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2019 BEER & CIDER

              BEER & CIDER                                                      CLOSING DATE OF ENTRIES
         OPEN TO ALL BEER & CIDER                                                   Friday 3 May 2019
      PRODUCERS FROM AUSTRALIA AND
                                                                        ATTENTION ALL EXHIBITORS
              NEW ZEALAND.                                              In an endeavour to continue to make the Royal Adelaide Beer
DELIVERY                                                                and Cider Awards relevant to the industry, classes are
Exhibits must be delivered between 10.00 am to 4.00                     reviewed annually.
pm between Wednesday 12 and Friday 14 June. No late                     Suggestions for alterations to the 2020 Royal Adelaide Beer
exhibits will be judged.                                                and Cider Awards must be submitted in writing by the end of
                                                                        September 2019.
DELIVERY LOCATION                                                       The Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society makes every
The Goyder Pavilion (via Forecourt), Adelaide Showground,               attempt to ensure that all information contained within this
Wayville. Details and a map will be forwarded with labels               schedule is correct at the time of printing, however the
closer to the competition.                                              RA&HS reserves the right to change such details as may be
                                                                        required.
The Society will not be responsible for the loss of, or any
damage whatsoever to exhibits en-route to, during judging or            CLOSING DATE OF ENTRIES
while entries are stored subsequent to judging.                         FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019 at 5.00 pm

EXHIBIT QUANTITIES                                                      The following conditions will strictly apply:
Draught                                                                 Online entries only.
Exhibits submitted in draught form must in commercially                 All entries must be paid for in full online by 5.00 pm (CST) on
appropriate and clearly identifiable casks or kegs (ie) either          Friday 3 May 2019.
Type D or A Kegs - Cornelius (Corny) kegs and other home-               No exception to the above conditions will be made to any
brew type containers will not be accepted.                              exhibitor under any circumstance.
Beer
Exhibitors are to provide one (1) carton of 24 bottles of no            ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ENTRIES
less than 330 ml for each entry or of not less than 7.5 litres.         All entries submitted online will be acknowledged via email.
All keg closure types are permitted.
Cider                                                                   ONLINE ENTRIES / WEBSITE
Exhibitors are to provide a minimum of 6 x 750 ml bottles or            www.theshow.com.au/rabca
12 x 375 ml bottle or equivalent. All keg closure types are
permitted.                                                              ENTRY FEES (GST INCLUDED)
                                                                        Entry fee for each entry: $90
DISPOSAL OF EXHIBITS
All exhibits of Beer and Cider become the property of the               REFUNDS
Society.                                                                No refund of entry fees will be made after the closing date of
                                                                        entries.
JUDGING
Judging will take place from Wednesday 19 to Thursday                   CONTACT US
20 June 2019 inclusive.                                                 Post      RA&HS - Beer and Cider Awards, PO Box 108
                                                                                  GOODWOOD, SA 5034
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS                                                  Email     kjohnson@adelaideshowground.com.au
Presentation of Awards will take place on Friday 12 July in             Phone     (08) 8210 5211 Between 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
conjunction with the Adelaide Beer and BBQ Festival.                              Monday to Friday
Details will be available on the Society's website                      Secretary Katie Johnson
www.theshow.com.au closer to the event.
Due to the popularity of the Awards Evening tickets will be             The Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society’s ABN is 68 531
strictly limited and all exhibitors will be provided with 2 (two)       710 498.
complimentary tickets.
This event is proudly supported by Brand South Australia.               YOUR PRIVACY
                                                                        If you do not want your details to be made available to other
                                                                        parties, please tick the box on the entry form supplied by the
                                                                        RA&HS. Your personal information will then only be used by
                                                                        the RA&HS to maintain contact with you and allow us to
                                                                        manage your entries. The RA&HS reserves the right to inform
                                                                        prize sponsors of the details of recipients to enable
KEG COLLECTION                                                          distribution of their voucher/product prizes.
All kegs must be collected by Exhibitors from the RA&HS
Secretary’s Office during business hours between Monday                 GENERAL REGULATIONS
8 July and Friday 12 July 2019. Any kegs not collected during           Exhibitors are reminded that the Society’s General
this time will be disposed of at the discretion of the RA&HS.           Regulations apply to all sections of the Show. A copy of the
Interstate Exhibitors should arrange for the return of their            General Regulations can be obtained from the Society’s
kegs at their own cost.                                                 website at www.theshow.com.au or from the Society’s

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2019 BEER & CIDER

Administration Office.                                                   in terms of shape and/or colour to ensure no confusion.
Exhibitors should note that the General Regulations contain a            All award winning entries must only use the official Royal
number of provisions relevant to competitions and this                   Adelaide Beer and Cider Award medal design. Artwork will be
Schedule including but not limited to, offences, penalties,              supplied to all prize winning entries upon request.
prohibited drugs. As those conditions apply in addition to the           Exhibitors of awards agree that all advertising, promotion or
regulations contained within this schedule, Exhibitors should            labelling arising from the award will include Year of Award,
familiarise themselves with the General Regulations.                     class number and description of award. Exhibitors also agree
                                                                         that only the specific beer or cider that received the award
SPECIAL REGULATIONS                                                      can have any reference to that award.
Exhibitors are reminded that the Special Regulations
contained within this Schedule are merely supplementary to
and subject to the General Regulations.                                  JUDGING REGULATIONS
The members of the Society’s Beer, Cider and Spirit                      All Judges (including the Chief Judge) shall not at any time
Committee shall have the authority to act on behalf of the               prior to the announcement of the Awards have any access as
Society to take any necessary action under these Special                 to the identity of the Exhibits.
Regulations.                                                             All beers and ciders will be judged in the order best
All exhibitors are required to comply with relevant state                considered by the Chief Judges.
legislation regarding brewers licencing.                                 Judges under the direction of the Chief Judges shall judge
No entry will be received from any person or persons                     their allocated Classes and complete a score/feedback sheet
disqualified by this or any other similar Society during the             for those Classes. The Chief Judges shall have the points
period of such disqualification. Should any such entry be                totalled and re-checked. An independent person nominated
accepted it shall, when discovered, be deemed void and the               by the RA&HS will confirm the results to determine the
entry fee and Beer and Cider shall be forfeited and other                awards.
affiliated Beer or Cider Show Societies notified.                        Judges will not have access to exhibits apart from the glass of
The competition is open to all commercial Beer and Cider                 each placed in front of them by the stewards.
brewed in Australia and New Zealand. The product must be                 All exhibitors shall accept the final decision of the Society and
commercially available ie, is on sale at one or more licensed            Judges.
outlets.                                                                 The Chief Judges shall have the power to disqualify or
To be eligible for the Champion South Australian Brewery                 dismiss as being not eligible for judging any exhibit which, in
Award the mash must be performed in SA.                                  his/her opinion does not comply with the regulations in every
For the purpose of the competition, the term ‘beer’ can also             respect and such disqualification shall be accepted as final.
be referred to as ‘ale’, ‘lager’, ‘stout’, porter, wheat beer or         Exhibits will be judged from both a technical and a consumer
reduced alcohol.                                                         appreciation perspective using the following criteria: •
*Please refer to page 4 (Beer) & 8 (Cider) of this Schedule for          Appearance • Aroma • Flavour • Overall impression
volume and availability minimums.
                                                                         MEDALLIONS will be awarded as follows:
SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES                                                    • Gold Award 17 points and over
Please assist us with any follow up by printing the name of              • Silver Award 15.5 points to 16.9 points
the person responsible for filling out the entry form in the             • Bronze Award 14 points to 15.4 points
contact name space.                                                      A Champion Medallion may be awarded to the highest
The brand owner or licensed user of the brand must submit                pointing silver medal winning Exhibit if a gold is not awarded
the entry.                                                               for that class. This will be at the discretion of the Chief
All entries must comply with the current FSANZ Food                      Judge in consultation with a Society representative.
Standard Code for Beer 2.7.2.
Beer and Cider should be entered into the class most
appropriate to its style, if you are unsure of this please contact                    The Society thanks and acknowledges
the RA&HS.                                                                                            Andale
                                                                             for provision of beer dispensing equipment for judging.
EXHIBIT LABELS
Exhibitors must affix RA&HS labels showing class and exhibit
number to all bottles and kegs. Bottles must be commercially
labelled. Where possible, exhibitors are requested not to                            The Society acknowledges and thanks
cover commercial labels.                                                                     Anton Paar Australia
                                                                           for providing a density meter for judging of exhibits in the
WITHDRAWALS                                                                                       competition.
All withdrawals must be made in writing and can be sent via
email to kjohnson@adelaideshowground.com.au.

CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE DISPLAY OF AWARDS                                            The Society acknowledges and thanks
Producers will not use medals, stickers, symbols or other                                        RSN Australia
devices on a bottle or soft pack in order to misleadingly                    for sponsoring the judges "thank you" gifts with quality
convey the impression that the beer or cider has received an                      glasses from the Speigelau Craft Beer Range.
award at an open, objective or independent competition.
The use of gold, black and gold, bronze and silver discs and
the like, must not be used. Stickers and symbols or other
devices should be sufficiently differentiated from show medals

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RULES OF ENTRY - BEER                                                      13. Beer should be entered into the class most appropriate to
                                                                               its style. If you are unsure of this, please contact the
1.  The competition is open to all commercial Beers. The                       RA&HS.
    product must be commercially available (ie) is on sale at              14. There is no limit to the number of entries and Exhibitor
    one or more licensed outlets at the time of judging.                       can enter provided each entry is a different
2. Brewery Size                                                                product. More than one entry per class per entrant is
    •    Small Brewery - Breweries producing less than 2,000                   permitted.
         hl per annum                                                      15. Entrants must have a minimum of 225 litres of each
    •    Medium - Breweries producing 2,001 - 10,000 hl per                    product in stock at time of entry (25 dozen 750 ml bottles
         annum                                                                 or equivalent volume)
    •    Large Brewery - Breweries producing over 10,000 hl                16. The organising committee reserves the right to audit
         per annum                                                             compliance in regard to entries.
3. Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines are used as a                 17. The Judges’ decision is final.
    reference source for Judging. For further information                  18. The Judges reserve the right not to award medals, prizes
    please contact the RA&HS.                                                  or certificates in each class.
4. All beers will be judged together.                                      19. Results will be published in the official RABCA Results
5. Kegs will be dispensed at 55% CO2 unless otherwise                          Catalogue together with the ABBBQ Festival
    specified. Kegs may miss out on a trophy opportinuty if                    details. Results will also be posted on the RA&HS
    less than 20 litres.                                                       website – www.theshow.com.au
6. Please ensure exhibits are entered in the correct class at              20. Judges’ comments will be sent to all exhibitors.
    time of entry. Exhibits will only be transferred to another            21. The RA&HS reserves the right to merge or delete any
    class after the closing date of entries at the discretion of               class/es for which insufficient entries are received.
    the Chief Judge.                                                       22. The Society reserves the right to have any exhibit
7. The exhibitor irrevocably consents to the RA&HS                             inspected and/or analysed to verify that it meets the
    publishing or reproducing in any manner whatsoever any                     relevant conditions for the class in which it was exhibited
    particulars or information in relation to their exhibits; the              and that the beer held by the Exhibitor represents the
    publication or reproduction may be in a printed form or                    exhibit provided for judging.
    visual image through electronic means and/or the                       23. In all classes the exhibit, as stated on the entry form, may
    internet.                                                                  be inspected and checked by a representative of the
8. There is no limit to the number of entries an Exhibitor can                 Society and/or nominee.
    enter provided each entry is a different product or
    presented in different packaging.
9. If beer cannot be dispensed it will not be judged.
10. To be eligible for the Champion South Australian Brewery
    Award, the mash must be performed in South Australia.
11. For the purpose of the competition, the term ‘beer’ can
    also be referred to as ‘ale’, ‘lager’, ‘stout’, ‘porter’, ‘wheat
    beer’ or ‘reduced alcohol’.
12. The brand owner or licensed user of the brand must
    submit the entry.

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                          BEER                                                                    ALE
For all “other” classes, brewers must provide enough                   Typically, the use of a countries hops should determine the
information on style/ingredients to enable correct style               class entered.
guideline judging.

                                                                       Class 11 Ale, Australian Style Pale Ale, Traditional
                                                                                (brewed using traditional Australian hop varieties)
           REDUCED ALCOHOL
                                                                       Class 12 Ale, Australasian (Australian / NZ) Style Pale
Class 1    Reduced Alcohol (3.0% or less), Lager.                               Ale (brewed using modern Australian & or NZ hop
           Brewer to specify exact style as per Lager classes                   varieties, e.g. Galaxy or Nelson Sauvin).
           7-10 (If no type stated, will be judged as Australian
           Style Lager).                                               Class 13 Ale, American Style Pale Ale

Class 2    Reduced Alcohol (3.0% or less), Ale.                        Class 14 Ale, India Pale Ale
           Brewer to specify exact style as per Ale classes                     Brewer to specify exact style e.g. English or US
           11-16. (If no type stated, will be judged as                         etc (If no type stated, will be judged as English
           Australian Style Pale Ale)                                           IPA).

Class 3    Reduced Alcohol (3.0% or less), Other.                      Class 15 Ale, Amber/Dark
           Brewer to specify exact style to be taken from                       Brewer to specify exact style e.g. English Brown,
           Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines.                           Irish Red or US Amber etc (If no type stated, will
                                                                                be judged as English Brown).

                                                                       Class 16 Ale, Other
     MID STRENGTH ALCOHOL                                                       Brewer to specify exact style to be taken from
                                                                                Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines.
Class 4    Mid Strength (3.01 - 3.5%) Lager
           Brewer to specify exact style as per Lager classes
           7-10 (If no type stated, will be judged as Australian
           Style Lager).                                                                      WHEAT
Class 5    Mid Strength (3.01 - 3.5%) Ale                              Class 17 Wheat (at least 30% wheat)
           Brewer to specify exact style as per Ale classes                     Brewer to specify exact style to be taken from
           11-16. (If no type stated, will be judged as                         Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines.
           Australian Style Pale Ale)

Class 6    Mid Strength (3.01 - 3.5%), Other
           Brewer to specify exact style to be taken from                                    PORTER
           Beer Style Guidelines
                                                                       Class 18 Porter
                        LAGER                                                   Brewer to specify exact style to be taken from
                                                                                Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines.
Class 7    Lager, Australian Style

Class 8    Lager, Pilsener
           Brewer to specify exact style e.g. German,                                          STOUT
           Bohemian or International (If no type stated, will
           be judged as International).                                Class 19 Stout, Dry
                                                                                Brewer to state origin eg. American, Irish or British
Class 9    Lager, Amber/Dark                                                    etc.
           Brewer to specify exact style e.g. Euro Style Dark,
           US Amber, US Dark, Bock or Schwarzbier etc (If              Class 20 Stout, Sweet
           no type stated, will be judged as Euro Dark Style).                  Brewer to state origin eg. American, Irish or British
                                                                                etc.
Class 10 Lager, Other
         Brewer to specify exact style to be taken from                Class 21 Stout, Imperial
         Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines.                             Brewer to state origin eg. American, Irish or British
                                                                                etc.

                                                                       Class 22 Stout, Other
                                                                                Brewer to specify exact style to be taken from
                                                                                Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines.

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                                                                         THE AIR LIQUIDE MEDALLION
                         OTHER                                           CHAMPION PORTER BEER
                                                                         sponsored by Air Liquide
This Style category is reserved for beers which do not fit the
Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines (BABSG 2018) for               THE ANDALE MEDALLION
the 7 Styles (and Classes) listed above.                                 CHAMPION STOUT BEER
Please note however that a beer which varies marginally from             sponsored by Andale
the BABSG listed analytical ranges for a style previously
listed, may still be most appropriately entered in the Other             THE AIR LIQUIDE MEDALLION
Class within the broad beer style. For Example, a beer based             CHAMPION HYBRID BEER
on an IPA (Class 14) that varies marginally from the BABSG               sponsored by Air Liquide
for IPA might still be best listed in Ale Other (Class 16), rather
                                                                         THE SIMON FAHEY PRIZE
than in OTHER.
                                                                         BEST NEW EXHIBIT
Similarly a beer which conforms to the BABSG for a Style and
                                                                         Open to exhibitors who have never entered or competed in
Class but varies by the addition of a non-traditional brewing
                                                                         the Royal Adelaide Beer Awards.
ingredient, e.g. a fruit, flavouring or spice not normally
                                                                         sponsored by Simon Fahey
associated with the Style & Class, is still best entered in the
Other Class within an earlier Style. Example: A Coffee Stout
which meets the BABSG for a Stout class should still be                          BEER MAJOR AWARDS
entered in Class 22 Stout Other (not in OTHER).
In all cases, the Brewer must provide enough information on              THE BINTANI AUSTRALIA TROPHY
the entry to enable the most appropriate style to be assigned            CHAMPION SMALL BREWERY
from the BABSG (2018).                                                   (less than 2,000 hltr per annum)
                                                                         Awarded to the highest scoring small brewery (from the
Class 23 Other                                                           average of the four top scoring exhibits entered).
         Brewer to specify exact style to be taken from                  sponsored by Bintani Australia
         Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines.
                                                                         THE FASSINA LIQUOR TROPHY
                                                                         CHAMPION MEDIUM BREWERY
                                                                         (2,001 hltr - 10,000 hltrs per annum)
                BEER AWARDS                                              Awarded to the highest scoring medium brewery (from the
                                                                         average of the four top scoring exhibits entered)
THE CCL LABEL SOLUTIONS MEDALLION                                        sponsored by Fassina Liquor
CHAMPION REDUCED ALCOHOL BEER
sponsored by CCL Label Solutions                                         THE CELLARBRATIONS TROPHY
                                                                         CHAMPION LARGE BREWERY
THE CELLARBRATIONS MEDALLION                                             (greater than 10,000 hltrs per annum)
CHAMPION AUSTRALIAN STYLE LAGER                                          Awarded to the highest scoring large brewery (from the
sponsored by Independent Brands Australia                                average of the four top scoring exhibits entered)
                                                                         sponsored by Independent Brands Australia
THE CELLARBRATIONS MEDALLION
CHAMPION PILSENER                                                        THE KINGS HEAD HOTEL TROPHY
sponsored by Independent Brands Australia                                CHAMPION SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BEER EXHIBIT
                                                                         Awarded to the Highest Scoring Beer mashed in SA.
THE CCL LABEL SOLUTIONS MEDALLION                                        sponsored by Kings Head Hotel
CHAMPION OTHER LAGER
sponsored by CCL Label Solutions                                         THE ORORA GROUP TROPHY
                                                                         MOST OUTSTANDING BEER IN SHOW
THE CRYERMALT MEDALLION                                                  Awarded to the Highest Scoring Exhibit overall.
CHAMPION TRADITIONAL / AUSTRALASIAN STYLE                                sponsored by Orora Group
PALE ALE
sponsored by Cryermalt Australia

THE ANDALE MEDALLION
CHAMPION AMERICAN STYLE PALE ALE
sponsored by Andale

THE CRYERMALT MEDALLION
CHAMPION INDIA PALE ALE
sponsored by Cryermalt Australia

THE ECOLAB MEDALLION
CHAMPION OTHER ALE
sponsored by Ecolab

THE ECOLAB MEDALLION
CHAMPION WHEAT BEER
sponsored by Ecolab

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                                                                         the range 1.004-1.019 (9-40 g/L residual sugar), Sweet over
             CIDER & PERRY                                               1.019 (greater than ~40g/L residual sugar). Where a Cider is
                                                                         near one of the boundaries above consideration should be
RULES OF ENTRY:                                                          given to the overall style when determining which class to
                                                                         enter.
1.    The competition is open to all commercial ciders
      produced in Australia/New Zealand. The product must be
                                                                         Bottle or keg and type to be stated on entry form for each
      commercially available ie, is on sale at one or more
                                                                         entry.
      licensed outlets.
2.    There is no limit to the number of entries an Exhibitor can
      enter provided each entry is a different product.
3.    Each entry will consist of 6 x 750mL bottles, or 12 x                         NEW WORLD CIDER
      375mL bottles, or equivalent. All closure types are
      permitted. Each keg entry is to consist of no less than 20         Clean, crisp and balanced, tending to show primary fruit
      litres and be in an appropriate container or keg with              characters, sparkling or still.
      commercial packaging. Please note any remaining
      bottles may be used at the Awards Presentation.
4.    All Ciders will be judged in the order best considered by          Class 1    Cider, dry
      the Chief Judge.
5.    Entrants must declare the product as either Cider or               Class 2    Cider, medium
      Perry and enter it in one of the classes 1 – 13.
6.    Cider or Perry entered by an entrant into one class may            Class 3    Cider, Sweet
      be moved into another class at the Chief Judges’
      discretion.
7.    Where sugar, concentrate or sugar substitutes are used                       TRADITIONAL CIDER
      in the production processes specifically to increase
      alcohol percentage or to adjust sweetness such products            Ciders tending to emulate "old world" production styles and
      are to be advised on the entry form. The use of sugar              methods, likely to be showing less primary fruit character, and
      where its sole function is to promote the secondary                more complex and developed aromas, flavours and structure
      fermentation process does not need to be identified.
8.    Entrants must have a minimum of 225 litres of each
      product in stock at time of entry (25 dozen 750 ml bottles         Class 4    Cider, dry
      or equivalent volume).
9.    The organising committee reserves the right to audit               Class 5    Cider, medium
      compliance in regard to entries.
10.   The judges’ decision is final.                                     Class 6    Cider, sweet
11.   The judges reserve the right not to award medals, prizes

12.
      or certificates in each class.
      The Society reserves the right to have any exhibit
                                                                                   NEW WORLD PERRY
      inspected and/or analysed to verify that it meets the
      relevant conditions for the class in which it was exhibited        Clean, crisp and balanced, tending to show primary fruit
      and that the cider held by the Exhibitor represents the            characters, sparkling or still.
      exhibit provided for judging.
13.   Results will be published in the official RABCA Catalogue
      of Results together with the ABBBQ Festival details.               Class 7    Perry, dry
      Results will also be posted on the RA&HS
                                                                         Class 8    Perry, medium
      website www.theshow.com.au
14.   All exhibits must conform to the respective Acts of the
                                                                         Class 9    Perry, sweet
      State and the Commonwealth of Australia, which govern
      the production of Australian Beer and Cider, the Food
      Standard Codes and the Health Act and Regulations.                           TRADITIONAL PERRY
15.   Judges’ comments will be provided to the individual
      entrants.
                                                                         Perry tending to emulate "old world" production styles and
16.   The RA&HS reserves the right to merge, delete or create
                                                                         methods, likely to be showing less primary fruit character, and
      a subclass amongst any class for which insufficient
                                                                         more complex and developed aromas, flavours and structure
      entries are received or sufficient entries are received of a
      particular style.
                                                                         Class 10 Perry, dry
Further information can be sought from the Secretary.
                                                                         Class 11 Perry, medium
                 CIDER & PERRY                                           Class 12 Perry, sweet

For Cider or Perry, Dry, Medium and Sweet are not strictly
defined as acid/flavour/structure balance is important. As a                 FLAVOURED CIDER/PERRY
guideline, Dry is expected to have a finished Specific Gravity
less than 1.004 (less than ~9g/L residual sugar), Medium in              Class 13 Cider/Perry, flavoured naturally

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     CIDER/PERRY AWARDS
THE CCL LABEL SOLUTIONS TROPHY
CHAMPION CIDER IN SHOW
sponsored by CCL Label Solutions

THE ASHTON VALLEY FRESH TROPHY
CHAMPION PERRY IN SHOW
sponsored by Ashton Valley Fresh

CIDER/PERRY MAJOR AWARD
THE WINEQUIP TROPHY
MOST OUTSTANDING CIDER/PERRY IN SHOW
sponsored by Winequip Adelaide

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liabilities including without limitation, consequential loss and
           ROYAL ADELAIDE SHOW –                                   loss of profits for which the Society is or may be or become
          Exhibitors Conditions of entry                           liable in respect of or arising from:
                                                                   loss, damage or injury to any person in connection with the
HAZARD REPORTING                                                   Exhibit or the relevant Event;
Exhibitors must notify the Venue Management Office                 without limiting Regulation 2(a), loss, damage or injury to any
immediately of any hazards detected. Hazards are any               other Exhibit or Exhibitor, his or her family, invitees, Agents, or
situation which has the potential to cause:                        to the property of the Society, or its members, or to the general
1. Injury, illness or death to people or animals either            public, caused or contributed to or by any act or omission of an
     immediately or in the future                                  Exhibit of the Exhibitor or by the Exhibitor, his or her family,
2. Damage or destruction to property                               invitees or Agents; and
                                                                   without limiting Regulation 2(a), loss, damage or injury to the
                    INCIDENT REPORTING                             Exhibit, or the Exhibitor, his or her family, invitees, or Agents
Exhibitors must notify the Area/Pavilion Supervisor or the         caused or contributed by an act or omission of an Exhibit of the
Venue Management Office immediately an incident occurs             Exhibitor or by the transportation, feeding or housing of an
which has resulted in:                                             Exhibit of the Exhibitor.
1. The injury, illness or death of any person
2. The damage, destruction or loss of property                     3. Removal from Showground
3. A near miss incident that could have resulted in the            Without prejudice to any other provision in these Regulations,
    consequences listed in 1 and 2                                 where the Society, its officers, employees, members or agents
                       WASTE DISPOSAL                              removes an Exhibit, or causes an Exhibit to be removed from
All waste including liquids must be disposed of responsibly and    the Showground, the Exhibit is removed or caused to be
placed in the appropriate bin or receptacle. Storm drains must     removed entirely at the risk of the Exhibitor. The person or
not be used for the disposal of any waste.                         persons removing the Exhibit will be deemed to be the agent of
                                                                   the Exhibitor, and his or her acts and omissions will be deemed
                   HAZARD MINIMISATION                             to be the acts and omissions of the Exhibitor.
All areas must be kept in a clean and tidy order with clearly      4. Insurance
defined and available access and exit routes at all times.         The Society will arrange Animal Exhibitors Public Liability
                                                                   insurance cover for all Exhibitors of Exhibits being animals. The
                     MEDIA COMMENTS                                Exhibitor is bound by the terms and conditions of this insurance
Any public comment on emergencies, incidents or other venue        and by Statutory Duties as defined under the Insurance
matters should only come from the RA&HS. The key media             Contracts Act (1984). Details of the Animal Exhibitors Public
spokesperson for the RA&HS is the Marketing Manager.               Liability insurance are set out in the Relevant Schedule. The
                                                                   Society does not insure first party loss, damage or injury to
                        DUTY OF CARE                               Exhibits, and Exhibitors should consider purchasing insurance
It is important to ensure your own safety and that of all          if required.
other site personnel, visitors and general public at the           5. Personal effects
Adelaide Showground.                                               The Society has no responsibility or liability for any loss or
All competitors have a “Duty of Care” to avoid exposing            damage caused to personal belongings, equipment or property
themselves or other people to situations which could lead to       which is brought onto the Showground by an Exhibitor, his or
injury. This “Duty of Care” extends to the prevention of damage    her family, invitees or Agents.
to property.
                                                                                              FIRST AID
                 LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY                           Contact Royal Adelaide Show staff on site or via phone 08
1.   Release                                                       8210 5247 for minor first aid, if an emergency dial 000.
  Entry to and remaining on the Showground is entirely at the
  risk of the Exhibitor and to the maximum extent permitted by                   RA&HS EMERGENCY FACILITIES
  law, the Exhibitor releases the Society (which term includes     Firefighting and other emergency equipment must not be
  in this clause the Society’s officers, employees, members        removed or used for any other purpose. Missing or
  and agents), from all claims and demands of every kind           unserviceable equipment should be reported to the Venue
  resulting from any accident, damage or injury occurring at       Management Office immediately.
  the Showground, and without limitation, the Exhibitor
  acknowledges:                                                                              SMOKING
a. the Society has no responsibility or liability for any loss,    Smoking is only permitted in designated locations.
    damage or injury to or caused by any Exhibit;
b. the Society has no responsibility or liability for any loss,                         TRAFFIC CONTROL
    damage or injury to or caused by any Exhibitor, his or her     The RA&HS Traffic Control Policy imposes speed restrictions
    family, invitees and Agents;                                   within the Showground. For the duration of the Royal Adelaide
c. the Society has no responsibility or liability for any loss,    Show the speed limit is 10 kph on the grounds and 8 kph inside
    damage or injury to a Motor Vehicle or any of its contents     buildings
    whilst it is located on the Showground; and                    The use of vehicles inside the Showground is closely managed
d. without limiting Regulations 1 (a) and 1 (b) above, the         during the Royal Adelaide Show. Conditions of entry will be
    Society has no responsibility or liability for any loss,       provided with the issue of Vehicle Entry Permit
    damage or injury resulting from the sale, treatment, failure
    to treat, destruction, disposal or other dealing with any
    Exhibit, or for loss, damage or injury to any personal
    belongings, equipment or property brought onto the
    Showground.

2.       Indemnity
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Exhibitor must
indemnify and keep indemnified the Society and its officers,
employees, members and agents from and against all actions,
claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, expenses and
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