Sheep classes at Castlewellan Show

Castlewellan & District Agricultural Show Ltd

Sheep

Rings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.....................10.30am sharp
Entry Fee: £3.00 ...............Prizes 1st....£15 , 2nd...£10, 3rd...£6

JUDGES

Interbreed Championships.....Pat Greaney. Co. Meath
Norbrook Interbreed Pairs......Pat Greaney Co. Meath
Border Leicester..................Stephanie Birch, Stafford
Hampshire Down.................Derek Stewart, Co. Longford
Texel..................................John North, Doncaster
Suffolk................................George Biddulph, Cheshire
Ile De France.......................George Biddulph, Cheshire
Blue Faced Leicester...........Robert McTurk, Scotland
Kerryhill..............................James Barr, Ballymena
Charollais............................Mrs Sheena Coghill, Orkney
Rouge De L'Ouest................J K Currie, Ballymena
Mourne Blackface................Seamus Robinson, Scotland
Newtownstewart Black Face.Ewen MacMillan, Scotland
Dorset................................Thomas Wright, Ballymoney

Beltex................................Mrs Mary Dunlop, Scotland
Mules.................................Robert McTurk, Scotland
Greyface.............................Seamus Robinson, Scotland
North Country Cheviot..........Gerard McEneaney, Co. Louth
Lleyn..................................Vernon Jones, Wales
Zwartbles............................John Rowlands, Angelsey
Any other Breed..................Robert Mulligan, Banbridge
Rare or Minority Breed.........Wallace Clarke, Hillsborough
Butchers Lambs..................Tery Coghill, Orkney
Young Handlers...................Mrs Alison North, Doncaster
Fleece................................Mrs Freda McGill, Rathfriland
Show Breed Promotions.......George Durnin
Breed Clubs.........................Mrs B Durnin, Drogheda

Special Championships
Northern Bank Inter-breed Championship
Sponsored by Northern Bank
To be judged from the Champions of classes
Overall Champion: £150............Reserve Champion: £100............2nd Reserve: £50
Castlewellan Show Breed promotion Awards Competition
sponsored by Rathfriland Farmers Co-op
to be judged on the efforts made by breeders in the promotion and marketing of their breeds
Individual Awards: 1st: £25....2nd £15...3rd: £10
Club Award: 1st £35....2nd £15
Ulster Wools Group Fleece Competition
sponsored by Ulster Wools Group
Entry Fee: £3: Prizes: 1st £15, 2nd £10, 3rd £6 plus rosettes Judge: Mrs Freda Magill, Rathfriland
Champion: £40...Reserve Champion: £20

Class 400 Mourne Blackface and Newtown stewart Blackface
Class 401. Hampshire Down, Suffolk and Dorset Down
Class 402 Texel. Ile De France, Vendeen, Charollais, Rouge de L'Ouest and Beltex
Class 403 Border leicester, Blue Face Leicester, Mules, Greyface and North Country Cheviots
Class 404: Rare and Minority Breeds

£500 Norbrook/Castlewellan Show
Pair of Ewe Lambs Champion
sponsored by Norbrook Laboratories
Class 214 A pair of Ewe Lambs
Entry £5 per pair, open to pedigree and non pedigree flocks

Qualifier Nisa/Northern Bank Sheep Championship for the best Ewe
any breed, any age having reared a lamb in 2007
Final Antrim Show 28th July 2007

The Northern Ireland Continental Sheep Final for Ewe or Ram any age
Class 215. Rules see printed schedule
Sponsored by Clogher Valley Show
Prize Fund €500

Ian Craig, Agri Business Manager,Northern Bank presents a trophy to Jonathan Aiken, Dromara whose Charollais ewe was the overall winner at the NISA/Northern Bank Ewe Championship Final at Castlewellan Show 2005 Looking on is the judge of the event, John Young, Kilmarnock
Photograph by Columba O'Hare

Jonathan Aiken, Dromara owned the Supreme Champion Interbreed Sheep Pairs winners at Castlewellan Show 2005. Marcus Scott, Norbrook Laboratories and son Jack are pictured making a presentation to Jeremy and Jim Aiken

	Castlewellan & District Agricultural Show Ltd
	Sheep
Sheep Classes		Entry Form				Sheep Shearing Competitions
Rings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.....................10.30am sharp Entry Fee: £3.00 ...............Prizes 1st....£15 , 2nd...£10, 3rd...£6
JUDGES
Interbreed Championships.....Pat Greaney. Co. Meath Norbrook Interbreed Pairs......Pat Greaney Co. Meath Border Leicester..................Stephanie Birch, Stafford Hampshire Down.................Derek Stewart, Co. Longford Texel..................................John North, Doncaster Suffolk................................George Biddulph, Cheshire Ile De France.......................George Biddulph, Cheshire Blue Faced Leicester...........Robert McTurk, Scotland Kerryhill..............................James Barr, Ballymena Charollais............................Mrs Sheena Coghill, Orkney Rouge De L'Ouest................J K Currie, Ballymena Mourne Blackface................Seamus Robinson, Scotland Newtownstewart Black Face.Ewen MacMillan, Scotland Dorset................................Thomas Wright, Ballymoney				Beltex................................Mrs Mary Dunlop, Scotland Mules.................................Robert McTurk, Scotland Greyface.............................Seamus Robinson, Scotland North Country Cheviot..........Gerard McEneaney, Co. Louth Lleyn..................................Vernon Jones, Wales Zwartbles............................John Rowlands, Angelsey Any other Breed..................Robert Mulligan, Banbridge Rare or Minority Breed.........Wallace Clarke, Hillsborough Butchers Lambs..................Tery Coghill, Orkney Young Handlers...................Mrs Alison North, Doncaster Fleece................................Mrs Freda McGill, Rathfriland Show Breed Promotions.......George Durnin Breed Clubs.........................Mrs B Durnin, Drogheda
Special Championships Northern Bank Inter-breed Championship Sponsored by Northern Bank To be judged from the Champions of classes Overall Champion: £150............Reserve Champion: £100............2nd Reserve: £50 Castlewellan Show Breed promotion Awards Competition sponsored by Rathfriland Farmers Co-op to be judged on the efforts made by breeders in the promotion and marketing of their breeds Individual Awards: 1st: £25....2nd £15...3rd: £10 Club Award: 1st £35....2nd £15 Ulster Wools Group Fleece Competition sponsored by Ulster Wools Group Entry Fee: £3: Prizes: 1st £15, 2nd £10, 3rd £6 plus rosettes Judge: Mrs Freda Magill, Rathfriland Champion: £40...Reserve Champion: £20
Class 400 Mourne Blackface and Newtown stewart Blackface Class 401. Hampshire Down, Suffolk and Dorset Down Class 402 Texel. Ile De France, Vendeen, Charollais, Rouge de L'Ouest and Beltex Class 403 Border leicester, Blue Face Leicester, Mules, Greyface and North Country Cheviots Class 404: Rare and Minority Breeds
£500 Norbrook/Castlewellan Show Pair of Ewe Lambs Champion sponsored by Norbrook Laboratories Class 214 A pair of Ewe Lambs Entry £5 per pair, open to pedigree and non pedigree flocks Qualifier Nisa/Northern Bank Sheep Championship for the best Ewe any breed, any age having reared a lamb in 2007 Final Antrim Show 28th July 2007 The Northern Ireland Continental Sheep Final for Ewe or Ram any age Class 215. Rules see printed schedule Sponsored by Clogher Valley Show Prize Fund €500

Ian Craig, Agri Business Manager,Northern Bank presents a trophy to Jonathan Aiken, Dromara whose Charollais ewe was the overall winner at the NISA/Northern Bank Ewe Championship Final at Castlewellan Show 2005 Looking on is the judge of the event, John Young, Kilmarnock Photograph by Columba O'Hare			.		Jonathan Aiken, Dromara owned the Supreme Champion Interbreed Sheep Pairs winners at Castlewellan Show 2005. Marcus Scott, Norbrook Laboratories and son Jack are pictured making a presentation to Jeremy and Jim Aiken
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