First time exhibitors were to the fore at the Royal Welsh Show, with both the championship and reserve championship falling to flocks showing at Builth Wells for the first time.
Taking the overall championship under judge Robert Cockburn, Knap, was the winner of the shearling ewe class and female championship from Keith, Alan and Roy Campbell’s Cowal flock, Argyll.
This was CKC2113649, a Hexel Django daughter out of a dam by Teiglum Charmer and with an index in the top 1% of the breed. This gimmer, described by Mr Cockburn as an easy winner in her class and the championship for her presence, size and tremendous top and carcass, had stood reserve breed champion at Great Yorkshire less than a week earlier.
“She is a very correct, bright gimmer with tremendous breed character and stood out in her class.”
The gimmer went on later in the show to win the overall Continental championship and the reserve overall interbreed championship under judge Elfyn Owen, Conwy.
Following through from the same class to take the reserve female championship and then reserve overall championship was another gimmer from a first time exhibitor, in the form of HAK2101637 from Willy Davis and Paul Rowlands, Usk Vale Pedigrees.
She is a Knock-bred gimmer by Knock Dalwhinnie and out of a dam by Allanfauld Am The Man. Mr Cockburn said it had been an easy decision to put the second prize gimmer through, with this having been the strongest class of the day.
Lifting the day’s male championship was the shearling ram winner from the Watkins family’s Corras flock. This was Corras Escobar, an Artnagullion Corras son out of a homebred dam by Hollyford Venus.
And the reserve male championship went to the ram lamb leader, LWD2200697, from David and Joe Lewis’ Cattlearch flock. Sired by Hope Valley Drago, he is out of a Teiglum Younggun daughter.
Taking the red ticket in the day’s opening class, the aged rams, was Canllefaes Desirable from Sioned Thomas. This two-shear ram is by Ellen Valley Capello and out of a dam by Talcoed You Know.
Top spot in the aged ewes went to Willy David and Paul Rowlands with HAK1901399, a Knock-bred ewe by Knock Banker and out of a Cowal Vogue-sired dam.
And the ewe lambs were led by Robert Bennett’s lamb from the Plasucha flock, BFE2212129. She is by Sportsmans Express and out of a homebred dam by Plasucha Boss Man.
Results
Aged Rams
1 – Sioned Thomas’ Canllefaes Desirable
Shearling rams
1- R J Watkins’ Corras Escobar
2- D G and N Williams’ WLT2101169
3 – Geraint Williams’ Hilltop Emperor
4 – W and C Ingram’s IGM2138315
5 – R J Watkins’ Corras Eddie
Ram lambs
1- D and J Lewis’ LWD2200697
2 – Robin Ellis’ ECE2207008
3 – Geraint Williams’ WYN2203199
4 – Daffyd Jones’ JOK2201574
5 – Nia Ellis’ JNB2206989
Aged ewes
1 – Usk Vale Pedigrees HAK1901399
2 – T C and R L Adams LTC 2005300
Shearling ewes
1 – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC2113649
2- Usk Vale Pedigrees’ HAK2101637
3 – Lewis Morgan’s HUL2100394
4 – Usk Vale Pedigrees’ HAK2101622
5- Robert Bennett’s BFE2111224
Ewe lambs
1 – Robert Bennett’s BFE2212129
2 – Robert Bennett’s BFE2212101
3 – Fordwell Farm Partners’ CJF2201276
4 – James Ruggeri’s RUJ2202027
5 – G M Parry’s PMG2201604
Overall champion
K, A and R Campbell’s shearling ewe CKC2113649
Reserve overall champion
Usk Vale Pedigrees’ shearling ewe HAK2101637
Male champion
R J Watkins’ shearling ram Corras Escobar
Reserve male champion
D and J Lewis’ ram lamb LWD2200697
Female champion
K, A and R Campbell’s shearling ewe CKC2113649
Reserve female champion
Usk Vale Pedigrees’ shearling ewe HAK2101637
