It was Lancashire’s day in the Texel judging at the Great Yorkshire Show with Procters Farm taking the championship title back across the county line to the Red Rose county.
The champion, a ewe lamb, PFD1903114, brought out by Procters Farm flock manager Jeff Aiken and wife, Jennifer, had previously won her class and been tapped out as female champion before going on to scoop the overall title.
Sired by the 100,000gns Sportsmans Batman, she is out of a dam by the 70,000gns Teiglum Younggun, making her a powerful combination of recent high priced genetics.
She followed up success in the breed classes to take the terminal sire championship and reserve overall interbreed championship under Roderick Runciman on the second day of the show.
Adding further to the spoils, the champion teamed up with male champion, R and R Bradley’s ram lamb, BRF1900428, to take the interbreed pairs championship title.
Standing reserve female and reserve overall champion was the winner of the gimmer classs, Clark Farms’ CFT1805693, a Knock Yardsman daughter out of a dam by Teiglum Windfall, making her a full sister to Younggun.
In the male classes the championship fell to a ram lamb from R and R Bradley, BRF1900428, from the Far Hey flock. Sired by Auldhouseburn Bolt, he is out of a dam by Halbeath VIP.
Reserve male champion was the second prize tup lamb from the same class from Keith, Alan and Roy Campbell. This was CKC1911022, another by an Auldhouseburn sire, this time the 75,000gns Auldhouseburn Boss. She is out of a Knap-bred dam by Clinterty Yuga Khan.
In the opening class of the day, the aged rams, the winner was Knock Yankee from Messrs Woof, Wilson, McKerrow, Draper, Pierce, Bennett and Pew. He is by Tophill Wall St and out of a Cambwell Trademark daughter.
Then in the exhibitor bred shearling rams the winner was Peter Longdin with LJW1801036, a son of Wellingley Whiskey Galore and out of a dam by Newbie Mains Winston.
The open shearling ram class was then won by Steve Richardson with Kiltariff Barrett, a Sportsmans Yogi Bear son out of a dam by Cowal Viceroy.
Leading the way in the performance recorded ram lamb class was Richard Wilson with WEV1901329, an Auldhouseburn Bolt son out of a dam by Eden Valley Warrior King.
And in the aged ewes the winner was Gordon Gray’s ewe GGH1707106, a Clinterty You Cracker daughter out of a Plasucha Tiger daughter.
Peter Woof then won the group of three class.
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Class Results
Aged Rams
1st – Messrs Woof, Wilson, McKerrow, Draper, Pierce, Bennett and Pew’s Knock Yankee.
2 – M R Ireland’s Midlock Angus
3 – T J Prew’s Ettrick Amaretto
Shearling Rams
1st – Peter Longdin’s LJW1801036
2nd – R Wilson’s Eden Valley Bad Ass
3rd – Messrs Orr’s Halbeath BMX
4th – Messrs Orr’s ONH1800628
5th – Procters Farm’s THF1802586
Open Shearling Rams
1 – S Richardson’s Kiltariff Barret
2 – Dr S Symes’ Fachell Buffalo Bill – MIF1801516
3 – J V Perrings Milnbank Banjo
4 – B W and D J Glaves’ CNK1800808
5 – G L Riby and Son’s Stonehills Bulmer
Ram Lambs
1st –R and R Bradley’s BRF1900428
2nd – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC1911022
3rd – R and R Bradley’s BYK1900310
4th – R Wilson’s WEV1901305
5th – Procters Farm’s PFD1903196
Performance Recorded Ram Lambs
1st – R Wilson’s WEV1901329
2nd – D McKerrow’s DMN1902241
3rd – G Gray’s GGH1909005
4th – T Nesbitt and Son’s NTA1901542
5th – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC1911014
Aged Ewes
1st – G Gray’s GGH1707106
2nd – Procters Farm’s HBR1600780
3rd – R Wilson’s WEV1600606
4th – G Gray’s GGH1707160
5th –D J MacGregor’s XMM1610709
Shearling Ewes
1st –Clark Farms’ CFT1805693
2nd – R and R Bradley’s BRF1800376
3rd – Procters Farm’s PFD1802456
4th –R and R Bradley’s BYK1800276
5th – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC1809808
Ewe Lambs
1st –Procters Farm’s PFD1903114
2nd – Procters Farm’s PFD1903105
3rd – R Wilson’s WEV1901309
4th – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC1911030
5th – Clark Farms’ CFT1906365
Group of Three
1 – P K Woof
2 – K, A and R Campbell
3 – G Gray
4 – D J MacGregor
5 – R Wilson
Male Champion –R and R Bradley’s BRF1900428
Reserve Male Champion – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC1911022
Female champion –Procters Farm’s PFD1903114
Reserve female champion – Clark Farms’ CFT1805693
Overall champion – Procters Farm’s PFD1903114
Reserve overall champion – Clark Farms’ CFT1805693
