It was a great start to the shows for 2022 with Claire Burrough exhibiting at North Somerset Agricultural show with Burroway Dragoness winning Aob Champion, Native Champion and Reserve Interbreed Sheep in show. Well done!
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The Schedule for the 2022 Royal Welsh Show can be found on the website below. Entries open Wednesday 30th March. The Clun Forest Classes will be on the Tuesday at 3pm (provisional timetable) and be judged by Ms J. Ritchie
Royal Welsh Website The Schedule and Entry Forms for the 2023 Great Yorkshire Show can be found on the website below
Great Yorkshire Show Website The Clun Forest Classes are to be held on the Tuesday and judged by Mr R Price. The schedule for the Royal Three Counties Show can now be found on the website here. There are Clun Forest Classes held on Friday 17th June 2022.
https://www.royalthreecounties.co.uk/compete/ **IMPORTANT NOTICE**
For anyone who is paying registrations and subscription invoices by CHEQUE, can you please make them payable to CLUN FOREST SHEEP BREEDERS SOCIETY LTD, rather than CFSBS. Lloyds Bank has informed us that the abbreviated payee format will no longer be accepted. Thank you Every four years the Society holds its Flock Competition, open to all Flocks within the UK. This year, Mr Richard Price and his wife Celia travelled the length and breadth of the Country to judge. We must give our huge gratitude to both Richard and Celia for the time spent travelling and viewing the Flocks. A Full report will follow on the Flock Competition Page here but here are the brief results Small-Holders Flock 1st - M. Davies - Aber-Rheon 2nd - K. Newey - Kilbee 3rd - E. Spice - Fieldway Small Flock 1st- D. Searle & R. VIncent - Pixie Flock 2nd D. Knowles -Wrotham 3rd W. Davies - Purlogue Medium Flock 1st - A. Pennell - NIpna Flock 2nd - C. Meredith - Withy 3rd - C. WIlkins - Tygwyn Large Flock 1st - W. Gough & A. Watkins - Stormer Cottage Flock 2nd - G. Phillips - Meadowland 3rd- J. Roberts - Furlongs Additional awards Best Group of Ewe Lambs 1st G. Phillips - Meadowland 2nd W. Gough & A. Watkins - Stormer Cottage Ram Lamb with most potential - G. Hughes - Eryri Emperor Best Stock Ram 1st M. Davies - Pen-y-wern Captain Clun 2nd C. Meredith - Withy Overall Champion Flock - W. Gough & A. Watkins - Stormer Cottage Flock Reserve Overall Flock - A. Pennell - Nipna For non-monitored flocks wishing to export sheep/goats to Northern Ireland only, a new temporary Scrapie Qualifying status has been created.
This is a new temporary status within the Great Britain Scrapie Monitored Scheme (SMS). Animals from flocks with Scrapie Qualifying status are not Scrapie Monitored as defined in the Scrapie Monitoring Scheme rules, but they are eligible for export to Northern Ireland under a limited derogation within the relevant EU Regulations. Important to Note: To obtain Scrapie Qualifying status, flock owners/keepers must apply to join the SMS on or before 31 December 2021 and undertake to comply with SMS rules for the next three years after which they will progress to SMS (Controlled Risk) status. You can download the Scrapie Qualifying Notes for further details about Qualifying status Additional details on the process for moving breeding sheep and goats from GB to NI are available from APHA and DAERA For more details and links to all of the relevant documents, go to: Scrapie monitoring for export | SRUC In addition, Guidance notes and veterinary support certificate guidance notes have been updated, to include the complementary scrapie qualifying status attestation made available for use at:Domestic ovine and caprine animals intended for breeding or production to the European Union: certificate 8220 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The CFS Marketplace has been updated with Ewe and Ram Lambs for sale - see here
All the forms for the upcoming AGM have been emailed/posted to members but they can also be downloaded on the AGM Page here
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SATURDAY 27 NOVEMBER AGM, Annual Dinner and Prizegiving (including Flock Competition results) at Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire Invitation and menu going out to members in the next few days Please join us, we would love to see you there |
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