Entries close for Winter National Aberdeen-Angus Show at end of the month

The closing date for this year’s Aberdeen-Angus Winter National Show, which is to be held in conjunction with Borderway Agri-Expo at Carlisle on the 29^th October, is the end of September.

Due to the success of last year’s event, the show has been re-branded to capture the essence of a winter national event and now includes three section championships for calves, yearlings and cows and calves.

Winter Show organiser Bryan Ronan says: “Each year the event at Carlisle grows and we are delighted to rebrand the event and create a national winter national show for exhibitors. The prize fund for the three sections is the highest it’s ever been and we look forward to seeing as many exhibitors from all over the UK attend.”

Judge for this year’s event is Marion Tilson of the noted Wedderlie herd at Gordon, Berwickshire. No stranger to large scale show events, Mrs Tilson has judged at numerous shows in the UK and abroad.

Entry forms and schedules available from both Harrison and Hetherington, Barbara Webster at the Aberdeen-Angus office and can be downloaded at the bottom of this post.

Section classes are outlined as follows:

CALF SHOW

Class 1 Senior Heifer Calf born Jan and Feb 2010

Class 2 Intermediate Heifer Calf born March 2010

Class 3 Junior Heifer Calf born April onwards 2010

Heifer Calf Champion plus Reserve

Class 4 Senior Bull Calf born Jan and Feb 2010

Class 5 Intermediate Bull Calf born March 2010

Class 6 Junior Bull Calf born April onwards 2010

Bull Calf Champion plus Reserve

Class 7 Pair of Calves 1 Heifer plus 1 Bull (already shown in classes 1 thro 6)

Calf Champion plus Reserve

YEARLING SHOW

Class 8 Senior Female born 1 Jan thro 31 July 2009

Class 9 Junior Female born 1 Aug thro 31 Dec 2009

Female Yearling Champion plus Reserve

Class 10 Senior Bull born 1 Jan thro 31 July 2009

Class 11 Junior Bull born 31 Aug thro 31 Dec 2009

Yearling Bull Champion plus Reserve

Class 12 Pair of Yearlings 1 Female plus 1 Bull (already shown in classes 8 thro 11)

Yearling Champion plus Reserve

COW AND CALF SHOW

Class 13 Senior Cow with natural calf at foot. Cow born in 2006 or earlier. Calf born in 2010

Class 14 Junior Cow with natural calf at foot. Cow born in 2007. Calf born in 2010

Cow and Calf Champion plus Reserve

NOTE

Classes may be split or amalgamated depending upon entries

» Winter National Classes Document

» Winter National Show Entry Form