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The Oyster Festival has been featured on Transworld Sport and John Craven’s Countryfile as well as all the local television channels and is now widely regarded as one of Ireland’s premier events.
The 16th annual Hillsborough Official World Oyster Eating Festival kicks off on Thursday 4th September 2008 with the Canadian Open Boat Race on Hillsborough Lake. New for this year we welcome the Irish tug of war team who are the world champions, as well as teams from Ulster Rugby and The Belfast Giants. Entries are welcome from any tug of war team who feel up to the challenge! Also in the village there will be a fashion show sponsored by Debenhams in the Festival Marquee as well as the Northern Ireland heats of the World Oyster Championship in the Plough Hospitality Marquee. These heats are open to all, so come along and see if you can beat the official world record of 233 oysters in 3 minutes held by local man Colin Shirlow.
Friday sees the ‘Rat Pack’ themed Gala Ball in the Festival Marquee featuring a spectacular evening’s entertainment and surprise acts to accompany a superb gourmet dining experience. So if you fancy yourself as Deano, Ol’ Blue Eyes or Sammy Davis Jnr come along and enjoy a fun packed spectacular evening. Tickets are limited to 400 so its first come first served.
Saturday sees the highlight of the festival, The 16th Annual Official World Oyster Eating Championship attracting over 12,000 people to the village of Hillsborough. There will be lots to see and do all day with plenty for everyone, from street entertainment to suit all ages to lots going on in the Festival Marquee. On Saturday evening there will be a fantastic barbeque with a live band performance in the Festival Marquee. As well as this all the local hostelries will be running their own special events to support the festival.
Sunday sees the very popular Super Dreamcar Sunday event organised by the wonderful Plum Tyndall of RPM fame. This provides a great opportunity to see, touch and photograph some of the world’s best known supercars including Ferraris, Aston Martins and Porsches. For a small fee you can even get a spin in one as a passenger.
MISSION STATEMENT
The voluntary committee of the Hillsborough Oyster Festival 2008 endeavour to raise as much money as possible to help others in need. In 2007 thanks to the generosity of the public over £ 45,000 was raised for Action Cancer.
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