The Ayrshire Journal 1 - Ayrshires Cattle Society

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The Ayrshire Journal
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Welcome
to our Ayrshire Journal
Advertisers
Armstrong Messrs............................................................. 41
Barr R................................................................................ 11
Batty L H........................................................................... 22
Baynes G G & Son............................................................ 38
Berresford D & P............................................................... 12
Cattle Services (Ayr) Ltd.................................................... BC
Cheshire County Show...................................................... 46
Christophers W R C & J E................................................. 21
Coryn & Pollard Messrs................................................. 5, 27
Crawford T & Co Ltd......................................................... 43
East Church Farm Partnership........................................... 23
Embryonics....................................................................... 53
Hunter J & M....................................................................... 7
Irwin Bros.......................................................................... 22
Lawrie A & S.................................................................32-33
Lawrie J & G...................................................................... 25
NMR.................................................................................. 29
Parkes M H....................................................................... 47
Rimmer A & S...................................................................IFC
Showtime.......................................................................... 46
Suffern J............................................................................ 40
Templeton G & R............................................................... 37
Thomas G....................................................................... IBC
Tomlinson Messrs........................................................14-15
Tri-Star Genetics..........................................................34-35
Walters A........................................................................... 24
Williams P & S................................................................... 39
Windel M............................................................................. 9
Window C......................................................................... 45
Editorial
Council/Office update....................................................... 4,6
Breed Secretary’s news....................................................... 8
Marks Evans’ diary............................................................ 10
Breed Development report................................................ 13
James Lawrie’s trip to Canada.......................................... 16
Young Members news............................................17-20, 24
Cattle Services update....................................................... 26
NMR - Closed Herd - But open to progress..................... 28
New Paperless Certificates and QR Codes...................30-31
Flourishing families - West Spittal....................................... 36
Livestock Event 2013...................................................40-41
Annual Conference 2013................................................... 42
Show ring success of the Ayrshire breed..................... 44, 46
Young Breeders Gathering 2013....................................... 48
Show results.................................................................49-50
Sale reports..................................................................51-53
Society awards.................................................................. 54
Classifications...............................................................55-58
Club news....................................................................59-62
Cover:
Troutbeck Herd in festive spirit.
Designed by Agri-Promotions Ltd
Patron:
Her Majesty the Queen
Hon Presidents:
Lord Plumb, DL, Coleshill, Warwickshire
J M H Rennie, Brocklehill, Ayr
President:
Robin Barr, Calderglen, Kilkenzie, Campbeltown
Tel: 01586 820321
Business
Co-Ordinator:
Arthur Lawrie - Tel: 01577 830221
Breed Secretary:
John Cochrane - Tel: 07815 096325
From Your
President
Robin Barr
Winter is now upon us and “What happened to summer?” I hear you ask.
Farming does not get any easier, and this year we have been severely tested
physically and mentally, but our Ayrshire Cows have seen us through, and
here in Kintyre we have been lucky with cows grazing until mid October.
It doesn’t seem like six months since I took over as your President, and what
an uplifting and enjoyable experience it has been for me, and also for Iona
who has travelled with me to many places. We have enjoyed meeting you all,
and hope many of you will travel the long and winding road to Campbeltown.
It is not always easy to commute from Campbeltown (landslides and wind
turbine movements) but they are resurfacing parts of the road for your arrival!
Our children live in Glasgow and it gives us a stop-over in between flights,
long car and train journeys. My travels don’t always go to plan and on our
trip to the Dairy Event young Robin and I missed the last train to Glasgow,
so we had to make an unscheduled stop-over in Crewe for the night. On the
subject of the Dairy Event many congratulations to Blaise on securing another
Supreme Championship for the Ayrshire Breed and Gilmour and Jim Lawrie
with their Super Heifer Champion at Agriscot, what we lack in numbers we
more than make up for in quality. We all have good Ayrshire cows at home
but getting them to the showring is the only way to promote ourselves and
push the breed forward.
Plans are now well underway for the Conference in Campbeltown in 2013, and
although you may need an extra day to come to this remote part of Scotland,
the warmth of the welcome will make it worth while, we look forward to seeing
you in May if not before.
DON’T FORGET
Closing date for all items for the next
Journal is 28th February 2013.
Remember for all your Society news
go to:
www.ayrshirescs.org
Ass. Breed Sec.:
Duncan Hunter - Tel: 07554 060005
Cattle Services Marketing &
Promotions Officer:Edward Evans - Tel: 01691 682730 / 07814 087913
Office Manager:
Irene Kirkpatrick, 17 Barns Street, Ayr KA7 1XB
Tel: 01292 267123 / Fax: 01292 611973
Email: society@ayrshirescs.org
Web: www.ayrshirescs.org
Charity No.: SC007015
The views and opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily
those of the Society which cannot be held responsible for the accuracy
of the information contained in advertisements.
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Council/Office Update Winter
Council met at Garstang on 10/11 October 2012. It was reported to
Council that since Mr Arthur Lawrie had been appointed as Business
Co-Ordinator, two full staff meetings had been held. Staff had found
these meetings of extreme benefit and it gave the Business Co-Ordinator
a good feel of how the office runs. Arthur also had the opportunity to visit
our property in Racecourse Road where he met some of the tenants.
2012
NEW DNA Procedures
All bulls, animals born as a result to ET, and BD contract
cows being registered from 1 January 2013 will require
to be DNA tested and parentage certificates.
Membership numbers are steady with new members joining on a regular
basis. Just under 50% of the membership are actively registering
animals, some only a few animals now and then but a good number of
members are now registering animals on a regular basis and keeping
their records up to date.
The cost of DNA profiling will be as follows:
Offspring
DNA profile plus parentage
£16.00 plus VAT
Sire/Dam profiling
£12.00 per animal plus VAT
A financial report was given to Council members which intimated that we
were on budget for income and expenditure.
Many of the sires will already have a DNA profile and some dams
have already been DNA tested, so the cost for a DNA Parentage will
vary, i.e.
Calf born to be parentage tested
£16.00
If Sire not DNA tested
£12.00
If Dam not DNA tested
£12.00
Members Handbook
A new Members Handbook has been published which provides contact
details of members of the Society and other useful information. This
handbook is available for all paid up members of the Society. Copies
have been sent out to all registering members. If you do not register and
have not received a copy and wish to do so, please call the office who
will be only too pleased to provide you with one.
Total - £40.00 for a Parentage Certificate.
However, if the sire has been tested but not the dam, the cost will be
£28.00. If the sire and the dam have already been tested, the cost
will be £16.00.
Paperless Certificates
Council have agreed that the Society will move to paperless certificates
for those members who wish to use this facility. For more information on
paperless certificates see page 30 of this Journal.
The majority of sires used in AI have all been DNA tested. All AI sires
provided by CSA will have a DNA number.
Photographic Competition
It was agreed that Council would once again judge the photographic
competition. Entry forms are available on the website or by contacting
the office. Closing date is 31st January 2013.
The procedure will be simple and straightforward, similar to the 40th
bull testing which we currently carry out.
Step 1:
Free Classifications
A bull calf or ET animal is born. It is registered but will automatically
go into a suspense file until the parentage is verified. The breeder will
be charged for the registration at the time and will have a period of 12
weeks in suspense. If the DNA/parentage is not received in this time,
the registration will be cancelled. No refunds on registration will be
issued in these cases.
The list of young bull daughters has been updated as from
1st October 2012 as follows and will be updated again on
1st April 2013.
Highway Tourist
Auchensale Black Pearl
Knowe Dons Valley
Bigginvale Destination
Maple Dell Modem Diego
Carnell Asset Maker
Muirston Top Brass
Castern Thunder
Rosehill Rhythmajig
Cuthill Towers Romeo
Rosehill Slightly Magic
Green Lane World Leader
Stamford Henrick
Haresfoot Brazen
Twemlow Admiral Glen
Haresfoot Elegant
Wroughton Lord Winston
Hawksfield Blue Sky
Step 2:
A DNA number and parentage verification will be received by the
Society from Wetherbys. On receipt of this, the bull will be released
from suspense and become fully registered. If the parentage is not
verified, or cannot be verified after investigation, the registration will be
cancelled, with no refund on registration fees.
Breeders may, of course, carry out a DNA test and parentage
verification prior to registration. In these cases a DNA and parentage
verification number will require to be quoted when registering.
Society Clothing
On-line Shop
Breed Development will require that all contract cows and their progeny
will be DNA tested, this cost will be borne by Breed Development.
We now can provide members with
an on-line shop to purchase their
Ayrshire clothing. Visit now to
purchase your Xmas presents at:
It is recognised that initially there may be difficulties in obtaining
parentage verification for some ET animals and in these instances
Breed Secretaries will look into individual cases to resolve any issues
as and when they arise. Members are asked to provide the Breed
Secretaries with details of any embryos in store whose dams are no
longer available.
www.ayrshirescs.
stitchandprintstore.co.uk
DNA testing kits have been sent out to the majority of members
registering animals, however if you have not received a kit, or require
further supplies, they are freely available on request from the office.
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More Society News........
RABDF/NMR Cup
Winter 2012
New Members -
The Society would like
to welcome the following new members:
Murchland Perpetual Trophy win for
the Brieryside herd
Members
J McLean, 76 Priestland Road, Bushmills, Co Antrim
J A Painter, Moorwood Farm, Southwingfield, Derbyshire
Junior Members
K Bowsher, Field Barn Farm, Beenham, Reading, Berkshire
A Cartmail, Yewtree Farm, Lawnhead, Stafford
S Dixon, Rushy Lea, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland
J H & L Fordham, Dolgoch, Brongest, Newcastle Emlyn
A Greaves, Thornly, Grove Mount West, Ramsey, Isle Of Man
H Harris, 3 Lodge Cottages, Poulshot Road, Wiltshire
A Hyslop, Halmyre, Haugh Of Urr, Castle Douglas
M, J & E McLean, 76 Priestland Road, Bushmills, Co Antrim
J Raven, Crookdake Hall, Wigton, Cumbria
J Sheane, Ballyvaltron, Kilbride, Wicklow, Co Wicklow
R Simmons, Treburthas, Ruan High Lanes, Cornwall
G & A Thomas, Tyreglwys, Llangennech, Llanelli
Robin Barr (Ayrshire Cattle Society President), Gilmour
Lawrie and David Cotton (RABDF)
The Murchland Perpetual Trophy, awarded by the Ayrshire Cattle Society
to the highest placed Ayrshire herd in the Gold Cup competition, again
went to Gilmour Lawrie, Sandyford Farm, Monkton, Prestwick; the third
time in four years.
2013 Dates for your Diary
February
27th - 28th
However this year, for the first time, the Lawries were in the final six of the
Gold Cup competition. Gilmour farms 445 hectares of cereal and forage
crops, with his son Kevin and in partnership with his brother Jim, along
with the 240 Brieryside dairy herd. Half the cows are Red and White with
the remainder pure Ayrshire. They have plans to increase cow numbers
to 300.
Council Meeting
March
1st - 2nd
Dairy Expo
April
5th - 7th
Young Breeders Gathering
May
Ayrshire breeders
gather for judging day
15th - 17th
16th - 18th
Balmoral Show
Society AGM & Conference
June
6th - 8th
20th - 23rd
26th - 17th
Royal Cornwall Show
Royal Highland Show
Royal Norfolk Show
July
3rd - 4th
9th - 11th
22nd - 25th
Livestock 2013 Event
Great Yorkshire Show
Royal Welsh Show
Don’t forget
to visit the Society’s website at
www.ayrshirescs.org
AYRSHIRE cattle breeders and enthusiasts from across the UK gathered
in Northumberland for a judging day organised by the Society.
The event was held at Marleycote Walls Farm, near Hexham, the home
of Ayrshire breeders and dairy farmers the Baynes family.
More than 40 people from as far away as Devon, Scotland and Northern
Ireland attended the event in order to qualify as official Society judges.
They also had the opportunity to view the renowned Marleycote herd and
its robotic milking unit.
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Breed Secretary’s News........
By John Cochrane
It seems no time at all since I wrote this page for the last journal, but here
we are nearly into another year.
office at Rickmansworth is an added bonus, as problems, and we all get
them, can be solved very quickly and with less expense.
For the Ayrshire breed, and the Society, 2012 has been a very positive
one, with strong interest being shown not only by pedigree breeders but
more importantly by commercial milk producers. Much of this interest is
generated by the quality of the cows our breeders have been exhibiting,
and the fact that they are of a kind that most milk producers can relate
to. Gone are the extremes, with commercial reality taking over. I have lost
count of the number of Supreme Breed Championships that have come
our way this year, a sure sign that we are heading in the right direction,
as often these decisions are taken by a panel of breeders from other
breeds.
We are not very good in this country at blowing our own trumpet, but
when it comes to our registration system and members access to
pedigree information we should. In the course of my work I have to use
other countries’ web based systems, and I have not come across one
that allows breeders to gather information as easily and comprehensively
as our own. Of course it is not perfect, but within five minutes you or
any breeder from home or abroad can access records back to the
1960s, giving milk yields, classifications and progeny. It is the same with
proven sires where the progeny list gives you all sons and daughters,
and their records and classifications, good or bad. If you don’t use it try
it sometime. It is the same with the website where the girls in the office
try to have up to date information for you on the major shows and sales
within two working days.
None of us need to be reminded of the dreadful weather conditions that
farmers, and in particular dairy farmers, have had to endure this year,
so it is pleasing to see that registrations have held up well year on year.
We have lost many large and famous herds over the last few years to
retirement, so maintaining registrations, never mind increasing them, is
remarkable.
The new paperless registration system, which is optional and not
compulsory as some members seem to think, will give our members
even more value for money, as they can access any of their own
pedigrees with their i-phone and download a pedigree certificate when
ever they want. Paper pedigrees are by their very nature out of date the
day after they are printed, with classifications and milk records being
those available up to that date. The ability to print your own up to date
one, in a safe and secure way, is a big step forward.
The same applies to classifications, which are one of the most important
functions undertaken by the Society. Accuracy and consistency are
needed if we are to progress the breed forward, and the classifiers are
delivering both.
The introduction of Arthur Lawrie as Business Co-ordinator has given
much needed continuity in the workings of the Society, as have the
regular staff meetings. With all of the staff working on a part time basis,
communication has become very important and these meetings have
filled a need.
At last we have made a start to genomic testing with the help of Marco
Winters and Dairy Co. We have sent off straws of semen from most of
the popular sires in the last 30 years, thanks to the donation of the semen
from Cattle Services. Exciting times lie ahead and I’m sure also some
surprises, both with males and females. It will be interesting watching
how things evolve.
On a personal note, sharing my work load with Duncan Hunter has been
an enormous help, with his drive and energy being not only appreciated
by me, but by many others in the industry. Fresh blood with the new
perspective that comes with it is needed by all organisations if they are
to keep up, never mind move forward, and Duncan has certainly brought
that. Much of the growth of the breed in the last few years has been in
the south, so it has been beneficial to have a member of staff on the
doorstep. The fact that Duncan lives very close to the CDI registration
A big thank you is due to all our members who have given of their time
promoting the breed in any way, and especially those who have hosted
events and overseas visitors, the latter often at short notice, it makes my
job so much easier.
Here’s wishing all our members at home and abroad a very happy
Christmas and a prosperous and, I hope, dry New Year.
The Genus ABS Long Life Ayrshire Champion 2012
system, she will get in calf regularly over several lactations, and she will
be a high producer with good compositional and hygienic milk quality.
As a youthful cow in her ninth lactation, Snowdrop has produced 82,244
kgs at 5.07% fat and 3.85% protein so far in her lifetime. She resides with
the rest of the herd and is one of the highest yielding cows at Pocknave
Farm.
Snowdrop isn’t all production and longevity, she has got the looks to go
with it, she has now been classified EX 94 six times! She has also had
an exceptional show career and has been successfully shown at various
competitions across the country.
Proving herself as a brood cow she has an exciting young sire in test;
Carnell Tristan is a Changue Tryst from Snowdrop, he has progeny
dropping nationwide which are really impressing their owners.
Carnell Snowdrop 156 EX 94
She also has seven daughters in the Carnell herd and a further two in
the noted Cuthill Towers herd. Her first milking daughters have classified
well at VG85 and VG87. To prove that she is a profitable long life cow,
she sits in the top 100 Ayrshires for PLI alongside other family members.
Champion Ayrshire in this year’s Genus ABS Long Life Cow
Competition is Carnell Snowdrop 156 owned by Messrs
Templeton, Pocknave Farm, Kilmarnock.
The Long Life Cow Competition was created to celebrate those cows
who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution. There are many
attributes which mean a cow will last longer. She will suit the management
Her owners comment that she has had an excellent record on cell counts
and still has exceptional functional type at 13 years old.
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Mark Evans’
Diary
I was delighted to receive Duncan’s phone call asking me if I would
write the journal’s diary. I suppose I should start by giving you all a
quick description of the farm and what we do here. I am a tenant
farmer and moved to Blannicombe 14 years ago, within two years
of arriving I converted the farm to organic, and our first pick up of
organic milk was in April 2001. I now farm 600 acres which supports
250 milking cows with around 200 followers and our milk is sold to
Coombe Farm Dairy who supply Waitrose with all their organic milk. A
proportion of our milk is sold as Duchy Originals Ayrshire milk!
It was the day after Duncan phoned me that we had one of the worst
day’s rain I can ever remember, it literally lashed down for the whole
day, my yard was completely under water and much damage was
done around the farm to tracks and gateways, many just washed
away. All the cows were back in, not for the first time this summer I
must add! Unfortunately that week had also seen one of my very best
heifers break her humerus bone in her shoulder, my vet visited and the
prognosis was not good, but I was not accepting it and demanded
he found a solution, I was not happy to have such a lovely heifer shot
without first trying to mend it. I told him to return to the practise and
discuss the problem with all the other vets. Sure enough, a couple
of days later he returned measured her up and left the farm, only to
return two days later with a metal frame he had welded together, and
announced that he had made a modified Thomas splint! With a little
bit of adjustment here and there we fitted the contraption, much to her
annoyance! However, she got used to it and we would have to wait
and see if immobilizing her would mend the fracture!
Our new Exeter calf show (all breeds) took place on the 19th of August
and was a resounding success, there were 25 Ayrshire calves forward
from six exhibitors, not a bad start to a new show and we all had a very
enjoyable evening. Next was the South West calf show down at the
Royal Cornwall show ground on the 28th August, this too was a great
show and it was well worth the journey down there.
Our next visitors to the farm were Howard and Linda Batty on the 31st
of August, we spent a most enjoyable morning looking around the
high yielders who were BACK IN at the time due to heavy rain again
that week. It was their first visit to the farm and it was a wonderful
opportunity to get to know them both a little better, their dedication,
love and knowledge of the breed was obvious from the start and we
had plenty to talk about, and that carried on up at the local pub for
lunch! It was a pleasure having them visit.
Unfortunately, the two cows I had booked into the Livestock show
were just not on form, so I decided to withdraw and work on having
them both right (hopefully) for the South West Dairy Show at Shepton
Mallet. I could now concentrate on getting the winter housing ready
as it looked like the cows would soon be in for good. I opened the
main silage clamp up on the 3rd of September and a week later took
samples for analysis. They came back a week later with some very
pleasing results, 28% dry matter, 11.2 ME and 72 D value, I could live
with that!
At the end of July, the Devon Ayrshire club had a most enjoyable farm
walk down at Helsett, the home of Eila Allen and her son and two
daughters; she runs a herd of 80 Ayrshire milking cows, not far from
the well known village of Boscastle, in North Cornwall. It is also the
home of the well known Helsett ice cream which she helps to make,
along with her mother, Sarah. The cows are milked by a Lely robot and
they really did seem most contented, while Eila’s wonderful attention
to detail was a key element to her success. The cows were all looking
extremely well and a fine example of the breed by any standard!
During September the vice president of the Society, Mr Colin
Christophers, judged the many classes of the Devon club herds
competition, and Russell Ashford judged the South West Associations
herd competition, as he was the winner last year, and I being the
winner of the young stock section had to judge that, and I had a great
time driving around the twelve herds who had entered from throughout
Devon and Cornwall. I was very impressed by the many good young
animals in the pipe line!
In early August I was delighted to welcome Ayrshire breeder Brian
Price from New Zealand to the farm, we had a most enjoyable two
hours looking round the cows and we had many things in common
regarding the breeding of cows! We had both used Brocklehill Harvest
Gold extensively in the early nineties and had similar success.
It was with regret that that the news of our local Honiton show was
to be cancelled due to the wet weather but we had our new Exeter
calf show to look forward to on the 19th of August. We have our
cows divided into high and low yielders and it was to our relief that
the weather was improving slowly and at last we could put the high
yielders out to grass during August. We were also able to do second
cut and our peas and oats for arable silage. We now had our three
silage clamps filled right up so things were looking better. The wet
conditions were to remain with us on and off right through August, but
the first day of September were dry, sunny and warm!
One of the two cows in milk I was hoping to take to the South
West Dairy Show had to put weight on and the other had to lose it!
Everything seemed to go to plan and September soon passed and we
found ourselves heading up to the Royal Bath & West show ground,
along with our first heifer in milk by East Church Stans Rosinni, a Potter
dry cow, and the two in milk cows - by Amber and Pardner. I also took
two calves for the Tuesday night calf show in order for Abbey Marshal
and Anna Mortimore to do some leading. Show results on the Ayrshire
Cattle Society website!
Now back to the heifer with the Modified Thomas splint, the time had
come to take it off, will we have been successful or not? Well the
answer is YES, I was extremely pleased to find that the shoulder had
mended and she was able to walk perfectly normally again, if not a
little stiff for a few days but within a week she was pretty much back
to normal. The heifer, East Church Elegant Elsie, had become, and
still is, extremely friendly and welcomes having her head scratched and
generally having a fuss made of her, a very pleasing end to that story.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my friends involved
with Ayrshires in this country and from around the world a very happy
Christmas and a successful New year. This year will be an especially
exciting festive time as my daughter and son-in-law have just adopted
a little boy called Daniel, I would like to wish them all the very best of
luck and happiness over the coming years. And so, heads down and
into the winter we go, bye for now!
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Breed Development Report
by John Cochrane
John judging in Sweden
Breed Development comes in many forms, but is probably the
most important function undertaken by any registering Society if
it to move its breed forward.
I have just returned from a very enjoyable judging stint in Sweden, and
again was struck by the similarities between Ayrshire/SRB breeders and
what is important to them, whether they farm in the northern or southern
hemisphere. Like their near neighbours from Finland, the Swedes are
worried that their favourite breed faces being swallowed up in the
enormity of the Holstein breed, and the cross breeding that goes with
it. They are not alone however, as the same arguments are ongoing in
Canada, the USA, New Zealand and Australia, to name but a few.
making selections, but also in the show ring, where the improvement in
uniformity of type has been amazing to witness and a joy to see. We still
have a long way to go, but we again have an Ayrshire that people can
identify with and that is an economic alternative for both commercial and
pedigree milk producers.
I have had one of our members approach me lately with the comment
that he could never decide whether I was on the side of the pure Ayrshire,
or those who had introduced Holstein blood. He was annoyed when I
said that as Breed Development Manager I was on the side of a modern
Ayrshire breed which still has its own identity.
As I said at the beginning you cannot stop change and the Breed
Development Committee is no different. Already we are seeing a
movement away from Bull Contracts, as world wide genetic evaluations
means that Cattle Services has to adapt to commercial conditions, not
only in the UK but in the big wide world with much of their sales growth
coming from abroad. This has meant that if they are to survive in the long
term they have to test bulls suitable, and of interest, to the export market
as well as the UK. Of course genomics will have an influence whether
we like it or not. The younger generation will embrace the technology
while the older ones will complain about it, but we cannot ignore it. It
is no different for the Society. We seriously have to take a long hard
look at ourselves. It is my opinion that we spend far too much time at
council meetings discussing administrative issues and not enough time
discussing the Ayrshire cow and how we can further improve her. Of
course the running of the Society is very important, as are the systems
we provide to help you as breeders to make the right decisions for your
particular business, but if we forget about the needs of the Ayrshire cow
and her future there will be no need for a Society.
I don’t want to get too technical here but I’m firmly at one with Darwin
and his theory of Evolution, which in simple terms means that you have
to adapt and improve or become extinct. This was position of the breed
in the UK nearly twenty years ago. Changes were introduced then that
I’m sure some breeders thought were needed for the breed to have a
future. When I arrived at the Society seven years ago, the problem facing
me was that the large amount of outside blood being used was in danger
of causing extinction of the Ayrshire as a separate breed, and it was in
grave danger of becoming an offshoot of the Holstein breed, especially
as far as our shop window, the show ring, was concerned. Numbers of
“pure” Ayrshire females had declined to a critical level that meant that
the choice of bloodlines available to breeders was very narrow. It was
not that they were inferior in any way, more that as a breed we were not
comparing like with like, to the detriment of the “pure” Ayrshire. How
can you compare a 600 kg “Pure” cow with an 800 kg cow with large
amounts of outside blood in its make up. It is like comparing the yields
per hectare of wheat in Norfolk to that of similar crop 1000 feet up in the
Yorkshire dales. Totally irrelevalant and certainly no way of selecting bull
mothers.
If that is not to happen, we have to have far more dialogue between
the different countries that form the World Federation. We are in the
organisation because of our love and admiration for the Ayrshire cow
and its unique attributes. None of us can afford to be nationalistic if we
are going to improve and, yes, “change” the Ayrshire cow, not into some
other breed but to one that can stand alone on its own merits. We
have to realise that pride in our own cow and country is healthy while
nationalism is only destructive. We are not being traitors to our own
countries by working together, but rather traitors to the Ayrshire cow if
we don’t.
In my time as Breed Secretary we have been very lucky in our choice of
Presidents, as all of them, without exception, have put their own personal
preferences aside while considering the best way forward for the Ayrshire
cow. So when I suggested to them that things had to change in the
Society if we were going to retain a separate breed identity, and more
importantly have meaningful figures to base our selection of genetics for
the future, their first consideration was always the best option for the
breed if it was going to survive in the 21st century. This was the main
reason for the introduction of our Red Register and its separate breed
code and show classes, and not for any sinister or underhand reason.
Has it been a successful move? Although some would not agree, I
think that we are already seeing the benefits of the system, not only in
If you have or know of a pure family which you think may be of
interest to Breed Development please contact a Breed Secretary
or the Breed Development Chairman.
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Expanding Horizons 2012
by James Lawrie
After an uneventful flight from Glasgow I landed in Montreal. I then had
to find Cynthia Daoust who I had been told would be in a red jacket,
it took me a while but I eventually managed to find her. We then had
to gather up the rest of the delegates. The first one was Peter Sinclair
from Canada headed to the bus station in the middle of Montreal,
which took slightly longer than expected but meant we were able
to see most of the Montreal sights. We picked up David Ackermann
from New Zealand had been travelling round America. After picking
up David we had some time to burn so we went for tea. After tea we
headed back to the airport to pick up Minna Konkko from Finland.
Then it was off to Cynthia’s house where we meet Laurence Hofer.
She then took David, Peter and I to her son’s house where we stayed
for the week. We also met up with Ashlie Hardy from America.
We started off our week with a visit to Mac Ewan feed. This was a
very interesting visit. They deal in fertiliser, store grain and process
livestock feeding. Our next stop was Hans Buhler and his family’s
farm. They use a lot of cross breeding including Holstein, Swedish
Red, Ayrshire and Jersey. His son also milks goats and was looking
to expand this part of the business. Our final stop of the day was Jean
Cayers. He had 100 Ayrshires in a tie stall barn that he had crossed
with Swedish Red. This was the first time I had seen a tie stall barn
system and because there was a storm outside we got to wait around
and see Jean start the milking. We then headed back to the Hofers
farm for Peter’s birthday party. This was a very enjoyable night where
Henri Hofer enjoyed making us taste some of his native Swiss drinks.
The next morning we were a bit slow to get going thanks to Henri!!
The first visit of the day was to Ken Roses Rosaye herd. He was
milking 45 Ayrshires and had some outstanding cattle. He had used
BB Kellogg and was now using bulls such as Dreamer, Burdette and
Reality. Our next stop was Greg and Heather ‘s Mount Ayrvale herd.
They were milking 45 Ayrshires and had been using some British
bulls. The young bull that was running with their young stock was a
Crown Napier son. Mapleburn was the next stop where we met the
last of the delegates. Juulia Ahlholm who was from Finland but was
across at Mapleburn for a few weeks. This was a very impressive herd
of cows. They had used a bit of Red and White which has left them
with a herd of big bodied and balanced cows.
After having been a tour guide for the week, it was now Cynthia’s turn
to host a visit to her family’s herd of Cyn Lorr Ayrshires. Here they are
milking 52 Ayrshires and their nutritionist had came along who gave us
a very interesting speech on the ration used. They had used Reality as
a young bull and had a very impressive EX 91 daughter. After lunch we
went to the Hofer family’s farm who were milking 110 Ayrshires. They
were trying out a new system that tracked the rumination of the cows.
Eastgen did a talk on heat time and we had a planned mating exercise.
That evening we went to Chesterville fair with some of the local young
farmers.
Wednesday morning we headed off to East Gen AI stud, then to
Melaine and Lucs Chisholm’s for lunch. They where a young couple
who were milking 64 cows. Our last stop was John Bonger’s Holstein
herd. This was one of the most interesting visits. He had a soft top
barn and used compost as bedding. It kept the cows very clean and
solved most feet problems. The only problem he had with it was that
it stopped decomposing in the winter because it was too cold so he
was in the middle of trying new things to encourage decomposition.
He was also using corn shaws for bedding of young stock and dry
cows.
On Saturday we had the Ontario Ayrshire Cattle Club picnic at the Hofer’s
farm. We got to meet up with most of the families whose farms we had
be visiting during the week. Each of the delegates had to do a 10-15 min
talk on their life at home. After the picnic we headed back to Chesterville
fair to watch a combine derby which was very entertaining.
Thursday morning we started off our visit at the Cumming familiy’s
farm. They were milking 90 Ayrshires and had some top quality
animals. They had used a bit of Swedish Red and were now also
using Burdette and Dreamer. Next we headed to a local Cheese
company called Glengarry Cheese Factory. They had won a number
of local awards and were now looking to compete with their cheese.
To finish off our day we went to Beau’s Brewery. This was a small
local brewery and probably regretted giving us the option of a few
free tasters.
I would like to take this chance to thank the Ayrshire Cattle Society for
giving me the chance to go on the Expanding Horizons Trip. I would also
like to thank Ayrshire Ontario for hosting us and showing us around.
I met some amazing people from all over the world and visited some
of the best herds of cattle I have ever seen. It was also very interesting
to see all the different systems that were being used. I was impressed
in the interest that people showed in British breeding and with a lot of
Canadians not being keen on using the Swedish blood lines I am sure
that the interest in British breeding will only grow.
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All Breeds All Britain Calf Show
Champion Calf
Res. Champion Calf
Champion Ayrshire Calf - Haresfoot Maple Ella (Mapleburn Remington)
- A Rimmer, Reserve - Hunnington Fragy 16 (H. Mandella) - C Window
Hon. Mention - Halmyre Urr Brown Bud 16 (Jelyca Oblique) - K Davidson
Calf born after 01/03/2012 - 1-Heydale Ginny 100 (H. Wizard) P Berresford, 2-Harry’s Burdette Beam (P. Tri-Star Burdette) H Bolderston
3-Hunnington Astral Maid 3 (Hunnington Mandella) - C Window
Calf born between 01/12/11 and 28/02/12 - 1-Halmyre Urr Brown
Bud 16 (Jelyca Oblique) - K Davidson, 2-Rosehill Perdy Bouquet
(Lashburn Jeopardy) - W R C & J E Christophers, 3-Pam Ayrs Burnes
Rosie (Palmyra Tri-Star Burdette) - M/s Coryn & Pollard
Calf born between 01/09/11 and 30/11/11 - 1-Marleycote Bronwyn
5 (Brieryside Centurian) - G G Baynes, 2-Glyngarth Potter Sybil (Des
Prairies Potter) - C J Creeper, 3-Halmyre Urr Louise 277 (Haresfoot
Elegant) - K Davidson
Calf born between 01/05/11 and 31/08/11 - 1-Hunnington Fragy 16
(H. Mandella) - C Window, 2-Longwood Potter Snowbell (Des Prairies
Potter) - T Crawford & Co Ltd, 3-Hunnington Rosepetal 2 (April-Day
Wisconsin-Red) - C Window
Calf born between 01/01/11 and 30/04/11 - 1-Haresfoot Maple Ella
(Mapleburn Remington) - A Rimmer, 2-Smartmove Calimero Ruby ET
(Margot Calimero) - P G & S Williams, 3-Pam Ayrs Classic Hawaii (Poos
Stadel Classic) - M/s Coryn & Pollard
A fantastic display of 46 Ayrshire calves from 17 exhibitors representing
the length and breadth of Great Britain was forward for the 2012 Calf
Show. From Dumfries to Cornwall, and from Pembrokeshire to Norfolk it
seemed no distance was too far for our young breeders and their calves,
all keen to show off their favourite breed. For many of the youngsters it
was their first time at a national show and they did not let us down, with
a display that was joy to watch. Judging in the calf classes was in the
hands of top breeder and judge, Blaise Tomlinson, owner of the famous
Sandyford herd, who quickly and expertly placed the strong classes
presented before him.
His champion came from the senior calf class in the shape of Haresfoot
Maple Ella from first time exhibitor, Andrew Rimmer from Lancashire. It
really was a fairytale win for Andrew as he had backed his judgement with
his own money when he bought Ella at the Haresfoot dispersal last year
when she was only six weeks old for 2800 gns, a big gamble on a young
raw calf. She had earlier defeated in her class, last year’s champion,
Smartmove Calimero Ruby, who was looking even better this time
round. Ella, a daughter of Mapleburn Remington, was an outstanding
winner, oozing quality in every department especially her beautiful frame
and capacity. Reserve Champion went to the winner of the summer
yearling class, Hunnington Fragy 16, a very correct dairy like daughter
of the popular Hunnington Mandella, from Chris & Lisa Window. Shown
by Chris’s grandson, Christopher Jennings, Fragy 16’s win completed a
good week for the family as her mother, the Easlad daughter, Fragy 12
EX 93, had been Breed Champion at the South West Dairy show four
days earlier. Honourary Mention went to the winner of the December/
February class, Halmyre Urr Brown Bud 16 from regular winners here,
the Davidson family from Kirkcudbright in Scotland. Expertly shown by
Katie Davidson, this classy daughter of Jelyca Oblique goes back to a
family purchased at the Bankend dispersal, with all three in the final lineup proving the importance of great cow families.
Champion Ayrshire Handler - Robert Crawford, Reserve - Meggan
Stratton, Hon. Mention - Hannah Slack
Junior Class A - 1-Meggan Stratton, 9-Catherine Jennings, 16-Alfie
Berresford
Junior Class B - 7-Christopher Jennings, 12-Harry Bolderston,
14-Laura Partington, 17-Lucy Lucas, 19-Holly Harris
Intermediate Class - 2-Becky Vine, 4-Georgia Davis, 12-Beth Mellish
Senior Class - 2-Robert Crawford, 3-Hannah Slack, 5-Katie Vine,
7-Virginia Crawford, 11-Adam Smith, 16-Emily Fisher, 18-Katie Bowsher,
22-Andrew Rimmer, 23-Callum Robson
Mature Class - 6-Stuart Williams, 11-Claire Tyler, 12-Andrew Hyslop,
13-John Smith, 15-Charlotte Bosher
The Showmanship classes held on the first day of the show, is multibreed, with young handlers from the Ayrshire, British Friesian, Dairy
Shorthorn, Guernsey and Jersey breeds competing against each other
in the four age groups classes. First blood went to the Ayrshire breed
in the12 and under class, when Cornwall’s Meggan Stratton, was sent
to the top of the line after giving an immaculate display. Highest placed
Ayrshire handler in the Intermediate class also went to Cornwall with
Becky Vine giving a quality performance to finish second against stiff
opposition. The senior handler class with 26 handlers competing saw
the pride of Norfolk, Robert Crawford, narrowly beaten into second place
with another of our top Ayrshire handler, Derbyshire’s Hannah Slack,
in third and Katie Vine in fifth. The Mature class is always competitive
with very little between the top ten and this year was no exception and
South Wales top handler, Stuart Williams sixth place was hard won.
Champion Ayrshire Handler went to Robert Crawford with his faultless
performance and smooth technique taking him to the top. Reserve went
to 10 year old Megan Stratton with Hon. Mention going to Hannah Slack.
Congratulations to all our young members, you really made us feel proud
to be Ayrshire breeders.
Left to right - Hannah Slack, Megan Stratton and
Robert Crawford
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Calf Shows Countrywide
South West All Breeds Calf Show
Judge - K Davidson with B Vine - Champion Handler
Interbreed Novice Handler - Seven and under (seven forward)
Judge - Jeff Daw - 1-Anna Mortimore, 2-Keira Martin
Ayrshire Handling Section - Judge : Miss K Davidson
Bowden Trophy - Ayrshire Champion Handler & Interbreed
Champion Handler - Becky Vine, Reserve - Adam Smith
Hilltown Trophy - Junior Handler - 12 years (seven forward) 1-Megan Stratton, 2-Reece Martin, 3-Ryan Martin
Marg Nicholls Trophy - youngest girl - Anna Mortimer
Sam Nicholls Trophy - youngest boy - Reece & Ryan Martin
Lyner Trophy - Intermediate Handler - 12 - 17 years - 1-Becky Vine,
2-Katie Vine, 3-Will Hunt
Rosehill Trophy - Senior Handler - 17 - 22 years - 1-Adam Smith
Redvers Christophers Memorial Trophy - Mature Handler - 22 - 26
years - 1-David Christophers, 2-Lisa Stubbs, 3-Will Tratt
Judge - R Bailey with Hannah Slack (right) leading
Heydale Ovoid 312 (Champion calf), and Reserve Heydale Winsome 136 led by Evie Tomlinson
Jeopardy) - D W Berresford & Son, 3-Tessvale Cherryleaf 22 (Hidden
Valley Garth) - R C Adams
Calf Born Between 1st May 2011 – 31st December 2011 - 1-Heydale
Winsome 136 (Palmyra Tri-Star Burdette) - D W Berresford & Son 2-Heydale Polly 109 (Palmyra Tri-Star Burdette) - D W Berresford & Son,
3-Bigginvale Lilly 12 (Bigginvale Atom Bomb) - R T & J I Adams
Calf Born Between 1st January 2011 – 30th April 2011 - 1-Heydale
Ovoid 312 (Heydale Brooklyn) - D W Berresford & Son - 2-Willowfields
Winnie (Horseclose Einstein) - L H Batty, 3-Bigginvale Molly 5 (Bigginvale
Destination) - R T & J I Adams
Handler Aged 12 and Under - 1-Evie Tomlinson, 2-Jack Walker,
3-Stephen Berresford
Handler Aged 16 – 30 - 1-Hannah Slack, 2-Nicola Adams, 3-Richard
Adams
Calf Classes - Judge: Miss K Davidson
Tregays Trophy - Champion Ayrshire Calf & Reserve Interbreed
Champion - Glyngarth Potter Sybil, Reserve - Pam Ayrs Classic Hawaii
Junior Calf - Born 1st Jan. 2012 - 30th June 2012 - 1-Pam Ayrs Burnes
Rosie (Palmyra Tri-Star Burdette) - Messrs Pollard & Coryn, 2-Rosehill
Perdy Bouquet (Lashburn Jeopardy) - W R C & J E Christophers, 3-East
Church Rosinni Snowy Owl (East Church Stans Rosinni) - M Evans
Intermediate Calf - Born 1st Sept. 2011 - 31st Dec. 2011 1-Glyngarth Potter Sybil (Des Prairies Potter) - Creeper Family, 2-East
Church Rosinni Lily Of The Valley (East Church Stans Rosinni) - M Evans,
3-Rosehill. Miffalyn (Heydale Brooklyn) - D J Christophers
Senior Calf - Born 1st May 2011 - 31st Aug. 2011 - 1- Pam Ayrs
Double Cream (Bonnie Brae Sakic) - Messrs Pollard & Coryn, 2-East
Church Amigo Bella (Meggitt Amigo) - M Evans, 3-Menadue Wind Chime
12 (Gunnarstorp) - J Pearce
Mature Calf - Born 1st Jan. 2011 - 30th April 2011 - 1-Pam Ayrs
Classic Hawaii (Pools Satdel Classic) - Messrs Pollard & Coryn, 2-Gargus
Jemima 3 (Palmyra Tri-Star Reality) - Creeper Family, 3-Glyngarth Saltire
Melody (Stevenson’s Saltire) - Creeper Family
Young Bull Proving Scheme Calf - 1-Rosehill. Miffalyn (Heydale
Brooklyn) - D J Christophers, 2-Butterbesley Tearose (Wroughton Lord
Winston) - R & A Cornish
Best Under 5 Handler - (Salisbury Cup) - Sam Gibson
Best Handler Aged 5-12 (Whitecroft Trophy) - Evie Tomlinson
Best Handler Overall (Nat West Trophy) - Evie Tomlinson
Northern Ireland Calf Show
A nineteen-month-old heifer exhibited by James Weatherup from
Ballyclare, claimed top honours in the Ayrshire section at the 10th annual
multi-breed calf show, held at Moira. Born in January 2011, Lisglass
Emma is by Fortfield Napoleon, and is bred from a dam carrying the
Fortfield prefix. Welsh judge Geraint Thomas, who runs the Gwynnog
herd of 60 Ayrshires and 100 Holsteins, at Llanelli in Carmarthenshire,
said: ”I would like to thank the Ulster Ayrshire Cattle Club for its kind
invitation. There are some excellent Ayrshire cattle in Northern Ireland
and it is a privilege to be here. I have looked forward to this day for a
long time.” “It has been a tremendous show, and throughout the day I
have been selecting animals with balance, dairyness and strength,” said
Mr Thomas, who was making his judging debut in the province. “The
top three heifers are all super animals, but the overall champion is an
easy winner and I didn’t hesitate to put her at the top of the line-up. She
oozes dairy strength and is well balanced and feminine from head to
toe.” The brother and sister team of Robert and Caroline McConnell,
Templepatrick, claimed the reserve championship and honourable
mention awards in the Ayrshire line-up. Their reserve champion was the
Derbyshire Calf Show
Judge - Robert Bailey
Supreme Champion Calf (Hackett Trophy) - Champion - Heydale
Ovoid 312, Reserve - Heydale Winsome 136
Junior Champion Calf (BOCM Silcock Trophy) - Champion Heydale Ginny 100, Reserve - Heydale Ovoid 322
Best Calf Owned By A Derbyshire Member - Champion - Heydale
Ovoid 312, (Adams Trophy) - Reserve - Heydale Winsome 136
Calf Born After 1st January 2012 - 1-Heydale Ginny 100 (Heydale
Wizard) - D W Berresford & Son, 2-Heydale Ovoid 322 (Lashburn
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Calf, born between 01/09/11 and 01/01/12 - 1-Beechmount Ethel
5 (Beechmount Tristan) - R & Caroline McConnell, 2-Fortfield Megan
63 (Green Lane World Leader) - R Stewart, 3-Mainevalley Lady Rosa
(Lagace Ristourn) - K Carson
Calf, born between 01/05/11 and 01/09/11 - 1-Ardmore Napier
Emerald (Ardmore Crown Napier) - J & M Hunter, 2-Grove Primrose
14 (Auchensale Star Performer) - T Gordon, 3-Ardmore Tulip 61 (Barr
Regent) - J & M Hunter.
Calf, born between 01/01/11 and 01/05/11 - 1-Lisglass Emma
(Fortfield Napoleon) - J Weatherup, 2-Beechmount Kathleen (R. Sure
Enough) - R & C McConnell, 3-Erne Victory Amber (S. Victory) - S Baxter
home-bred Beechmount Reality Queenie 3, an eight-month-old Palmyra
Tri-Star Reality daughter, out of the VG 85 classified Beechmount
Queenie. Claiming the honourable mention award was the October
2011 born Beechmount Ethel 5, sired by the home-bred Beechmount
Tristan, and out of the EX 90 classified Fortfield Ethel 26. Geraint Thomas
added: ”These heifers are very close, but I gave advantage to the reserve
champion as she is very correct and has more dairy character.” Caroline
McConnell rounded off a successful day by scooping the championship
in the Ayrshire showmanship section. Runner-up was Sarah Jones from
Ballymena.
Ulster Ayrshire Cattle Club chairman Thomas Gordon congratulated the
winners and thanked all of the exhibitors for supporting this year’s event.
“It has been another great show. Thanks to our judge Geraint Thomas,
and to ours sponsors Ulster Bank and John Thompsons and Sons Ltd,
for their generous financial support.”
North East Calf Show
The 10th All Breed Dairy Calf Show held on Sunday 9th October at Thirsk
Auction Market. Judge - James Mattinson
Champion - Marleycote Bronwyn 5, Reserve - Atley Hill GYS Pamela
Calf born after 1/3/12 - 1-Fourth Milestone Mermaid (Tontine Tigman
- J Waterhouse, 2-Moathouse Adrianna 7 (Ardmore Crown Napier) - R
Danforth, 3-Moathouse Pandora 4 (Harsefoot Elegant) - R Danforth
Calf born between 1/12/11 and 28/2/12 - 1-Atley Hill Christmas
Pamela ET (Yellow Briar Journalist) - D Alderson, 2-Moathouse Sandy
Rose (Ardmore Crown Napier) - R Danforth
Calf born between 1/9/11 and 30/11/11 - 1-Marleycote Bronwyn
5 (B. Centurian) - R Baynes, 2-Marleycote Brown Nell 20 (P. Tri-Star
Burdette) - R Baynes
Calf Born between 1/05/11 and 31/08/11 - 1-Atley Hill GYS Pamela
ET (Y. Briar Journalist) - D Alderson, 2-Atley Hill Yorkshire Pamela (Y Briar
Journalist) - D Alderson, 3-Pauls Pride Jurist Rae (B Jurist) - P Nelson
Calf born between 1/01/11 and 30/04/11 - 1-Moathouse Minty (s.
Saltire) - R Danforth, 2-Atley Hill New Years Lady (L. Modem) D Alderson
Handling Classes - Champion - Judy Irving, Reserve - Kit Alderson
North West Calf Show
Presenting the silverware is Welsh judge Geraint
Thomas to Champion Handler - Caroline McConnell
North West Ayrshire Club held their Calf Show at Great Harwood
Agricultural Show on Monday 4th June. Twenty five calves were shown
from the following club herds - Cherry Tree, Driftwood. Garrett Hall,
Holmeswood, HultonPark and Sandy Bank. Results were as follows Champion - Andrew Rimmer with Haresfoot Maple Ella, Reserve Mark Partington
Champion Handler - Alex Patrick, Reserve - Andrew Rimmer
Junior Handler - Libby Partington, Reserve - Katie Draper
Senior Heifers - 1-O Partington, 2-A Rimmer, 3-M Partington
Senior Calves - 1-A Rimmer, 2-A Rimmer, 3-B Cranshaw
Intermediate Calves - 1-O Partington, 2-M Partington, 3-A Patrick
Junior Calves - 1-O Partington, 2-B Cranshaw, 3-C McCready
Handlers Junior - 1-Libby Partington, 2-Katie Draper, 3-Chloe
McCready
Handlers Senior - 1-Alex Patrick, 2-Andrew Rimmer, 3-Oliver Partington
Thanks to our judges Mr & Mrs David Jones from Mawdesley, well
known Lancashire Jersey Breeders. Special thanks to Chorley and
District Building Society as a section sponsor and to Jimmy Fitton, Chief
Steward and Martin Wall for helping with the calves .
Results from the Ayrshire judging ring : Showmanship Champion handler: Caroline McConnell, Reserve - Sarah Jones.
Junior handler, seven-years-old and under -1-Cameron Carson,
2-Andrew Gordon, 3-Harry Fleming
Intermediate handler, aged 8 to 15-years-old - 1-Rebekah Jones,
2-David Thompson, 3-Laura Henderson
Mature handler, aged 16 to 26-years-old - 1-Caroline McConnell,
2-Sarah Jones, 3-Stephanie Farren
All Breeds Calf Show - Exeter Mart
Judge - Stuart Williams, - Champion Handler - Emily Ashford, Junior
- 1-Reece Martin, 2-Ryan Martin, 3-Anna Mortimer, Intermediate
-1-Danielle Hayllor, 2-Jessica Durrant, 3-Annabelle Cornish, Senior 1-Emily Ashford, 2-Henry Cornish, 3-William Hunt
Calf Classes - Champion - East Church Rosinni Dairy Queen (East
Church Stans Rosinni) - East Church Partnership, Reserve - East
Church Lilly Of The Valley (E C Stans Rosinni) - East Church Partnership
Calf born after 1/2/12 - 1-East Church Rosinni Snowy Owl (East
Church Stans Rosinni) - East Church Partnership, 2-Menadue Lady
Maud (Rulesmains Border Clansman) - J Pearce, 3-Butterbesley Winston
Irene (Wroughton Lord Winston) - Mr & Mrs R Cornish
Calf born between 1/12/11 - 31/1/12 - 1-East Church Rosinni Dairy
Queen (E C Stans Rosinni) - East Church Partnership, 2-Bowden Elaray
(H Elegant) - M/s Ashford
Supreme Ayrshire champion and winner - Lisglass
Emma shown by James Weatherup. Presenting the
silverware are Welsh judge Geraint Thomas (left) and
Thomas Gordon, chairman, Ulster Ayrshire Cattle Club.
Calf Classes - Champion Calf - Lisglass Emma (Fortfield Napoleon
- J Weatherup, Reserve - Beechmount Reality Queenie 3 (Palmyra
Tri-Star Reality) - C McConnell, Hon. Mention - Beechmount Ethel 5
(Beechmount Tristan) - R & C McConnell
Calf, born on or after 01/01/12 - 1-Beechmount Reality Queenie
3 (Palmyra Tri-Star Reality) - C McConnell, 2-Ballynahone Patsy 11
(Auchensale Special Trust) - W Henderson, 3-Cottown Oblique Jessie
(Jelyca Oblique) - P Drummond
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Junior Handlers under 12 years of
age at Exeter Market
Calf born between 01/10/11 - 30/11/11 - 1-East Church Lilly Of The
Valley (East Church Stans Rosinni) - East Church Partnership, 2-Bowden
Black Treacle Tart (Rosehill Blackthorn) - M/s Ashford, 3-East Church
Rosinni Fern (East Church Stans Rosinni) - East Church Partnership
Calf born between 01/08/11 - 30/09/11 - 1-East Church Rosinni
Harmony (East Church Stans Rosinni) - East Church Partnership, 2-East
Church Admirals Special Rosemary (Hunnington Admiral) - Rosie PerryEvans, 3-Menadue Witch Hazel 16 (Mardel Volage) - J Pearce
Calf born between 01/06/11 - 31/07/11 - 1-East Church Amigos Bella
(Meggit Amigo) - East Church Partnership, 2-Menadue Wind Chime
12 (Gunnarstorp) - J Pearce, 3-Butterbesley Tearose (Wroughton Lord
Winston) - Mr & Mrs R Cornish
Calf born between 01/04/11 - 31/5/11 - 1-Milkmaids Toffee Maker
(Savard Red) - East Church Ayrshires
Lanark & District Calf Show
Ayr Calf Show
Pictured with judge Richard Baynes is Champion Calf
Cuthill Towers Burdette Eileen and Best Handler James
Hay.
The annual calf show was held at Langside Farm, Kirkfieldbank by kind
permission of the Gray family. The judge, Richard Baynes, Marleycote
Walls, Slaley, Hexham, Northumberland had 26 calves and 17 handlers
to judge. Results:
Showmanship Classes - Best Handler - James Hay
Senior Class - 17-26 years old - 1- Ross Millar
Intermediate Class - 12-16 years old - 1-James Hay, 2-Gavin Hay,
3-Abbie Baillie
Junior Class- under 12 years old - 1-Amy Struthers, 2-Sophie
McCarlie, 3- James Leggate
Youngest Boy - Ryan Adamson, Youngest Girl - Abbie Millar
Showmanship Champion Andrew Struthers with Ian
Grant, a representative from sponors McConechy’s
The Club held their Annual Calf Show at the beginning of August, at
Brocklehill Farm, Mossblown by kind permission of the Rennie Family.
The judge, Robbie Scott, Shacklehill Farm, Mossblown, awarded the
following places:
Junior Showmanship - 1-Emma Struthers
Intermediate Showmanship - 1-Andrew Struthers, 2-Rachel
Templeton, 3-Lisa Rennie
Senior Showmanship - 1-Shaun Rennie
Showmanship Champion - Andrew Struthers, Reserve - Shaun Rennie
Junior Calf - 1-Glenmuir Oblique Pansy 31 (Jelyca Oblique) - Emma
Struthers
Intermediate Calf - 1-Cuthill Towers Burdette Eileen (Palmyra Tri-star
Burdette ET) - Rachel Templeton, 2-Brocklehill Classic Malteaser (Poos
Stadel Classic) - Shaun Rennie, 3-Brocklehill Longrun Lucia (Kellcrest
Longrun) - Lisa Rennie
Senior Calf - 1-Syke Glencairn Lolita (Ardmore Crown Napier) - Andrew
Struthers
Champion Calf - Syke Glencairn Lolita, Reserve - Cuthill Towers
Burdette Eileen
Many thanks must go to the Rennie Family for once again allowing us to
hold the Calf Show at Brocklehill.
Calf Classes - Champion - Cuthill Towers Burdette Eileen (Palmyra
Tri-Star Burdette) - A & S Lawrie - Reserve - Swaites Margaret Ann 16
(Brieryside Red Centurian) - J Adamson & Son
Red & White - 1- Langside Henrietta 9 (Kinninmonth Syllable) - A Gray
& Son, 2- Langside Blossom 107 (Kinninmonth Syllable) - A Gray & Son,
3-Unregistered (Caldervale Crown Prince) - W S Millar & Son
Calf born on or after 01/01/11 to 30/06/11 - 1- CT Mystic Mandy (CT
White Knight) - A & S Lawrie, 2-Lady Maud (Caldervale Brown Bomber) J & C Millar, 3-Caldervale June 37 (Jotan Red) - W S Millar & Son
Calf born on or after 01/07/11 to 31/12/11 - 1-CT Burdette Eileen
(Palmyra Tri-Star Burdette) - A & S Lawrie, 2-Caldervale Petula 61
(Flintstone Brazen Enzo) - W S Millar & Son, 3-CT Burdette Poly (Palmyra
Tri-Star Burdette) - A & S Lawrie
Calf born on or after 01/01/12 - 1- Swaites Margaret Ann 16 (Brieryside
Red Centurian) - J Adamson & Son, 2-Craigends Bonnie Lass (Knowe
Mr Modem) - J & C Millar, 3-Swaites Mavis 6 (Apina Curtis) - J Adamson
& Son
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Show Season For Becky
Becky Vine, who has the Hawkswood prefix, has had an incredibly successful season this
year both in and out of the show ring. Becky’s showing season started at Okehampton
Show where she took her own heifer, Hawkswood Pixie (by B Jurist), and was placed first
in the heifer class by the judge, Maggie Howie. Following this Becky teamed up with Pam
and Dawn Coryn at Stithians Show who kindly offered to take her with them. Here she
managed to win back her YFC trophies from last year for Best Turned Out Calf, Class Winner
& Overall Winner.
performance to finish second against stiff opposition. Katie came fifth
out of a very strong class of 26. As a very committed member of her
local Young Farmers Club, Becky has been representing her club and
Cornwall, competing in Stock Judging competitions both locally and
nationally this year. At the Royal Cornwall Show in June she came third
in the Dairy Stock Judging and first in the Beef Stock Judging, and the
Cornwall YFC Competitions Day saw her win Junior Stock Person
of the Year. Finally Becky was put forward to represent Cornwall in the
National YFC Stock Judging competition. This was originally due to be
held at the Great Yorkshire Show but was cancelled at the last minute due
to the extreme weather, and was later relocated to Bentham, Lancaster.
In the junior individual competition, it was Becky who took The Farmer’s
Weekly Trophy for first prize. Many thanks must go to Jonny Diamond
for taking her there, and for his constant encouragement !
August brought the South West Calf Show at the Royal Cornwall
Showground and Becky, along with her sister Katie, again went with
Pam and Dawn, and scooped 1st & 2nd respectively in the Handling
Class, with Becky then going on to win Champion Ayrshire Handler
and Champion Interbreed Handler, and also the Websons Trophy for
Cornwall Ayrshire Breeders Club competitor 16 years and under. At the
rescheduled Liskeard Show (postponed from July due to the “summer”
weather) Becky’s Hawkswood Pixie was again placed first in the heifer
class. Becky then entered the handlers class where, despite Pixie being
very head strong, Becky used all her experience to keep her under
control and won her handling class. She then had to compete against her
brother and sister, Bradley leading Gemstone Fairytale (Changue Tryst)
and Zoe leading West Berriow Snowball (Lagace Modem), who had
also both won their classes. Becky managed to win Champion Handler,
with Bradley taking Reserve and Zoe getting Honourable Mention. Katie
incidentally also won her class with West Berriow Fairystory (Lagace
Modem) but there was no Championship for that.
Becky is currently studying for a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Agriculture
at Duchy College as well as helping at home on the farm, and is looking
to work within the farm business management sector or breeding and
genetics areas. Her family are all very proud of her and wish to thank
everyone who has played a part in her success.
The final outing of the year was to the National All Breeds Calf
Show, again made possible by Pam and Dawn Coryn. Becky was the
highest placed Ayrshire handler in the Intermediate class, giving a quality
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Export sales again feature strongly in this year’s total, with deliveries to
eight different countries. Re-establishing British Ayrshires as a major
force in the global semen market in the aftermath of the foot and mouth
outbreak has been a long and sometimes frustrating journey. Credit here
to the many breeders who regularly present their Ayrshires at our major
shows, and open their farm gates to the growing number of international
visitors. I will also, if I may, suggest that Cattle Services unceasing
efforts to promote the breed have played no small part in this. Regularly
updating breeders and industry leaders in other countries with our latest
offers through publications and an informative website, by encouraging
visitors to the UK to see for themselves the quality of our national herd,
and through our young bull proving scheme from which semen of the
genetic make up and quality required is readily available, and at a price
competitive with other countries – not easy from a high cost economy.
Edward’s C.S.A.News
by Edward Evans,
Marketing and Promotions Manager
Compiling these notes at the end of October, I appreciate it will be close
to the year’s end by the time the Journal is published – a year made very
difficult for much of farming and many businesses by the unusual weather
patterns and general economic climate. In spite of this I am happy to
report a quite positive situation regarding demand for our product.
Semen sales to date are running around 10% ahead of the same period
last year, itself our second best year for a long time. Hopefully we can
maintain this momentum through the next couple of months.
Demand has been across a wide range of our bulls, over 80 in fact.
This, I suggest, indicates the quality in depth offered in our bull selection.
Of our proven bulls, “Napier” is again our top seller. He is now off
centre enjoying semi-retirement back home at Ardmore. We do have
substantial stocks of his conventional semen which should be sufficient
to meet expected demand, although a couple of sizeable export orders
could quickly change the picture. “Tornado” and “Prodigy” are
threatening to take over his mantle at the head of the leader board – both
offering high type and improved production, with other proving scheme
graduates, including “World Leader” and “Admiral Glen”, both with
impressive in-milk daughters, close on their heels. Also, “First Quality”
with his impressive production proof. “Mandella” daughters continue
to excel not only here in the UK but also in Australia and Canada. His
most recent success here being at the West Of Scotland Dairy Show –
champion heifer from Cuthill Towers, the 88pt Radar Ray 13.
Exports and sales into commercial herds are a very useful add-on to
what has to be our main customer base – the Society membership which
gives a much valued stability and continuity to our business. In truth, the
requirements of all three differ very little, becoming increasingly specific
day by day. It seems only a short time since the questions I would have
been asked about a bull or his daughters were “what is the milk plus”,
and “are they big enough?” How things have changed – we now
need answers to fat and protein % - scc – kappa casein – beta
casein – fertility – lifespan – calving ease – temperament – milking
speed and longevity, not to mention the 20 plus type traits. A
ranking for feed efficiency will, I believe, be added to these before very
long. We are currently looking into which of our bloodlines are A2. A
recent enquiry from a company in another country stipulated that the
bulls had to be A2 or they would be difficult to sell – how long until this is
the situation here? Only this week an ex Holstein breeder made contact
looking for Ayrshire cows to form a new herd in the spring. Again, the
stipulation was they must be A2.
2013 promises to be an exciting year with first daughters due to calve
off several of our high profile test sires – “Thunder”, “Tourist”, “Asset
Maker” to name just three out of a promising group. “Romeo’s” first
natural service daughters are now in milk. If these are a sign of what to
expect we will be more than pleased.
Sexed Semen
“Napier” – here I have to explain a change of circumstance. Having
been under the impression that we had sold out of sexed “Napier”, we
have now discovered a small quantity of these straws still in our store
at Cogent. How these have been missed I am not sure, and offer my
apologies to those who tried to order but we could not accept because
of this misunderstanding. These are now available (30/10/12) on a first
come first served basis. We also offer this product from “Prodigy”,
“Elegant”, “Panache”, “Simply Perfek”, “Hilltown Oblique” and
“West Mossgiel Modern Reality”. Each one is a superb example of
the breed, by different sires and from outstanding dams and female lines.
New Bulls
We are continually on the look-out for bulls, both pure and blended,
which have the qualities to strengthen our stud, complement our young
bull graduates, together with the necessary customer appeal. We have
a short list prepared, and intend to produce a leaflet with these details
around the end of the year. We are also currently monitoring young bulls
and their pedigrees in preparation for our young sire proving scheme
offer 2013. Details in the Spring.
It is with pleasure that I take this opportunity to thank all who have
supported us this year, and on behalf of Cattle Services Directors wish all
customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Daughter of Cuthill Towers Romeo Cuthill Towers Miss Brownie 3 VG 86
Support for the nine young bulls offered this year has been encouraging,
these include “Panache” and “Simply Perfek”, launched earlier in the
year. Sales to date from these nine equate to a little over 25% of total
sales – these enhanced by a couple of export orders for “Real McCoy”.
If as expected proven bulls dominate sales during the run up to the end
of the year, this should reduce the percentage to around 20%, a figure
most experts tell us is barely enough to maintain breed progress.
2012 Prize Draw -
Ten straws of sexed semen of their choice.
Congratulations to the winner D T W Daniels, Esgerholiw, Carmarthen.
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Closed Herd
Written by Chris Keys, NMR Business
Manager, Ireland
But Open To Progress
With a closed herd and good bio-containment practices, the risk
of Johne’s should be small at Drumrammer, but Victor knows that
cattle bought in a few years ago could be a threat to the Johne’s
status. “They can harbour and spread the disease for a few years
without showing symptoms so we need to be sure where we stand.
We’ve picked up small traces of the Johne’s causing bacteria in
a few cows and we tag these, making sure that their calves are
snatched at birth and they don’t come into contact with other
calves. We don’t use her colostrum and in fact we haven’t fed
any whole milk to calves for a few years. We use milk replacer fed
through an automatic feeder.”
Apart from ensuring the herd is as fit and healthy as possible, Victor
is keen to sell his milk with the confidence that it’s from a herd of
known health status, and that he has good evidence to support it.
“Producers say they haven’t any Johne’s in the herd, yet they don’t
test. In truth, they don’t know,” he adds, “and if our milk buyer
- Glambia Cheese - ever wanted the supporting records for our
health status, we know we could provide the necessary detail.”
From left: Victoria, Victor, Megan, John and Margaret. Also
pictured with Margaret is Johanna Moody.
Northern Ireland producer Victor Turtle is keen to embrace new ideas,
especially if it gives him more information about his cows and their wellbeing. In the past year he has started quarterly Johne’s disease testing
and he is keen to start using NMR’s Tag and Test service for detecting
the BVD virus.
Looking at the prevalence of Johne’s in UK dairy herds, NMR estimates
that more herds are affected than suggested in Defra’s report published
in November 2009. “Of the 710 herds where NMR’s 30-cow Johne’s
screening tests were carried out in 2011, 73% had at least one cow that
tested positive,” says NMR’s Ben Bartlett. “This could be a good sign of
the situation nationally.”
“We have a high performing herd and no real health problems,” says
Victor who, with his family, runs the Drumrammer herd of Ayrshires and
Holsteins near Ahoghill in Co Antrim. “But to get the best out of the cows
I want to know as much as possible about them. If a problem emerges
then I want their history and to know what we can eliminate so that I can
pinpoint the problem quickly.”
NMR has also shown that Johne’s affects performance of dairy cows.
“We analysed nearly 4000 cows on the Herdwise surveillance service
in 2011 and compared quarterly Johne’s test results with their NMR
performance records. “We found that Johne’s infected cows in this
sample had lower 305-day yields even in their first lactation, suggesting
that these cows suffer early in life – well before signs of Johne’s are
detected through milk tests or visually. “Infected cows – classified as
‘red’ cows on Herdwise, had yields around 20% lower than ‘green’
or non infected cows, and average cell count of affected cows was a
third higher than non affected cows. We also found that cows infected
with Johne’s had a Lifetime Daily Yield (LDY) – that takes account of
production, health and fertility – of 11.5kg/day compared with 13.6kg/
day for those with no infection.”
Victor is aware of the impact that diseases like BVD and Johne’s can
have on herd performance and this gives him the incentive for adhering
to routine herd health plans. “Lurking disease can affect yields, cell
counts, fertility and ultimately profitability,” he adds. “There’s not enough
margin in milk production to suffer these setbacks.”
The Drumrammer herd has been closed for the past few years after the
purchase of some Ayrshire heifers back in 2007/08. The 380 Ayrshire
and Holstein cows are currently averaging 8,000 litres at 4.2% butterfat
and 3.4% protein. The calving interval is 410days. Cows are fed a TMR
and low yielders graze during summer.
These findings are supported by a more recent University of Reading
survey that compared Johne’s test results with NMR records for a group
of 80 herds totalling 13,720 cows. Johne’s infected cows were found to
be twice as likely to have high somatic cell counts and there were 50%
more cases of mastitis in Johne’s infected cows.
The calving pattern is year round at the moment but Victor is keen to
move more cows to autumn calving and have a break from calvings over
summer. “Apart from making time for holidays, it would give the calving
pen and housing a rest and cut the cycle of any disease pathogens.”
“NMR fully supports the different strategies for controlling Johne’s
disease in UK herds that are being developed by the Dairy UK Johne’s
Action Group. Producers, working with their vets, can adopt the most
appropriate Johne’s management strategy given the individual farm
circumstances - there’s one that will suit every British farm regardless of
size, system, resource or disease level.
The herd is routinely vaccinated for IBR, BVD, leptospirosis and
salmonella. Through the Herdwise milk testing service all cows are tested
quarterly for Johne’s disease.
“It’s an easy test to do as the NMR milk recording sample is used –
there’s no extra work for us. And we can check the results that come
back through the Herdwise web site,” says Victor.
Surplus heifers are sold annually and Victor also likes to offer these
with their health records. “It gives buyers some confidence that they
are not buying in potential problems – in my mind - and hopefully
theirs - this should mean a lot.”
“We would strongly encourage British producers to grasp the nettle now
and bring Johne’s under control.”
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New Paperless Certificates
Available early in the New Year!
Tired of filing paperwork?
You can now opt for paperless certificates which can be viewed online.
More often than not, pedigree certificates are out of date as soon as they are printed as data is continuously being updated with regards to the animal
and their ancestry through evaluation runs, DNA testing, completing lactations and classification. With online information being regularly updated, it
has become apparent that a new online paperless certificate is necessary to ensure that up to date facts are known and used.
All Ayrshire Cattle Society members that register through Telereg or Webreg are now able to download and print pedigree certificates online via the
CDI Website. To access this, all you need to do is click on the link on the Ayrshire Cattle Society website, where you will be taken to the CDI Website
and you can sign in with your Prefix and PIN number.
Members Options - Ayrshire
You currently have the option to either generate
certificates via a herd list or view downloaded
certificates. Please use the links below to access
these facilities.
Request Certificate via Herd List.
Downloaded Certificates.
Once logged into the Members Section, all you need to
do is follow these three simple steps:
1.
Click the link ‘Request Certificates via Herd List’.
You will be taken to your Herd List where you are able to
select a maximum of 10 animals that you require certificates
for. Each time an animal is selected it will appear at the top
of the page where you have the option to remove the animal
from the requests.
2.
When you have finished selecting your animals, click on ‘Run Certs’.
The online certificates can take up to five minutes to generate
depending on how many have been requested. While this is
taking place, you are still able to browse around the website.
3.
Then when the certificates have been generated, a green ‘New Cert(s) available’ link will appear on the top right of the page.
Click on this to get access to your online pedigrees. All
certificates will be available for 48 hours only to ensure that
certificates don’t go out of date.
If you no longer wish to receive Pedigree Certificates
in the post, please contact the Ayrshire Cattle Society
Membership Services on 01292 267123, or print off the
consent form on the homepage of the website.
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Quick Response Codes
Ready, set, SCAN!
(QR Codes)
As of 1st October 2012, all pedigree certificates include a Quick Response (QR) Codes available
on them which can be found to the right of the Ear Tag Number.
QR Codes are a type of barcode which hyperlink to a website address or URL. Originally invented in Japan for the
automotive industry, they are becoming increasingly popular throughout the farming industry. They are generated by a
computer program and can be read by a QR Reader which can be downloaded from your smartphone application store.
Scan the QR code and you will be taken to that animal’s information page from the CDI website.
Example:
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Flourishing Families
by John Cochrane
The Heather Family At West Spittal
The third EX daughter is Heather 76 EX 91, by Nelson, who has already
bred Heather 101 EX 90, by Regiment, and the Navigator daughter,
Heather 106 VG 89 3y. Her fourth daughter, Heather 42 VG 88, has
three daughters, two by Red Ranger, Heather 62 EX 91 and Heather
57 VG 87, and Heather 85 EX 91 by Regiment. At the same time as
Heather 35 was making her mark, another great grand daughter of
Heather 5 was blossoming too.
The Heather family is one of those families that roll along quietly until it
suddenly demands to be recognised. The family, which was developed
by the John and Muir Young, who farm the marginal farm of West Spittal
in North Ayrshire, first came to prominence when West Spittal Heather
3 VG produced 100 tonnes in 11 lacts by 1980, a very rare feat then.
This daughter of Wheatrig Relko only had four daughters in her 11
calvings, the best of these was Heather 5 EX by the Canadian sire,
Selwood New Year. She narrowly failed to keep up with her mother as
she produced 91 tonnes in 12 lacts with again four daughters and seven
sons. It was her 7th calf, a bull named West Spittal Trade Wind, by
Halmyre Urr Dynamic, that next brought the family into the spotlight.
He was stock bull in the famous Wheatrig herd of the late Bill Weir and
later entered AI, at that time in its infancy. Although he bred well, his big
claim to fame came from a wonderful daughter in the shape of Upper
Woodhead Apricot 3 EX 94 (2) bred by Lou Morrell in Yorkshire and
sold in an Conference Sale for the breed female record price of £10,000.
Upper Woodhead Apricot 3 EX 94
L to R: Heather
85 EX 91 and
Heather 84
EX 92 E by
Regiment
This was the Brocklehill Hercules daughter, Heather 31 VG 88 4* brood
cow. She was flushed to Ranger Red resulting in five daughters, four of
whom went Excellent, namely Heather 43 EX 90, Heather 44 EX 92,
Heather 46 EX 90 and Heather 47 EX 91 (3). Heather 43 has two
daughters, Heather EX 92 (4) by Regiment, and Heather 91 VG 88 by
Purchasers were Frank and Peter Dodd for their Attwell herd in
Shropshire. She produced 60 tonnes in six lactations and bred four bulls,
all used heavily in AI, ensuring that the Heather genes would have a big
influence in the breed. They were Apollo, by First Command, Amadeus
by Dilham Dougal, Acorn by Cornelius and Admiral by Ranger. Back
at the Youngs the Heather line had gone quiet, only to resurface two
generations later when the Balig Sky High daughter, Heather 25, gave
birth to a daughter, Heather 35 EX 92 4* brood cow, by yet another
Dilham sire, this time Double Agent. Winner of many championships,
she again had 10 lacts, and a lifetime yield of 75 tonnes. She had seven
daughters, 3 EX, 2 VG, 1 GP and one not classified, qualifying her for two
star brood cow status. Her first Ex daughter was one of twin daughters
by Twinbrook Kamstar, Heather 40th EX 90, who has bred the EX 92
Heather 82 by the homebred Regiment and Heather 68 VG 85 2y by
Ranger. Her second EX daughter was Heather 51 EX 93 (4) 1* star
brood cow, who has bred two VG 85 2y olds and two exceptional
daughters by Pat Laro, Heather 88 VG 89 and the present star of the
herd, Heather 95 EX 94 (2), champion at the West of Scotland Show.
L to R:
Heather 91 EX 90
and
Heather 93 VG 88
by Baltimore
Baltimore, while Heather 44 has only one daughter, but a special one in
Heather 65 EX 94 (6) LP 60, a Brieryside Jubilant Scot daughter now
on her ninth. The third daughter, Heather 46 has two daughters, one of
whom has gone excellent, the Regiment daughter, Heather 84 EX 90
(2), while the fourth daughter, Heather 47, has a VG 87 Nelson and a VG
86 Major Threat. The fifth daughter, Heather 48 VG 87, has an EX 91
daughter, Heather 74.
To emphasize the strength for type of this family, of the 48 Heather’s
classified since Heather 35 went Excellent in 1996, 19 are EX and 19
are VG often a high score, with only ten Good Plus, half of which 1st calf
heifers.
West Spittal Heather 95 EX 94
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Livestock
Show 2013
by Duncan Hunter
With a new date - July 3rd and 4th - the Livestock 2013 Show
The venue at the NEC in Birmingham provides the most excellent facilities
reverts back to being managed by the RABDF.
for exhibitors, and at the same time, with its excellent location for access
by road, rail and air, makes this the ideal event for us to showcase our
This could possibly be the chance for the Ayrshire Cattle Society
breed to visitors from not only the UK but also overseas. At the recent
to exhibit and promote our herds, and our breed, at the UK’s
Presidents’ and Council meetings I put forward a proposal to encourage
largest show.
breeders and increase numbers of Ayrshire exhibits at the 2013 show.
There are many great Ayrshire heifers
and cows around the country, and
many of them are in herds that don’t
generally attend shows which are
without doubt the best shop windows
to promote ourselves.
My thoughts are to encourage new
exhibitors and, at the same time,
give some of our very talented young
members the opportunity to put their
skills to the test.
We, as a Society, will employ three
of our most experienced and talented
young members, to be assisted by up
to six others, to come to the show to
prepare and show animals from any
of our members who wish to show
but for whatever reason are unable!
They will look after your animals
completely, from the moment they
arrive at the show until they leave,
including clipping, washing, top lining
and showing your cows - presenting
them in front of the judge in the most
professional manner.
The welfare and care of these cows
will be overseen by me.
Cattle Services will also be given the
chance to select and bring along
daughters of their bulls from around
the country, to be included in the
competitive classes, who can also be
prepared and shown by our young
members. This brings the opportunity
to show customers the progeny of
Cattle Services sires within the cattle
lines.
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The young members will have their accommodation and food provided and
paid by us for the duration of the show - from the 1st July to the 4th July.
I need some feedback and thoughts from as many of you
as possible including:
Breeders who are interested in sending animals along.
Young members who wish to be considered to help (must be 16yrs or over).
The possibility of teaming up with others in your area to share lorries, reducing transport costs to you all, as we intend to liaise on transport within all breeds.
Some of the prize money allocation for the show is being used for the first time
to introduce free entries. You will pay £50 per stall to enter even if you are not an
RABDF member, and for every animal that turns up your £50 will be refunded!
Hopefully this will encourage you more. We need a showcase for our breed and
this is an ideal opportunity for us to show off the great attributes our herds and
our breed has to offer.
Wherever your location, be it Scotland, Wales, the South West or wherever, let
us all get together and make this a showcase we can be proud of.
Please contact me, Duncan Hunter by email haresfoot7@hotmail.
co.uk or telephone 07554060005 to make this the success I believe
it can be.
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Ayrshire Breed
The Show Ring Success Story Of 2012
Reproduced by kind permission of the Northern Farmer,
Priestgate, Darlington.
The Ayrshire Cattle Society has enjoyed unprecedented show
ring success during 2012, and recently hosted a national judging
day at Marley Cote Walls Farm, near Hexham, Northumberland.
Bruce Jobson reports on an incredible year for the breed.
The Ayrshire breed has certainly challenged mainstream cattle breeding
wisdom in recent years. There’s little doubt the breed has enjoyed a
revival in fortune and has certainly won over a large number of new
admirers. Clearly, it can now be stated, the Ayrshire’s traditional values
have come to the fore in a cost conscious era accentuated by vulnerable
milk prices.
Halmyre Urr
Floralin 144 VG 89
At a time when the function and value of promoting animals within the
show ring is questioned, the Ayrshire has dominated the major interbreed
sections. The breed has literally gained 2012 “royal” approval by taking
the interbreed titles at the Royal Cornwall, Royal Highland and Royal
Welsh shows as well as the Livestock Show at Birmingham, formerly
known as the Dairy Event.
These major national events cover the length breadth of the country,
with the titles being awarded by four different interbreed judges to four
different Ayrshire champions. The north and borders region has played
an important role with Halymyre and Middle bloodlines at the forefront.
Halmyre Urr Floralin 144 VG 89, owned, bred and shown by Keith
Davison and family, Castle Douglas, comfortably lifted the Royal Highland
interbreed crown. Cumbrian breeders, the Whiteford brothers, bred
Royal Welsh interbreed champion, Middle Lady Milestone E EX91,
owned by P & S Williams, Pembrokeshire.
Middle Lady Milestone E EX 91
Meanwhile, the Royal Cornwall interbreed championship title was
awarded to Pam Ayrs Dream Hawaii EX 94, while the Livestock Show
interbreed crown was awarded to long-term Ayrshire icon, Sandyford
Clover 10 EX 97. Clover’s undoubted dominance resulted in her taking
the Ayrshire Championship, Exhibitor Bred as well as Best Udder titles.
The recent success confirms many of the tradition qualities associated
with the breed according to the Society’s Assistant Breed Secretary
Duncan Hunter. “Longevity and profitability has always been viewed as
an important attribute within the breed. We’ve always taken the longterm view and aim to breed animals that last five, six, seven or more
lactations.
“Rearing and feed costs continue to increase, and estimates confirm that
an animal has to produce milk for at least three lactations in order to pay
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Pam Ayrs Dream Hawaii EX 94
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The 8th calved Fawn, literally “creamed” the 2012 Great Yorkshire
Show taking the Breed Championship, Senior Cow in Milk as well as
the Production & Inspection title. Such an outstanding individual, quite
rightly, wasn’t included in the mature cow line-up but clearly attracted
the most attention on the post judging herd tour.
The judging day also included a tour of the herd’s “state-of-the-art”
housing facilities and Lely robotic milking system. The family installed
two Astronaut robots in 2010 and consider the system an immense
success,according to Richard Baynes.
“On average, the herd is now being milked between 2.5 and thrice daily.
High yielding animals are less stressed and mastitis is extremely rare.
We’ve seen improvements in overall animal welfare, herd health and
udder traits. The cows are more relaxed and milk yields have increased
between 1,500 and 2,000 litres over the past two years,” he stated.
Morwick Fawn 3 EX 94
for her replacement. Clover is a tremendous example of the breed being
a ten year old senior cow that looks half her age.
Attendees also visited the herd’s on-farm processing plant. Marleycote
is the only business in Northumberland to process its own milk and
operates under the Northumbrian Pedigree Milk and Cream brand. The
Baynes family decided to start milk processing in 2005 and the plant now
processes 50% of the herd’s supply and distributes products to over
100 local outlets and farm shops.
“Due to milk price fluctuations and feed ‘spikes’ - long-term profitability
is more important today than ever before. Animal welfare, udder
conformation, locomotion and fertility traits are other considerations and
the Ayrshire breed is renowned for having these qualities in abundance,”
he says.
The success of the national judging day epitomises the recent
development within the breed. However, such fortune has not come
overnight and over the past decade the “for profit” Ayrshire has proven
its adaptability on a commercial-basis as well as providing outstanding
show ring and interbreed success.
Registration and membership numbers have also been maintained and
a growing number of renowned Holstein breeders have developed a
keen interest in the Ayrshire breed, such as Richard Bown of Richhaven
Holsteins. Richard maintains a small herd of 12 Ayrshires and in
November 2011 was awarded the AgriScot Ayrshire Championship title
with Loukat Lucky, now scored EX 93.
Whilst top end show ring success has been a feature of 2012, the Society
has a growing number of young members coming through the system.
This bodes well for the future of the breed and the enthusiasm generated
by the number of young handlers exhibiting at shows has been noted.
In total, 46 Ayrshire calves were shown at the National All-Breeds All
Britain Calf Show at Stoneleigh in October 2012. Farming families, keen
to get children involved in developing show ring techniques and Society
Young Member activities, are able to breed or, if need be purchase,
quality Ayrshire calves at reasonable cost.
Another development within the Ayrshire herd book has been the
introduction of the British Red and White section according to Mr Hunter.
“The Society has been very open-minded and allows members to breed
the type of cow to suit their individual farming systems. Members have
the choice to breed pure Ayrshire types or a combination of blended
bloodlines.
“The breed also undergoes classification scoring by the all-breeds system
operated by CIS. This has helped establish better standardisation and
we’re very pleased with the system. The Society is also making progress
on sire testing programmes through our Cattle Services division and
evaluates up to nine young bulls per annum,” he says.
The interest created by the breed’s recent show ring success has also
encouraged an increasing number of potential judges to come forward
from the rank and file membership. Over 40 UK Ayrshire breeders and
society enthusiasts from as far afield as Devon, Scotland and Northern
Ireland recently attended an organised event at Marley Cote Walls Farm,
near Hexham, in order to help qualify as official society judges.
The Baynes family, David, Shirley and sons Richard and Paul, own the
renowned Marleycote herd and turned out a tremendous line-up of heifers
and mature cows for the judging day. One of the herd’s undoubted stars
is Morwick Fawn 3 EX 94, bred by Northumberland neighbours, the
Howie family, Morwick Farm, Acklington.
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2012 Show Results
Livestock 2012
Judge Alan Timbrell
Sandyford Clover 10 EX 97
Not for the first time this year, Ayrshire breeders excelled
themselves with an outstanding display of the breed at this
year’s Livestock Event, drawing favourable comments from
other breeders and the general public alike. Again they were the
most numerous in terms of numbers of in milk animals forward
which speaks volumes about their enthusiasm and commitment
but the show will be most remembered as belonging to the
amazing Sandyford Clover 10 EX 97 and the Tomlinson family.
This remarkable cow has won about every prize available to her
in her long career, but the Livestock Event Supreme title had up
to now eluded her. Looking worth every one of her 97 points in
spite of her ten years, she swept aside all comers with a perfect
score of ten from the Interbreed panel of judges.
The day began with a really quality class of heifers with a win
for the Window family’s jointly owned with Bill Doig, Hunnington
Admiral daughter, Annabelle 2 a really sweet dairy heifer with a
superb udder and it was this udder capacity that saw her win
over a real quality heifer with a big future, the Haresfoot Brazen
heifer sired Sandy Rose, from those enthusiasts, the Crawford
family and their Longwood herd. She being given an advantage
of being cleaner of the bone than the third heifer, the Mandella
daughter, Joybell 83, a big stylish heifer with tremendous
capacity, again from the Window family.
The Junior cow in milk class saw another win for the Windows
and their Hunnington herd with last year’s heifer champion,
Fragrance 55 by Castern Tornado successfully defending her
title against strong opposition with her length and style seeing her
triumph over two beautifully uddered young cows, namely the
Crown Napier daughter, Haresfoot Napier Punch from Geraint
Thomas whose dairy quality took her over the third, Douglas’s
Coralark by Dilham Drifter, from society past president, Maggie
Howie. The third calvers saw quality continue, with the Kates
Trident daughter, Loukat Lucky bringing a first win of the day for
Richard Bown and his Richaven herd with Lucky’s dairy quality
of udder taking her over the perfectly framed Halmyre Urr Jinks
427 from Geraint Thomas, and it was this frame and open rib
that saw off the very correct Kellogg daughter, Hunnington 50
from the Windows. Senior cows were led off by the irrepressible
Clover 10 whose fantastic rear udder and power took her over
the Rosehill Blackthorn daughter, Rosehill Prickly Jean from
the Christophers, whose clean lines and dairyness saw her
truimph over the good uddered Hunnington Fragrance 45 by
the homebred Bequest from the Window’s.
The British Red and White Class was poorly supported with only
one entry but it was a credit to the section. This was the second
calver Hunnington Mandella Annabell, another quality daughter
of Mandella from the Windows and a half sister to the winner
of the Ayrshire heifer class and again jointly owned by Bill Doig.
She was good enough to win in any company.
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Breed, Ex. Bred, Best Udder & Interbreed Champion Sandyford Clover 10 EX 97 - E T Tomlinson & Son
R. Champ. - Hunnington Fragrance 55 VG 87 - C & L Window
Hon. Mention - Loukat Lucky EX 93 - R A Bown
R & W Champion Hunnington Mandella Annabell M/s Doig & Window
Heifer in-milk
1-Hunnington Admiral Annabelle 2 (H. Admiral) M/s Doig & Window
2-Longwood Brazen Sandy Rose VG 85 (H. Brazen) -T Crawford
3-Hunnington Joybell 83 (Hunnington Mandella) - C & L Window
Second Calvers
1-Hunnington Fragrance 55 VG 87 (C. Tornado) - C & L Window
2-Haresfoot Napier Punch VG 89 (A. Crown Napier) - G R Thomas
3-Douglas’s Coralark (Dilham Drifter) J & M Howie
Third Calvers
1-Loukat Lucky EX 93 (A. E V Kate’s Trident) - R A Bown
2-Halmyre Urr Jinks 427 EX 91 (H. Urr Pinsent) - G R Thomas
3-Hunnington Fragrance 50 VG 87 (B. BB Kellogg) - C & L Window
Fourth Plus Calvers
1-Sandyford Clover 10 - (K C R C Red) E T Tomlinson & Son
2-Rosehill Prickly Jean (R. Blackthorn) - W R C & J E Christophers
3-Hunnington Fragrance 45 EX 92 (H. Bequest) - C & L Window
Red & White
1-Hunnington Mandella Annabell (H. Mandella) M/s Doig & Window
Bath & West Dairy Show
Judge - Iwan Huws
Hunnington Fragy 12 EX 93
Breed Champion
Hunnington Fragy 12 EX 93 - C & L Window
R. Champion - Rosehill Prickly Jean W R C & J E Christophers
Best Udder - East Church Ambers Eclipse East Church Ayrshires Partnership
Cow or Heifer in calf
1-Haresfoot Enigma Pamela (R Enigma) - W R C & J E Christophers
2-East Church Potters Tinsel VG 87 (Des Prairies Potter) East Church Ayrshires Partnership
Heifer in-milk
1-Hunnington Joybelle 83 (H Mandella) - C & L Window
2-Hunnington Admiral Annabell 2 (H Admiral) -M/s Doig & Window
3-Rosehill Apple Tournover (L Ristourn) - W R C & J E Christophers
Junior Cow in-milk
1-Hunnington Fragrance 55 VG 87 (C Tornado) - C & L Window
2-Rosehill Prickly Indiana (R Blackthorn) - W R C & J E Christophers
3-Rosehill Magenta Pot (D P Potter) - W R C & J E Christophers
Intermediate Cow in-milk
1-Hunnington Fragrance 50 VG 87 (B BB Kellogg) - C & L Window
2-East Church Ambers Eclipse VG 89 (Craigtown Amber) East Church Ayrshires Partnership
Senior Cow in-milk
1-Hunnington Fragy 12 EX 93 (H Easlad) - C & L Window
2-Rosehill Prickly Jean (R Blackthorn) - W R C & J E Christophers
3-Hunnington Fragrance 45 EX 92 (H Bequest) - C & L Window
Pair of animals - 1-W R C & J E Christophers, 2-C & L Window
3-East Church Ayrshires Partnership
Welsh Dairy Show
Judge - Willie Templeton
Brieryside Profile Cherry
Halmyre Urr Jinks 427 EX 91
A smaller entry this year, but full of quality! Judge for the day was Willie
Templeton, Syke, Mauchline.
The cow in calf class saw three excellent cows forward and it was the
well known Autumn Gold daughter Willhome Gold Caroline EX 94
who looked in fine form that took first place from P & S Williams. It was
Stuart on the halter again winning the heifer in milk with the very youthful
and well balanced Willhome Jake Pansy sired by Holmland Jake over
another Willhome heifer Willhome Samsson Amanda.
The junior cow class saw Haresfoot Napier Punch take the win and
also went on to take Reserve Breed Champion for G Thomas and it was
Geraint who led out the winner of the Intermediate cows with Halmyre
Urr Jinks 427 EX 91 purchased at last year’s National Show & Sale who
went on to receive Breed Champion later in the day. The senior cow
class was won by Caroline Morgan with Dudleywood Toskin 35 again
from P & S Williams.
Agriscot
Loukat Lucky EX 93
Loukat Lucky, sired by the American Ardrossan EV Kate’s Trident, from
Richard Bown. The judge said “This is a real modern Ayrshire, with a
great openness of rib and a beautifully textured udder”. He was also
very complimentary of his second placed cow Knowe Bertha 193, who
is scored EX 94 (2) after having six calves, and he commented on her
great legs, and quality of bone throughout, and praised the way she
paraded. It was the two senior cows that went on to take Champion and
Reserve Ayrshire cows at Agriscot 2012. The Red and White Champion
was Dilandy Debonair Tabitha Red from Messers Yates and Lawrie,
and it was a fitting climax to the day when she was crowned Supercow
of Agriscot 2012. Congratulations must go to all of our members who
exhibited a fantastic display for the breed.
Ayrshire Champion - Loukat Lucky EX 93 - R A Bown
Reserve - Knowe Bertha 193 EX 94 - G & G Templeton
Sup. Heifer Champion - Brieryside Profile Cherry - G Lawrie & Sons
Red & White Champion & Supercow Champion
Dilandy Debonair Tabitha Red - Messrs Yates & Lawrie
Ayrshire Heifer
1-Brieryside Profile Cherry (Brieryside High Profile) - G Lawrie & Sons
2-Cuthill Towers Radar Ray 13 (Hunnington Mandella) - A & S Lawrie
3-Knowe Bertha 222 (Richaven Provider) - G & G Templeton
Red & White Heifer
1-West Spittal Whim (Muirston Main Chance) - J B L Young
2-Knowe Beatrice 7 (Sterndale Rose Royce Red) - G & G Templeton
3-Brieryside Razzle Sea Baby (Willsbro Red Razzle) - G Lawrie & Sons
Ayrshire Junior Cow
1-Brieryside Snowdrop 5 VG 88 (Waxham Executive) - G Lawrie & Sons
2-Muir Melissa VG 87 (Twemlow Major Threat) - W & A Watson
3-Stevenson’s Phoebe 9 VG 86 (S. West Side) - M W & A Stevenson
Ayrshire Senior Cow
1-Loukat Lucky EX 93 (Ardrossan E V Kate’s Trident) - R A Bown
2-Knowe Bertha 193 EX 94 (Brieryside Pearly King) - G & G Templeton
3-Swaites Nonny 5 EX 92 (Rosehill Blackthorn) - J Adamson & Son
Red & White Cow
1-Dilandy Debonair Tabitha Red (S. Debonair Red) - M/s Yates & Lawrie
2-Sterndale Deuce Rose Red (Scientific SS Deuce) - W J Nadin & Co
3-Sterndale Talent Jodie Red (Ladino Park Talent) - W J Nadin & Co
Judge - John Gribbon
On a day which saw some of the biggest crowds ever at Agriscot, it
certainly was a day to be remembered for the Red cow, and also the
Lawrie family from Brieryside, Monkton in Ayrshire. The British Red and
White Heifer in milk class was the first class of the day to be paraded
in front of the world renowned, and very well respected judge, Mr John
Gribbon. All day he wasted no time at all in making his decisions, and in
this particular class pulled in Muir Young with the very dairy West Spittal
Whim ahead of the well balanced Knowe Beatrice 7 from George
Templeton.
In a very strong Ayrshire heifer class, with ten forward, John Gribbon
awarded first prize to Gilmour Lawrie with Brieryside Profile Cherry,
a Brieryside High Profile daughter, who was given the advantage for her
strength through the front end and overall balance over the second place,
and very much admired, Cuthill Towers Radar Ray 13 from Arthur
Lawrie. This was Cherry’s first outing, and what an impact she made
when she was later crowned Supreme Champion heifer. Congratulations
to the Lawrie family.
With it now being time for the Red and White cows to parade in front of
what had now become a huge crowd around the judging ring, it was an
easy decision for John Gribbon to select Dilandy Debonair Tabitha
Red for first place. He commented “She was an easy winner in her class
and has the best body. She has strength and I gave her the advantage
for her fantastic udder over a beautiful dairy cow in second.” With a
smaller entry in the junior cows it was the Brieryside exhibit again taking
the first prize with Brieryside Snowdrop 5, sired by Waxham Executive,
ahead of Muir Melissa ET from W & A Watson. The senior cows were
next in the ring and John Gribbon soon pulled in the EX 93 3rd calver
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2012 Sale Reports
Northern National Sale
2012
Sponsored
by
The Society’s third Northern Sale held at Borderway Market,
Carlisle, saw this annual event continue to develop both in
stature and quality, making it the perfect shop window for
the breed. The packed ringside and tremendous atmosphere
added to the day with a good trade prevailing for all classes in
spite of the current uncertainty in dairy industry.
Top price of the day was 4000 gns paid for the Junior Champion,
Galaxy Durham Lottie from Ann & Colin Laird, Blyth Bridge
Peebles. This yearling ET heifer is by the sire Durham Red
out of the famous show cow Barr Ranger Lottie EX 95 LP 60,
prolific show winner and Supreme Champion Agriscot 2009.
Purchasers were Phil & Lorenza Reed buying for their Rhos
herd near Cardigan South Wales. The same purchasers also
invested in more top genetics when they paid 550 gns each for
the only embryos on offer. These were a package of five from
Mapleburn Farms Quebec Canada and were by their top sire
Mapleburn Remington and out of the famous Haresfoot Bella
6 EX 95.
Overall Champion - Left to right - Archie Leitch
(Almins - sponsor), Russell & Alex Gray with
Langside Blaeberry 112
Galaxy Durham Lottie
Second top female price of 3000 gns was for the Reserve
Junior Champion, Cuthill Towers Emerald Ivy ET, a
daughter of Ayr-Phoe Ideostar from one of the best members
of the famous Middle Emerald family, Middle Emerald Patrick
EX 90. She sold across the Irish sea to Martin King, Kirkinrola,
Ballymena. Consignors were Arthur & Susan Lawrie, Cuthill
Towers, Milnathort.
Top price heifer in milk at 2300 gns was a very fresh heifer from
the Berresford family’s Heydale herd. She was Heydale Jay 58
by the homebred sire Wilderness. This classy heifer with bags of
potential, sold to Tom Crawford buying for his Longwood herd
in Norfolk. Next highest was Brieryside Centurian Pansy 4
from the Lawrie Bros Brieryside herd. She sold at 2250 gns to
Alan Norbury Booths Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire.
Cuthill Towers Emerald Ivy ET
Cuthill Towers had their usual large consignment of quality
heifers and it was one of them, Cuthill Towers Lady Lindsay
14 by Attwell Admiral who was next highest at 2200 gns selling
to Hugh Charles, Pencader, Carmarthen, who also bought
her herdmate Cuthill Towers White Pearl 33 by Hunnington
Mandella for 2000 gns. The heifers had earlier stood first and
second in the Ayrshire Heifer in milk class. Next highest price of
2050 gns was for the female Champion and winner of the Red
& White in milk class, the outstanding Langside Blaeberry 112
from Alex & Russell Gray’s herd near Lanark. This daughter of
Humeston Winter Storm sold to F A Brown & Son Carnforth,
Lancashire.
Top priced bull and second top of the sale at 3500 gns, was
Troutbeck Outlaw from Frank Mattinson and his sons James
& Philip. This son of Palmyra Tristar Burdette from their noted
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Cuthill Towers Lady Lindsay 14
show cow Myerscough Jess 123 EX 92, a cow with high yields and very
high components, sold to Thomas Cameron, Gartvaigh, Campbeltown.
Second highest bull at 2500 gns was Plaskett Countdown from Messrs
Armstrong, Plaskettland. This son of Green Lane Marshall out of Plaskett
Jolly 191 EX 94 sold to Messrs I H Fisher, Crailloch, Stranraer. Close
behind at 2400 gns was the Champion, Barr Guardian, from Alex
Kirkpatrick, Barr, Sanquhar. By the highly thought of Haresfoot Brazen
and out of Barr Willow, maternal sister to the sale topper Durham Lottie,
he sold to George Templeton, Knowe, Auchinleck. The pre sale show,
judged by Society President Robin Barr, featured quality animals from
top to bottom in all classes.
Champion - Langside Blaeberry 112 (H. Winter Storm ) - A Gray & Son
Reserve - Cuthill Towers Lady Lindsay 14 (A. Admiral) - A & S Lawrie
Bull any age
1-Barr Guardian (Haresfoot Brazen ) - A & A Kirkpatrick
2-Brieryside Thunder (Thunder Van De Wilg) - G Lawrie & Sons
3-West Mossgiel Real Class (P. Stadel Classic) - R Cunningham & Son
Cow in Milk
1-Heydale (Heydale Blizzard) - D W Berresford
Ayrshire Heifer in Milk
1-Cuthill Towers Lady Lindsay 14 (Attwell Admiral) - A & S Lawrie
2-Cuthill Towers White Pearl 33 (Hunnington Mandella) - A & S Lawrie
3-Halmyre Urr Pride 15 (Halmyre Urr Walnut) - L Davidson & Sons
Red & White Heifer in Milk
1-Langside Blaeberry 112 (Humeston Winter Storm) - A Gray & Son
2-Swaites Beechnut 4 (Sterndale Roseman Red) - John Adamson & Son
3-Troutbeck Scientific Diana (Scientific Debonair Red) - Messrs Mattinson
Maiden and In Calf Heifers
1-Galaxy Durham Lottie Red ET Durham Red) - A Laird
2-Cuthill Towers Emerald Ivy ET (Ayr-Phoe Ideostar) - A & S Lawrie
Knutsford Pansy 243rd (VG 86‐2yr)
McCornick Nelson who was sold dry and due with her third calf to Jelyca
Oblique. She sold to noted Holstein breeders, Garnett Farms, of Knutsford
Cheshire. Also at this figure was the top milking heifer Knutsford Pansy
243rd (VG 86‐2yr), a daughter of the much admired sire Knutsford White
Flash and two months fresh. She now joins the Willhome Herd of P G
& S Williams at Leweston, Camrose, Haverfordwest. Not far behind at
3250 gns was the very flashy heifer Knutsford Flo 198th (VG 85‐3yr), a
daughter of top Ayrshire sire, Ardmore Crown Napier and calved in May
Carlisle All Breeds Sale
The buoyant demand for Ayrshire genetics continued at the All Breeds
Dairy Sale at Carlisle with the breed outselling all others with a good trade
for commercial heifers as well as those of high quality and many more
could have been sold. Judge for the day was John Watson, High Mark
and he awarded the Championship to the Davidson family’s Halmyre
Urr Poker 20 from Halmyre, Castle Douglas. By the homebred sire
Walnut, her dam was an Excellent with very high components. She was
purchased by the judge for 1,850 gns. Reserve Champion was Morwick
Sparkle 92 consigned by D A Howie & Sons and sold for 1,800gns to
J J & J D Graves, Priory Farm, Carlisle. She was sired by Morwick Kyle
Red from a VG 86 10,000 kgs dam. The top price Ayrshire went to
Syke Advent Sybil by Riverdane Adventure and a daughter of the 2010
Agriscot Champion Syke World Sybil EX93 while her grand dam was
champion at the Royal show. Sybil is potentially a fourth generation of
Excellent and was recently Grand Champion at Craigie Show. This stylish
heifer sold for 2,100 gns and was sold to a buyer from Scotland.
Knutsford Flo 198th (VG 85‐3yr)
The Davidson family had a great day with five outstanding heifers forward,
and as well as securing the Championship they also had the second and
third highest priced heifers and the five averaged £1947. Second highest
price at 1950 gns was Mayflower 245, a daughter of the homebred
sire Pinsent, while third highest at 1900 gns was Jinks 453 by Lagace
Ristourn with the five heifers sold leveling at £1947.
AVERAGES - 22 Ayrshire Cows and Heifers In-Milk : £1621.30
Auctioneers - Harrison & Hetherington
and due again in May. She was purchased by David Gibson of Millers
Dale, Buxton. The only other to hit the 3000 gns mark was the Rampage‐
Red daughter, Knutsford Pansy 217th (VG 87), due with her third in
January to Nexus Dreamer. She was purchased by Steve Bailey for his
Beeline herd at Audlem. Not far behind her at 2800 gns was Knutsford
Flo 188th (VG 86‐3yr), a second calf daughter of Chatter T Red that
sold to D B & C A Walters of Carmarthen. A further 12 milkers sold for
2000 gns or more.
Knutsford Dispersal
The In‐calf heifers were in great demand and sold to a top of 2200 gns
twice; the first at this price was the White Flash daughter, Knutsford
Polly 30th who was one of six in‐calf heifers sold to Bremridge Farm
of Crediton, Devon. The other at this price was Knutsford Vary 55th, a
daughter of Brieryside Jubilant Scot that sold to Chris and Lisa Window
of Hunnington, Worcestershire.
TOP PRICES: GNS
Lot 38 - Knutsford Flo 179 - Garnett Farms, Knutsford - 3500
Lot 86 - Knutsford Pansy 243 - P G & S Williams, Haverfordwest - 3500
Lot 77 - Knutsford Flo 198 - D Gibson, Buxton - 3250
Lot 49 - Knutsford Pansy 217 - S N Bailey & Partners, Audlem - 3000
The Dispersal Sale of the entire milking portion together with the entire
crop of autumn calving heifers took place at Beeston Castle Auction on
Friday, 14th September on behalf of Alan Coutts & Sons, The Beeches
Farm, Ollerton, Knutsford. The herd was first established in 1966 and no
females had been purchased for at least the last thirty years. The cows
followed an all year calving pattern and were commercially managed on
big bale silage and concentrate in the parlour.
The top price was 3500 gns which was achieved on two occasions.
The first at this price was Knutsford Flo 179th (VG87), a daughter of
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Lot 58 - Knutsford Flo 188 - D B & CA Walters, Carmarthen - 2800
Lot 85 - Knutsford Pansy 240 - P & T Jeffries, Welshpool - 2700
Lot 56 - Knutsford Pansy 223 - E T Tomlinson & Son, Leicester - 2650
Lot 47 - Knutsford Princess 14 - M Partington, Manchester - 2500
Lot 40 - Knutsford Flo 180 - F W Read, Alford, Lincolnshire - 2400
Lot 88 - Knutsford Miss Marjorie 30 - R Adams, Shrewsbury - 2400
Lot 44 - Knutsford Daphne 66 - P & T Jeffries, Welshpool - 2300
Lot 46 - Knutsford Flo 184 - F A Brown & Son, Carnforth - 2200
Lot 61 - Knutsford Brenda 60 - C P Robinson, Pembrokeshire - 2100
Lot 48 - Knutsford Flo 186 - E T Tomlinson & Son, Leicester - 2050
Lot 64 - Knutsford Pansy 229 - C P Robinson, Pembrokeshire - 2050
Lot 59 - Knutsford Pansy 224 - R Adams, Shrewsbury - 2000
Lot 84 - Knutsford Untold 82 - H Tinker & Sons, Huddersfield - 2000
Ulster Sale - Kilrea
The Ulster Club September sale in Kilrea market was held with a
background of terrible milk prices and even worse weather.
John Thompson’s meal firm were sponsors of the sale, with the judge
being Stewart Baxter, who chose a Twemlow Admiral Glen from the
Ravenhill Herd of John Suffern as champion. This went on to reach joint
top price of 1610 gns.
Reserve champion came from the Craigtown herd of Ronnie Irwin, an
Ardmore Mercury daughter, she made 1410 gns. A batch of in calf
heifers from Pat Henry, who is retiring from dairy farming, were slow to
clear due to silage shortages and current milk prices.
AVERAGES: 76 Cows and Milking Heifers £1717.16; 13 In‐calf
Heifers £2039.42; 89 HEAD £1764.24
WRIGHT MANLEY of Beeston Castle Auction, Cheshire were the
Auctioneers.
Other leading prices :1610 gns- Ravenhill Ethel 469 by Ardmore Crown Napier
1480 gns- Cottown Lulu 12 by Carnell Bright Crown - John Drummond
1460 gns- Ravenhill Tulip 100 by Brocklehill Buccaneer
1360 gns- Cottown Tina 3 by Ardmore Crown Napier
1350 gns- Ravenhill Ethel 474 by Ravenhill Early Exit
Lanark Sale
Lawrie & Symington Ltd held their 2nd Technicolour Dairy Show and Sale
on Friday 28th September, 2012. This event was once again very kindly
sponsored by Clyde Vet Group, Lanark along with many other local and
national agricultural businesses who in total provided over £3000 in prize
money for the pre- sale show. The show was judged by Mr Andrew
Waddell, Dewshill Farm, Salsburgh. The Ayrshire Champion was from
John Adamson & Son, Swaites Farm, Lanark, with their senior heifer,
Swaites Felicity 11 by Cogent Retinue Red PI. Selling at 1600 gns this
newly calved heifer was giving 26l.
12 cows and heifers averaged 1324 gns.
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Other leading prices : Ayrshire - Mr Millar, Caldervale, 1520gns, 1450 gns.
Auctioneers - Lawrie & Symington
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Society Awards
80,000 Kgs Club
Owner
Animal
Sire
Milk Kgs
Fat%
Prot.%
CFP
Lacts.
J & M Barr
Calderglen Empress 6
P. Cornerstone Red
82,059
3.52
3.27
5,572
10
I H Fisher
Crailloch Twite
Laymore Superman
84,866
4.28
3.28
6,414
12
Crailloch Upland Queen
B. First Command
92,219
4.03
3.40
6,845
12
M W & A Stevenson
Stevenson’s Madge 31
Bankend Up To Date
81,207
3.91
3.46
5,979
11
G & G Templeton
Knowe Brown Kate 171
Muir Superior
86,355
4.26
3.45
6,659
10
60,000 Kgs Club
J & M Barr
Calderglen Eden
C. Investment Bond
61,142
3.38
3.09
3,956
8
P Coryn & J Pollard
Pam Ayrs Right On Rosie
Horizon Ranger Red
60,001
4.64
3.49
4,878
6
I H Fisher
Crailloch Dancing Queen
L. Barnultoch Dewroy
61,585
3.47
3.04
4,005
9
Crailloch Dunnock
L. Barnultoch Dewroy
63,339
3.78
3.09
4,356
7
W J G Hunter
Ardmore Tulip 11
Bonnie Brae Heligo
65,119
4.43
3.31
5,041
7
Messrs Mattinson
Calderglen Goldenbell
M. Milestone Emerald
61,308
4.07
3.27
4,501
10
Calderglen Gwen
M. Milestone Emerald
76,698
4.46
3.47
6,085
10
Killoch Punch 698
Mawdesley Bright Beam 67,030
4.56
3.25
5,239
12
Myerscough Jess 123
Attwell Amadeus
60,302
4.70
3.32
4,836
6
Troutbeck Quaker Royal 2
Horizon Ranger Red
61,303
4.37
3.03
4,533
8
M W & A Stevenson
Garthland Hawfinch
Garthland Quartz
61,485
5.13
3.84
5,514
7
Stevenson’s Lauren 4
Stevenson’s Integrity
61,130
3.81
3.29
4,339
7
Stevenson’s Marcia 5
Bonnie Brae Tuxedo
63,910
4.32
3.28
4,857
6
R Stewart
Fortfield Dorothy
Ravenhill Final Call
60,944
4.07
3.18
4,421
8
Fortfield Emma 16
McCornick Nelson
64,009
3.89
3.03
4,431
10
Fortfield Megan 6
Humeston Star Quality 63,024
4.06
3.23
4,592
11
Fortfield Tulip 19
Humeston Star Quality 60,198
4.41
3.26
4,613
11
J Suffern
Ravenhill Ethel 334
McCornick Nelson
61,584
4.24
3.20
4,582
6
Ravenhill Fergie 3
B. First Command
63,209
4.24
3.41
4,837
8
Ravenhill May 42
Ravenhill Innisfree
60,044
3.78
3.35
4,283
4
G & G Templeton
Knowe Brown Kate 208
Brieryside Centurian
60,062
4.21
3.50
4,632
6
L J R B & J V Tristram Rogus Ecosystem
Rallonge Liberace
66,446
4.02
3.34
4,896
8
Rogus Election 11
B. First Command
61,596
4.28
3.37
4,716
9
Rogus Emery
Bankend Nucleus
66,468
3.99
3.17
4,757
10
Rogus Rattle 2
Ellerton Double Merit
60,302
4.04
3.26
4,404
9
Production Awards
P Coryn & J Pollard
Pam Ayrs Blazing Rosie
Haresfoot Blaze
8,901
4.68
3.61
738
1
Pam Ayrs Right On Rosie
Horizon Ranger Red
11,109
4.71
3.62
926
5
Star Brood Cows
J Suffern
I Patrick
M Windel
H W Oultram & Co
M Parkes
I Patrick
J B L Young
Ravenhill Tulip 15
Garrett Hall Julie 10
Wroughton Ruby 2
Stamford Freda 15
Highway Banana 15
West Spittal Heather 51
Torpane
Four Stars
Monteith Star Jewel
Two Stars
B. First Command
Two Stars
Mawdesley Bright Beam Two Stars
B. First Command
One Star
Highway Hallmark
One Star
McCornick Nelson
One Star
Horizon Ranger Red
One Star
You Can View More Society Awards By Visiting Our Website At
www.ayrshirescs.org
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Classifications
H Charles
Glwydeth Ontario Lena 2 EX 90 (2) Bankend Lord Ontario (4)
Winter 2012
Glwydeth Jubilant Lena VG 86 Brieryside Jubilant Scot (1)
T R D Christophers
R T & J I Adams
Rosehill’ Black Beauty EX 93 (5) Rosehill Blackthorn (10)
Bigginvale Apple Blossom 10 VG 85 McCornick Navigator (1)
W R C & J E Christophers
Bigginvale Peg 71 VG 85 Craigtown Amber (1)
Rosehill Dolly Moon EX 92 (3) Syke Moonshine (6)
J Adamson & Son
Rosehill Prickly Jean EX 92 (3) Rosehill Blackthorn (5)
Swaites Bridie 5 EX 93 (2) Bankend Right Wing (8)
Rosehill Amberside EX 91 (4) Brieryside Jubilant Scot (8)
Knockenjig Wallpocket 15 EX 92 (2) McCornick Nelson (4)
Rosehill Amberside Reno EX 91 (2) Covey-Farms Reno (4)
Swaites Lorna 6 EX 92 (2) Bankend Right Wing (8)
Rosehill Phenonimoon EX 91 Syke Moonshine (7)
Swaites Nonny 5 EX 92 Rosehill Blackthorn (4)
Rosehill Ann Summers EX 90 Rosehill Viagra (3)
Swaites Felicity 6 EX 91 West Spittal Regiment Red (3)
Rosehill Black Fuschia EX 90 (3) Rosehill Blackthorn (7)
Swaites Loretta EX 91 Bankend Right Wing (7)
Rosehill Blackberry Jelly EX 90 Rosehill Blackthorn (6)
Swaites Bridie 7 EX 90 Brieryside High Profile (4)
Rosehill Verbenna 2 EX 90 Rosehill Black Carnation (4)
Swaites Bonnie Du VG 86 Swaites Duport (1)
P Coryn & J Pollard
Swaites Danette 2 VG 86 Hawksfield Blue Sky (1)
Tregays Rosie 33 EX 95 (7) Ballyclan First Command (10)
Swaites Belle 4 VG 85 Bankend Celebration (1)
Tregays Stella 102 EX 92 (3) McCornick Nelson (6)
Swaites Brown Plum VG 85 Plum Bottom Tridents Lot (1)
Hilltown Star 403 EX 91 (3) Plum Bottom Tridents Lot (5)
Swaites Flo 11 VG 85 Swaites Magnus (1)
Pam Ayrs Hotspot Hawaii VG 87 Walkabout Toure (1)
Swaites Lorna 12 VG 85 Plum Bottom Tridents Lot (1)
East Church Thorny Mary VG 85 Rosehill Blackthorn (1)
Swaites Lorna 13 VG 85 Swaites Duport (1)
Pam Ayrs Bonnie Jenny VG 85 Bonnie Brae Sakic (1)
Swaites Promise 2 VG 85 Ardmore Crown Napier (1)
A Coutts & Sons
D C Alderson
Knutsford Dainty 27 EX 94 (2) Brieryside Jubilant Scot (7)
Atley Hill Centurian Brown Lady EX 91 Brieryside Centurian (3)
Knutsford Dainty 33 EX 92 Rosedale-L Rampage-Red (3)
Atley Hill YBJ Pamela VG 89 Yellow Briar Journalist (2)
Knutsford Flo 108 EX 92 (2) Plum Bottom Tridents Lot (7)
Atley Hill AJ Pamela VG 85 Yellow Briar Journalist (1)
Knutsford Pansy 155 EX 92 (2) Plum Bottom Tridents Lot (7)
A P Arden
Knutsford Pansy 160 EX 90 Kellcrest Ice Man (6)
Green Lane MM Roxana 10 EX 91 (2) Green Lane Marauder (5)
Knutsford Pansy 191 EX 90 McCornick Nelson (4)
Messrs Armstrong
Knutsford Pansy 243 VG 86 Knutsford White Flash (1)
Plaskett Nanette 41 EX 95 (2) Round Bush Edward (8)
Knutsford Flo 196 VG 85 Knutsford White Flash (1)
Plaskett Lucky Charm 267 EX 92 (2) Stamford Milk Link (4)
Knutsford Flo 198 VG 85 Ardmore Crown Napier (1)
Plaskett Miss Norma 22 EX 91 Hunnington Admiral (4)
T Crawford & Co Ltd
Plaskett Janie 100 EX 90 Round Bush Edward (7)
Moorside Marie 7 EX 92 (2) West Mossgiel Star (4)
Plaskett Jolly 222 VG 85 Meikle Laught Top Value (1)
Haresfoot Brazen Sweet Tulip VG 85 Haresfoot Brazen (1)
J Arrowsmith
Longwood Brazen Sandy Rose VG 85 Haresfoot Brazen (1)
Whitecroft Pat 67 EX 91 (2) Bonnie Brae Heligo (6)
Longwood Potter Margot VG 85 Des Prairies Potter (1)
H Batty
C J Creeper
Willowfields Conceit EX 91 Harperfield Nyjinsky (4)
Glyngarth Laros Melody EX 92 (2) Des Chamois Pat Laro (6)
Barr Dollar Princess 37 VG 89 West Mossgiel Aramis (2)
Middle Bam Maiden VG 85 Haresfoot Bamboozle (1)
H Bolderstone
R & R B Cunningham
Liverton Butter Beam VG 87 Sanderson Butter Gold (1)
Barr Astral Maid 34 EX 93 (5) Barr Quicksilver (9)
Messrs Bolderston & Partners
West Mossgiel Lizzie 47 EX 93 (3) Morwick Sand Ranger Red (5)
Marsh View Stella 3 EX 92 (3) STBVQ Rubens (6)
West Mossgiel Mayflower 185 EX 91 Changuefarm Cheer Up Red (3)
Marsh View Rampage Conceit EX 90 R.-L Rampage Red (4)
West Mossgiel Miss Wilson 42 VG 86 STBVQ Rubens (1)
Bostock Bros
West Mossgiel Cherub 197 VG 85 West Mossgiel Aramis (1)
Sunrise Green Thorn EX 90 Green Lane Marshall (5)
West Mossgiel Cora 99 VG 85 West Mossgiel Aramis (1)
R A Bown
West Mossgiel Cora 100 VG 85 Sterndale Rose Royce Red (1)
Sandyford Anne 9 EX 94 (5) McCornick Nelson (7)
West Mossgiel Cora 102 VG 85 West Mossgiel Seafarer (1)
Loukat Lucky EX 93 Ardrossan E V Kate’s Trident (3)
West Mossgiel Mayflower 208 VG 85 West Mossgiel Aramis (1)
W Brassington
West Mossgiel Queen Of The Ring 2 VG 85 W. M. Seafarer (1)
Attwell Lady Marina 15 EX 94 (4) Forever Schoon MM Cornelius (9)
West Mossgiel Robins Carrie 2 VG 85 Changuefarm Robin Red (1)
Heavenly Talent Rae EX 91 Ladino Park Talent (3)
L Davidson & Son
A H Brown (Hayling Island) Ltd
Halmyre Urr Floralin 144 EX 93 Halmyre Urr Viceroy (3)
Northney May 53 VG 85 Rosehill Slightly Magic (1)
M D Evans
H Caldwell & Sons
East Church Robbies Blossom EX 92 East Church Rob Roy (10)
Wee Barwheys Blossom 13 VG 85 Overside Dundee (1)
East Church Admirals Blissful EX 91 (3) Hunnington Admiral (10)
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East Church Spiritual Snow Owl EX 91 Brocklehill Happy Spirit (9)
Cordwell Eleanor 3 EX 90 Bigginvale Pansys Lad (4)
East Church Nattys Eclypse EX 90 Killoch Progressor (10)
Cordwell Stella 20 EX 90 Bigginvale Pansys Lad (4)
I C Gilmour & Sons
Gilfach Tryst Flo VG 89 Changue Tryst (2)
Barr Brown Sugar 2 EX 92 Barr Apache (3)
R Kite
Humeston Bookman Countess VG 86 West Port Bookman Red
Tessvale Baby 9 EX 90 Brocklehill Buccaneer (3)
J & R Gray
A & S Lawrie
Goldstone Mabel 127 EX 93 McCornick Navigator (5)
Cuthill Towers Radar Ray 13 VG 88 Hunnington Mandella (1)
Goldstone Bessie 169 EX 91 Brieryside Super Star (9)
Cuthill Towers Mystic Molly 6 VG 87 C. T. Prince Freddie (1)
Goldstone Bessie 197 EX 91 Ravenhill Enterprise (5)
G Lawrie & Sons
Goldstone Tarter 211 EX 91 Goldstone Lucky Chap (4)
Brieryside Doris Day EX 92 Noremead Supreme Red (3)
Goldstone Bess 81 EX 90 Ravenhill Enigma (3)
Brieryside Edna EX 92 (2) Morwick Sand Ranger Red (5)
Goldstone Bessie 185 EX 90 Goldstone Proteintious (8)
Brieryside Paulette 46 EX 92 Noremead Supreme Red (3)
Goldstone Bessie 194 EX 90 Hilltown Hijack (7)
Muirston Andrea 16 EX 92 (2) Horizon Ranger Red (9)
Goldstone Flop 92 EX 90 Hunnington Admiral (9)
Brieryside Patsy 38 EX 91 Noremead Supreme Red (3)
Goldstone Flop 106 EX 90 Brieryside Super Star (5)
Brieryside Trivova 19 EX 91 Morwick Royal Double (4)
Goldstone Imp 97 EX 90 Meikle Laught Triple Crown (10)
Brieryside Pauline 54 EX 90 McCornick Nelson (5)
Goldstone Imp 122 EX 90 Goldstone Lucky Chap (4)
Brieryside Princess Pauline 54 EX 90 McCornick Nelson (5)
Goldstone Mabel 111 EX 90 Hunnington Admiral (8)
Brieryside Centurian Dorothy VG 86 Brieryside Centurian (1)
Goldstone Mabel 117 EX 90 Goldstone Proteintious (8)
Brieryside Stadel Princess VG 86 Poos Stadel Classic (1)
Goldstone Mabel 132 EX 90 Goldstone Great Legs Babe (3)
Barr Chatter Lottie VG 85 K C Roses Chatter Red (1)
Goldstone Bessie 219 VG 86 Lagace Modem (1)
Brieryside Centurian Edna VG 85 Brieryside Centurian (1)
Goldstone Bessie 233 VG 85 Rosehill Slightly Magic (1)
Brieryside Centurian Princess Pauline 61 VG 85 B. Centurian (1)
P Halliwell
Brieryside Executive Lille Anne VG 85 Waxham Executive (1)
Keysmount Rambler VG 85 Keysmount King (1)
Brieryside Modem Ann VG 85 Lagace Modem (1)
S Harrison
Brieryside Supreme Cherry 3 VG 85 Noremead Supreme Red (1)
Meathop Stealth Randy VG 85 KVisserdale Stealth (1)
Knowe White Kate 164 VG 85 Changue Tryst (1)
D R & J Heasman
R G, A & R T Lloyd
Pylon Eurotrack 4 EX 90 Highway Billy Ruffian (3)
Middle Lady Emerald MMS EX 90 (2) Middle Marlows Son (4)
Pylon Rita VG 85 Twemlow Admiral Glen (1)
Middle Lakeside Crummie EX 90 Morwick Lakeside King Red (4)
T Howe
Middle Mitzy MLK 2 EX 90 Morwick Lakeside King Red (4)
Gadles Saphire 3 EX 92 (3) Shady Walnut Conn (5)
Middle Molli MMB EX 90 Middle Brown Bomber (4)
Meikle’s Cherry Fine 49 EX 91 Bonnie Brae Heligo (10)
A F & S G Loud & Sons
Gadles Cherrysweet EX 90 Lagace Modem (3)
Combebow Polka Dot 9 VG 85 Rosedale Accolade-Red (1)
Gadles Foxtrot EX 90 Rosehill Blackthorn (6)
Museum Of Scottish Country Life
Gadles Ice EX 90 Kellcrest Ice Man (7)
Kittochside Candy EX 92 (2) East Church Ross (4)
J Howie
Kittochside Nora EX 91 East Church Ross (5)
Muirside Jenny 2 EX 91 K C Roses Chatter-Red (3)
Kittochside Nora Louise EX 91 (3) Castern Commodore (6)
I Hutchinson
Kittochside Tulip 2 VG 85 East Church Ross (1)
Tontine Lot Heather EX 93 (4) Plum Bottom Tridents Lot (7)
M J & D Needham & Son
Tontine Gold Rhoda EX 92 Stamford Welsh Gold (4)
Heydale Ovoid 228 EX 90 Stamford Winning Flash (5)
Tontine Magic Tiggy EX 92 (3) Rosedale Mr Magic (6)
P Nelson
Tontine Magic Vickie EX 91 (2) Rosedale Mr Magic (5)
Haresfoot Autumn Rae EX 92 (2) Cuthill Towers Autumn Gold (6)
Tontine Tig Eve VG 85 Tontine Tigman (1)
A Norbury
P & T Jeffries
Booth’s Ideal 38 EX 92 Stamford Horatio (3)
Patshill White Rose EX 93 (3) Horseclose Fortune Seeker (8)
Booth’s Madge 5 EX 92 (2) Booth’s Milton (5)
Stretton Connie 15 EX 91 (2) Stretton Triple Prime (6)
Middle Oranje MMS EX 92 (2) Middle Marlows Son (4)
Knutsford Pansy 240 VG 86 Knutsford White Flash (1)
Booth’s Ideal 34 EX 91 (2) Booth’s Milton (6)
Park Head Wren 7 VG 86 Craigtown Panther (1)
Booth’s Peach 18 EX 90 Hunday Major Red (6)
Twemlow Lady Shamrock 17 VG 86 Twemlow Admiral Glen (1)
Haresfoot Modem Pamela VG 86 Lagace Modem (1)
Park Head Brenda 17 VG 85 Craigtown Panther (1)
H W Oultam & Co
Penrhallt Kanvas 9 VG 85 Harperfield Nyjinsky (1)
Stamford Princess 18 EX 92 (4) Stamford Trigger (6)
E Jones
Stamford Punch 14 EX 92 (2) Stamford Trigger (5)
Acton Nelson Heather Honey EX 90 McCornick Nelson (4)
Stamford Babs 13 EX 91 (2) Stamford Trigger (4)
Acton Nelson Peggy 3 EX 90 (2) McCornick Nelson (4)
Stamford Esther 44 EX 91 (2) Plum Bottom Tridents Lot (6)
Acton Prize Pretty Madam EX 90 Stamford First Prize (3)
Stamford Marina 91 EX 91 Stamford First Quality (3)
Acton Rita 2 EX 90 (2) Stamford First Prize (5)
Stamford Miss Norma 50 EX 91 (2) Stamford Triple Threat (4)
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Acton Princess Poker EX 90 (2) McCornick Nelson (4)
Carnell Jungle Girl 40 VG 85 Carnell Dream Master (1)
Stamford Babs 16 EX 90 Lagace Modem (3)
Carnell Jungle Girl 42 VG 85 Carnell Warrior (1)
Stamford Miss Norma 54 EX 90 Changue Tryst (3)
W B Templeton
Stamford Quaker Royal 44 EX 90 Changue Back Up (4)
Syke World Sybil EX 93 (2) Syke World Conference (4)
Stamford Wren 3 EX 90 (2) Stamford Trafalgar (4)
Syke Bonnie Sybil VG 86 Blackaddar BB Kellogg (1)
Stamford Wren 4 EX 90 Ardrossan E V Kate’s Trident (3)
G R Thomas
Haresfoot Elegant Kay VG 85 Haresfoot Elegant (1)
Barr Sandy Rose 48 EX 92 (2) Morwick Sand Ranger (4)
Stamford Miss Norma 68 VG 85 Stamford Trigger (1)
Gwynnog Stealth Joybell EX 91 Visserdale Stealth (3)
I D Patrick
Halmyre Urr Jinks 427 EX 91 Halmyre Urr Pinsent (3)
Garrett Hall Felicity 4 EX 93 (2) Brocklehill Buccaneer (6)
Gwynnog Sand Ranger Sailorgirl EX 90 Morwick Sand Ranger (3)
Garrett Hall Julie 31 EX 93 (3) McCornick Nelson (7)
Haresfoot Napier Punch VG 89 Ardmore Crown Napier (2)
Garrett Hall Julie 35 EX 92 (2) East Church Ross (6)
Gwynnog Cruise Control Tilda VG 86 W. M. Cruise Control (1)
Garrett Hall Julie 53 EX 91 Brieryside Super Star (3)
Gwynnog Easlad Flare VG 85 Hunnington BBK Easlad (1)
Garrett Hall Priscilla 260 EX 91 (2) Stamford Triple Threat (7)
Gwynnog White Flash Margot VG 85 Knutsford White Flash (1)
Garrett Hall Julie 47 EX 90 Cuthill Towers Sir Adam (4)
Messrs Thornber
Garrett Hall Jasmine 2 VG 86 Garrett Hall Gladiator (1)
Cherry Tree Dolly Daydream 3 EX 92 (2) B. Jubilant Scot (6)
C Roskilly
Cherry Tree Lisa 13 EX 90 Rosehill Blackthorn (4)
Devas Autumn Time 2 EX 94 (4) Attwell Amadeus (9)
Cherry Tree Miss Eva 16 EX 90 Brieryside Jubilant Scot (4)
Devas Fenela 23 EX 94 (3) Pant James Bond (5)
Cherry Tree Dolly Daydream 11 VG 85 Cherry Tree Cut Above (1)
Devas Dollie 2 EX 92 (3) Attwell Amadeus (7)
E T Tomlinson & Son
Devas Helen 6 EX 92 (3) Brocklehill Bank Book (7)
Sandyford Clover 10 EX 97 (4) K C Roses Chatter T Red (7)
Devas Nancy 14 EX 91 (2) Devas Black Rajah (4)
Millford Lark 19 EX 96 (4) Horizon Ranger Red (8)
Devas Fair Lady 4 EX 90 Castern Commodore (6)
Sandyford Fable 3 EX 94 (3) Attwell Admiral (5)
Devas Fancy 14 EX 90 Castern Commodore (5)
Sandyford Margot 15 VG 86 Sterndale Rose Royce Red (1)
Devas Fenela 18 EX 90 (2) Attwell Amadeus (8)
C Walters
Devas Sunlight 27 EX 90 Mawdesley Bright Beam (4)
Lyner Brandysnap 10 EX 94 (5) Meggitt Amigo (12)
Devas Fairlady 9 VG 85 Palmyra Jerrys Rhythm (1)
Lyner Winners Prudence EX 93 (3) Hunnington Triple Winner (8)
Devas Helen 17 VG 85 Meggitt Amigo (1)
Lyner Annabelle 2 EX 92 (4) Moorlands Fire Rebel (6)
A J & S M Sanders
Halstock Renegade Kitz EX 91 (3) Mika Indian Renegade (8)
Sandersfarms Ashlyn Biddy EX 90 Orrayd (3)
Lyner Brandysnap 16 EX 91 Moorlands Fire Rebel (6)
D & C Sanderson
Moorland Japonica 2 EX 91 (3) Lyner Blue Benji (7)
Sanderson ES Buntie 161 EX 90 Sanderson Extra Special (3)
Lyner Cherry Pie EX 91 Mardel Plata (6)
Sanderson ES Bunty EX 90 Sanderson Extra Special (3)
Lyner Dark Chocolate 10 EX 90 Stamford Triple Threat (3)
Sanderson Fiord Whiterose EX 90 Changue Fiord (3)
Lyner Gerda 19 EX 90 Lyner Tank Topper (4)
Sanderson White Rose MCNE 9 McCornick Nelson (5)
Lyner Laura 5 EX 90 Rosehill Blackthorn (4)
Sanderson Breakaway Black Lizzie VG 86 S. Break Away (1)
Lyner Polka EX 90 Des Chamois Pat Laro (3)
Sanderson GT Miss Mary VG 86 Sanderson Gold Top (1)
Lyner Pollyanna 4 EX 90 Lyner Ferdinand (3)
Sanderson LFE Buntie 442 VG 86 Sanderson Lost For Ever (1)
Lyner Tryst Camelia 6 VG 85 Changue Tryst (1)
Sanderson BJS Bright Scot VG 85 Brieryside Jubilant Scot (1)
D B & C A Walters
Sanderson Breakaway Sunny 2 VG 85 Sanderson Break Away (1)
Clynmelyn Miss Norma EX 92 Stamford Double Top (5)
Sanderson LFE Isobell VG 85 Sanderson Lost For Ever (1)
Acton Nelson Peggy EX 91 McCornick Nelson (6)
Sanderson LFE Susan 325 VG 85 Sanderson Lost For Ever (1)
Clynmelyn Monica EX 90 Hunnington Storom (3)
A J Steel
Clynmelyn Stella VG 86 Hunnington Storom (1)
Low Semple Sandra 95 EX 92 (2) Round Bush Commander (8)
Haresfoot Easlad Jessy VG 85 Hunnington BBK Easlad (1)
Low Semple Annette 82 EX 90 (2) Low Semple Treble Chance (6)
H & J E Watson
R Stevenson
New Close Camilla 14 EX 90 Brieryside Canadian Commander (7)
Changue Precious 9 EX 91 (3) Changuefarm Allan Red (7)
New Close Muriel 20 EX 90 Brieryside Canadian Commander (5)
G & R Templeton
W & A Watson
Carnell Snowdrop 185 EX 92 (4) Carrousel Regiment Red (6)
Muir Regiment Isla EX 90 Carrousel Regiment Red (4)
Carnell Cherry 34 EX 91 (2) Brieryside Senator (6)
P G & S Williams
Carnell Jungle Girl 34 EX 91 (2) Carnell Bright Crown (4)
Acton Saltire Peggy EX 94 (2) Stevenson’s Saltire (4)
Carnell Meg 81 EX 91 (2) STBVQ Rubens (5)
Middle Lady Milestone E EX 93 (2) Middle Milestone Emerald (5)
Carnell Jungle Girl 28 EX 90 Bankend Celebration (5)
Heydale Ginny 90 EX 91 Rosehill Blackthorn (5)
Carnell Snowdrop 269 VG 86 Muirston Top Brass (1)
Pylon Ambo 8 EX 90 Hunnington BBK Easlad (5)
Carnell Dewdrop 44 VG 85 Carnell Dream Master (1)
Willhome Jake Pansy VG 86 Holmland Jake Red (1)
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Willhome Carousel Mary VG 85 Willhome Carousel (1)
G & G Templeton
Willhome Gold Brenda 2 VG 85 Cuthill Towers Autumn Gold (1)
Knowe White Kate 175 VG 86 Green Lane World Leader (1)
Willhome Samsson Amanda VG 85 Mark Samsson (1)
Knowe Favourite Beauty 140 VG 85 Green Lane World Leader (1)
J & I Wilson
J G Waterhouse
Middle Jordan Jean EX 92 Rulesmains Jordan Red (3)
Fourth Milestone Polly 2 VG 86 Twemlow Admiral Glen (1)
M Windel
Wroughton Ruby 2 EX 94 (3) Mawdesley Bright Beam (12)
Bulls Classified
Wroughton Flame 2 VG 86 McCornick Nelson (1)
A P Arden
Wroughton Rome VG 86 Wroughton Lord Winston (1)
Green Lane Prodigy EX 93 McCornick Nelson
Wroughton Ruby 3 VG 85 McCornick Nelson (1)
Green Lane World Leader EX 92 Changue Tryst
C Window
H Charles
Hunnington Fragy 12 EX 94 (2) Hunnington BBK Easlad (4)
Knowe Sandy Lad VG 86 Lagace Ristourn
Hunnington Fragrance 45 EX 93 (3) Hunnington Bequest (5)
R & R B Cunningham
Hunnington Easled 5 EX 91 Hunnington Admiral (4)
West Mossgiel Aramis EX 95 Morwick Sand Ranger Red
Hunnington Pansy 190 EX 91 (2) McCornick Nelson (4)
I C Gilmour & Sons
Knutsford Pansy 190 EX 91 (2) McCornick Nelson (4)
Humeston Gold And Silver EX 94 Humeston Gold Star
Stretton Rose 20 EX 91 Stretton Triple Prime (4)
P Halliwell
Hunnington Easled 6 EX 90 Hunnington Admiral (4)
Keysmount Caldervale VG 86 Middle Keysmount
Hunnington Fragrance 50 EX 90 Blackaddar BB Kellogg (3)
G Lawrie & Sons
Hunnington Snowflake 6 EX 90 Blackrock Coral Reef (6)
Middle Flamboyant EX 90 Brieryside Cream Center
Hunnington Fragrance 55 VG 89 Castern Tornado (2)
J & R Rankin
Hunnington Admiral Annabelle 2 VG 88 Hunnington Admiral (1)
Sandyford Lucky Charm EX 94 Sandyford Sweet Chariot
Hunnington Joybell 83 VG 87 Hunnington Mandella (1)
R Stevenson
Hunnington Honesty 3 VG 86 McCornick Navigator (1)
Changue Pendulum EX 91 Changue Tryst
Hunnington Fragy 15 VG 85 Hunnington BBK Easlad (1)
Changue Stadium EX 94 Stadel
M Young
Changue Cornfield VG 88 Anderlini’s Willyboy
West Spittal Heather 65 EX 94 (6) Brieryside Jubilant Scot (9)
J Suffern
West Spittal Heather 95 EX 94 (2) Des Chamois Pat Laro (4)
Ravenhill Time Zone EX 90 B Jurist
West Spittal Caress 22 EX 93 (2) Carrousel Distrigene Red (5)
C Walters
West Spittal Caress 31 EX 92 McCornick Navigator (3)
Lyner Dark Chocoholic EX 90 Palmyra Jerrys Rhythm
West Spittal Elevation 3 EX 92 Palmyra Pardner Baltimore (3)
Haresfoot Bellissimo VG 85 Mapleburn Remington
West Spittal Heather EX 92 (4) West Spittal Regiment Red (5)
West Spittal Heather 76 EX 91 McCornick Nelson (6)
West Spittal Heather 103 EX 91 Palmyra Pardner Baltimore (3)
Muirston Whim 48 EX 90 Noremead Supreme Red (3)
The Ayrshire
Cattle
Society
would like to
wish everyone a
Merry Xmas and
a Happy New
Year.
West Spittal Caress 28 EX 90 Ardrossan E V Kate’s Trident (3)
West Spittal Elevation 4 EX 90 McCornick Navigator (3)
West Spittal Heather 84 EX 90 (2) West Spittal Regiment Red (5)
West Spittal Heather 101 EX 90 West Spittal Regiment Red (3)
West Spittal Mistletoe 17 VG 85 West Spittal M Line (1)
CSA LIFT Extras
D W Berresford & Son
Heydale Potter Bronara VG 87 Des Prairies Potter (1)
Heydale Double Elaine VG 86 Heydale Brooklyn (1)
W R C & J E Christophers
Rosehill Abracadabra VG 85 Rosehill Slightly Magic (1)
B Coombe
Coombe Queenie VG 85 Ardmore Crown Napier (1)
W J G Hunter
Ardmore Miranda VG 86 Rosehill Slightly Magic (1)
A & S Lawrie
Cuthill Towers Miss Brownie 3 VG 86 Cuthill Towers Romeo (1)
J A McGarva
Horseclose Georgie 6 VG 86 Horseclose Einstein (1)
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Club
News
40,000kg Cow - 1-Sunnybank Eden 5 (Brieryside Jubilant Scot)
- D & C Galbraith, 2-Plaskett Nanette 41 (Roundbush Edward) Messrs Armstrong, 3-Myerscough Jess (Attwell Amadeus) - Messrs
Mattinson.
We would like to say thank you to Robert and Colin for supporting our
club and judging our competitions this year, and to all club members
for entering and the hospitality enjoyed on our way round the county.
To all Ayrshire Breeders and enthusiasts in the North
Wales regions - A request to start a new club for the above
Derbyshire
areas has been made to the Society. If you are from any of
these or surrounding areas and wish to be involved please
contact the office to express your interest on 01292 267123 or
email: society@ayrshirescs.org.
We were invited by the Staffordshire Club to join them for a stockjudging
event at Lower Foker Farm, Meerbrook by kind permission of the
Needham Family. It was a very wet day and unfortunately the
attendance was low as many people either could not get through the
flooded roads or they were busy getting cows back inside. Those
who were able to attend were treated to two excellent classes of
cows and this was followed by a super spread of refreshments.
David Edwards travelled around Derbyshire and Staffordshire at the
end of July to complete the judging of the Youngstock competition.
He enjoyed the hospitality of our members and saw some excellent
young animals – the results are as follows: Over 12 Months – Platts
Rosebowl - 1-Bigginvale Herd – R T & J I Adams, 2-Tessvale Herd R C Adams, 3-Heydale Herd – D W Berresford & Son
Best 3 Heifers In Calf – Berresford Cup - 1-R T & J I Adams, 2-D
W Berresford & Son, 3-M J & D Needham
Ayr
Congratulations to the Young Family, West Spittal who had the
Champion Ayrshire at the West of Scotland Dairy Show with Reserve
going to the Lawrie Family, Cuthill Towers. Thanks must go to the
judge for the evening, Mr Robin Barr.
Forthcoming Events:
11th January 2013 - Presentation Dinner, Royal Hotel, Cumnock
with after dinner speaker Mr Alex Kirkpatrick, Barr, Sanquhar.
31st January 2013 - Interclub Quiz Night at Catrine House.
3rd March 2013 - Club Bowling Evening.
Cumberland
Our Annual Calf Show was held on the Wednesday evening of
Bakewell Show in early August and we had an excellent turnout of
calves and handlers for our master judge, Mr Robert Bailey – a full
report appears separately in the journal. At the end of August, Robin
and Iona Barr travelled down to judge our annual herds competition
and were hosted by Peter and Elaine Berresford and family, as
winners of last year’s herd competition. Robin spent three days
travelling around Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire visiting
seven herds. After seeing a lot of excellent cattle and experiencing
our members’ hospitality, he mulled over the final placings during his
train journey home. The results of the 2012 Herds Competition
are as follows: Herd on Production and Inspection – Silcock
Cup - 1-Sandyford Herd - E T Tomlinson & Son, 2-Bigginvale Herd R T & J I Adams, 3-Whitecroft Herd – JD & BF Broadley & Sons
Herd on Inspection Only – J D & B F Broadley Trophy 1-Bigginvale Herd - R T & J I Adams, 2-Tessvale Herd - R C Adams,
3-Bradnop Herd - M Needham
Herd on Production Only – Dalgety Trophy - 1-Sandyford Herd E T Tomlinson & Son, 2-Whitecroft Herd - J D & B F Broadley & Sons,
3-Bigginvale Herd - R T & J I Adams
Cow in Milk – Gilman Cup - 1-Sandyford Clover 10 (KC Roses
Chatter Red) - ET Tomlinson & Son, 2-Heydale Winsome 116
(Kellcrest Happiness) - D W Berresford & Son, 3=Whitecroft Cathy
10 (Castern Commodore) - J D & B F Broadley & Sons and Tessvale
Cherryleaf 13 (Grandage Bright Spark) - R C Adams
Cow Dry & In Calf – T Bennett Memorial Cup - 1-Heydale Winsome
113 (Elegance Amiral) - D W Berresford & Son, 2-Whitecroft Nellie 33
(Stretton Triple Prime) - J D & B F Broadley & Sons , 3-Tessvale Freda
3 (Tessvale Mark) - R C Adams
Best Bull – Crossfield Trophy - 1-Whitecroft Edwin (B Jurist) - J
D & B F Broadley & Sons, 2-Bigginvale Gizmo (Palmyra Pardner
Baltimore) - R T & J I Adams, 3-Beltonville Warrior (Bigginvale Pansys
Lad) - D & C Gibson
Best 3 Heifers In Milk – Johnson Trophy - 1-Heydale Winsome
129, Heydale Double Elaine & Heydale Potter Bronara - D W
Berresford & Son, 2-Tessvale Tina 10, Tessvale Mary 22 & Tessvale
Stella - R C Adams, 3-Whitecroft Emmie 28, Whitecroft Doreen 19 &
Whitecroft Sunshine 11 - J D & B F Broadley & Sons
Best Cow & 2 Daughters – Agriplan Cup - 1-Heydale Winsome
97, 109 & 113 - D W Berresford & Son, 2-Milford Lark 20 & daughters
- E T Tomlinson & Son, 3-Whitecroft Nellie 35, 42, 43 - J D & B F
Broadley & Sons
Best 6 Daughters by One Bull – Derbyshire Farm Feeds Cup 1-Heydale Blizzard - DW Berresford & Son, 2-Mark Samsson - R C
Adams, 3-McCormick Navigator - M J & D Needham
The club held its annual stockjudging at the home of our club
chairman, Mike Cartner, at Low Ploughlands Farm, Kirkbampton, at
the beginning of August. A well attended evening saw club members
and friends judge a class of in-calf heifers and a class of cows.
Results - Junior - 1-Katrina Shirvinton, 2-Amy Armstrong, 3-James
Shirvinton. Senior - 1-P Halliwell, 2-S Armstrong, 3-I Coulthard.
The winners of the sweepstake were Barry Gillespie for the seniors
and James Shirvinton for the juniors. We would like to thank Mike and
Shirley and their helpers for hosting the event, and Michael Shirvinton
for acting as master judge.
The next item on the clubs program was the herds competition. Mr
Robert Adams from Derbyshire acted as our master judge. Over
three days Robert and his wife Jennifer visited herds the length and
breadth of the county. The weather wasn’t kind to us but added to
the experience! The results are as follows.
Small Herd - 1-Messrs Armstrong, Plaskettlands, 2-Kirkby &
Longworth, Sella Farm, 3-M Cartner, Low Ploughlands.
Large Herd - 1-Messrs Mattinson, Rosewain, 2-Messrs Whiteford,
Middle Farm, 3-D & C Sanderson, Thackthwaite Hall.
Individual Cow - 1-Troutbeck Antic 17 (L-Maples Ace of Hearts
- Messrs Mattinson, 2-Plaskett Nanette 41 (Roundbush Edward) Messrs Armstrong, 3-Middle Georgette (Middle Maverick) - N & J
Armstrong.
Individual Heifer - 1-Middle MRE Jessie (Middle Red Emerald) Messrs Whiteford, 2-Blencow Petula - Messrs Fawcett, 3-Troutbeck
Touchdown Jess (Rosedale Touchdown) - Messrs Mattinson.
Youngstock - 1-Paul Halliwell, Keysmount Farm, 2-Messrs
Armstrong, 3 M Cartner.
Overall Herd - 1 Messrs Armstrong, Plaskettlands, 2-Messrs
Mattinson.
The Progeny Competition took place on Friday 12th October. Our
judge was Colin Davidson from Halmyre. The club secretary Annabell
and president Nick were Colin and Margaret’s hosts for the day.
Mother and Daughter - 1-Messrs Mattinson - Troutbeck Oranje,
2-D & C Sanderson - Sanderson Breakaway, 3-Messrs Fawcett Blencow Daphne.
Two cows by one sire - 1-Messrs Mattinson - L-Maples Ace of
Hearts, 2nd Messrs Armstrong - Roundbush Edward, 3rd D & C
Sanderson - Sanderson Extra Special.
Two heifers by one sire - 1-Messrs Armstrong - Rosehill Blackthorn,
2-D & C Sanderson - Sanderson Lost for Ever, 3-Messrs Fawcett Muir Mr Magic.
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Devon
Lanark & District
Despite the bad weather all the shows that did go ahead had a good
representation of Ayrshires. Well done to everyone for making an
effort to attend, despite the difficult year and several rearranged show
dates.
Lanark & District Ayrshire Cattle Club held their Annual Calf Show in
July at Langside Farm, Kirkfieldbank by kind permission of the Gray
family. Richard Baynes, Marley Cote Walls, Hexham was the judge.
Winning both Best Handler and Champion calf was James Hay with
Cuthill Towers Burdette Eileen. Reserve champion calf was Swaites
Margaret Ann 16. Full Calf Show results can be seen in the Calf Show
section on page 20.
The Devon Club had a wonderful day out down at Helsett Farm at the
end of July, by kind invitation of Eila Allen. Our Master Judge for the
day was Jim Pearce; everybody had fun picking their favourite cow.
August saw the first All Breeds Calf Show at Exeter Livestock Centre,
with excellent entries both in the handling competitions and the calf
classes. Some of the exhibitors also made their way down to the
South West All Breeds Calf Show at the Royal Cornwall Showground.
We were delighted to see again more entries on last year in our Herds
Competition in September, kindly judged by Colin Christophers.
The week was concluded with a BBQ at Blannicombe Farm. The
meetings this year have been well attended.
The Herds Competition was held in August and judged by Bryce
Sloan, Ryemuir, Lochmaben.
Results:
Small Herds - 1-J & J Kinloch, Walton 2-R & D Carruth, Auchensale,
3- Museum of Country Life, Kittochside.
Best individual cow - Auchensale Jurist Milkette by B Jurist.
Large Herds -1-A Gray & Son, Langside, 2- J & R Rankin,
Badenheath, 3-W S Millar & Son, Newlands.
Best individual cow - Caldervale Susan 68 EX 90 (Sir Ridgedale
Rustler- Red)
Best Overall Herd - J & J Kinloch
Heifer Team - 1- A Gray & Son, Langside, Kirkfieldbank, 2- J & J
Kinloch, 3- J & C Millar, Craigends.
Best Individual heifer - Langside Kitty 6 (Holmland Ferrari)
Progeny - 1- W S Millar & Son (Humeston Instructor), 2- J & C Millar
(Knowe Sandy), 3-J & R Rankin (Badenheath Sandstorm)
Highest Production Team - W S Millar & Son
Highest Inspection Team - J & C Millar
Best Individual - Craigends Snowflake (Knowe Sandy)
Wishing all members a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new
year.
Dumfries
The Dumfries Club held their annual Herds Competition in May, in
beautiful sunshine. The judge was Adam Montgomerie, Lessnessock.
Results were as follows:
Rodney Fortnum Trophy – Progeny Group (3 heifers, same
sire) - 1-Halmyre - (Howie’s Stealth) - K Davidson, 2-Redbank (Brocklehill Lincoln) - J Bell
T.R.L. Trophy - Individual Heifer - 1-Caerlaverock Kiss 3rd (Welberger Sonlight) - Messrs Brown, Newfield, 2-Halmyre Urr
Ladybird 442 – (Howie’s Stelth) - K Davidson, Halmyre, 3-Ryemuir
Rose Spankie – (Sterndale Rose Royce Red) - W Sloan & Co, Ryemuir
H & H Challenge Cup - Individual Cow - 1-Halmyre Urr Floralin
144 - (Howie’s Inimitable) - Halmyre, 2-Muirside Mavis 21 - (Sellcrest
Ad Chris Red) - Muirside Farms, 3-Redbank 232 - Redbank
Closeburn Cup - 50,000kgs Cow - 1-Halmyre Urr Louise 175
- (Badenheath Sir Lawrence) - Halmyre, 2-Halmyre Urr Ladybird Halmyre, 3-Keir Mains Juniper 30 - (Stamford First Prize) - W Young
Wyllie Cup - Mother & Daughter - 1-Keir Mains Vespa 44 &48 (Almere Pericles & Baileys Red Rock Red) - W Young, Waterside,
2-Redbank 185 & 362, 3-Ryemuir Kian Spankie & Rose Spankie
(Kian & Sterndale Rose Royce Red) - Ryemuir
Oliver & Snowden Shield – Best Calving Index - 1-Halmyre (396
days), 2-Keir Mains (398 days), 3-Muirside (404 days)
Minsups Challenge Cup - Highest yielding herd in year 2011
1-Muirside - 8974 kgs, 2-Halmyre - 8595 kgs, 3-Ryemuir - 8565 kgs
Dalziel Cup - Best small Herd - 1-Ryemuir - W Sloan & Co, 2- Keir
Mains - W Young, 3-Redbank - J Bell,
Howie Cup - Best large Herd - 1st Muirside - Muirside Farms,
2-Halmyre - K Davidson, 3-Newfield - Messrs Brown
A big thank you to all the competitors who took part on these days
and to the judges for dedicating their time.
North West
It has been a fairly quiet time for the club since our last report.
Everybody has been waiting for Summer.
We held a judging afternoon at John Watson’s on the 8th July with
quite a good turn out, with everybody having an enjoyable afternoon.
We would like to thank the Watson family for hosting the event. The
Watson family had a reduction sale on the 28th August at Ulverston
Market, with the top price of 1900 gns and an average of 1,300 gns.
John was very pleased with the sale and also the help given by their
local auction Mart.
Congratulations must go the following:
Ian Patrick on winning all the local shows and all breeds at Gargrave;
Frank Thornber who has shown cattle at all shows, with the help of Bill
Bruce and Martin Wall; Bobby Cranshaw who won reserve champion
at Westmorland Show. Well done for keeping the Ayrshire classes
going.
Kintyre & District
Congratulations must also go to Andrew Rimmer, one of our young
members, who won champion calf with Haresfoot Maple Ella at the
All Breeds All Britain Calf Show. Andrew purchased the calf at the
Haresfoot Dispersal sale and has also shown her at Cheshire, Great
Yorkshire and other local shows.
Kintyre and District Ayrshire Club held their Annual Herd Competition
on Friday 13th July 2012, a day with glorious sunshine.
Seven herds were well presented for Mr George Templeton, Knowe,
Auchinleck, to judge and place in order. A good turnout of spectators
followed round the herds during the day, and in the evening, after
dinner in the Argyll Hotel, Bellochantuy, Mrs Jan Templeton presented
the prizes as follows:
Carrs Cup – Best Large Herd & the SAI Cup for best overall
herd - 1-J & M Barr, Clochkeil, 2-A C Millar, Ballygreggan, 3-J
Barbour & Co, Machriebeg.
George M Reid Memorial Cup – Best small herd - A C Millar,
Ballygreggan.
Volac Cup – Best Individual Cow - 1J & M Barr - Calderglen Raffia
(Calderglen Lancelot), 2-M Ronald (Maisie by McCornick Navigator),
3-J Barbour & Co (Sire: Bankend Last Stand).
At the end of September we lost one of our members, Harry
Richardson. Harry has been nearly blind for quite a while but until the
last twelve months he still enjoyed coming to meetings and other club
events. Our sincere sympathy goes to Harry’s family.
Albert Pye, one of our founder members was 92 years young this year.
Albert is still an active member of the club, and may he continue with
good health and keep coming to our Ayrshire meetings and events.
The club won second and third place in the Slater Cup, only being
pipped at the post by Derbyshire, but the ladies first place was won
by Sheila Kelly. We would like to thank Peter and Joan Sedgwick who
gave their time to judge the herds competition.
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South East
South Wales
2012 Herd Competition results are as follows:
Herd - 1-S Gribble, 2-R Gray, 3-M Howie
Production/Inspection - 1-R Gray, 2-M Howie, 3-J & D Heasman
Bull Progeny - 1-S Grible - Sundridge Darius, 2-R Gray – Goldstone
Great Legs Babe, 3-J & D Heasman – Highway Billy Ruffian
Female Family - 1-S Gribble - Sundridge Desire, 2-Oathall College
- Beautiful Crusader, 3-R Gray - Goldstone Bessie
Champion Cow - 1-Richaven RB Rene - Haldow College,
2-Sundridge Nicolette - S Gribble, 3-Ridley Hill Nikita - M Howie
Production/Inspection Cow - 1-Richaven R B Rene - Hadlow
College, 2-Pylon Jetsam Amy - J & D Heasman, 3-Ridley Hill Dorrie
2- M Howie
Young stock - 1-M Howie, 2-J & D Heasman
Staffordshire
The annual coach trip this year was a one day visit to the Three
Counties Show at Malvern, Worcestershire. Inspite of the weather,
members and friends had a very enjoyable day. The club event in
early July saw little improvement in the weather - some members
travelling through flood water to attend. Many thanks must go to the
the Needham family for kindly hosting a stock judging competition.
Celebrating 70 Years.
2012 has been a milestone year for the South Wales club. April saw
the national Young Breeders Gathering be hosted by us. An enjoyable
time was had by both visitors and hosts, activities included visits to
Gwynnog, Clynmelyn, Gilfach, Willhome and Rhos Herds. It was a
super few days and we look forward to the next event.
Early September saw Brian Moorhouse kindly judging the annual
herds competition, the results being announced at a very successful
presentation dinner attended by over 60 members and friends. The
evening was also attended by Robin Barr, our president, who kindly
gave a most interesting slide show. The Herd Competition Results
were as follows:Best large herd : production/inspection - 1-Whitecroft J D & B F Broadley & Sons, 2-Bigginvale - R T & J I Adams
Best small herd : production/inspection - 1-Dudley Wood G & A Hall, 2-Bradnop - M J & D Needham
Bibby Agriculture Cup - Best cow on production/inspection
1-Whitecroft Miss Brown 5 (McCornick Nelson) - J D & B F Broadley
& Sons, 2-Bigginvale Butterpuff 49 (McCornick Nelson) R T & J I Adams The RHM Cup - Best three homebred females by the same sire
on production/inspection - 1-Dudley Wood Dellboy - G & A Hall,
2-McCornick Nelson - J D & B F Broadley & Sons
Bull progeny – best five daughters by the same sire –Inspection
only - 1-Dudley Wood Dellboy - G & A Hall, 2-Hunnington Jubilant
Boy - D & P Waring
The R K Walker Memorial Trophy - best herd on inspection.
Re-presented as The Cyril Critchlow Memorial Trophy 1-R T & J I Adams, 2-J D & B F Broadley & Sons
Best herd on production - Pauls Agricultural Production Cup
1-G & A Hall, 2-J D & B F Broadley & Sons
Keith Thomas Bowl - best managed Ayrshire heifers
1-G & A Hall, 2-M J &D Needham
Best cow on inspection - 1-Whitecroft Cathy 10 (Castern
Commodore) - J D & B F Broadley & Sons, 2-Tessvale Cherryleaf 13
(Grandage Bright Spark) - C Adams
Best heifer on inspection - 1-Bigginvale Peg 71 (Craigtown Amber
- R T & J I Adams , 2-Dudley Wood Windmill 30 (Dudley Wood
Helman) - G & A Hall
Staffordshire Ayrshire Breeders’ Club Perpetual Challenge
Cup for the best cow or heifer in classes nine or ten Whitecroft Cathy 10
The Normanton Trophy – donated by Mr and Mrs T Ikin for the
best 100% ayrshire cow, or heifer having calved once or more
1-Whitecroft Nellie 38 (Celandine First Lord) - J D & B F Broadley &
Sons, 2-Bradnop Kilda 8 (Ravenhill Enterprise) - M J & D Needham
The Denstone Trophy – donated by Mr. & Mrs. P. Appleby
-Best mother and daughter : production/inspection - 1-Heydale
Winsome 97 & 113 (Bonnie Brae Tuxedo/Elegance Amiral) - D W
Berresford & Son, 2-Whitecroft Anna 46 & 52 (Covey Farms Reno/
Whitecroft Mr Mo) - J D & B F Broadley & Sons
Spillers Perpetual Challenge Cup for the Champion Herd
Winner - J D & B F Broadley & Sons, Reserve - R T & J I Adams
Noah Jenkins (four years) under the watchful eye of Joshua
Slater (three years) at the Young Breeders Gathering
Following this, came our AGM, where officers were elected for the
next 12 months: President - F Griffiths, Chairman - J Thomas, ViceChairman - E Jones, Secretary - S Williams, Treasurer - P Williams
June saw the annual stockjudging day and herd visit, kindly hosted
this year by Geraint Thomas & family, a great day was had viewing
the cows and competiting in the stockjudging, where Geraint Thomas
and Sharon Williams emerged as joint winners this year. Immediately
after this a trip was arranged to see some Cornish herds, a great time
was had by all and massive thanks to the host herds for the trip.
Throughout the summer Ayrshires have remained prominent in the
show ring: Royal Welsh Show - Champion & Supreme Champion
- Middle Lady Milestone E - P & S Williams, Reserve Champion Halmyre Urr Jinks – G & S Thomas. Pembrokeshire County Show
- Champion & Reserve Supreme Champion - Middle Lady Milestone
E - P & S Williams, Reserve Champion - Halmyre Urr Jinks - G & S
Thomas, Reserve Supreme Group of three - P & L Reed, Supreme
team of five - Ayrshires. South Wales All Breeds Calf Show Champion Handler & Calf - Steffan Griffiths. Welsh Dairy Show
- Champion - Halmyre Urr Jinks - G & S Thomas, Reserve Champion
- Haresfoot Napier Punch - G & S Thomas, Heifer Champion &
Supreme Exhibitor Bred Heifer Champion - Willhome Jake Pansy P & S Williams Other shows attended: Cardigan Show – Supreme
Champion - P & L Reed. Fishguard Show - Supreme Champion - P
& S Williams. Vale of Glamorgan - Reserve Supreme Champion - C
Andrews (nee Morgan). Livestock 2012 - 2nd Junior & Intermediate
Cows - G & S Thomas, ABAB Calf Show - 2nd Senior Calf - P & S
Williams
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19th October saw the club celebrate its 70th Anniversary at a dinner
as attendees were reminded of the past from Mr E Perkins (past club
secretary) and to look forward to the future with Mr C Christophers
(President Elect). The evening also saw the results of the herd
competition results to be announced on behalf of our 2012 judge Mr
J Cochrane.
Youngstock - 1-P & S Williams, 2-P & L Reed, 3-G & S Thomas
Heifer In Calf - 1-Haresfoot Ristourn Barbara – Lagace Ristourn P & L Reed, 2-Willhome Brazen Fanny – Haresfoot Brazen P & S Williams, 3-G & S Thomas
Dam & Daughter - 1-Sailor Girl - G & S Thomas, 2-Rosa - P & S
Williams, 3rd – Flo - E Jones
Progeny Group - 1-Cuthill Towers Autumn Gold - P & S Williams,
2-Changue Tryst - E Jones, 3-P & L Reed
Heifer in Milk - 1-Gwynnog Cruise Control Tilda - West Mossigel
Cruise Control - G & S Thomas, 2-Willhome Samsson Amanda Mark Samsson - P & S Williams, 3-P & L Reed
Homebred Cow - 1-Willhome Gold Caroline - Cuthill Towers Autumn
Gold - P & S Williams, 2-Gilfach Tryst Flo - E Jones, 3-G & S Thomas
Best Cow - 1-Halmyre Urr Jinks - G & S Thomas, 2-Middle Lady
Milestone E - P & S Williams, 3-E Jones
Large Herd - 1-P & S Williams, 2-P & L Reed
Small Herd - 1-G & S Thomas, 2-E Jones, 3-H Charles
Champion Herd - 1-P & S Williams, 2-G & S Thomas, 3-P & L Reed
Our thanks must go to everyone who has supported the club in the
past 70 years and long may it continue!
Gordon’s Grove herd, which was a great achievement in what was
again a very strong class. The Results and Stockjudging evening was
held on a sunny evening at Robert & Joanne Fleming’s Mossburnhill
Farm, Templepatrick, and the large crowd attending enjoyed a farm
walk and delicious barbeque. The stockjudging classes were keenly
contested, but top honours (and a special mention) went to Stewart
Baxter who had a clean sweep with full marks in each class!
In late August the annual All Breeds Calf Show was held in the
Pedigree Sales Arena, Moira, with Geraint Thomas from Wales as
our Judge. Geraint commented that he was really pleased with the
quality of the stock in each class and also with the capabilities of our
Young Handlers. (See separate report on pages 18-19).
Our first Club meeting of the season was held at Greenmount College,
local Vet Brian McAuley came to give a presentation and talk to us
about the proposal to eradicate BVD from the province. It was a really
interesting and informative talk and certainly got everyone thinking.
We would like to wish all the Ayrshire Clubs and the Society a very
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Wigtownshire
This year’s spring herds competition was judged by Thomas Gordon
from Northern Ireland. The weather was glorious and the cows really
showed themselves off. He was impressed with the quality of the
cows he saw and placed them as follows: John K Fisher Trophy Best Individual Cow - 1-Non-ped. cow (T. Major Threat) - J McCaig,
Kilhilt, 2-Colfin Jazz 13 (Retinue Red) - A & W A McWilliam, Colfin,
3-Haresfoot Bomber Pamela (B. Brown Bomber) - H Howie
J McKitterick Trophy – Best Cow having given 50,000 kg or
over - 1-Colfin Jazz 8 (Bankend Brown Bomber) - A & W A McWilliam,
2-Changue Gracious 52 (Changue Redbook) J Watson, High Mark,
3-Carsenaw Eunice 29 (C. Towers Royal Mail) - C Service, Moorpark
Archibald Stevenson Trophy for the Best Herd - 1-A & W A
McWilliam, 2-J McColm, Garthland Mains, 3-A Clark, Fineview
Ulster
Our Spring and Summer showing season continued with Ballymena
Show which was held on what must have been the sunniest Saturday
all summer! There was a good show of Ayrshire cattle that came
under the watchful eye of Sidney Galbraith. On this occasion top
honours went to John Suffern winning the Championship with
Ravenhill Tulip 95, a super cow by Ravenhill Conquest and out of
Ravenhill Tulip 73. John also took the Reserve title with Ravenhill
Ethel 404 EX, a daughter of Ardrossan Kate’s Trident and Ravenhill
Ethel 256 EX. Stewart Baxter and James Weatherup also enjoyed
success winning the maiden heifer and calf classes respectively.
In July, the club was involved in running the newly created Howie
Trophy Multi-Breed herds competition. The trophy had been donated
by the Howie family, Wellhouse and the competition was open to all
herds in the Stranraer area regardless of breed. Eight herds competed
on the day ranging from Holstein to Jersey and Brown Swiss, however
the Ayrshires shone through on the day and judge Hugh Kennedy,
Carngillan, placed the McWilliams, Colfin first, Garthland Mains
second and the mixed Holstein and Ayshire herd from the Clarks at
Fineview, third. The competition was a great success and it is hoped
it will continue to go from strength to strength in the years to come.
One of biggest show of Ayrshire cattle is always at Antrim Agricultural
Show, which takes place on the last Saturday in July, and this year
was no exception. John Watson travelled over from Stranraer to take
on the judge’s task, and was delighted with the quantity and quality
of stock that came in front of him. This is one of the few shows that
have Junior Presentation classes, and it is a great opportunity for the
younger members of our society to show off their handling talents
and encourages them for future showing. The junior class was won
by Andrew Gordon, with Sara Henderson in second, the intermediate
class was won by Ellen Henderson with her sister Laura in second
place, and the senior class went to James Weatherup with Stephanie
Farren in second spot. In the Championship however the positions
were reversed, and Stephanie Farren was awarded the Championship
rosette with James Weatherup in reserve. In the cattle classes,
Robert & Caroline McConnell, Raymond Stewart, John & Michael
Hunter and John Suffern all won first prizes with the Championship
being awarded to John and Michael Hunter with the Junior Cow in
Milk winner, Haresfoot Bazooka Ella, with the reserve going to the
cow that was second to her in the class, John and Caroline Suffern’s
Ravenhill Cissie 188. The novice classes were also keenly contested
with the Championship going to Stewart Baxter’s cow in milk, Erne
Victory Ghost, by Sandyford Victory out of Erne Diamond Ghost, and
in Reserve place was Robert & Caroline McConnell’s maiden heifer
Haresfoot Pearl Punch by Auchensale Black Pearl, out of Middle
Punch Emerald Blend. The week following Antrim Show was our
annual Herds competition and we were delighted to welcome Maggie
Howie and her daughter Beth over to judge, and (expertly chauffeured
by Thomas Gordon!) they spent three days travelling the province
selecting the winners for each category. The overall honours went
to Ronnie and Elaine Irwin’s Craigstown herd from Portstewart.
Ronnie and Elaine were thrilled to win the top award against such
strong opposition. The best small herd was Club Chairman Thomas
Everyone was delighted to hear of the safe arrival of John William
Howie (Jack) at Wellhouse on the 23rd July, a wee boy for Hew and
Wilma! Hew made it to Stranraer Show with his cows two days later,
a bit bleary eyed but looking every bit the proud Dad!
At the end of September, Keith Rennie, Brocklehill, judged the autumn
herds competition. We were blessed with one of the few dry days we
have seen for many weeks and the results were as follows;
Best Individual Heifer - 1-Carsenaw Kirsty 44 (West Mossgiel Class
Talent) - C Service, 2-Fineview Potter April (Des Prairies Potter) - A
Clark, 3-High Mark Magic Poppet (Muir Mr Magic) - J Watson
Best Dry Cow - 1-Stevenson Sally 66 (Stevenson’s Saltire) - W
Stevenson, Kirminnoch, 2-Barr Sandy Rose 34 (Dudoc Bacculum) - J
Watson, 3-Culroy Little Dorothy (Barr Regent) - S McDowall, Culroy
Best Cow having Averaged 18kg or more - 1-Barr Blancmange
(Rosedale Rampage Red) - W Stevenson, 2-Fineview Chatter Briar
(KC Roses Chatter) - A Clark, 3-Culroy Amey 65 (Barr Regent) S McDowall
Progeny Team - 1-Knowe Donald - A & WA McWilliam, 2-Garthland
Joseph - J McColm, 3-Muir Mr Magic - J Watson
Mother & Daughter - 1-Non ped. by Tremlow Major Threat &
Muirston Fair Trade - J McCaig, 2-Carsenaw Eunice 34 (Barr Regent)
& Eunice 54 (M. Navigator) - C Service, 3-Garthland Peach (Garthland
Joseph) & Garthland Russette (Garthland Supreme) - J McColm
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