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Mark Priestley’s Seaforde flock claimed its first Balmoral championship at the first major show of the season, lifting the silverware with a gimmer, PRQ2302488, under judge Iolo Prys Jones, Llangwm. This Procters El Presidente daughter is…
Read moreA key part of this year’s Texel Sheep Society 50th anniversary celebrations will be the Textravaganza National Texel Show at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, on Saturday 6th July. Preceded by the Society’s Club Champions Day and…
Read moreThis year sees the British Texel Society celebrate its 50th anniversary, with the Society having first been incorporated in 1974. Society chief executive John Yates says 2024 is set to be a special year for…
Read moreJune’s Armagh Show was this year’s venue for the inaugural Northern Ireland Texel Sheep Breeder’s Club National Show, with Keith Campbell, Cowal and Overburns, taking on the task of judging. Members supported the competition with…
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This year’s Texel People’s Champion vote has been won by the breed champion from the Royal Highland Show, Hexel Four Square exhibited by Procters Farm. Four Square, bred by Donald and Sarah MacPherson and purchased…
Read moreA strong turnout of stock at Biggar Show for the Scottish Texel Club Show, ensured a difficult job for judge Peter Woof, of the Stainton flock. In the end, it was the males that triumphed…
Read moreWilliam and Carole Ingram and family picked up the Texel championship at this year’s Royal Welsh Show with their aged ram Douganhill Extra Special II. This two-shear ram is by Claybury Dazzler, a full brother…
Read moreThe leader from the gimmer class, Alan Clark and family’s CJN2208608, took the championship at this year's Great Yorkshire Show. She is a daughter of the 15,000gns Procters Chumba Wumba and is out of a…
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Shearling ram Hexel Four Square from Procters Farm, Procters, led the championship line up at the Royal Highland Show, taking the male championship before going on to be tapped out as overall champion by Irish…
Read moreLocal breeders James and Ellie Amphlett, Leominster, took the female and overall championship at the Society’s southern feature show, Royal Three Counties Show, Malvern, with their gimmer AOS2200212. This one, from the couple’s Topwood flock,…
Read moreNorth Sheep proved another great event for the Texel breed, with the Society’s stand busy throughout the day as both members and commercial producers thronged the stand. Attracting plenty of attention and positive comments were…
Read moreA ewe lamb from the Fordwell flock of Fordwell Farm Partners took the championship at the Gloucester and Borders Texel Club Progeny Show on Sunday May 14th under judge Roy Campbell, Cowan and Royel. Kindly hosted…
Read moreAs the number one sire breed in GB and with more than 17% of all ewes carrying Texel genetics the breed’s influence on Welsh sheep farming is second to none. The recent introduction of economic…
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Father and son duo Cyril and Martin Millar, scooped top honours among the Texels at the season’s first major show, Balmoral, when lifting the overall championship with their aged ewe, VMG2002193. Sired by the 7500gns…
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James Theyer’s champion from the Society’s Southern Feature Show, Royal Three Counties Show, has been named the 2022 Texel People’s Champion. Voted for by visitors to the Society’s website the award pitted the winners of…
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As the National sales fast approach, so too is the deadline to vote for your champion of the 2022 summer show season. Members are invited to vote for their favourite breed champion of the season…
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