The true grit and determination of the executive committee of the Midland & Western Livestock Improvement Society to keep its loyal exhibitors satisfied certainly paid off on Saturday, when a successful show and sale took place at their showgrounds in Carrick-on-Shannon. Before the sale started, auctioneer Francis McGowan thanked, on behalf of the society, all those who assisted the committee in creating the judging and sale rings in the judging arena after the sale ring was destroyed by storm Éowyn.