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Royal Welsh Show Show Results

Royal Welsh Show

18th - 21st July 2016

Builth Wells

R Bell, Teviot

Royal Welsh Show 2016
Under a cloudless sky and a blazing sun, Rory Bell of the Teviot flock had a day to remember. The judging took part at the hottest time of the day on the hottest day of the year. Never mind the phrase “Only mad dogs and English men go out in the midday sun”, here it was Scottish and Welshmen and women….but I think even the mad dogs were seeking shelter from the sun!

Taking the top accolades was the aged ram from Tudor Harris who runs 40 ewes at the Bonvilston flock. F2 Cendy was bought at the Builth sale a couple of years back as a tup lamb for £400, and has done very well within the flock, and has a number of shearlings by him heading to the Builth sale later this autumn. This was the first trip out for the B4 Craig Yr Orsedd, and what an impression he made, tall and clean he struck a chord with the judge right from the start and Rory had no hesitation in making him his Champion. Tudor wasn’t finished there, also taking the Reserve female Champion with a gimmer lamb, also making its debut in the show circuit. This stylish lamb was out of the ewe which bred C1 Bonvilston which was sold to Burndale as an aged ram for 4500 gns. She is by T1 Cocklaw after Tudor bought some semen off Martyn Archer specifically for this ewe.

The female Champion came from John and Gareth Jones from the Robleston flock, Haverford West, who run 25 Bluefaced Leicester ewes alongside their dairy herd of 230 cows and Suffolk, Texel and Charolais sheep. This three crop ewe was again related to the C1 Bonvilston, proving that good genetics run deep. She was shown as a ewe lamb, but has not been out since. She has brought up two smart gimmer lambs this year and was in prime condition for the show, full of power and with a tremendous skin.

The Reserve male Champion came from noted breeder Elfyn Owen with his homebred tup G1 Cernyw Gladiator, a really powerful tup with great conformation. He is performance recorded and has some great figures behind him. His sire was C15 Cernyw Muscleman which gives a good indication of where he is coming from! He is out of a ewe bought off Phil May, which was first in its class at the Royal Welsh several years ago and he was the sire to the second prize tup lamb and the fourth prize gimmer lamb out of a strong class of 22. He is no stranger to the show ring, having already won the Welshpool Progeny Show as a lamb. He is the main stock ram for the flock’s 70 Leicester ewes.

Ram Two Shear Or Over

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Ram Two Shear Or Over T R Harris Bonvilston
2nd Ram Two Shear Or Over E Owen Cernyw
3rd Ram Two Shear Or Over R G & R A Jones & Son Robleston

Shearling Ram

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Shearling Ram T R Harris Bonvilston
2nd Shearling Ram T R Harris Bonvilston
3rd Shearling Ram R J H Lewis Meudwy

Ram Lamb

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Ram Lamb R G & R A Jones & Son Robleston
2nd Ram Lamb E Owen Cernyw
3rd Ram Lamb A Bennett

Aged Ewe

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Aged Ewe R G & R A Jones & Son Robleston
2nd Aged Ewe D P May Derwenlas
3rd Aged Ewe M James Duhonw

Shearling Ewe

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Shearling Ewe R G & R A Jones & Son Robleston
2nd Shearling Ewe T R Harris Bonvislton
3rd Shearling Ewe J McLeod Wanstead

Ewe Lamb

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Ewe Lamb T R Harris Bonvilston
2nd Ewe Lamb R G & R A Jones & Son Robleston
3rd Ewe Lamb R G & R A Jones & Son Robleston

Group of three

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Group of three R G & R A Jones & Son Robleston
2nd Group of three E Owen Cernyw

Bluefaced Champions

Category Exhibitor Type
Breed Champion & Male Champion T R Harris Aged Ram
Res. Breed Champion & Female Champion R G & R A Jones & Son Aged Ewe
Res. Female Champion T R Harris Ewe Lamb
Res. Male Champion E Owen Cernyw

Gallery

Male Champion & Overall from T Harris

Female Champion - RG&RA Jones

Res Male Champion E Owen

Res Female Champion T. Harris

Wayne Hutchinson / www.farm-images.co.uk RWAS 2016

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