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Region: South West England
Record entries for 2010 south west club herd competition
A record entry of 27 herds entered the 2010 south west of England herd competition with judge Richard Ashenden travelling from Wiltshire right down to Cornwall.
Picture gallery from Southern England Calf Show
For those of you who weren’t at the Southern England Calf Show here’s a small gallery of images taken from the day by Tim Scrivener
Eckington success at Southern England calf Show
The great thing about calf shows is being able to take notes and see how these cattle go on in the future. It may only be the fourth Southern England Calf Show, but it already has a good reputation for producing major show and sale winner
YDP back on home turf for Gayle Bersey
The latest YDP workshop was held at Ed and Claire Jones, home of the Rull herd in Collumpton, Devon, with cheif trainer Colin Hutchings back in charge of passing on his years of wisdom
Colin Hutchings wins at Royal Cornwall Show with senior bull
Taking his second Aberdeen-Angus championship of the major shows this year was Colin Hutchings of Dulverton, Somerset, who stood champion at last week’s Royal Cornwall Show with his April 2006-born bull Wedderlie Kentucky Excel F176
Hinton Pretty Butterfly wins Bath and West Show
Taking home the Aberdeen-Angus championship honours at last week’s Bath and West Show under judge Bryan Ronan of the Jerusalem herd was Shaftesbury, Dorset-based Graham and Ashlea Kirk’s April 2008-born heifer Hinton Pretty Butterfly H003.
SW Club raise money for air ambulance charity
The South West Aberdeen-Angus Club has raised £300 for the Devon Air Ambulance, so celebrated the achievement at the recent Devon County Show with an official cheque presentation
Colin Hutchings wins Devon County Show
No stranger to the show circuit, Somerset-based Colin Hutchings kicked off his 2010 show team campaign with a win at Devon County Show in the Aberdeen-Angus classes.
SW members enjoy Rull herd open day
More than 60 South West of England Club members and friends attended the very sociable herd walk at Ed and Claire Jones Rull herd at Cullompton, Devon last Sunday, where they were also treated to some stock judging tips from Colin Hutchings.
Profile: Mike and Lizzy Kirby
Following his success at the recent AgriLive Smithfiled event, The North Devon Journal’s website thisisnorthdevon.co.uk caught up with Mike and Lizzy Kirby. Here’sa copy of the story……
Stock Sales
Sales
- 6th and 7th Feb 2012 Perth Bull Sales at Stirling.
For more information go to http://www.uagroup.co.uk
Shows
- 16th – 18th May 2012
Balmoral - 21st – 24th June 2012
Royal Highland - 10th – 12th July 2012
Great Yorkshire - 23rd – 26th July 2012
Royal Welsh - 17th November 2012
Forfar Stars of the Future Calf Show
