Dear members
We are delighted to invite you to this years AGM and farm visit. ITINERARY 2.00pm – arrival Furlongs Farm, Stoke St Milborough, Ludlow 4.45pm – arrival Salwey Arms, Woofferton, near Ludlow 5.00pm – AGM 6.00pm – Dinner followed by awards We look forward to seeing you, members old and new, and ask that you return the booking form by no later than 2nd November. All booking forms and full invitation can be found on this page https://www.clunforestsheep.org.uk/agm.html
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The Pen-Y-Wern Flock of A. E. Williams & Son led the field at the 98th sale of Clun Forest Sheep at McCartneys’ Ludlow on Friday 8th September. Having earlier in the day taken the Overall Male Championship for a record 17th time judged by Nigel Faulkner, the shearling ram Pen-Y-Wern First Class sired by Aber-Rheon Darcy reached top price of 1200 gns being knocked down to Cefin & Nia Price at Llanfair Caereinion. This price was matched by later in their run when Pen-Y-Wern Frank again by Aber-Rheon Darcy went to Evan Jones, Walton Flock in Presteigne.
The Reserve Male Champion belong to the stock ram of dispersing flock Richard and Celia Price – Eryri Emperor who reached 300 gns and was sold to Kira Newey of Llandinam. Rams sold to a brisk pace under the command of Clive Roads with shearling rams averaging 482gns. The Highest priced Ram lamb accolade also class winner Trewyrlod Glen by Aber-Rheon Ebenezer from the Price’s making 430 gns to I.T. Davies & Son, Brecon However, it was in the female ring where records where broken. It was the single Shearling Ewe of Anna Pennell’s Nipna flock from North Yorkshire that took the tricolour under judge Mr Brian Roberts. Making Anna’s debut at the society sale, the shearling ewe went on to make 580gns being sold to the Windsor flock of Andrew and Jane Phillips in Pembrokeshire – not only a shearling ewe record but also the overall female sale record for the breed by some distance. This was not the only record broken in what was a lit-up female ring. The ewe lamb record was made when I T Davies & Son sold their first placed ewe lamb for 350 gns, just up on last years record, to David Beech of Uttoxeter. The fierce bidding for the stunning females in the Trewyrlod run led to the Aged Ewe record being broken no fewer than 3 times by the Trewyrlod Flock. The final time was for a delightful 3-shear Trewyrlod Ewe, who was 3rd in her class to Mike Eckley’s Court-Llacca Flock making 490gns and doubling the previous record set last year. It was rewarding to see brisk trade for the females with several ewes sold to Dutch breeders, who had made the trip over to see the sale. The sale marked the sad dispersal of three renowned flocks – Richard & Ceila Prices’ Trewylod flock, Debs’ Searles Pixie Flock and Sandra Edwards Wollerton Flock. We wish them all well with their future projects. Entries for the Annual sale of Clun Forest Sheep at Ludlow (to be held on Friday 8th September) close THIS friday 4th August. All members have been posted an entry form but they can also be downloaded on the website under "Society Sale"
What a tremendous display of Clun Forest Sheep there was at the 2023 Royal Welsh Show. It was lovely to welcome more new exhibitors join the ranks at the show and the classes growing. The Clun Forest classes were held at midday on Tuesday 25th July and judged by Mr Lewis Beddie who had made the journey down from Scotland to adjudicate. He found his champion in Gwawr Llewelyn Hughes homebred Shearling Ewe "Eryri Fancy" - sired by a Hayton ram out of a Aber-Rheon Ewe. She won a 12 strong shearling ewe class before going on to take both the Female and then Overall Breed Champion. It was even more pleasing that the Champion went on to stand Overall Reserve Lowland Champion in the Interbreed championship judged on the Thursday of the show. Male Champion and Reserve Breed champion fell to I T Davies & Son 2 shear Sarnesfield bred ram. Purchased from the society sale in the Autumn of 2022, this upstanding ram took the Overall Championship at Royal Three Counties earlier in the year before coming onto victory at the Royal Welsh. The I T Davies flock also took home reserve female Champion with their homebred Hondu ewe lamb. Reserve male champion was from the long-standing Court-Llacca flock of M Eckley and his homebred shearling Ram Court-Llacca Fernando. The CFSBS was also delighted to unveil their brand-new Society stand - designed and supplied by Agri Marketing, it is hoped this stand will take the society forward and allow a good precense at many events in the future. The full results were as follows; Aged Ram (4 entries) 1. I T Davies & Son 2. M. Eckley 3. A Pennell 4. D. Duggan Shearling Ram (5 entries) 1. M Eckley 2. A Fisher 3. P Murray 4. D Duggan 5. P Murray Ram Lamb (9 entries) 1. I T Davies & Son 2. I T Davies & Son 3. G Llewelyn Hughes 4. A Pennell 5. R Whitticase 6. D Duggan Aged Ewe (8 entries) 1. M Eckley 2. G Llewelyn Hughes 3. A Pennell 4. I T Davies & Son 5. P Murray 6. F Hendrie Shearling Ewe (14 entries) 1. G Llewelyn Hughes 2. I T Davies & Son 3. I T Davies & Son 4. A Pennell 5. A Pennell 6. A Fisher Ewe lamb (9 entries) 1. I T Davies & Son 2. I T Davies & Son 3. A Pennell 4. P Murray 5. R Whittcase 6. G Llewelyn Hughes Group of three (6 entries) Best Group; A Pennell Reserve Best Group; G Llewleyn Hughes Male Champion - I T Davies & Son (Aged Ram) Res Male - M Eckley (Shearling Ram) Female Champion - G Llewleyn Hughes (Shearling Ewe) Res Female - I T Davies & Son (Ewe Lamb) Overall G Llewleyn Hughes Res I T Davies & Son Congratulations to Mr Andrew Fisher for winning Champion with his shearling Ram and to Mrs R.E Wilkin for Reserve champion with the Ewe Lamb. A good turn out of sheep this year at the 'Great Yorkshire Show 2023'
Judged by Mrs Ann Meredith Full results were as follows; Ram Shearling or above 1. A Fisher 2. S Tyson & R Willan 3. D Knowles 4. A Pennell 5. A Fisher 6. R. Wilkin Ram Lamb 1. A Pennell 2. A Fisher 3. S Tyson & R Willan 4. R Wilkin Male Champ; A fisher Res A Pennell Aged Ewe 1. S Tyson & R Willan 2. A. Pennell 3. R Wilkin 4. R Wilkin 5. A Fisher Shearling Ewe 1. A Pennell 2. A. Fisher 3. D. Knowles 4. A Fisher 5. S Tyson & R Willan Ewe Lamb 1. R. Wilkin 2. A Pennell 3. S Tyson & R Willan 4. A Fisher Female Champ; R Wilkin Res. A Pennell Overall A Fisher Res R Wilkin R Meredith Royal Three Counties 2023
Judged by Mr A Smith Congratulations to all the exhibitors that put such a good show of Clun Forest Sheep on at Royal Three Counties this morning. It was great to see new exhibitor Mr Craig Phillips join the line up today - welcome! The Overall Champion was found in I. T. Davies & Son Aged Ram whilst the Overall reserve was G Williams and her Aged Ewe. Both these will go on to contest the Interbreed pairs this weekend. The full results were as follows; Aged Ram 1st I.T. Davies & Son 2nd A Pennell 3rd R. Vincent Shearling Ram 1st A Fisher 2nd R. Vincent Ram Lamb 1st & 2nd I T Davies & Son 3rd R Vincent Male Champion IT Davies & Son (Aged) Res Male A Fisher (Shearling) Aged Ewe 1st G Williams 2nd A Pennell 3rd I T Davies & Son Shearling Ewe 1st A Pennell 2nd IT Davies & Son 3rd G Williams 4th IT Davies & Son 5th C Phillips 6th R Vincent 7th F Hendrie 8th C Phillips Ewe Lamb 1st IT Davies & Son 2nd G Williams 3rd IT Davies & Son 4th R Vincent Female Champion G Williams (Aged ewe) Reserve Female IT Davies & Son (Ewe lamb) Pen of females 1st I T Davies & Son 2nd G Williams Overall Champion IT Davies Res G Williams The registration forms have been sent to all members but can also be downloaded on the website here. They should be returned by 31st December otherwise 1.5 x fees will be occurred.
Thank you to everyone that attended the 2022 AGM, Dinner and Trophy Presentation at Cadmore Lakeside Hotel. We hope you all had an enjoyable evening.
The AGM is where we are able to celebrate the achievement of our members this year and congratulations go to all the trophy winners. These were presented on the evening; Exhibitor of the Year - Lt. Col Palmer Trophy - A Pennell Ram of the Year - Gerald Vaughan Cup - A Pennell Female of the Year - The Laidlaw Prize - A Pennell Exhibitor with the most points from A.O.B. sections - Court-Llacca Perpetual Cup - C & C Burroughs Trophies were also presented from the society Annual Show & Sale; Champion Ram at Society Sale - R J Price Salver - I T Davies Reserve Champion Ram at Society Sale - Pen-y-wern - R Price R Price was also awarded the A E Williams Cup for Highest price 3 ram average and the Bert Davies Cup for Best Shearling Ram IT Davies was also awarded the Sunderland Cup for best aged ram and the I T Davies cup for best ram lamb Best Single Female at Society Sale - W H Bason Cup - D Knowles Best pen of 5 shearlings - Chas Edwards Cup - W Gough and A Watkins Best Pen of 5 2 shear ewes - Milner Morgan Cup - G R Roberts Highest price pen of 5 ewes any age - J T Luntley Cup - G R Roberts RWAS Best Novice Exhibit - W P Williams Cup - G Williams Society Sale Best Novice Exhibit - J G William Cup - G Williams Thankyou to Ceilia Price for making the trophy presentation AGM 2022
**SAVE THE DATE** SATURDAY 26th NOVEMBER AGM, Annual Dinner and Prizegiving at Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire Invitation and menu has been emailed/posted to all members w/c 1st November and should be returned by 18th November. Please do contact admin@clunforestsheep.org if you would like to come. We hope to see as many of you as possible, catching up with old friends and looking forward to meeting our new members. |
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