Warwickshire and West midlands country gamefair at Arbury Hall Nuneato

[Pinkella]

Warwickshire and West midlands country gamefair at Arbury Hall Nuneaton

 

 

Hi is anyone going to this on the 17th and 18th August? or have you been before? I know last year was cancelled. What did you think of it?

 

Admission:
Adults £12 Children £5
Under 5s FREE
Show starts 10am-6pm
Arena Events start 11am

 

Out of interest do you think the ticket prices should be revised for all game fair/ shows now as times are tough for most? What could they do to promote the game fairs and encourage people to go?

 

Thanks in advance, this is my first thread, so please be nice lol

Edited July 11, 2013 by Pinkella

[JustJon]

Hi pinkella, welcome to PW.

 

I may go on the day depending on weather, I haven't been before.

 

Price seems fine, for me anything up to £15 is reasonable - if the public don't pay the store holder costs go up and they're having a hard time too so it's got to be in balance. What else could you go for £12 for a full days entertainment?

 

How much is;

A football ticket for 90 minutes

A cinema ticket for 2 hours

A day at Alton Towers

 

The value seems good to me? Just personal opinion.

 

To get people to these shows/fairs takes consistent, year on year, quality of stall holders attending and exhibitions in the ring. With the right blend of those two the twelve quid entry is a bargain. The issue with game fairs is people walking away and saying 'no gun shops, no cartridge suppliers, no shooting equipment' - they've become tailored towards the towny majority and there needs to be a fine line and a balance somewhere.

 

Just my thoughts.

[Pinkella]

Hi justjon I totally agree, some of the game fair's I have attended have had beauty products there, now I'm not adverse to that, but a game fair is a game fair, I don't expect to be able to buy anti wrinkle cream lol

 

I thought the Royal Show at Stoneleigh got a bit like that, the burgers were very expensive and so was the admission! £17 per ticket I think and I don't think there was a discount for kids, just under 4 years or something like that!

[the crowman]

Hi went to take my lad last year and it was washed out . I'll try again this year.

 

Cheers Mark :)

[Pinkella]

Great, hopefully see you both there

[buckaroo23]

If its on il take a walk up, as its only a few mins away for me. A few mates have been said its ok.

Edited July 11, 2013 by buckaroo23

[camokid]

last year it was too wet and they canceled it a day before.. might try and get up there this year not a bad price as games fairs go under fives free .. don't mean i want to take them lol

[Pinkella]

lol camokid

 

I use to live at the back of Arbury hall, great place for walking the dogs and running lol

[caeser]

I won't be far from there on the 18th August.

I'll be at the Battle of Bosworth re-enactment. At Bosworth obviously. I've been before and it's really entertaining, plus there's a good party on saturday night.

If I'm free on the Saturday I might give it a go.

[dean310177]

went the year before last and tbh i thought it was quite good value for money just needed to sort out the car park exit back onto the main road as if i remember we sat there a hour or longer to get out

[Pinkella]

See you guys there then

[Pinkella]

Really excited about this weekend, I went to see my pitch today, its massive lol I need a HGV to fill the stand with stock

[Pinkella]

Raining

[camokid]

mud bath..should be fine

[Pinkella]

[oscarsdad]

It got cancelled due to really heavy persistent rain last year but I think it will be ok this year as the rain is clearing now and was only 1 night. I should hopefully be there on Sunday.

[caeser]

Weathers looking reasonable now for saturday and sunday. I'll be there saturday. Looking forward to it.

Does anybody know what the clayshoot is ?

i.e. 50 bird ? sporting ? how many stands ?

I never shoot clays anymore, but I might just have a go and give everyone a laugh.

[Pinkella]

I went over today to have a look. Looks alright so far and the ground isn't slushy.

[junctiontwo]

Being a sweet, innocent, young SG virgin, my first game fair was the CLA and I thought it was a great day out.

 

Arbury Hall is a definite....

[pigeon controller]

Will be attending after we have sorted the wife's horse out. Weather looks mixed.

[Pinkella]

Fairly quiet day, I think tomorrow will be a lot better

[oscarsdad]

Is it worth going tomorrow?

[manc-munsters]

Got there at 1030. Some stalls still were not set up.

 

Took less than an hour to get around the whole fair. A few bargains to be had. Stocked up on a dozen dummies at £3 apiece.

 

Had a brew (£1.80 for tea, much cheaper than the CLA), chatted to a few people about the dog, another walk around, a run on a couple of scurries, and away for 1230.

 

Lots of stalls selling stuff that has nothing to do with country sports, but overall pretty good value for just £12 entry. Our first trip this year, but we will be back again next hear.

[buckaroo23]

I'm going up for a walk tomorrow, a few mates are showing there dogs.

[oscarsdad]

I might pop up tomorrow and run the spaniel in a few tests then.