{"id":111399,"date":"2025-11-20T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/?p=111399"},"modified":"2025-11-19T18:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:23:34","slug":"shes-been-coming-since-she-was-a-baby-now-shes-bangalow-shows-young-woman-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/news\/shes-been-coming-since-she-was-a-baby-now-shes-bangalow-shows-young-woman-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"She\u2019s been coming since she was a baby \u2013 now she\u2019s Bangalow Show\u2019s Young Woman of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KATE Hulbert was just 11 weeks old when she attended the Bangalow Show for the first time. She won Junior Showgirl at the age of five, and this year, she was named the 2025 Young Woman of the Show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/11\/SummerChaseling-Kate_67795.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last year&#8217;s Young Woman of the Show winner Summer Chaseling with successor Kate Hulbert and finalists Clover Mowbray-Allen and Sienna Mathie. Photo: LYN McCARTHY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bangalow Show secretary Anne McClelland said Kate&#8217;s late grandmother, Jan Hulbert, had been heavily involved with the Bangalow Show Society and the Park Trust Committee, which runs the showground, for many years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/11\/Lawnmowersracingatth_10687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"876\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawnmowers racing at the Bangalow Show. Photo: MARALYN HANIGANa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She would be very happy that Kate is this year&#8217;s Young Woman of the Year,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/11\/AndyWalkercompetingi_15773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Walker competing in the gumboot toss at the Bangalow Show. Photo: ANGELA SAURINE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old former Bangalow Public School student is studying secondary teaching at Southern Cross University while working part-time at Bangalow Cellars.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119089\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-119089\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/11\/BangalowShow.PhotoAN_17259-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People of all ages enjoyed the Bangalow Show shenanigans. Photo: ANGELA SAURINE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kate has been participating in the show since very young with entries in the Pavilion, where her Lazy Daisy Cake was a favourite each year, and entering her pets in the pet parade,&#8221; McClelland said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/11\/BushpoetRayEsseryatt_19674.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"489\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bush poet Ray Essery performing at the Bangalow Show. Photo: ANGELA SAURINE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>McClelland said this year&#8217;s show was a huge success, with events such as a bush poetry competition, gumboot toss contest and the return of the much-loved lawnmower racing wowing the crowd.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/11\/Showgoersenjoyingcar_22719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teens eating twisters at the Bangalow Show. Photo: LYN McCARTHY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Only one event \u2014 the maiden-novice campdraft \u2014 was cancelled on Friday night due to rain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were very lucky that it wasn&#8217;t so wet that we had to cancel the campdraft on the Saturday night,&#8221; McClelland said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/11\/RolandSchwertnerfrom_25240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roland Schwertner from Erwin Alpacas with Sam and Charles at the Bangalow Show. Photo: ANGELA SAURINE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The show also featured showjumping competitions, baby animals, Shorty Brown the Clown, woodworking displays, stunt shows and burger-eating contests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/11\/JoanLeedsattheBangal_27070.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"902\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joan Leeds at the Bangalow Show. Photo: LYN McCARTHY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Children emptied their parents&#8217; wallets buying showbags, riding dodgems and competing for soft toys in sideshow alley games, while parents queued for drinks and BBQ food sold by Bangalow Lions Club volunteers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATE Hulbert was just 11 weeks old when she attended the Bangalow Show for the first time. 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