Royal Ulster Agricultural Society

Royal Ulster Agricultural Society The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) is a registered charity in Northern Ireland

The Societyโ€™s annual shows include Balmoral Show, The Royal Ulster Premier Beef & Lamb Championships and the Royal Ulster Winter Fair. For further information on the Society and becoming a member visit www.balmoralshow.co.uk/ruas

๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ '๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘‘Congratulations to two RUAS Council Members who received commendations in the King's Birthd...
15/06/2026

๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ '๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘‘

Congratulations to two RUAS Council Members who received commendations in the King's Birthday Honours List on Saturday 13th June.

๐ŸŽ–๏ธ๐Œ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐“.๐‚. ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐…๐‘๐€๐ ๐’ from Hillsborough, has been awarded a ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ (๐๐„๐Œ) for services to Rugby and Community Relations in Ballynahinch.

๐ŸŽ–๏ธ๐Œ๐ซ ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‹๐ฒ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž from Ballynahinch, has been awarded a ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž (๐Œ๐๐„) for services to the Horse Racing Industry.

These honours are a fitting recognition of their outstanding dedication and contribution to their respective sectors and communities ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰

On behalf of everyone at RUAS, we extend our sincere congratulations to David and Richard on this well-deserved achievement ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

13/06/2026

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ?๐ŸŽ‰

Were you a guest at the President's Lunch this year?

A welcome moment of calm amidst the hustle and bustle of the Showgrounds, the President's Lunch offers guests the opportunity to relax, network, and enjoy exceptional hospitality in the Members' Pavilion ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐Ÿฅ‚

Take a glimpse inside the President's Suite, overlooking the Main Arena, as David Cunningham marked his first Balmoral Show as President of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society ๐Ÿ“ธ

๐‰๐Ž๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐“๐„๐€๐Œ ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผThe Royal Ulster Agricultural Society has an exciting opportunity for a self -motivated individual to j...
11/06/2026

๐‰๐Ž๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐“๐„๐€๐Œ ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ

The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society has an exciting opportunity for a self -motivated individual to join our team.

โœจGENERAL OPERATIVE/FORKLIFT DRIVERโœจ

The GENERAL OPERATIVE/FORKLIFT DRIVER will be involved in a range of practical tasks within the complex, working on build up and breakdown of a range of events including Balmoral Show.

The successful candidate will have a flexible attitude to work, good communication skills and able to work well within a team.

๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐“๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ complete the application and monitoring forms click the link.

If you have what it takes, then we would love to hear from you.

Please email completed application and monitoring forms to [email protected]

๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž for this role is Friday 26th June 2026 at midday. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 30th June 2026

Need plans this weekend? ๐ŸคฉLook no further than Open Farm Weekend, with 14 different farms across Northern Ireland for yo...
11/06/2026

Need plans this weekend? ๐Ÿคฉ

Look no further than Open Farm Weekend, with 14 different farms across Northern Ireland for you to explore! ๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿท

๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  ๐—ก๐—œ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ‘Congratulations to ๐— ๐—”๐——๐——๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฌ, ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ข๐—›๐—ก ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—ฌ on securing 2nd p...
10/06/2026

๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  ๐—ก๐—œ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ‘

Congratulations to ๐— ๐—”๐——๐——๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฌ, ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ข๐—›๐—ก ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—ฌ on securing 2nd place in the 6 Nations Wool Handling Competition at the Bath & West Shows ๐Ÿ‘

Maddison and Rachel earned the honour of representing Northern Ireland after finishing 1st and 2nd respectively in the National Wool Handling Competition at the Balmoral Show ๐Ÿฅˆ

A fantastic achievement and a testament to the skill, dedication, and hard work of the team. Well done to all involved! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

๐Ÿ“ธPictured (Lโ€“R): Maddison Rafferty, John Murphy (Team Manager), Rachel Murphy.

๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—”๐—ฆ๐—›๐ŸŽ‰Weโ€™re giving ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ the chance to ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ to the incredible Farmers Bash at Belsonic, ...
05/06/2026

๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—”๐—ฆ๐—›๐ŸŽ‰

Weโ€™re giving ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ the chance to ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ to the incredible Farmers Bash at Belsonic, taking place on Friday 12th June 2026 at Ormeau Park, Belfast! ๐Ÿค ๐ŸŽถ

With a line-up featuring Derek Ryan, Whistlinโ€™ Donkeys, Boyzlife, Garron Noone, Lisa McHugh and many more, this is one event you wonโ€™t want to miss!๐ŸŽŠ

To enter:
โœ… Tag the person youโ€™d bring along
โœ… Comment tagging the person youโ€™d bring along
โœ… Share this post

Good luck!๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป

Winner announced on Monday 8th June.

04/06/2026

๐๐๐‚ ๐…๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ & ๐…๐€๐‘๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒพ

The ๐๐๐‚ ๐…๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ & ๐…๐€๐‘๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ are coming to Northern Ireland for the very first time, with the 2026 ceremony set to take place at Titanic Belfast this October ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

This is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the farmers, growers, producers, cooks, makers, creators, retailers, innovators and food champions who are shaping the future of food and farming across Northern Ireland and Great Britain ๐Ÿฅณ

Know someone making a difference in food and farming? Make sure they get the recognition they deserve!๐Ÿ…

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:
โ€ข ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐
โ€ข ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐
โ€ข ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ
โ€ข ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ (๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ)
โ€ข ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ
โ€ข ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โ€ข ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐๐‚ ๐‘๐š๐๐ข๐จ ๐”๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐
โ€ข ๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ค ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐

โฐ Nominations close at 12 noon on Monday 15 June 2026 and are completely FREE.

๐Ÿ“ฒNominate now: bbc.co.uk/foodawards

03/06/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by the ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—”๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ at Balmoral Show!

It was a big thumbs up from Albert winning the John Deere ground loader!๐Ÿฅณ

๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐๐๐‚ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?๐Ÿ“บIt was a fantastic episode featuring this year's Balmoral Show, with excellent...
01/06/2026

๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐๐๐‚ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?๐Ÿ“บ

It was a fantastic episode featuring this year's Balmoral Show, with excellent coverage showcasing the very best of farming and agri-food. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
Great to see so many RUAS members taking part as well as Life Member Emily McGowan, who co-presented the YFCU competitions at this year's Show ๐ŸŽค๐Ÿฎ

๐Ÿ“ฒIf you missed it, you can catch up now on BBC iPlayer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/.../countryfile-the-balmoral-show

26/05/2026

Check out the below video from The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

Address

Eikon Exhibition Centre, Balmoral Park, Halftown Road
Lisburn
BT275RD

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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