Judge for the day was Bridget Borlase from Wattan at Stone, Hertfordshire. Bridget runs the Sacombe and Perrywood herds of Simmental and Belted Galloway cattle and has been showing cattle from a very young age. She has also been responsible for training the South East Simmental Club young members in showing and stock judging. Commenting on the standard of young handlers Bridget said: “I was incredibly impressed with the handlers in all classes, particularly the intermediate class where it was very hard indeed to split the top five. The competition itself is a credit to the Angus Society and I’d like to wish all the members the best of success in their future – many of those handlers could show stock for me any time!”

Senior winner Jess Denning pictured with Youth Development chairman Mark Pilcher and judge Bridget Borlase

Winning the coveted senior championship and a paid for trip by the society for an Angus study tour of her choice was Jess Denning from Somerset.

Here are the rest of the class results (full report and more pictures to follow soon).

Juniors

1^st Hannah Slowen, Yorkshire

2^nd Mark Wattie, North of Scotland

3^rd Jack Smyth, Northern Ireland

Intermediate

1^st Charlie Mccombie, North of Scotland

2^nd David Goulding, Republic of Ireland

3^rd Melissa Kelly, North of Scotland

Senior

1^st Jess Denning, Somerset

2^nd Graeme Parke, Northern Ireland

3^rd Thomas Slowen, Yorkshire