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13/03/2002
Show organisers bow to Lord's Day advocates
The organisers of an agricultural show in a loyalist County Antrim town have announced they have scrapped plans to hold the event on a Sunday for the first time.
The Ballymena Show has been running for 102 years and is normally held on a Friday and Saturday.
But this year the show's organisers the County Antrim Agricultural Association (CAAA) said they wanted to extend the event for the first time to run over three days in May, including a Sunday.
Though organisers insisted the application was an entirely practical one and was never intended to be political or offensive. They had anticipated the Sunday would host a range of leisure activities including fishing, shooting and conservation.
However the chairman of the CAAA Brian King announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of their application to extend the event following fierce opposition from the Presbyterian Church and the Orange Order in the town.
The Presbytery of Ballymena said in a statement last week it would be "gravely offensive and against the teaching of the bible" to hold the show on a Sunday.
A local Orange lodge in the area said they would endeavour to stop the show "regardless of the consequences".
The Ballymena Show will now run, as in past years from 24-25 May.
(AMcE)
The Ballymena Show has been running for 102 years and is normally held on a Friday and Saturday.
But this year the show's organisers the County Antrim Agricultural Association (CAAA) said they wanted to extend the event for the first time to run over three days in May, including a Sunday.
Though organisers insisted the application was an entirely practical one and was never intended to be political or offensive. They had anticipated the Sunday would host a range of leisure activities including fishing, shooting and conservation.
However the chairman of the CAAA Brian King announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of their application to extend the event following fierce opposition from the Presbyterian Church and the Orange Order in the town.
The Presbytery of Ballymena said in a statement last week it would be "gravely offensive and against the teaching of the bible" to hold the show on a Sunday.
A local Orange lodge in the area said they would endeavour to stop the show "regardless of the consequences".
The Ballymena Show will now run, as in past years from 24-25 May.
(AMcE)
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