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Competitor and exhibitor Derek Spanton’s nine decades of support for the Royal Norfolk Show
Wed 03 January

Heavy horse enthusiast Derek Spanton, who has died aged 83, went to his first Royal Norfolk Show in 1952 aged 11. He was taken by his coal merchant uncle to Raveningham, near Beccles – and over the following nine decades, he returned to the show as a trade exhibitor and competitor in veteran and agricultural…

Royal Norfolk Show Announces Royal Visit
Tue 11 June

The Royal Norfolk Show is delighted to announce that it will host His Royal Highness (HRH) The Duke of Edinburgh at this year’s show on Thursday 27 June.

The John Innes Foundation Undergraduate Bursary Award Scheme
Wed 15 May

The John Innes Foundation (JIF) Undergraduate Bursary Award Scheme finances one student per year who is taking a three-year degree course in Agriculture, or a related discipline.

Hi Majesty The King agrees to be Patron of the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association
Tue 07 May

We are delighted to announce that His Majesty The King has graciously agreed to become the Patron of the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association.

Key adviser to the RNAA, Peter Smith, has died aged 94.
Fri 03 May

Obituary – Peter Smith (1929 to 2024)

RNAA Annual Report 2023
Sun 31 March

The RNAA Annual Report can be viewed below:

Technology in action on a progressive family business
Fri 01 December

Robots, precision spraying and investment in automation were key themes seen by around 40 RNAA members on a tour of a progressive farming and vegetable packaging business outside Brandon, Suffolk.

The Late Geoffrey Burrows
Thu 12 October

A self-taught painter Geoffrey Burrows, who has died aged 89, was a successful exhibitor at the Royal Norfolk Show’s art show for four decades.
A figurative painter in oil and watercolour, he was born in St Faith’s, near Norwich, and went to Paston Grammar School, North Walsham. He became a telecommunications engineer and then a BT manager in 1991. He lived in Spixworth and took up painting after attending an art class at Sprowston School.
He began serious painting in the late 1960s and was soon exhibiting in London and further afield.