The good news - Claire has passed her driving test.
The bad news? - Rob has a "radial head fracture" (broken elbow)
The good news - he has a chauffeuse!
Monday, 15 December 2014
Saturday, 13 December 2014
Herd Competition
Last night was the Annual Dinner for the North West Regional Association of Shorthorn Breeders. This was a good night held at The Lowther Castle Inn at Hackthorpe. After the meal,as the final raffle tickets were sold, the President of The Shorthorn Society, Neil Madeley gave a short encouraging talk, exhorting us to continue to take every opportunity to publicise the breed and to register all our animals, The herds had been judged in September by Basil Lawson, and he gave a brief talk of his tour round our region and presented trophies and prize cards to the winners. We returned two cups from last year, and came away with three (plus two raffle prizes), so it was a good night out for us. And in bed just before one in the morning. The alarm at 5.30 seemed far too soon.
Here's the full list of results in the various classes. And apologies - as I copied and pasted a Word document, the formatting may be a bit odd.
Here's the full list of results in the various classes. And apologies - as I copied and pasted a Word document, the formatting may be a bit odd.
NORTH
WEST REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHORTHORN BREEDERS
HERD
COMPETITION 2014
JUDGE
- BASIL LAWSON
BEST LARGE HERD
1st Whitchester
Herd C Hall
2nd Winbrook
Herd G
A & D W Dent
3rd Brafell
Herd J Teasdale & Son
4th Strickley
Herd Messrs Robinson
BEST SMALL HERD
1st Briscoll
Herd Mrs I Coulthard
2nd Beaconview
Herd J Handley
3rd Moorriggs
Herd P Armstrong
4th Irthingelt
Herd T Moscrop
BEST YOUNG STOCK (LARGE HERD)
1st Parton
Herd Messrs Hewson
2nd Winbrook
Herd G A & D W Dent
3rd Brafell
Herd J Teasdale & Son
4th Strickley
Herd Messrs Robinson
BEST YOUNG STOCK (SMALL HERD)
1st Oakthwaite
Herd M J & J A Dobson
2nd Moorriggs
Herd P Armstrong
3rd Beaconview
Herd J Handley
4th Newpark
Herd D Craig
HEIFER IN CALF
1st Winbrook
Vi 143rd G A & D W Dent
2nd Strickley
Starbud 54th Messrs Robinson
3rd Tahuna
Dewdrop D Jackson
4th Moorriggs
Sparkle 7th P
Armstrong
HEIFER IN MILK
1st Strickley
Goldie 217th Messrs
Robinson
2nd Moorriggs
Lady Barrington 3rd P Armstrong
3rd Beaconview
Annabella 3rd J
Handley
4th Screel
Erin 3rd S Wilson
COW HAVING CALVED TWICE
1st Briscoll
Graceful Lady 7th Mrs I
Coulthard
2nd Winbrook
Foggarthorpe Lass 5th G A & D W Dent
3rd Strickley
Starbud 48th Messrs
Robinson
4th Brafell
Molly 8th J
Teasdale & Son
PROGENY OF ONE BULL
1st Bishopsbrae
Royal Appeal C Hall
2nd Panorama
Aramis J
Handley
3rd Winbrook
Marmaduke G A & D
W Dent
4th Llandovery
Jinny's Empire Messrs Robinson
BEST BULL ON INSPECTION ONLY
1st Middlebankend
Digger N Barker
2nd Brafell
Royal Lad J
Teasdale & Son
3rd Winbrook
Pedro G A
& D W Dent
4th Nejay
Errol Messrs
Robinson
BEST BULL ON INSPECTION AND PRODUCTION
1st Nejay
Errol Messrs
Robinson
2nd Middlebankend
Digger N Barker
3rd Winbrook
Pedro G A
& D W Dent
4th Brafell
Royal Lad J
Teasdale & Son
BEST COW ON INSPECTION ONLY
1st Winbrook
Peeress Rose G A & D W
Dent
2nd Strickley
Goldie 198th Messrs
Robinson
3rd Kenprest
Lady Hermione 19th J Teasdale &
Son
4th Parton
Perry Blossom 13th Messrs
Hewson
BEST COW ON INSPECTION AND PRODUCTION
1st Strickley
Goldie 198th Messrs
Robinson
2nd Winbrook
Peeress Rose G A & D W
Dent
3rd Kenprest
Lady Hermione 19th J Teasdale &
Son
4th Parton
Perry Blossom 13th Messrs
Hewson
BEST PURE BRED ANIMAL
1st Kenprest
Lady Hermione 19th J Teasdale &
Son
2nd Dunham
Margaret 122nd Mrs I
Coulthard
3rd Oxton
Foggathorpe 677th T Moscrop
4th Newpark
Barbara D
Craig
Monday, 8 December 2014
Just a quick note
I know that I've been very lax in Blogging lately (where does the time go?) - but a quick note, and an aide memoire for us, today all the rest of the stock came inside for winter. All the counting, contemplating and calculating worked out as we still have an empty pen!
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)