Gympie Show 2018. Gympie Show Society Vice President Warren Smith has added his voice to that chorus, saying âwe need to do everything we canâ to make sure the Show doesnât miss a second consecutive year.
âIt has been a tough couple of years but the support from the Gympie Community generally has been outstanding,â Mr Smith said.
âCOVID wiped out last yearâs Show, and almost wiped out the Show Society. Had it not been for a great management crew and team of volunteers, as well as our casual staff, and grants from the State and Federal Governments, along with our Markets, we would not be here.â
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The shock resignation of Gympie Show president Graham Engeman two months before this yearâs Show is due to be held has been described as âa blowâ by stalwarts and volunteers.
Mr Engeman reportedly resigned from the position he had held for the past two years at a meeting on Wednesday, citing concerns about the ever growing red tape that had to be navigated.
The Gympie Times attempted to contact Mr Engeman but had not had a reply by time of publishing.
Manager and committee secretary Deb Brown said Mr Engeman had been the focus of a lot of pressure and his departure was âa blowâ but it would not derail the 2021 event.