Mrs Kate Smith, Low Arkland (BFL), Mr W Jones, Powys (Mules)
Welshpool progeny Show 2022.
Once again the progeny show was held in Welshpool Livestock mart and drew a good crowd of sheep in, both pures and mules from all over Wales, and some strong classes and with 17 gimmer lambs forward and 11 tup lambs in their respective classes, as well as many other strong classes, there was plenty for judge Kate Smith, Low Arkland, to work her way through.
Her champion from the individual classes came from the gimmer lamb class where Elfyn Owen, Cernyw reigned supreme. His gimmer lamb certainly caught the eye, she was very sweet and full of style and pedigree. She is by the noted D3 Howlea which was bought by son Ifan at Carlisle as a lamb and resold as a two shear, back up at Carlisle, where he took the championship and sold to the Cocklaw flock. He has bred very well for the flock, including a female Champion at the Royal Welsh. The mother of this ewe has breeding going way back, being by a homebred tup lamb, Cernyw T1, which was born in 2002, with a half share sold to Glenn Shapiro, and by the R1 Carry House. Elfyn also took the reserve male champion with a tup lamb by the noted Addingham B1, after they bought a handful of straws last year. Elfyn had always been a fan of the tup, which was sold as a shearling at Kelso, and felt the time was right to put some of those bloodlines into his sheep. His mother again goes back to the Carry House R1.
The male champion and Reserve overall came from Dewi and Meinir Parry, who run a small flock of just 10 ewes, with R2 Nant-y-Glyd, a stonking tup lamb by the noted Kirkstead K3, a son of the Burndale G1, which has had a glittering show career himself, twice taking the championship at the Royal Welsh. His twin brother was the reserve male champion at Anglesey last week. They have admired the Kirkstead tup and his breeding for a while and invested in some semen last year to bring these bloodlines into their flock. He and his brothers will be heading to the Carlisle sale later this autumn.
In the progeny section it was noted breeder Aled Jones, Craig-yr-Orsedd who came out top, taking home the BFL 60th anniversary Sash, which was draped over his 3 smart March born gimmer lambs all sired by Daisy N4, which he bought out of Builth last year off Marcus Williams. He was by a Woodcroft tup which Aled has been keeping an eye on as he seen progeny by him and was impressed with it. Two of the lambs were out of ewes by the homebred J25, which was the sire to the first prize progeny group of gimmer shearlings too, and one was out of a ewe by another homebred tup, H3.
Taking reserve place in the progeny section were Myrfyn and Gareth Roberts from Anglesey, with a pair of performance recorded tup lamb and gimmer lambs, sired by the homebred P1 Myfyrian which they retained last year. He is a son of the M1 Lowes Fell which has being doing well for them. They had a good day out, bringing a full trailer all the way down, and also picked up both champion and reserve in the mule progeny sections too, winning with 3 Beulah mule gimmer lambs by P8 Myfrian X and reserve with 3 cheviot mules by P5 Myfrian.
The mule classes were won by Owain Rowlands, Rhaydaer, who took champion with a white faced mule and then completed a great day by taking the reserve place with a Beulah mule gimmer lamb too.
Aged Ram
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
Aged Ram
T J & L S R Griffiths
Tyhir
2nd
Aged Ram
Phil Davies
Gornal
3rd
Aged Ram
T R Harris
Bonvilston
4th
Aged Ram
H & C Roberts
Prenafal
5th
Aged Ram
S A & R P Jones
Craig Yr Orsedd
6th
Aged Ram
E Owen
Cernyw
Shearling Ram
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
Shearling Ram
T J & L S R Griffiths
Tyhir
2nd
Shearling Ram
T R Harris
Bonvilston
3rd
Shearling Ram
G Roberts
Myfyrian X
4th
Shearling Ram
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
5th
Shearling Ram
H & C Roberts
Prenafal
6th
Shearling Ram
G Humphreys & Blake Morris
Llys & Wimbolds
Ram Lamb
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
Ram Lamb
Dewi & Meinir Parry
Nant Y Glyd
2nd
Ram Lamb
E Owen
Cernyw
3rd
Ram Lamb
T R Harris
Bonvilston
4th
Ram Lamb
H & C Roberts
Prenafal
5th
Ram Lamb
T R Harris
Bonvilston
6th
Ram Lamb
T J & L S R Griffiths
Tyhir
Ram Lamb - Performance Recorded
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
Ram Lamb - Performance Recorded
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
2nd
Ram Lamb - Performance Recorded
E Owen
Cernyw
3rd
Ram Lamb - Performance Recorded
Phil Davies
Gornal
Aged Ewe - to have reared in 2022
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
Aged Ewe
D P May
Derwenlas
2nd
Aged Ewe
E Owen
Cernyw
3rd
Aged Ewe
D P May
Derwenlas
4th
Aged Ewe
H & C Roberts
Prenafal
Shearling Ewe
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
Shearling Ewe
T R Harris
Bonvilston
2nd
Shearling Ewe
D P May
Derwenlas
3rd
Shearling Ewe
D P May
Derwenlas
4th
Shearling Ewe
T R Harris
Bonvilston
5th
Shearling Ewe
S A & R P Jones
Craig Yr Orsedd
6th
Shearling Ewe
D P May
Derwenlas
Ewe Lamb
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
Ewe Lamb
E Owen
Cernyw
2nd
Ewe Lamb
T R Harris
Bonvilston
3rd
Ewe Lamb
E Owen
Cernyw
4th
Ewe Lamb
S A & R P Jones
Craig Yr Orsedd
5th
Ewe Lamb
S A & R P Jones
Craig Yr Orsedd
6th
Ewe Lamb
T J & L S R Griffiths
Tyhir
BFL Progeny Three Ram Lambs with or without Sire
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
Three Ram Lambs with or without Sire
T R Harris
Bonvilston
2nd
Three Ram Lambs with or without Sire
T R Harris
Bonvilston
3rd
Three Ram Lambs with or without Sire
Messrs Parry & McLeod
Nant Y Glyd & Wanstead
BFL Progeny Three Shearling Ewes with or without Sire
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
3 Shearling Ewes
S A & R P Jones
Craig Yr Orsedd
2nd
3 Shearling Ewes
D P May
Derwenlas
3rd
3 Shearling Ewes
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
BFL Progeny Three Ewe Lambs to be shown with or without sire
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
3 Ewe Lambs
S A & R P Jones
Craig Yr Orsedd
2nd
3 Ewe Lambs
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
3rd
3 Ewe Lambs
E Owen
Cernyw
BFL Progeny Recorded Ram Lamb & Ewe Lamb to be shown sire
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
BFL Progeny Recorded Ram & Ewe Lamb
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
2nd
BFL Progeny Recorded Ram & Ewe Lamb
Phil Davies
Gornal
Young Handlers
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
Young Handlers
Jack Howells
Bonvilston
2nd
Young Handlers
Amelia Taylor
Derwenlas
One Mule Ewe to have reared in 2022
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
One Mule Ewe
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
2nd
One Mule Ewe
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
3rd
One Mule Ewe
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
One Shearling Ewe
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
One Shearling Ewe
S A & R P Jones
Craig Yr Orsedd
2nd
One Shearling Ewe
S A & R P Jones
Craig Yr Orsedd
3rd
One Shearling Ewe
S A & R P Jones
Craig Yr Orsedd
One Mule Ewe Lamb (Coloured Type)
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
One Mule Ewe Lamb (Coloured Type)
Owain Rowlands
Cadno
2nd
One Mule Ewe Lamb (Coloured Type)
Owain Rowlands
Cadno
3rd
One Mule Ewe Lamb (Coloured Type)
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
One Mule Ewe Lamb (Whitefaced Type)
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
One Mule Ewe Lamb (Whitefaced Type)
Owain Rowlands
Cadno
2nd
One Mule Ewe Lamb (Whitefaced Type)
Owain Rowlands
Cadno
3rd
One Mule Ewe Lamb (Whitefaced Type)
Owain Rowlands
Cadno
4th
One Mule Ewe Lamb (Whitefaced Type)
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
Mule Progeny Group Three Mule Ewe Lambs, with sire, Coloured Type
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
3 Mule Ewe Lambs, Coloured Type
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
Mule Progeny Group Three Mule Ewe Lambs, with sire, Whitefaced Type
Placing
Class
Exhibitor
Flock Name
1st
3 Mule Ewe Lambs, Whitefaced Type
M C Roberts
Myfyrian
Bluefaced Champions
Category
Exhibitor
Type
BFL Champion Female
E Owen
Ewe Lamb
BFL Reserve Female Champion
T R Harris
2nd Prize Ewe Lamb
BFL Champion Male
Dewi & Meinir Parry
Ram Lamb (open class)
BFL Reserve Champion Male
E Owen
2nd Prize Ram Lamb (open class)
BFL Overall Champion
E Owen
Ewe Lamb
BFL Reserve Overall Champion
Dewi & Meinir Parry
Ram Lamb (open class)
BFL Overall Champion Progeny Group
S A & R P Jones
3 Ewe Lambs
BFL Reserve Overall Champion Progeny Group
M C Roberts
Performance Recorded Ram & Ewe Lamb
Mule Champion
Owain Rowlands
Mule Ewe Lamb - Whitefaced Type
Reserve Mule Champion
Owain Rowlands
Mule Ewe Lamb - Coloured Type
Mule Champion Progeny Group
M C Roberts
3 Mule Ewe Lambs (coloured type)
Mule Reserve Champion Progeny Group
M C Roberts
3 Mule Ewe Lambs (white faced type)
Gallery
Champion Progeny Group from S A & R P Jones, Craig Yr Orsedd with Judge Mrs Kate Smith
Champion Progeny Group from S A & R P Jones, Craig Yr Orsedd
1st Prize gimmer lamb, female and Overall Champion from E Owen - by D3 Howlea
Male Champion and Reserve Overall from Dewi & Meinir Parry, Nant Y Glyd
2nd Gimmer lamb and Res Female from T R Harris, Bonvilston
Res Male Champion - Tup lamb from E Owen by B1 Addingham
Res Progeny Champion group from MC Roberts - Tup & Gimmer Lamb, Recorded, with sire, Lowes Fell M1
Champion Mule Progeny Group from M C Roberts, Myfyrian
1st Prize Aged Ram from T J & L S R Griffiths, Tyhir
1st Prize Aged Ewe - D P May, Derwenlas
1st Tup Shearling from T J & L S R Griffiths, Tyhir
1st Gimmer Shearling - T R Harris, Bonvilston
1st Performance Recorded lamb from M C Roberts, Myfyrian
Res Champion Mule group from M C Roberts, Myfyrian
1st Gimmer group from S A & R P Jones, Craig Yr Orsedd
Welsh Region Progeny Show 2022
Judge Mrs Kate Smith, Low Arkland
1st Young Handlers
2nd Young Handlers
Champion Mules from Owain Rowlands, Cadno
Champion Mules from Owain Rowlands, Cadno with Judge Will Jones