Refunds for cancelled Devon County Show

Refunds for the cancelled final day of Devon County Show are now available on the organisers’ website.

Organisers were forced to cancel the final day of the show on Saturday 24 May after mud and heavy rain raised significant health and safety concerns for visitors.

Devon County Show Secretary, Ollie Allen said rain had turned the car parks into “quagmires” which saw organisers begin to turn away visitors from Friday afternoon.

Disappointed ticket buyers will now have until June 30 to claim a refund from the show’s organisers.

Ollie Allen continued : “It is heart breaking to have to make this decision but the appalling weather has left us with no choice. We are not the first agricultural show to have to cancel a day’s activities and we wont be the last.

“We will be considering the long term implications of this and the lessons that need to be learnt in due course. For the moment our thoughts are with our visitors, exhibitors, trade stand holders, sponsors and our army of volunteers for whom this will come as a bitter disappointment.

“We did everything we could to improve the state of the fields but in the end the intensity of the rainfall was too much.”

For more information on how to claim a refund on tickets visit: http://www.devoncountyshow.co.uk/news

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