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c . Lancashire and Yorkshire competedagainsteachotherin Gisburn Auction Marts Cattle Overwintering competition,


a now in its third year. * Clitheroe Young Farmers Club member JackPickup(i6), currentlystudyingAgriculture


at Myerscough College, was


r- crowned supreme champion. The judges selected Jack


as the winner having earlier in the evening picked up first


prize in the best male animal shown byacompetitoragedi2-


16 years. The steer, purchased last autumnfor £1,020, sold fob © £1,405,leavinghimagrossmar-


gin profit of £385, sold to Rich­ ard Critchley, Hutton, Preston. The pre-sale show was co­


judged by renowned beef and sheep farmer Stephen Gra-


. ham, of Brampton, Cumbria, and last year’s show winner Rachel Harrison, Slaidburn. Settle College pupil Robert


Capstick, a member of Conis- ton Cold Young Farmers’ Club,


• impressed the judges with his knowledge, stockmanship and presentation of his Lim­ ousin heifer. He won the pres­ tigious best Young Farmers’


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m U s s& sM i<at ie Dakin, winnerinheragegroupforbest presented and


Jack Pickup, supreme champion, with his British Blue handledanimal.wMihersixmontholdAberdeenAngus 'steer whichsoldforfil,405


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Club members trophy, which is supported by Gisbum Young Farmers’ Club. Gisburn club members acted as show stew­ ards on the evening. Year sev en Clitheroe


Grammar School pupil Char­ lotte Mellin, of Long Preston, a Rathmell Young Farmers’ Club member, was delighted to win the reserve champion award with her nine-month British Blue heifer which sold for £1,120, leaving her a gross margin profit of £280. Earlier in the’show she


pickedupthefirstprizerosette in the best female animal class


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Good prices seen at February’s pedigree livestock sale


More than 1,200 animals were


forward at Gisburn Auction Mart’s weekly saleonFebru ary


19th, preceded by the Cogent Breeding pedigree dairy show


and sale. Colin Singleton, of Goo- snargh, took the champion


- rosette for the second month running with a smart black heifer sired by Gillette Wind


a Brook. Three weeks calved v and giving 34 litres, she sold at £2,100 to David Talbot, of Ribchester. The same pur­ chaser went on to pickup a Gil­ lette Stanleycup-sired heifer, 10 days calved and giving 30 li­ tres, from W.A. & A. Booth, of Feizor. Nextlotundertheham- merwasfromthesamevendor, thistimeaGilletteJordan-sired


"*■ ' heifer,oneweekcalvedandgiv- ing3i litres. She sold for £2,120


Q to Michael Kenyon, of Chip­ ping. Also in the money were James and Anne Rogerson, of Singleton,whosoldaDuePiop- piRamSamDodge-siredheifer for£2,220 toW.E. & O. Blockley,


of Chester. Paul Baines, of Trawden,


achieved a very impressive 3ogp/kg for his British Blue _i_ prime heifer, which weighed


Ian Plews (left) o f pre-sale show sponsors CogentBreeding,


alongside Colin Middleton with his Gillette Wind Brook-sired heifer, whichsotdfor£2,100.


4i8kgs and sold to Bowland Foods Ltd, Preston. In the prime bulls section, the top price per kilo price was 227p/ kg from Charlie Thomas, of Rossendale selling to Pearson Wholesale Butchers, Bradford. Menawhile Les Elkin, of Stoke- on-Trent achieved the top sale price at £1,652 again selling to Pearson Wholesale Butchers. Procters Farms Ltd, of


Slaidburn, topped the sheep sectioninbothprimehoggand


cull categories, first with their prime Beltex hoggs weighing 48kgs, which sold for £121 to B. &T.Kitson,ofYarm, Cleveland, andagainwiththeirBeltexcast ewes which achieved £154. Auctioneers were Richard


Turner and Son.


animal shown by a competitor 11 years and under. Jack Briggs, a member of Clitheroe YoungFarmers’ Club


and a Myerscough College stu­ dent, tookfirst prize in the dai­


ly live weight gain class for the competitor whose animal gains the most weight per day. Katie Dakin (12), a Bolton-


by-Bowland Young Farmers ClubmemberandpupilatBow-


land High School, was winner of best presented and handled animal shown by a competitor 12 to 16 years old with her six- month-old Aberdeen Angus cross bull;


Jane Chapman, of auction­


eers Richard Turner and Son, said: “This year’s competitors have definitely learnt from last year and greatly improved inthestandardofshowingand presentation, which was just


great to see. ' “The competition allows


young people the opportunity to purchase cattle at Gisburn Auction Marts in the autumn of lastyearandfeedthemthrough the winter and offer them for show and sale is certainly a hit with the farmers of the future. It introduces them to the busi­ ness side of livestockfarming.”


Moore success in ewe and lamb spring show


Gisburn Auction Marts spring show and sale of ewes and lambs at foot on March 7thsawaveryimpressive635


head forward which attract­ ed a large ringside crowd. WE Jameson and Son,


animal feed suppliers of Ma- sham, sponsored the pre-sale show, which was judged by beef and sheep farmer Rob­ ert Towers, of Farleton, and the auctioneers were Rich­ ard Turner and Son. The Moore family, from


Triangle, near Halifax, were awarded the champion rosette with their pair of Beltex cross shearlings with single lambs at foot which sold for £192 or £96 a life to S.E. Coar, Riley Green,


Preston. However, it was Lamp-


kin family of Silsden, better known internationally as world champions in the sport ofMotocross.whotoppedthe


sale at £262 with their Texel shearlings with twins at foot.


The much anticipated


first appearance of the sea- sonfromregularYorkvendor


Chris Craven did not disap­ point, whenhe soldhis smart


Texel ewes with twins iambs at foot for £245 and Texel ewes with single lambs at foot for £170 a family or £85 a life. Generally, the Mule ewes


with lambs at foot on offer did not have youth on their side, with the majority bro­ ken mouthed.


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. twins sold regularly in the £160 - £170 bracket, while the majority of twin Texel


• families sold in excess of £200 and Suffolk crossesjust


below. The packed ringside


crowd, created a flurry of bids when the 33 spare lambs came under the hammer, selling to a high of £30 to average £14.70. Demand for in-lamb


sheep continued with ewes scanned for twins selling be­ tween £120 - £140 range. Even this late on in the sea­


son, buyers for a whole range of store hoggs were present. Topping this section at £108 was a smart pen of Texel hoggs from Cheshire, down to a bottom of £29 for some longer keep Herdwicks sent down from the Lake District.


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JeffWalker, left, with thefamily’sSkiptonyoungbullred rosette winner,joined by showjudgeand buyer AnthonySwaies.


Walkers win again at Skipton Young


Bulls show and sale A Ribble Valley prolific prize winner in the show cattle arena at Skipton Auction Mart was again to the fore at the mart’s annual Spring show and sale of young feeding bulls. Heading the show class for ten to 12-month-old bulls was Jeff Walker, fromBrennandFarm, Dunsop Bridge, with another home-bred British Blue-cross by the family’s renowned sire Bluegrass Cyclone, out of a Blue cow. Cyclone has produced multiple Skipton show champions for the Walkers, including the title­ winning heifer at last month’s annual Craven Champions Day fixture. The Walkers’ latest champion sold for £1,030 to the show judge, Yorkareafarmerandbutcher Anthony Swales, a multiple


Top award for specialist valley


farming insurers A company providing insur­ ance services to many of the agricultural businesses in the Ribble Valley has been named Specialist Broker of the Year at the Commercial Insurance Awards 2015. Country and Commer­


cial Insurance Brokers Ltd (CCIB) was founded in 2607 by partners Debbie Airey and Anne Pickover, after they identified a gap in the market for the provision of agricultural insurance serv­ ices. With a focus on cus­ tomer service being placed


• at the heart of the business and customer referral key to its success, CCIB has gone on to launch the Federation of Agricultural Brokers (FAB), with the ethos of “together we are stronger”. The objective of the


federation is to share knowledge, products and ideas between likeminded brokers.


Debbie Airey and Anne Pickover picking up their Specialist B ro k e r oftheYearAward2015


Debbie commented: “We


have always aimed to provide the best possible service for all our clients, with the most comprehensive choice of cover available. The recog­ nition of a national award means that our efforts to do this have been acknowl­ edged by our peers. This is a boost we really appreciate. The hard work will of course continue so we can develop the niche market of agricul­ tural broking to reach its full potential.”


buyer of top-quality cattle at Skipton.Mr Swales made 15 acquisitions in total on the day, among them two further rosette winners, including the third prize ten to 12-month- old young bull, again from the Walkers, bought for £960. All will be further fattened on ■ the Swales’ family farm in Melbourne, before returning to the food chain at their Knavesmire Butchers shop in Albermarle Road, York. The show classes formed part of the fortnightly sale of549 head of cattle, among them 214 young feeding bulls and 323 bullocks and heifers. In the store section, prices were every bit as strong as recent sales, with a day’s high of £1,500 for a British Blue- crossyoungbullfromRichard Maudsley, of Rathmell.


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Student commny^Vd Maiora impiressfl^ the Dragons'


§A Ribble Valley student Social lEnterprise company has won


la Lancashire Young Enter- iprise Dragon’s Den competi-


ition, which attracted entries 1 from schools across the county. 1 Sixth formers from Stonyhurst I College near Clitheroe pitched


I their ideas to four local busi- I ness people, presenting their


Jaccounts, marketing ideas, 1 and, of course, their products. I They faced tough questioning Jfrom Dragons Mark Hope of j Stonehouse Logic Ltd, Bharat I Parmar (Asda Stores), Helen I Shepherd from Pennine Fire ! and Safety Ltd and Andrea 1 Smith from South Ribble Bor- I ough Council. Lara Schick, Ger-


I eon Gaudig, Emily Cafazzo and I MarcoTroinasetupAdMaiora,


I (inspiredbytheschool’smotto) I whichupcyclesoldStonyhurst j uniforms, using fabric from j girls’ kilts to make attractive I cushions. Stonyhurst’s Head I of Enterprise and Business ' teacher Debbie Kirkby said:


“As a social enterprise com­ pany, it is important they also have a social objective, and the pupils aim to use their profits to support the improvement of education in developing coun­ tries such as Kenya and Zimba­ bwe. Their mission statement is ‘Great Futures Start Here’. It’s been a great opportunity for them to learn new skills of enterprise, teamworkand crea­ tive thinking and the feedback was excellent, including “confi­ dent market analysis” and full marks for their financial analy­ sis ! They are indebted to New Call Telecom who have been sponsoring the company this year.” The fabric used for the girls’ uniform at Stonyhurst is a recreation of the pattern of a plaid suit worn by Bonnie Prince Charlie. He wore it as he fled to theScottishislands after defeat at the battle of Culloden ini746.Partoftheoriginalsuit is on display at the historic Ribble Valley school.


Up cycled fashion show raises funds


for Zimbabwe young A fashion show at Stonyhurst College has raised £1,000 for children in Zimbabwe. Or­ ganised by Stonyhurst sixth former Messalina Morley, her team of 70 students pro­ vided all the modelling, host­ ing, lighting, compering arid backstage support at the event. Clothes on the catwalk included up cycled donations from charity shops, showing the students’ creativity as well astheirorganisationalskillsin staging the event. Special gu est Profes­


activities.


sor Lord Alton, of Liverpool, opened the evening with a speech, in which he praised the students’ initiative to help African children in poverty, before presenting Messalina with a Citizenship Awardfrom LiverpoolJohnMooresUniver- sity.


All of the money raised will


help to support Stonyhurst’s partnership with a school in Zimbabwe, funding scholar- shipsforsecondary education. Messalina said: “I chose to support this charity because


education can change people’s lives. I am so pleased that the


show was such a success”. Messalina staged the show


as part of her International Baccalaureate (IB) course, which is offered at Stonyhurst as an alternative to Alevels. The IBrequiresstudentstodevelop initiative, perseverance and problemsolvingby completing a range of extra-curricular


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School celebrates - inspection report is


their best one ever To celebrate Whalley’s Oa- khill College receiving its best ever inspection report, head teacher Mrs Carmel Riley, de­ cided to reward the children foralltheirhardworkby stag­ ing an Animal Olympiad. Children from reception


through to Year 11 were divid­ ed into six teams with mas­ cots - horses, Tom and Jerry, lions, leopards, gorillas and monkeys. The afternoon con­ sisted offive events- an obsta- clecourse.pingponghelmets,


' fancy dress relay, balloon re­ lay and a scuba relay. After the final event there


weretwoteamsneckandneck in first place - the monkeys and the gorillas - meaning it was sumo time! Members from both teams fought it out to be crowned the winner of the first Oakhill Animal Ol­ ympiad. The victorious team were the monkeys who all re­ ceived an Easter Egg with the runners up a bag of mini eggs and everybody else a creme egg. Everybody agreed, staff


. and pupils alike, that the whole afternoon had been great fun and was an excellent reward for being awarded our best ever inspection report.


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Pendle Primary School pupils taking part in the Catalyst Competition


Year six “Iconic Tower Challenge”


compeition Pupils in Year- Six at Clitheroe’s Pendle Primary School have taken part in the in-school heat of the Catalyst Competition 2015.


As part of the “Iconic H H I The Animal Olympiad at Oakhill College.


Stonyhurst wins national RoboCup football final


Sixth form students from Stonyhurst College have won a natiofial robotics competition held in Rugby, Warwickshire. RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition in which robots, designed, made and programmed by the competing teams, play football "against each other. George Ainscough from


Haslingden, William Donlon from Langho and Anthony Chow from Hong Kong are all students in their final year at Stonyhurst College. Thisisthefifthconsecutive


year in which the same team has won the national round to represent the UK. In 2011 they travelled to Istanbul for the international final and they are hoping to be able to raise enough money to go to China in July for RoboCup 2015. With A levels looming, however, time for fund­ raising is short. All three have got offers from universities to study related subjects. Anthony hopes to go to Cambridge for engineering, while William and George


.have offers from Imperial College London, for physics and electronic engineering. Physics’ teacher at Stonyhurst James Bickerstaff, who runs the robotics club, said: “The team performed very well


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- together, with each having a differentrole to play. William does the prograrnming,


Tower Challenge” teams had to build a free standing tow­ er using dowels and elastic bands. They were judged on its height, appearance, cost of materials and design of the flag positioned at the top of the tower.


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Primary in the inter-schools


The winning team will competition at Clitheroe’s nowgoontorepresentPendle The Grand.


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g j Oakhill College students, parents and teachers visit Bletchley Park.


William, George, Anthony and Physics teacher James Bickerstaff


George is in charge of the electronics and Anthony is good at the mechanics. They’ve used the same robot for the last five years and it’s got better and better! They have also been working on a super-robot,tobebroughtout for the international final, if they everget there!” Anthony said: “We’ve al­


ways enjoyed robotics be­ cause it’s great to put your knowledge and skill to prac- ticaluseandtodosomething fun in competition with oth­ ers. It’s interesting that ro­ botics is extremely popular in almost every other country except the UK,” said George. “That’s a shame because it’s fun and involves several dif­ ferent things - engineering, maths, design and software design.” Interestingly, the of­ ficial goal of the competition is “to produce a team of fully autonomous humanoid ro­ bot soccer players capable of winning a soccer game, com­ plying with the official rules ofFIFA,against thewinnerof the most recent World Cup I ”


All enjoyed a trip to


code breakers’ HQ An 18-strong group of code breakers from Whalley’s Oakhill College travelled to Bletchley Park to find out more about the work and the people at the centre of Military Intelligence during the Second World War. Students, parents and


teachers spent the day ex­ ploring the mansion, newly refurbished huts and Blocks C and B. The whole park is designed to capture the fa­ mous atmosphere of secre­ cy, intensity and socialising through the use of sound ef­


fects and reconstructions. There were also plenty of in­ teractive displays and logi­ cal puzzles to keep everyone -* busy. Everyone enjoyed see- ingthesetfromThelmitation Game and the costumes worn by Benedict Cumberbatch in q his role as Alan Turing. Stu­ dents also stood at the bar and pretended toplaythepianoin a scene from the film. An ex­ planation about the contri- 3 bution of other famous code n breakers including Gordon Welchman and Hugh Foss 11 was also given during the tour.


Primary raise over £500 for Comic Relief ©


Pupils and staff at Clitheroe’s Pendle Primary School have raised £529 for Comic Relief. For Red Nose Day the children and staff wore red noses and red clothes. The pupils also organised a bake sale.


Red Nose Day fun at CUtheroe’s Pendle Primary School


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