Masham Sheep Fair
The limited show season came to an end with Anna Pennell the Nipna Flock representing the Clun's in the unique Masham Sheep Fair. There were huge Classes but she managed to secure the Reserve Championship with Pixie Blackjack.
Ennerdale Show 2021
New breeder Paul Murray had a superb start to his career showing Clun's taking First Prizes with his shearling Ewe and Ewe Lamb and then the section Championship with the Shearling Ewe.
Staffordshire County Show 2021
Although there are very few shows this summer the Northern breeders continued to exhibit where possible. This time Andrew Fisher took his Clun's to Staffs and had another fantastic day taking 1st Prizes with his Senior Ram, Ram Lamb and Ewe Lamb and also 2nd with a Shearling Ewe. With the Senior Ram going on to take the AONB Championship.
Honiton Show 2021
The mother and daughter duo of Claire & Chloe Burrough stepped out for the first time this summer with a strong team at Honiton Show and despite terrible weather they managed to pick up 1st with their homebred 2 shear Ram (Consort) and Ram Lamb (Emrys) and 2nd and 3rd in both the the ewe and ewe lamb classes. Consort then went on to win the Reserve Section Championship.
Royal Lancashire Show 2021
Clun's dominated the Royal Lancashire Show recently with the Nidderdale Flock of Andrew Fisher entered in the AONB classes. They secured 1st Prize Ram , Ewe and Ewe Lamb; 2nd Prize Shearling Ewe; 3rd Prize Ram Lamb and Group of 3. He then won the section Championship with the ewe which then went on to win Reserve Interbreed Championship.
Derwent Flock Fly the Flag
The Derwent Flock of Sue Tyson and Rach Willan have made a great effort attending the few shows close to them this summer. In June they took their Clun's to Cumbria RBST show at Westmorland and were up against some strong Suffolk and Hampshire entries in the Shortwooled Section. Despite this they took a 1st in the Senior Ram Class with Derwent Diamond Geezer and 3rd with their ram lamb Derwent Enrique. They were out again at Gartang Show and in huge AONB classes of 20 plus they took 1st with Hunter Ariana in the Aged Ewe Class, 2nd with Derwent Dancing Queen in the shearling ewe and 4th with ram lamb , Derwent Enrique
Great Yorkshire Show 2021
For the first time since the 1970's Clun Forest Sheep were able to have their own breed classes thanks to the work of exhibitors in previous years turning out regularly in the Any Other sections. There were 5 exhibitors present with the judging overseen by Mr. R. Vincent.
Mr R. Vincent found his overall Breed Champion in Miss A Pennells' homebred Shearling ewe "Nipna Delight". Reserve Breed champion came from the same exhibitor in the Male Champion - "Charben Ben", the Nipna Flock's 3 shear stock ram bred by R. Vernon.
Reserve Female Champion came from the 2nd place in a very hotly contested Shearling ewe class "Court-llacca Diana" exhibited by M & T Eckley & Sons, Herefordshire. The same exhibitor also produced the Reserve Male Champion coming from the ram class "Pen-y-wern Blockbuster" bred by A.E. Williams.
The Clun Forest made a great impression in the following days' Interbreeds with "Nipna Delight" being pulled into the final 5 and then the Interbreed pair both from A. Pennell went one further to be pulled out as Reserve Interbreed Pair champions.
The full results are as follows;
Ram; 1st A. Pennell 2nd M & T Eckley 3rd A. Fisher
Ram Lamb; 1st A. Pennell 2nd R. E. Willan & S J Tyson 3rd A. Fisher
Ewe; 1st D J D Knowles 2nd A Pennell 3rd A Fisher
Shearling Ewe; 1st. A Pennell 2nd M & T Eckley 3rd D J D Knowles 4th D J D Knowles 5th A Fisher 6th A Fisher
Ewe Lamb; 1st. A Fisher 2nd A. Pennell 3rd R. E. Willan & S. J. Tyson 4th D J D Knowles
Group of 3; 1st R. E. Willan & S. J. Tyson 2nd. A Pennell 3rd A Fisher
Male Champion; Champ A. Pennell Res. M& T Eckley
Female Champion; Champ A. Pennell Res. M & T Eckley
Overall; Champ; A. Pennell (Female), Res. A. Pennell (Male)
We had CountrygirlMedia join us in the ring to take these great images.
Mr R. Vincent found his overall Breed Champion in Miss A Pennells' homebred Shearling ewe "Nipna Delight". Reserve Breed champion came from the same exhibitor in the Male Champion - "Charben Ben", the Nipna Flock's 3 shear stock ram bred by R. Vernon.
Reserve Female Champion came from the 2nd place in a very hotly contested Shearling ewe class "Court-llacca Diana" exhibited by M & T Eckley & Sons, Herefordshire. The same exhibitor also produced the Reserve Male Champion coming from the ram class "Pen-y-wern Blockbuster" bred by A.E. Williams.
The Clun Forest made a great impression in the following days' Interbreeds with "Nipna Delight" being pulled into the final 5 and then the Interbreed pair both from A. Pennell went one further to be pulled out as Reserve Interbreed Pair champions.
The full results are as follows;
Ram; 1st A. Pennell 2nd M & T Eckley 3rd A. Fisher
Ram Lamb; 1st A. Pennell 2nd R. E. Willan & S J Tyson 3rd A. Fisher
Ewe; 1st D J D Knowles 2nd A Pennell 3rd A Fisher
Shearling Ewe; 1st. A Pennell 2nd M & T Eckley 3rd D J D Knowles 4th D J D Knowles 5th A Fisher 6th A Fisher
Ewe Lamb; 1st. A Fisher 2nd A. Pennell 3rd R. E. Willan & S. J. Tyson 4th D J D Knowles
Group of 3; 1st R. E. Willan & S. J. Tyson 2nd. A Pennell 3rd A Fisher
Male Champion; Champ A. Pennell Res. M& T Eckley
Female Champion; Champ A. Pennell Res. M & T Eckley
Overall; Champ; A. Pennell (Female), Res. A. Pennell (Male)
We had CountrygirlMedia join us in the ring to take these great images.
