an introduction to shooting. At each NTSA Stand, there will be maps showing the locations of the other Target Shooting Ranges around the showground together with details of their Voucher Scheme. If you have-a-go at one of their stands you will receive a voucher for extra free shots at another of their 'Have-a-Go ' events. | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJustin Ballard - Wild Foragers | Justin and Neil's world of "Wild Foragers" where the kingdom of fungi, mushrooms and nature’s wild bounty will be revealed. Read our Wordpress Blog, or Follow us on facebook. Or to really experience the world of wild mushrooms and foraged fungi join us on our fungi forays into the 16,000 acres of mixed woodland at Cowdray Estate in West Sussex. Discover and enjoy Ceps or Porcini, Chanterelle, Blewits and oyster mushrooms, or even the difficult to find Horn of Plenty and Winter Chanterelle. Learn and recognise the difference between the dangerous Amanitas, and the wonderful smelling coconut and curry scented Milk Caps. Experience the woodlands as never before, where the Amethyst Deceivers, Millers or Slippery Jacks hide as mycelium in the leaf litter until the Autumn months. As the leaves begin to yellow and fall away from their decidious branches, the fruiting bodies of Boletes such as Ceps and Bay wait to be found. Whilst obscured amidst the fallen needles of the evergreens, the delicious Milks Caps, Chanterelle, Horn of Ple nty or Hedgehog Fungus may be sought out by the keen eyed. It is there, in those few weeks between the heat of summer and wintry frosts that the "Wild Foragers" are out with our fungi knives and trugs, providing wild fungi tours and forays into the woodland and discovering new troops of Boletes, or Rings of Hedgehogs - join us, we would love to see you there. | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAlice Barnard, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance | Game Fair Theatre/Debates The Countryside Alliance Debate: Killing and Kindness? Have “Bunny Huggers” won the conservation argument? Each year shooters spend £250 million and the equivalent of 2.7 million work days on conservation in Britain. Other fieldsports groups are similarly hard at work, managing the habitats of various species for the pleasure of all. Yet despite undertaking this unpaid work, the hunting and shooting community is regularly castigated by animal rights groups – or “bunny huggers” as HRH the Duke of Edinburgh memorably described them in a recent interview. Who’s right, who’s wrong and do those who participate in fieldsports get the deserved acknowledgement for the work they do conserving British wildlife? | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarie Taylor - Chef | Totally Food Show The Totally Food Show highlights the important role played by the many specialist and regional food producers in today's market place. A wealth of Regional Food Groups and other exhibitors make this an exciting, informative and 'mouth watering' area. There is also the lively Demonstration Theatre featuring a wide range of chefs in action and opportunities to taste their dishes and accompanying drinks. Marie is passionate about using, cooking and understanding the value of locally grown and harvested food. Marie took to the hunter gatherer philosophy at the earliest age with her father, a gamekeeper. Qualifying as a chef at Broadstairs Catering collage many years ago she has continued to work in the food industry, and is currently putting her skills to good use helping the next generation of chefs at her local catering college. Marie’s greatest love is cooking and presenting delicious meals made from the produce of the countryside, making the simplest meal a feast for the senses. She has that engaging innate ability to enthuse others to look again at the provenance of their food in this rather indifferent fast food age. Simon Whitehead, local warrener and friend is a seasoned exponent of ferreting and rabbit control and she has completely opened his eyes to the value this delicious meat offers. | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJose Souto - Chef | Totally Food Show The Totally Food Show highlights the important role played by the many specialist and regional food producers in today's market place. A wealth of Regional Food Groups and other exhibitors make this an exciting, informative and 'mouth watering' area. There is also the lively Demonstration Theatre featuring a wide range of chefs in action and opportunities to taste their dishes and accompanying drinks. Jose studied at Westminster Kingsway College where he met the man that introduced him to game, Michael Hollingsworth Chef Lecturer and Head of Culinary Arts. After leaving the college and doing a stint abroad Jose worked as a Chef at the House of Commons for over 11 years. During his time at the Commons he also work at some of the top establishments in London while on working sabbaticals from the Commons, including: Intercontinental Park Lane, Mossimon’s, The Ritz London and the Savoy Grill. During his time at the Commons Jose wrote a training manual on Game and through this he was asked to give a lecture back at the college where he started. Not long after this Jose took up a lecturing post at Westminster. Since then he has become one of the leading game chefs in the UK . This year Jose worked with Alaska Seafood’s and Westminster Kingsway College on a book put together by Jose’s students at the college. He has also explored the art of fish smoking, working extensively with Bradley Smokers.Jose is a keen countryman living in Cambridgeshire with his wife Charlotte and their son Luis. He practices most country sports, falconry and stalking being the ones he loves most. | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRachel Green - Chef | Totally Food Show The Totally Food Show highlights the important role played by the many specialist and regional food producers in today's market place. A wealth of Regional Food Groups and other exhibitors make this an exciting, informative and 'mouth watering' area. There is also the lively Demonstration Theatre featuring a wide range of chefs in action and opportunities to taste their dishes and accompanying drinks. Renowned for lively, even exuberant, cookery demonstrations, Rachel has made a name for herself as a tireless campaigner for British agriculture and food producers. A previous holder of the CLA Award for Outstanding Contribution and Achievement in British Food, she demonstrates across the country, from Chatsworth to Divertimenti, London, and the WI’s Denman College. With several TV series under her belt, and a couple of books, she appears on Market Kitchen, the Alan Titchmarsh Show and ITV’s Countrywise, always banging the drum for British produce. “My family have farmed in Lincolnshire for 14 generations,” she says, “it really is part of who I am'' | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAlan Coxon - TV Chef | Totally Food Show The Totally Food Show highlights the important role played by the many specialist and regional food producers in today's market place. A wealth of Regional Food Groups and other exhibitors make this an exciting, informative and 'mouth watering' area. There is also the lively Demonstration Theatre featuring a wide range of chefs in action and opportunities to taste their dishes and accompanying drinks. Alan Coxon "The Food Archaeologist" has established a reputation as one of the world’s favourite TV chefs and presenters, with exceptional culinary talent and an unparalleled knowledge for the earliest origins of ingredients. His dishes have the rare quality of being both stunning, yet easy to recreate at home. With a fun, approachable and interactive style, Alan is recognised as a leader in his field, and a highly-respected player by both the world of TV media and by his peers in the food industry. Alan has produced three cookbooks and an historic food range,(the creation of the globally unique 15th century Ale-Gar. He also has numerous radio, magazine and live appearances to his name, and is very much part of cookery’s broadcasting elite. | 22 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Worsley - CLA President | Game Fair Theatre/Debates A series of debates examining key questions facing rural areas will kick off at The CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace, Oxford, on Friday with Defra Secretary of State, Caroline Spelman, explaining what the Big Society is going to deliver for the countryside. Mrs Spelman will join CLA president, William Worsley, shadow environment minister, Huw Irranaca Davies and former daily Telegraph Editor, Sir Max Hastings, on a panel which will be chaired by Lord James Percy to discuss the question of whether the Big Society is rather more rhetoric than reality. The CLA President’s debate takes place in The Game Fair Theatre at 10.15 on Friday morning and is the curtain raiser to a show which is the biggest event of its kind in Europe, running over three days from Friday 22 – Sunday 24 July. The programme of debates runs throughout the first two days of The Game Fair and will see the argument over whether the Government should sell off all - or part - of the public forests re-opened. The Daily Telegraph debate:” Seeing the Wood for the Trees” will be chaired by the paper’s contributing environment editor, Geoffrey Lean, and debated by a panel which includes Germain Greer and CLA Deputy President, Harry Cottrell, on one side and David Babbs, of the online lobby group, 38 degrees and Sue Holden, of the Woodland Trust, on the other. The Government has also produced the first White Paper on the natural environment in 20 years which, for the first time, puts an economic value on the environmental benefits which farmers and landowners deliver. What expectations this new policy direction will place on land managers and what changes it will deliver will be the subject of a seminar chaired by Ian Coghill of the Game and Wildlife Conservancy Trust and which includes environment minister, Richard Beynon, Martin Harper of the RSPB and CLA vice-president, Henry Robinson. The question of just how much farms and estates can contribute to reducing carbon will draw the Friday programme to a close with a debate chaired by Strutt and Parker’s Michael Verity and a panel which includes NFU President, Peter Kendall, the CLA’s Director of Policy, Allan Buckwell and Essex Farmer, Guy Smith. Steeped in inspirational history, Blenheim Palace is a masterpiece of English Baroque architecture concieved by Sir John Vanburgh in 1705. Visit the room where Sir Winston Churchill was born before taking a guided tour of the glided State Rooms graced with gilded State Rooms graced with priceless portraits, exquisite porcelain and the magnificent tapestries commissioned by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, charting his famous victory over the French during in the Wars of the Spanish Succession. The Palace is surrounded by award-winning Formal Gardens including the tranquil Secret Garden, the majestic Water Terraces, the fragrant Rose Garden, and the Grand Cascade and Lake. Blenheim Palace will be open to visitors during The CLA Game Fair. | 17 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Duke of Marlborough - Host of the 2011 CLA Game Fair | Blenheim Palace, Britain's Greatest Palace situated in the heart of Oxfordshire is home to the 11th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Surrounded by over 2,000 acres of 'Capability' Brown landscaped parkland and the great lake, the Palace was created a World Heritage Site in 1987. Steeped in inspirational history, Blenheim Palace is a masterpiece of English Baroque architecture concieved by Sir John Vanburgh in 1705. Visit the room where Sir Winston Churchill was born before taking a guided tour of the glided State Rooms graced with gilded State Rooms graced with priceless portraits, exquisite porcelain and the magnificent tapestries commissioned by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, charting his famous victory over the French during in the Wars of the Spanish Succession. The Palace is surrounded by award-winning Formal Gardens including the tranquil Secret Garden, the majestic Water Terraces, the fragrant Rose Garden, and the Grand Cascade and Lake. Blenheim Palace will be open to visitors during The CLA Game Fair. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDavid Hough - CLA Game Fair Show Director | Whether it is shooting, fly fishing or falconry, parachuting or pet management, there will be an opportunity to try it out at the biggest countryside event there is -The CLA Game Fair, which returns for the fourth time to Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, to offer an all-action start to the summer holidays. Blenheim is one of the most popular venues for this three day event, which runs from Friday 22 - Sunday 24 July, and attracts the greatest number of visitors from throughout the UK, Europe and beyond to enjoy everything to do with the British countryside and the rural way of life packed into one awe-inspiring and inspirational site. This is the World's leading country sport event and offers visitors access to a tented city of the top sporting manufacturers and retailers in the land, a thousand stands including a fabulous array of art and sculpture galleries, bars and restaurants. At the same time there are opportunities to watch world class demonstrations and hotly competed championships in shooting, fishing and gundog handling. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNick Brooks-Ward - Head of Operations | The traffic routes into Blenheim Palace have been very carefully planned and agreed with the relevant traffic authorities. There are various alternative routes and these may be switched during the day. Therefore, when you start to pick up Game Fair signs please follow them and do not follow your Sat Navs, otherwise these may lead you through to roads that have been closed. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBarbara Kuen - Gundogs | Barbara Kuen, who was our Gundog Advisor at last year’s Game Fair, is this year’s Gundog Chairman. Barbara brings a wealth of experience, gained over many years of her involvement with CLA Gundog events. Together with a dedicated team of specialists and an enormous band of volunteers, Barbara has been working for months to organise a comprehensive programme of events, demonstrations, competitions and displays to entertain, delight and inform gundog owners and enthusiasts, nationwide. The Gundog Area at The CLA Game Fair has long been recognised as the premier UK gundog event, featuring top international championships, gundog competitions for all levels, professional demonstrations, a Working Dog Ring, International Arena and many other features. As well as being a showcase for the very best in British gundogs, there will also be a strong emphasis on participation – a theme that runs throughout the show. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTerry Mills - Archery | The Field Archery course is suitable for all ages, from 7 to 70, and offers the chance to try this exciting sport under the guidance of experts from the Fleet Ibex Archery Club. Youngsters can also try airgun and air pistol target shooting on the Have-a-Go stand or in one of the competitions. Professional shotgun tuition and coaching stands are to be found in the shooting area, where visitors can also find PAY and Clay stands to test their skills. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanChris Bayliss - Local Trader -The Real Wood Company | Looking forward to first time at the CLA Game Fair | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIan Anderson - Door to Nature | This feature focuses on the wealth of national and regional conservation projects that exist across the country. These valuable projects are responsible for preserving the quality and diversity of the UK's countryside. A diverse range of displays will be exhibited at The Game Fair | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJim Chick - Falconry | Falconry flying display This demonstration shows you some of the training methods and different styles of flying of the various family groups of birds of prey. The display will show stooping falcons to the lure, showing the speed and agility of the falcon when diving after prey. Also on display are hawks, showing how they hunt ground game, kites displaying their graceful flight techniques and South East Falconry with their Perlin, a small falcon. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJulian Sayers - This year's Chairman of the local comittee | Julian Sayers is the Local Committee Chairman for the CLA Game Fair being held at Blenheim Palace on Friday 22nd July to Sunday 24th July. The commitee have been working on some new ideas to present a fresh event. These include a new Gundog Working Test which will really appeal to visitors who plan to take their dog to their shoot for the first time next season. In the fishing village the appeal has been broadened by ensuring that every angling discipline has been encompassed. Other notable areas are the conservation feature named Door to Nature, the local foods area within the Totally Food show and Renewable Energy will be prominent within the Land Management Exhibition where experts will be on hand to give advice to those landowners who are considering this much publicised and current topic. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFed Chugg - Quantya Bikes | Fed Chugg - Quantya Bikes Active Countryside for All This action-packed 'hands on' and very informative feature demonstrates in a highly entertaining way many of the imaginative ways that landowners and farmers are increasingly using their land. The activities are ideal for the older, more active youngsters, who have the unique opportunity to try a wide variety of exciting and different activities under the guidance of experts. Activities include:Battlefield Gaming, Bungee trampoline, Climbing Wall, Laser Clays, Laser Combat, QuadTrax, Quantya Bike Display, Simulated Parachute Jump, Spider Tower, Spot and Stripes games, Tornado Simulator, Walking on Water (Zorbs) and Cricket and Rugby | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSir Beville Stanier - Main Arena | Sir Beville Stanier - Main Arena The Main Arena has always been one of the focal points of The CLA Game Fair, providing an exciting and entertaining day-long programme of displays. There’s a wide variety of events in the action-packed programme, guaranteed to keep the crowds enthralled and entertained. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Earl of Sunderland - Polo, first time at Blenheim | The thrilling sport of Polo will feature in the Main Arena in the form of the Horserail Polo Challenge. Three teams, from Europe, South America and Australasia will take part, with two teams playing a four chukka game each day. The winners will be decided by a league table, rather than by a grand final. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIan Hockley - The World of Fishing | The 'World of Fishing' will broaden the appeal of The Game Fair for fishermen this year. With the support of David Hall Publishing, the Angling Trust and the organisers of National Fishing Month, it will feature all fishing disciplines - game, coarse and sea, in more depth. 'The World of Fishing' will also host the leading manufacturers and suppliers of fishing equipment, international championships, competitions for all abilities, demonstrations by the top fishing celebrities, tuition for adults and children and much more. A central feature of 'The World of Fishing' is 'The House of Fishing', an open plan environment where visitors can meet the anglers who are demonstrating in front of the Grandstand as well as other personalities. There will be forums, displays, rod and reel demonstrations by manufacturers from a casting platform, the presentation of angling awards, book launches and signings. There will be a huge amount of excitement to inspire and capture the imagination of all fishing enthusiasts. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDavid Ashby - Oxford Polo School | The thrilling sport of Polo will feature in the Main Arena in the form of the Horserail Polo Challenge. Three teams, from Europe, South America and Australasia will take part, with two teams playing a four chukka game each day. The winners will be decided by a league table, rather than by a grand final. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohn Bidwell - Clay Pigeon Shooting | Shooting Arena This Arena is certain to be packed with visitors on all three days of the show. It is the venue for major competitions and also hosts the famous John Bidwell Shooting Exhibition - an amazing display of trick shooting that has to be seen to be believed. Please check the Arena for more information closer to the show dates. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBob Hogg - Shepdogs | This is a sheepdog display with a difference. Bob, a member of the International Sheepdog Society, explains how the dogs are trained, then works two, three or even four dogs at the same time. The display involves sheep, geese, ducks and Paxo the chicken, demonstrating the skills of the working border collies but with bundles of fun for both adults and children.. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJamie Blanford - Son of the 11th Duke of Marlborough. | Son of the 11th Duke of Marlborough. | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanChris Watson - Active Adventure - Active Countryside Area | Active Countryside for All This action-packed 'hands on' and very informative feature demonstrates in a highly entertaining way many of the imaginative ways that landowners and farmers are increasingly using their land. The activities are ideal for the older, more active youngsters, who have the unique opportunity to try a wide variety of exciting and different activities under the guidance of experts. Activities include:Battlefield Gaming, Bungee trampoline, Climbing Wall, Laser Clays, Laser Combat, QuadTrax, Quantya Bike Display, Simulated Parachute Jump, Spider Tower, Spot and Stripes games, Tornado Simulator, Walking on Water (Zorbs) and Cricket and Rugby | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDavid Hough - The CLA Game Fair Director | Whether it is shooting, fly fishing or falconry, parachuting or pet management, there will be an opportunity to try it out at the biggest countryside event there is -The CLA Game Fair, which returns for the fourth time to Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, to offer an all-action start to the summer holidays. Blenheim is one of the most popular venues for this three day event, which runs from Friday 22 – Sunday 24 July, and attracts the greatest number of visitors from throughout the UK, Europe and beyond to enjoy everything to do with the British countryside and the rural way of life packed into one awe-inspiring and inspirational site. This is the World's leading country sport event and offers visitors access to a tented city of the top sporting manufacturers and retailers in the land, a thousand stands including a fabulous array of art and sculpture galleries, bars and restaurants. At the same time there are opportunities to watch world class demonstrations and hotly competed championships in shooting, fishing and gundog handling. As host of the biggest and best shooting,fishingand gundog shows, not only is there the greatest selection of exhibition stands to be found, but a vast number of events to watch and take part. The major championships are the ‘Champion of Champions’ where the clay shooting champions from each county compete in a head to head, the International Spey Casting Championship which brings together the top spey casters in the world and the Gundog International which sees England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales compete at the highest level. Gundog handlers from all over Europe also come to compete in the Euro Challenge which grows in popularity year on year since its start in 2002. There are many opportunities for everybody to compete, take advantage of expert tuition, watch and enjoy the fabulous range of activities which take place in the British Countryside. Visitors will be offered the chance to learn a new sport - how to shoot, cast a fly, drive a 4x4 or try their aptitude for dog handling. All that plus a whirlwind mixture of displays in the main and mini arenas - events ranging from plummeting falcons to elegant horses and the crazy chaos of terrier racing. There are awards for people who have made outstanding contributions to country sports, for those who have given a lifetime to managing the countryside and to the young people who are bringing new talent to the Gamekeeper’s craft. This year will see the launch of the ‘World of Fishing’ which broadens the angling show by incorporating all disciplines, plus new competitions in the gundog section and an even more extensive Gunmakers’ Row, including a new English gun maker – the first to start-up in 100 years. The Active Countryside for All feature offers activities ranging from quad biking and mountain boarding to aerial trekking and laser combat while the new “Door to Nature” exhibit will offer visitors an insight into conservation and rural management techniques. The Game Fair’s Totally Food Show will see celebrity chefs preparing delicious dishes from locally sourced ingredients, while the programme of seminars and debates in The CLA Game Fair Theatre will tackle some of the thorny issues facing the countryside and rural communities. "The CLA Game Fair is the best countryside event there is – anywhere. Its unique quality is that it is the one place where everything, which touches the rural way of life, comes together for three days on the same site - but above all it is about offering visitors an opportunity to get involved and have fun,” said Game Fair Director, David Hough. | 8 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNick Brooks-Ward - Head of Operations | The traffic routes into Blenheim Palace have been very carefully planned and agreed with the relevant traffic authorities. There are various alternative routes and these may be switched during the day. Therefore, when you start to pick up Game Fair signs please follow them and do not follow your Sat Navs, otherwise these may lead you through to roads that have been closed. | 8 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 58 Episodes |
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