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17 SEPTEMBER 1999 ------------------------- SUCCESS CLAIMED AT OFFICIAL AND ALTERNATIVE SITES BRITISH POTATO 99 TURNED INTO A GAME OF TWO HALVES AS VISITORS SPLIT THEIR TIME BETWEEN THE
OFFICIAL AND THE NEARBY ALTERNATIVE EVENT. ANDY COLLINGS AND ANDY MOORE REPORT JUST which of the two potato events held within a stones throw of each other at Newark last week had the
greater number of visitors, will probably remain unknown. What is certain though, is that organisers of the British Potato 99 and of the "alternative" event will both claim an
element of success and, as a result, will find plenty to discuss when future events are planned. Politics apart, those prepared to visit both sites would have discovered several new machines
to interest them. At the main event new developments from industry giants such as Kverneland, Richard Pearson and Standen Engineering could be viewed, while the latest range of products
from the likes of Grimme and Tong had little trouble tempting visitors to the second site.