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The Shropshire Club started the New Year, with 40 members attending a presentation from our area delegate Mark Nutsford. Mark gave an insight in to his activities at home at Riverdane Holsteins and the cows he is working with and also in to his own ET business which takes him the length and breadth of the country. He also explained his activities within Holstein UK as our delegate and gave a brief update of events and plans for the future for Holstein UK. The 13th
January was the funeral of Alan Cope who died following a lengthy illness, he was a popular character and well known within the Holstein world. At the end of January we held our annual Black Tie Dinner Dance and presentation evening at the Tern Hill Hall Hotel. The evening went well and following a lovely meal were the formalities which included a short speech by Randolph Miller our HUK President. Herd competition judge for 2014, Hefin Wilson from Tregibby Holsteins expressed his pleasure at visiting so many great herds featuring some great cows which he said Shropshire should rightly be very proud of.
Particular note should be made of the unique achievement of Robert and Hilda Clare at Hawksmoor Holsteins who not only won the champion Shropshire herd for the fourth year in a row, which has not been done before in over 50 years of this competition, but also won the Progeny Group with daughters of Hawksmoor Roman for the fifth year in a row which has also never been done before - an outstanding achievement. James Tomlinson from the Bilsrow herd came down from Lancashire on 2nd
activities at home. His presentation featured developments with new housing and rearing sheds with particular emphasis on comfort and ventilation for both cows and calves.
James also featured some of his favourite cows and gave some thoughts regarding the future of the dairy industry. The summer programme is in hand and will be detailed in The Journal when complete.
Herd Competition results Individual cow 1st
M and J C Gould, Zandra
M and J C Gould, Woodmarsh Blitz Melody Individual heifer 1st
Seaton Farms, Styche Loader Sally Cow family 1st
Progeny group 1st
Production inspection 1st
SCOTLAND SOUTH
Holstein Scotland South held its’ annual herd competition dinner at the Strathaven Hotel with judge Jimmy Hodge from Lemington guest for the evening. Having travelled throughout Scotland covering Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee, Fife, Strathclyde, Aberdeenshire and Kintyre, he commented on the fantastic presentation of cows. Winning the top herd was Brian and Valerie Davidson’s Errolston herd, while Brian
Yates’s East Logan herd won a new trophy presented by Animax for the lowest cell count. The Club is grateful to its sponsors including CIS, Animax, For Farmers, Genus, Keenan and Scotmin.
B Weatherup, Parkend Sanchez Tamara Family group 1st
J Brewster, Boclair, Barbara family Heifer group 1st
Progeny Group 1st
B & V Davidson, Errolston J Brewster, Boclair Goldwyn
SOUTH EASTERN
The South Eastern Club had a great turnout at meetings last year, in particular for the talk from Richard and Ruth Pilkington from the Aintree herd and at the farm walk and hog roast at Guston Holsteins in Dover. The Club enjoyed a breeding talk from Wynn Jones of the Premier Herd winning Feithy herd in March. Over the next few months we have an action packed calendar culminating with the final stock judging at Oncoland. The first practice will be held at Thakeham Holsteins.
The Club has also made available funds from the Anthony Freeman Memorial Fund to sponsor a young member from the Club to travel abroad to a Holstein Show.
Anyone wanting more details on the calendar please contact
clarecarr13@hotmail.com. We welcome all new members. THE JOURNAL APRIL 2015 109
Hunter Family, Letterkenny Atwood Gail 2 Best exhitibor bred cow 1st
Best exhibitor bred heifer 1st
Lowest recorded cell count 1st
Herds Production 1st
Group of 10 inspection points 1st
BYates, Logan B Yates, Logan J Jamieson, Firth
Herds inspection points 1st
Herd production and inspection points
B & V Davidson, Errolston 1st B Yates, Logan
Most points overall - B Yates, Logan Herdsperson - M Yates, Logan Most points gained in the competition 1st
B & V Davidson, Errolston Show Herd of the Year D Yates, Meiklefirth
R J and H Clare, Hawksmoor Roman daughters M and J C Gould, Woodmarsh Blitz Melody 67
Judges choice - A and J Whittaker, Knowlesmere Sanchez Chancel Two 50 tonne cows 1st
M and J C Gould, Woodmarsh Blitz Melody and Goldwyn Zandra Points at local shows, Meadow Field Trophy - R J and H Clare Champion large herd - Seaton Farms, Styche Holsteins Champion medium herd - R J and H Clare, Hawksmoor Champion small herd - David Rees Farms, Dalebank Holsteins Presidents Trophy - Charlotte Cope Keith Davies Trophy for HYB members - James Doherty Holstein UK club award - Bryan Challenor Overall champion herd - Robert and Hilda Clare, Hawksmoor
February to give a presentation to 50 members of
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