For the first time in a major supermarket, the British Game Alliance Kitemark can now be found on game meat products sold in Sainsbury’s supermarkets across the country, reassuring customers of the provenance of the game meat products they are buying. Game meat bearing the British Game Alliance kitemark has been produced on estates subject to independently assured high welfare and environmental standards. This stamp of assurance gives consumers confidence in the traceability, sustainability and quality of the game they eat. The fact Sainsbury’s customers can find the kitemark while doing their supermarket shop is a huge ...

Rural communities are being asked to detail their experiences of policing and crime in the countryside as part of a major survey by the Scottish Countryside Alliance.  Crime has always been a key issue throughout the countryside but it has risen up the national agenda in recent weeks thanks to growing awareness of the problems that rural communities are facing.  One of the ways that the organisation is trying to spread awareness of these issues is by seeking the views of those who live in Scotland, and work in, or regularly visit, rural areas, on ...

Exhibitors can now reach The Game Fair’s customers all year round, with the launch of The Game Fair Shop, an online shopping mall specifically designed for the show’s partners… and it’s completely free to set up.  Anyone passionate about country pursuits can visit the dedicated online platform, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and browse your product ranges, buying them with the simple click of a button.  The Game Fair’s managing director, James Gower, explained: “The Game Fair Shop is the best way to reinforce your presence at the ...

London gunmaker John Rigby & Co has appointed two new gunmakers to its in-house team in response to a sustained increase in orders.  Metalwork specialist Bertrand Batoux, from the Champagne-Ardenne region of France previously worked for Belgian gunmaker Paul Plesters.  Meanwhile, Loick Desmanet has joined after working as a trainee at Belgian gunmaker Armurerie Delattre. Both new team members are graduates of the famous Liège School of Gunmaking.  Rigby’s managing director, Marc Newton, said: “The past 12 months have been busy and the orders are still coming in, so it has become necessary to increase ...

Thousands facing food poverty are set to benefit from a new partnership between The Game Fair and The Country Food Trust. The Country Food Trust, founded in 2015 to help feed people who live in food poverty in the UK with delicious and nutritious meals, has been appointed as Official Charity of The Game Fair for 2021. Activation of the partnership will begin immediately and will also include various fundraising streams in place at the festival of the countryside, to be held at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire from 23-25 July 2021. The Country Food Trust ...

Under guidance by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, The Game Fair will now not take place on the September 2020 dates as planned. “It is with great regret that I have had to make this decision” said James Gower, Managing Director of the Game Fair.  “Nigel Huddleston, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary at Sport, Heritage and Tourism at the Department, wrote to me to confirm that there was “no guarantee” that the phased reopening would happen in time. “Without any such guarantee, it is with an extremely heavy heart that we bring have ...

A Warwickshire and Worcestershire college group renowned for horticulture is embarking on its biggest ever show garden and is appealing for help to bring its ambitious design to life. Pershore College and Moreton Morrell College, part of WCG (formerly Warwickshire College Group), are creating the show garden at The Game Fair which is being held at Ragley Hall in Alcester in September. The show garden is one of the main attractions at the three-day festival of the countryside. The event attracts over 120,000 visitors and WCG has been tasked with coming up with a design ...

Following the success of the partnership in 2019, leading wealth managers Charles Stanley are sponsoring The Game Fair’s show-stopping ‘smart’ garden in 2020. The three-day outdoor festival of the countryside is taking place in the familiar surroundings of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire on new dates, Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September. The 25x45 metre garden is being created by around 50 students from two local land-based colleges - Moreton Morrell and Pershore – under the watchful eye of horticultural and landscape lecturer Mike Roberts. This year’s theme will showcase how ‘smart’ a garden can be. ...

The Game Fair is delighted to be able to announce that Mr. Stephen Kimberley and Mrs. Annie Jones have been appointed as judges for this highly prestigious new competition on Friday, 18 September 2020. Both Stephen and Annie are current and regular Field Trial judges with proven track records. “We are currently in the process of planning the test and I’m using Steve and Annie as a sounding board. I’m just delighted that they are both on board. Getting the ingredients just right is really important. We are working hard to ...

The Game Fair has extended an invitation to the HPR (Hunt, Point, Retrieve) group of working dogs to show their capabilities in the first HPR Home International competition to be held in the UK. The Game Fair will once again take place in the stunning surroundings of Ragley Hall, Warwickshire from 18 - 20 September, with a number of exciting new gundog events. On Friday, 18 September, HPR teams of 4 will represent England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland and battle it out in the prestigious Home International Arena. This will be followed by the Home International ...

Following the event many of the plants are being redistributed to local charities, schools and hospices to ensure that the project leaves a lasting positive legacy. Monday 29thJuly 2019: Lady Salisbury, of Hatfield House, welcomed guests to the grand opening of The Game Fair Gardens on Friday 26thJuly. The garden, which covers more than an acre, is the largest show garden ever created, and was designed and planted by staff and students from Capel Manor College, London’s only land-skills based college. Led by Julie Dowbiggin, the college’s RHS gold medal-winning designer students created a garden that ...

Lucinda Southern, a rural businesswoman from Nottinghamshire, won the fifth annual Best Dressed Lady competition at The Game Fair 2019, taking home the stunning prize worth more than £600 which included a countryside coat and boots. The stunning lucky lady, 32, went home with an amazing Welligogs Demelza Grey Coat and a fabulous pair of Mayfair Black waterproof boots, while runner-up Jane Wagstaff from Thirsk received jewellery provided by County Equestrian Jewellers. Sponsored for the fifth year running by British clothing brand Welligogs, a family-owned company renowned for blending style with performance and elegance, the fun ...

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2009, THE LAPADA ART & ANTIQUES FAIR HAS GROWN TO BECOME A FOREMOST INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE FOR ART AND ANTIQUES, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS ON THE LONDON SOCIAL CALENDAR. This new partnership offers complimentary access to LAPADA Art and Antiques Fair using the e-ticket below, plus the opportunity to attend an exclusive evening event. The Game Fair Managing Director James Gower explained ‘A vast number of visitors to The Game Fair are from, or based in London and have been coming to the event for decades, sourcing ...

This brand new competition is open to all gundog clubs across the country. Dogs do not need to be Kennel Club registered and will be judged by a Gamekeeper alongside a panel judge. Teams will consist of 3 Spaniels and 2 Retrievers. Download the flyer for more information and to enter. ROUND ONE Simulated driven shoot with the Spaniels, which will hunt a specified area. Shots will then be fired and dummies thrown over the guns’ heads. When the Spaniels reach the guns a signal siren will sound for the dummies to be picked up ...