Young stars set to shine at new international industry event
An exciting new event aimed at allowing young stock people and others in the livestock industry to develop essential skills needed in the modern livestock sectors is being launched for 2015.
The ‘National Young Show Stars Challenge’ – which is being held in partnership with the Three Counties Agricultural Society at Malvern Showground on 2 April 2015 - will pit teams of competitors against each other to test their skills and knowledge.
The competition offers something for everyone and is designed to allow young people to showcase and further their skills combined with displaying their abilities in a range of skills and presentation techniques. The dairy competition for teams of three aged between14-24 will be judged on their team work, stock judging, handling and presentation skills, as well as their knowledge of the industry.
Alongside the dairy competition will be similar competitions for beef, sheep and pig competitions for teams and individual competitions for young butchers and auctioneers. Prizes are yet to be confi rmed across the board, but at present trips abroad are being organised for the winning teams. Holstein UK is encouraging Clubs to enter teams for the competition, to enter and fi nd out more on the event visit
www.nationalyoungstars.com
Celebrations Well known
Golden
commentator at AgriScot and The Royal Ulster Winter Fair, Jack
Lawson recently celebrated 50 years of marriage to
wife Elizabeth. They were joined by family and friends at Lochgreen House Hotel,
Troon, to commemorate the occasion. Jack is a board member of CIS and won the Scottish Farmer Award in
2011 for Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture.
Obituary: William Ley
William was fi rst and foremost a farmer, that’s what he was born to be and what gave him immense satisfaction. His primary interest was livestock and from an early age he became involved in breeding livestock; initially poultry and pigeons then on to Landrace pigs before moving onto black and white cows. William and Marion were married in 1967 and moved to Thuborough Barton, Sutcombe, the same year; Gerald was born in 1968 and Roland in 1978.
William had always been very involved in the local community, being chairman of Bradworthy YFC and Torridge YFC district and throughout his years in Young Farmers won numerous competitions in public speaking and stockjudging. For many years he was involved with Woolsery Show, Chaired Bradworthy Ploughing Match and was a long-term member of North Devon Holstein Club of which lately he was Secretary. Within the Parish of Sutcombe he was a founder member of Sutcombe Agri-Power (a co-operative machinery ring) and was instrumental in building a new Parish Hall. He was also chair of Sutcombe
Almshouses where he initiated the purchase of an additional house for the fi rst time in 350 years. Further afi eld he is better known for bringing the Thuborough Herd to the forefront. He developed his own blueprint in 1975 for the herd that would result in high genetic cows for production while also being of high type. From 1986 to today the Thuborough herd has won plenty of major titles, including 10 Championships at Devon County Show and 12 at The Royal Cornwall; with Thuborough Keepsake 3 winning the interbreed at both and taking fi rst in her class at the Royal Show in 1991. The herd won the Premier Pedigree Breeders Award in 1991 and was runner up in the RABDF Gold Cup in 2006 and a fi nalist again in 2007.
He served on the Holstein UK board for the far west for eight years and whilst NED for Research and Development he was instrumental in the development of index scores for body condition and locomotion. In 2007 he spoke at the British Cattle Breeders Conference, giving a paper titled ‘Staying the Course’ and was a regular contributor to Cow Management Magazine on the latest Bull Proofs and PLI changes. Many readers will have met William while he was president of Holstein UK in 2007, a role he and Marion both enjoyed with enthusiasm while travelling the length and breadth of the country meeting members and like minded breeders. William or Willie as he was known to most was a true gentlemen, a no-nonsense businessman and a world class breeder. He always fi rmly believed that you should leave things in a better state than which you found them and he certainly did that.
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