William 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 to Claybury Dunkirk, and out of a ewe by Glenside King II. He had picked up the red ticket in the aged ram class before going on to be male champion and then overall champion under judge Andrew Reed, Scolton.
Mr Reed said Extra Special II, purchased by the Ingrams for £40,000 at Kelso last September, was an excellent example of the breed and a mature ram with a lot of promise. “He’s a powerful, super fleshy ram with enough show ring presence to match his great carcass and top.”
Taking the female championship and then reserve overall championship were the Morgan family, Blaencar, with their ewe lamb, YME2311476.
This one is a Sportmans Dare Devil daughter out of a dam by Knock Yardsman and was one of two red tickets picked up by the Morgans on the day, with their other being the first prize ram lamb.
Leading the way for the family here was YME2311423. He’s by the 6500gns Hamymount Filmstar and out of a dam by Teiglum Crackerjack.
Reserve male champion on the day was the second prized aged ram, Iolo Jones’ Corras Dundee. Bred by the Watkins family, fe’s by Loosebeare Braveheart and out of a dam by Hollyford Venus.
In the shearling rams it was a win for the Williams family’s Caron flock with Caron Furious, a Tullylagan Commander son out of a dam by Tamnamoney Yeti.
Then taking the reserve female title was the leader from the shearling ewes from Sioned Thomas’ Onnen flock. This Plasucha-bred gimmer, BFE2212269, is by Sportsmans Express and out of a Plasucha Corker-sired dam.
Top honours in the aged ewe class went to Procters Farm with PFD2104616. This one-crop ewe is by the 350,000gns Sportsmans Double Diamond and out of a dam by Fordafourie Balvenie.
The day was rounded off with a highly successful members reception on the Society stand attended by more than 120 members and friends of the Society. Included within this was the presentation of the All Wales Flock Competition championship. Judged by Steve Smith, Pen Parc, this was won by the Davies family, Aman.
Class Results
Aged rams
1 – W and C Ingram’s Douganhill Extra Special II
2 – Iolo Jones’ Corras Dundee
3 – W T Davies and Co’s Canllefaes Dynamite
4 – Ian and Fiona Andrews’ Maineview Envious
5 – J E and S J L James’ Duhonw Cheeky Charlie
Shearling Rams
1 – D G and N Williams’ Caron Furios
2 – J E and S J L James’ JMU2212156
3 – A E Williams and Son’s WSF2203052
4 – Procters Farm’s THF2205507
5 – J E & S L James’ JMU2212154
Ram lambs
1 – E G Morgan’s YME2311423
2 – F J Williams’ WPH2304917
3 – J E & S J L James’ 2314017
4 – Oldford Texels’ PRE2301625
5 – Monnow Hill Texels’ XPA2300189
Aged ewes
1 – Procters Farm’s PFD2104616
2 – Tomos Evans’ CKC2113567
3 – Shae Price’s PFA2100213
4 – Sioned Thomas’ VFK2101983
Shearling ewes
1 – Sioned Thomas’ BFE2212269
2 – Iolo Jones’ JLI2205651
3 – J & E Amphlett’s AOS2200217
4 – E G Morgan’s YME2210209
5 – Geraint Williams’ WYN2203130
Ewe lambs
1 – E G Morgan’s YME2311476
2 – D J J Watkins & Co’s WJJ2301885
3 – Oldford Texels’ PRE2301597
4 – Oldford Texels’ PRE2301623
5 – F J Williams’ WPH2304918
Overall champion
W and C Ingram’s Douganhill Extra Special II
Reserve overall champion
E G Morgan’s YME2311476
Male champion
W and C Ingram’s Douganhill Extra Special II
Reserve male champion
Iolo Jones’ Corras Dundee
Female champion
Reserve female champion
Sioned Thomas’ BFE2212269