A record crowd estimated at about 20,000 flocked to the Watton showground for the 140th show.

The Champions of Champions puts pigs, sheep, rabbits, horses, cattle and fowl head-to-head. The Norman Sculfer Salver and £250 was won by a Limousin cow and calf, shown by Peter Gooderham, of Gislingham, near Eye. 'The standard of livestock was outstanding and I shall be returning next year,' he added.

The Young Achievers Award and £100 prize for outstanding dedication and contribution to agriculture, horticulture, wildlife or any other rural related sector or industry was presented to Emma Germany, aged 19.

She is involved in the family's free range poultry unit and is also secretary to North Walsham Young Farmers' Club and is on the organising committee for next year's Norfolk Federation's 70th anniversary ball.