GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

Additional rules may precede each section. 

MEMBERSHIP FEES

All exhibitors must be members of the Lincoln Agricultural Society.  Membership fee is $6.00 per person. A member is entitled to enter as many exhibits as desired but only one exhibit per class, unless otherwise specified.  

The Junior Membership fee is $2.00 for boys and girls 18 years of age and under as of September 1, 2008. A Junior Member is entitled to enter Junior Fair classes only.  A Junior Member entering Adult and Junior Fair classes, requires an Adult Membership card only.

Members are entitled to one free visit to the Fair.

MAKING ENTRIES

All entries must be on official entry forms and in accordance with instructions on same or in the Prize List, giving all information requested.  Each exhibitor must have his/her own entry form.  If additional entry forms are required, they may be obtained from the Lincoln County Fair office during scheduled office hours.  Each entry form must be signed by the exhibitor and forwarded to the Lincoln County Fair office so as to be received by August 29, 2008, except where otherwise noted for a specific section.  After that date, no additional entries or changes to entries can be accepted. 

Entry tags may be picked up at the Fair Office during scheduled office hours.  Include a handling fee of $1.50 to have entry tags mailed.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRY FORMS

The closing date for entry forms is August 29, 2008, except where otherwise noted for a specific Section.

FAIR SECRETARY

P.O. Box 981 

Beamsville, ON  L0R 1B0

(905) 309-4554    (905) 563-7071       Fax - (905) 309-3132

PAYMENT OF PRIZE MONEY

All exhibitors, with the exception of Junior Fair exhibitors, 4-H club members, and exhibitors in the Senior Citizen classes,  winning a total of $12.00 or more in prize money will have the following year=s membership fee retained from this year=s winnings.

Prize money will be paid by cheque and mailed within 60 days after the close of the Fair.  No payment of prize money, with the exception of Junior Fair, will be made at Fair time.   All prize money cheques not cashed on or before December 31, 2008 will be non-negotiable and money will be retained by the Society.

In case of bad weather or other unfavourable circumstances, the Society will pay only such portion of the prizes as can be paid from excess of actual income over expenditure.

JUDGING

No exhibitor shall interfere with the Judges, Committee Members or judging process in any way.  Nor shall said exhibitor permit any agent or anyone working on his behalf to show disrespect to any Judge.  The decision of the Judge shall be final in all cases, except where fraud, misrepresentation or collusion is proven.  In such cases, the Executive Committee shall make the final decision.

The Judges are requested not to award prizes to animals and articles that they consider unworthy.  Each Committee is authorized to instruct the Judges to this effect.  It is the intention of the Lincoln County Fair to give no distinction or premium of any kind to an exhibit that is not deserving of such awards.

Should there be only one exhibitor in a section, the judges may use their own discretion as to awarding a prize, but shall in no case award unless they consider the exhibit worthy of a prize.

 

VIOLATION OF RULES

Any exhibitor who violates any of the following rules or any rules printed in any of the Sections of the Prize List shall be liable, upon the decision of the Executive Committee, to the forfeiture of any and all prizes, prize money and awards which may have been awarded to the exhibitor as well as any entry fees that may have been paid, whether for any entry shown before or after such violation, and such exhibitor may be barred from showing at the Lincoln County Fair for such period as the Executive Committee may determine.

LIABILITY

All exhibits shall be under the control and direction of the Society but solely at the risk of the exhibitor.  The Society will not be responsible for damage, injury, loss or theft of any exhibit, regardless of the cause of such damage, injury or theft.  Each exhibitor will be solely responsible for any article exhibited by him/her and shall indemnify the Society against all legal or other proceedings in regard thereto.