South Devon Newsletter April 2019

SOUTH DEVON HERD BOOK SOCIETY Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DJ. Tel: 01392 447494 Fax: 01392 447495

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NEWSLETTER APRIL 2019 CONTENTS: Phil Eustice memorial trophy DNA certificates Performance championships Spring Show & Sale TB compensation National Show

Homer semen; Three Counties Website links; EBV accuracy Genomic evaluations Auction of Promises Diary; new members And finally Towergate Young Handler

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NATIONAL SHOW SPONSORS We are very grateful to all Sponsors of our National Show this year at the Royal Welsh:

ASHLEY MOOR FARM COTTAGES BIOBEST (HI HEALTH HERDCARE) ARWYN DAVIES FIELD FARM TOURS; GLYN HAMER MILL MIX E G & C E JAMES; KIVELLS H J LEA OAKES; REA VALLEY TRACTORS RODEN LIVESTOCK 1

Dear Members It has been a very busy few weeks since the middle of February, and so if I (especially) have not responded as quickly as possible to any of your enquiries I do apologise.

The Journal has one more proof-reading to be done next week, then it will be printed and ready for distribution at the Midland Club Sale.

The Midland Club Sale catalogue is also now complete and at the printers. It is very pleasing to see a strong entry of South Devons for this sale at Rugby Market, Stoneleigh Park, on Saturday 4th May. Entered are 13 bulls, 53 heifers, 2 commercials with calves, 2 primestock, and the dispersal of Malcolm Perris’s Cross Tree herd comprising 10 cows, 10 calves, 5 heifers, and one stock bull. The catalogue is on the websites (Kivells and SDHBS), but please do ask if you would like a printed copy posted. Please also tell us if you would like to book a place at the pre-Sale Club Supper at Stoneleigh Park.

The Spring Show & Sale was a successful one, I am very pleased to report, with a headline price of £10,500 for Trewint Clyde, and an increase in bull averages of £200 to £3,830. Trade for females was also strong, with a top price of £2,520 and an average of £1,943. There was a total clearance of 92% - so overall, a welcome uplift!

The previous evening saw the election of Mrs Anne Tully from Waddeton, Brixham, Devon, as our new President for 2019/2020 at the Annual General Meeting. Anne, Gordon, and Philip run the very well-known Waddeton herd of pedigree South Devons and regularly show their cattle as well as support Society Sales. We wish Anne a very enjoyable year as our ambassador, and, if you don’t already know her, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet her at forthcoming shows and events.

We are very grateful to John Wakeham for conducting the bi-annual Auction of Promises after the Annual General Meeting, and for securing £4,000 as the proceeds from the evening. Thank you to all members and friends who supported the Auction, it was an enjoyable fund-raising event and the money will go towards this year’s and next year’s National Shows.

Entries for the National Show are open until 24th April, and forms are available at www.rwas.wales/livestock-schedule-1/. With the risk of repeating myself – it is crucial that your entries are sent in as soon as possible as we have not been able to block-book stalling as we have at previous Shows. We would also 2

recommend that you send the forms by recorded or special delivery so that you know they have been delivered. Further information about the National Show are given inside. Our target is 100 South Devons at the 100th Royal Welsh Show, so please help us meet this to attract publicity for the breed.

I take this opportunity to remind and encourage you to help widen our membership base by using the Introductory Membership scheme run by the Society. For example, each time you make a private sale you might ask your buyer if they are an existing member of the Society; if not, please let us have their name and address and we will join them up as an introductory member, and invoice you just £10 + VAT for up to one year’s membership.

Late news: Colin Pearse’s book, “South Devons in their Verdant Pasture” is at print and will be ready to launch at the Royal Cornwall Show. It contains about 900 pages of South Devon history in words and pictures, and is a great collection for anyone interested in the breed and the breeders. The price will be £65 per book, and Colin will be at the Show on Friday 7th June to sign copies. Please come and support – this represents eight years of dedicated work by Colin, with a vast collection of contributions from members and friends. Pre-orders taken.

Caroline

PHIL EUSTICE MEMORIAL TROPHY An amazing £7,500 was raised at the fund-raising evening at the Cornishman, Crantock, Newquay – congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to all those who made contributions to the raffle and auction.

A cup will be purchased for the new Interbreed class for best native animal at the Royal Cornwall Show, in memory of Phil.

DNA CERTIFICATES A reminder that, at the request of Council, DNA certificates are no longer automatically printed and sent to you once we receive the results back from the laboratory.

Results continue to be posted to the website.

Turnaround time between your sending in samples to us for testing, and test results coming back to us is about four to six weeks.

If you would like to receive printed Certificates, please do let us know.

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PERFORMANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS If you are responding to my plea to support the Performance Championships (for Breedplan recorded herds) which is to be held at “J36” Agricultural Centre, Kendal, Cumbria on 23rd May, I would appreciate your entries into the office as soon as you can.

There will be another Breedplan evaluation computed in the next few days, so you might be waiting for an update on figures before making your final selections – and please send in any additional weights by return so that they can be included in the evaluation.

We will be putting together the catalogue in the office, so to benefit from maximum publicity in the run-up to the event it would be good to know exact numbers entered. Thank you!

SPRING SHOW & SALE Details of the Show and Sale are below and, if you did not see the Press Release on the website or in the media, I’ll just summarise the mood with Mark Bromell’s (Kivells) comment: “An excellent sale with a large attendance of buyers from all over the UK saw spirited bidding and high demand for both the bulls and maiden heifers. A very enjoyable day in the rostrum!”

The Show Judge: Mr Richard Hartshorn, Telford, Shropshire Class 1 – bulls 1st The Tully Partnership Class 2 – bulls 1st P S & A P Rowe nd 2 The Tully Partnership rd 3 J & S White Farms Ltd Class 3 – bulls 1st A H & E M Bartley nd 2 J Shinner & Sons rd 3 P S & A P Rowe Class 4 – bulls 1st W H D Scott nd 2 B G & J Z A Dart 3rd Mr & Mrs R C Burrough & Sons

Waddeton Claude 2 Trewint Clyde Waddeton Claude 3 Broadwood Zeus 5 Z Mutterton Kyoto 12 Z Stretchford Icarus 5 Trewint Carson Grove Pompey 89 AI Z Woodhayes Ashley 18 Godworthy Adonis 16 4

Class 5 – bulls 1st R K Rundle Kestle Emperor 9 nd 2 P S & A P Rowe Trewint Churchill rd 3 Mr & Mrs R C Burrough & Sons Godworthy Eclipse 58 Male Champion – The Roskymer Cup Winner R K Rundle Kestle Emperor 9 Reserve Male Champion – The Rowe Cup Winner P S & A P Rowe Trewint Clyde Best bull on performance and inspection – The Thornton Cup Winner B G & J A Z Dart AI Z Woodhayes Ashley 18 Reserve A H & E M Bartley Z Mutterton Kyoto 12 Best male pair – The Macfarlane Cup Winner The Tully Partnership Waddeton Claude 2 Waddeton Claude 3 Reserve P S & A P Rowe Trewint Clyde Trewint Churchill Best polled male – The Polled South Devon Perpetual Cup Winner A H & E M Bartley Z Mutterton Kyoto 12 Reserve J Shinner & Sons Z Stretchford Icarus 5 Class 7 – Heifers aged between 1 year 3 months and 2 years 3 months, in calf, running with the bull, or not served 1st W H D Scott AI Grove Buttercup 176 nd 2 W H D Scott Z Grove Willowherb 99 rd 3 P S & A P Rowe Trewint Nylon 116 Class 8 - Heifers aged between 1 year 3 months and 2 years 3 months, in calf, running with the bull, or not served 1st The Tully Partnership Z Waddeton Calypso 37 nd 2 P G H Tully East Farm Hilda 36 rd 3 P S & A P Rowe Trewint Jill 602 Female champion – The Waddeton Perpetual Cup Winner W H D Scott AI Grove Buttercup 176 Reserve female champion – The Kestle Cup Winner W H D Scott Z Grove Willowherb 99 Best female pair – The Greenslade Cup Winner W H D Scott AI Grove Buttercup 176 Z Grove Willowherb 99 Reserve P S & A P Rowe Trewint Jill 602 Trewint Mary 87 Best polled female – The Colcharton Cup Winner W H D Scott Z Grove Willowherb 99 Reserve The Tully Partnership Z Waddeton Calypso 37

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The Sale BULLS Vendor Tully Partnership R V Hartshorn J & S White Farms P G H Tully P S & A P Rowe Tully Partnership D J Thomas & Son A H & E M Bartley P S & A P Rowe M E & T E Broome J Shinner & Sons B G & J Z A Dart W H D Scott M E & T E Broome Mr & Mrs R C Burrough & Sons R K Rundle P S & A P Rowe Mr & Mrs R C Burrough & Sons R A Ford R K Rundle R R B & S J Harvey

Animal

Purchaser

Gns

Waddeton Claude 2 AI Cilgwrrwg SAS Coch Broadwood Zeus 5 East Farm Claude Trewint Clyde Waddeton Claude 3 Z Treguddick Solomon Z Mutterton Kyoto 12 Trewint Carson Z Welland Valley Trident 17 Z Stretchford Icarus 5 AI Z Woodhayes Ashley 18 Grove Pompey 89 Z Welland Valley Awesome

Acorn Farms, North Tawton, Devon 3300 Portman Burtley Est, Beaconsfield, Bucks 2600 W & H M Palmer & Son, Kingsbridge, Devon 3000 J R Davis, Wincanton, Somerset 3300 C J & R J Edwards, Tavistock, Devon 10000 Mr & Mrs R C Burrough & Sons, Axminster, Devon 4100 A Coaker, Yelverton, Devon 2800 I Kendle, Dereham, Norfolk 4600 D P & M G White, Axminster, Devon 2400 G K Griffin & Sons, Saltash, Cornwall 3000 Mr & Mrs J A Hopkins, Highbridge, Somerset 5000 J & B Fentem & Sons, Ashbourne, Derbys 3200 G M & J A Hosking, Penzance, Cornwall 3000 W T P & E A Rees, Crickhowell, Powys 3500

Godworthy Adonis 16 Kestle Emperor 9 Trewint Churchill

J R Davis, Wincanton, Somerset

Godworthy Eclipse 58 Goffe Cave Hard Core Kestle Sturdy Away 4 Sexton Senator 24

Portman Burtley Est, Beaconsfield, Bucks 2700 F Screech & Son, Launceston, Cornwall 2500 R J M Osborne & Son, Newton Abbot, Devon 2700 R J Hopkins, Chippenham, Wilts 2500

3100 Shillingham Farm Partners, Saltash, Cornwall 5100 K V & M A Plain, Tewkesbury, Glos 4200

21 bulls sold, average £3,830

HEIFERS Vendor

Animal

Purchaser

W H D Scott W H D Scott A Brookes P S & A P Rowe P S & A P Rowe P S & A P Rowe P S & A P Rowe P S & A P Rowe P S & A P Rowe P S & A P Rowe Tully Partnership P G H Tully

Z Grove Willowherb 99 AI Grove Buttercup 176 Beckaveans Claire 5 Trewint Nylon 116 Trewint Jill 593 Trewint Jill 600 Trewint Snowdrop 194 Trewint Jill 602 Trewint Buttercup 295 Trewint Mary 87 Z Waddeton Calypso 37 East Farm Hilda 36

M & S Kettlewell, Chipping Norton, Oxon 2000 West Prawle Farm, Kingsbridge, Devon 2200 Shillingham Farm Partners, Saltash, Cornwall 2100 L Salt, Uttoxeter, Staffs 2300 S Clarke, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs 1400 S Clarke, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs 1500 S Clarke, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs 1350 S Clarke, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs 2300 L Salt, Uttoxeter, Staffs 1350 S Clarke, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs 2400 R Saunders, Malmesbury, Wilts 2000 West Prawle Farm, Kingsbridge, Devon 1300

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12 heifers sold, average £1,943

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FRAME SCORES With thanks to Richard Camp and Richard Smaridge for measuring and collating the scores for the Sale bulls.

SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE (cm) Age (mths) No Range Avg 15-20 mths 1 35 35 21-30 22 36-45 39 HEIGHT AT WITHERS (cm) Age (mths) No Range Avg 15-20 mths 1 141 141 21-30 22 140-153 146 HEIGHT AT RUMP (cm) Age (mths) No Range Avg 15-20 mths 1 144 144 21-30 22 144-156 151 LENGTH (cm) WITHERS TO PIN Age (mths) No Range Avg 15-20 mths 1 142 142 21-30 22 141-157 150 WEIGHT (kg) Age (mths) No Range Avg 15-20 mths 1 824 824 21-30 22 820-1104 965 SHOULDER WIDTH (cm) Age (mths) No Range Avg 15-20 mths 1 68 68 21-30 22 67-81 73 RUMP WIDTH (cm) Age (mths) No Range Avg 15-20 mths 1 66 66 21-30 22 63-73 68

Pass size 33 cm 35 cm

HOOK TO PIN Range Avg 52 52 52-64 57

One bull was rejected at inspection for testicles; and one heifer was rejected for undershot jaw.

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COMPENSATION FOR BOVINE TB Payable during April 2019 NON PEDIGREE BOVINE Male Age Up to 3 months Over 3 months up to 6 months Over 6 months up to 9 months Over 9 months up to 12 months Over 12 months up to 16 months Over 16 months up to 20 months 20 months and over, non breeding bulls Breeding bulls 20 months and over

Compensation due 190 383

Female Age Up to 3 months Over 3 months up to 6 months Over 6 months up to 9 months Over 9 months up to 12 months Over 12 months up to 16 months Over 16 months up to 20 months 20 months and over, not calved Over 20 months, calved

657 840 901 954 1,028 1,269

Compensation due 136 328 560 726 769 849 943 711

PEDIGREE BOVINE Male Age Up to 6 months 6 months up to 12 months Over 12 months up to 24 months 24 months and over

Compensation due * *

Female Age Up to 6 months 6 months up to 12 months Over 12 months up to 24 months 24 months and over (not calved) Calved over 24 months and up to 36 months Calved 36 months and over

4,930 2,245

*Compensation to be determined using individual valuation ** Previously ascertained market price 8

Compensation due * 1,858 1,798 1,853 899**

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NATIONAL SHOW, ROYAL WELSH ENTRIES At the time of writing there is about one week remaining before the close of entries (24th April), so if you have not yet sent them you’ve not got long! You are advised to send them by Special Delivery or Recorded Mail to be sure that the Royal Welsh office receives them before the closing date, as they do not open them all at once, and we will not know the numbers entered until the end of May. It would be good if you could let us know what you enter so that we can keep a track at this end.

100 for 100 Our target is to get 100 South Devons entered for the 100th Royal Welsh Show, which will be a great headliner for all of us to use.

TOWERGATE YOUNG HANDLER COMPETITION Please refer to the back page for the entry form – for 11-15s, and 16-25s. The Competition will be held on Tuesday morning from 11 am.

BEST CAKE COMPETITION Classes are for the Best Cake; and the Best Welsh Cake (not meaning the best cake from Wales!)

BEST PHOTO COMPETITION Classes are for the categories of “South Devons on farm”, and “South Devons at show”. Please supply copies to us as pdf attachments by e-mail, or as A6 prints.

POLO SHIRTS We are taking orders for polo shirts that will be embroidered with the words “South Devons – quietly going places” in Welsh for you to wear at the Show.

Please ask Elizabeth for prices and colours.

AWARDS DINNER This will be held on Monday evening on the showground. Menu and price will be included in the next newsletter.

PRE-SHOW BUFFET SUPPER To be held on Sunday evening in the marquee, and bookings will be called for in the next newsletter.

EXHIBITOR SUPPLY OF HAY We hope to be taking pre-orders from exhibitors for a supply of hay in the next newsletter, which will be made available on Saturday/Sunday to last the 9

duration of the show.

TB TESTING One of the entry requirements is to pre-movement test animals, and if you are planning to attend other shows no doubt you will carefully calculate the timing of the testing with your vet.

REQUEST FOR HOMER SEMEN Our stock of Edmeston Homer 1 semen has now run dry, apart from a few straws that we will keep back for a ‘rainy day scenario’.

We have, however, received a request for straws from Edmeston Homer 1, or Woodhayes Homer 5, so if you have any unwanted stock please would you let us know. Thank you.

SHOW DATES AND LINK COORDINATORS Apologies to the Plains for leaving them off last month’s list of Show Coordinators! They will be acting as our link with the Royal Three Counties Show – thank you, Margaret, Keith, Alex & Simon.

WEBSITE LINKS We have recently removed a few Member Links from our website as they were no longer functioning. Please do have a look and, if you would like us to set up a link to your herd, just give us your website address.

It can be strange how these links work – one of the older ones went straight to a fashion business in Paris!

EBV ACCURACY Although EBVs have been used for many years by breeders and commercial beef producers, there are still some common misconceptions that can wrongly influence selection procedures, and Accuracy of an EBV is one such foggy area.

The easiest way to consider what is referred to by Accuracy is to focus on what an EBV actually is. EBV stands for Estimated Breeding Value. Estimates change over time as more becomes known about an animal’s progeny. Over time the 10

accumulation of data brings the EBV closer to the true breeding value of an animal.

Accuracy is the measurement that indicates the amount we know about an animal. Higher levels of accuracy mean more is known; and this information includes performance data, progeny data, carcase measurements, genetic information and pedigree. High accuracy numbers mean that an EBV is unlikely to change significantly in value.

At the same time, lower accuracy animals are those that have not yet had the opportunity for data to be comprehensively recorded. Young sires and those that have not been widely used are often low accuracy animals. The accuracy figures that are provided on these bulls are derived from pedigrees, performance of parents and siblings, as well as from relationships with other traits.

Low accuracy sires are likely to experience changes to their individual EBV values; which might be positive or negative as more data is included in the analysis.

The key message to consider is that low accuracy EBV values for individual bulls are likely to change over time. Breedplan guidance is that: - Less than 50% accuracy – the EBVs are preliminary, and could change significantly as more direct performance information becomes available on this animal - 50-74% accuracy – the EBVs are medium accuracy. EBVs in this range will usually have been calculated based on the animal’s own performance and some pedigree information - 75-90% accuracy – the EBVs are medium-high accuracy. They will have been calculated from the animal’s own performance and that of a small number of its progeny - 90% + - the EBVs are a high accuracy estimate of the animal’s true breeding value, and it is unlikely that they will change significantly.

Therefore, the more information that is submitted, the higher the accuracy, and the greater the importance of EBV consideration in animal selection! The higher the accuracy, the more reliable the EBV.

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GENOMICS AND BREED DEVELOPMENT This article is based on a recent report of a talk given by Dr Robert Banks, AGBU, University of New England, to the British Cattle Breeders Club Conference. Dr Banks has given us advice on our Genomic Predictor project and will be involved as we progress Dr Banks gave an interesting overview of the opportunities and implications of genomic technology for breed societies.

Before genomics became commercially available, the genetic merit of an animal was based on a consideration of its pedigree, and varying levels of performance data available – information that is used to create EBVs. With genomic evaluations, a reference population is built comprising (in our own South Devon project) animals that have deep pedigrees, are performance recorded, and have a minimum calving ease direct (CED) EBV of 50% accuracy.

In recent weeks we have been able to more than double the size of this population, with the help of ABRI and Neogen, to over 400 – not enough yet, though!

Once established this reference population can be used to genotype any South Devon animal, which brings with it a real opportunity for significantly faster and more valuable genetic progress. In Australia, for example, increased accuracy of predicting progeny performance has increased by up to 20% depending on breed and trait.

However, the reference population must not be static, and there will be an ongoing need for fresh performance data. To quote Dr Banks, “It is the size and trait coverage of the reference population which determines what value breeders and others can extract from genomics. Breeds should aim for 2501,000 new animals recorded and genotyped per year, as higher numbers generate greater genomic accuracy.”

The implications for breed development are very exciting – but also challenging for a breed society. Dr Banks says, “Genomics provide the opportunity to rethink how breed societies work – what are the rules around use of the key information resource and how costs are distributed. The breeds that emerge from the genomics era intact and viable will have had to trial a new way of doing things. But in finding practical, equitable and efficient ways of generating and using information, they will have a much stronger foundation for sustained viability than previously.”

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We should take confidence from this that the SDBHS are pursuing the correct strategy and path to building a means of progressing breed improvement much faster than many other breeds are doing. But there will be plenty of questions for Council to address over the next few years.

AUCTION OF PROMISES Another great effort by members to come together and support Society events, and to help raise funds towards this year’s and next year’s National Shows.

Thank you so much to all those who contributed; it was a fun evening, helped along considerably by John Wakeham’s cajoling and persuasive manner!

To summarise the Auction: - Ridge & Furrow cider sold to Sir John Bell, Malcolm Broome, Edward Hawkins, and our son Jamie for a total of £115 - Jars of home produced honey and marmalade sold to the Laity family, Sir John Bell, Richard Hartshorn, and Bob Bostelmann for a total of £163 - A week’s stay at Trewint for £250 to John Virgin - Two lots of ten straws each of Z Eyton SAS Illya 1 for £120 to the Laity family, and £110 to David Nixey - Ten straws of Woodhayes Homer 5 for £210 to Gwyn James - Two lots of ten straws of Rufford SAS Jambo for £200 to Gwyn James, and £200 to David Irving - Five straws of AI Hawkley SAS Intrepid for £85 to Alan & Liz Bartley - Ten straws of Juniper Winston for £40 to Lianne Salt - A kitchen clock and work top protector for £80 to the Hadley family - Two lots of Lyme Bay wines for £54 to Robert Dimond and Graham Hocking - Two lots of showing equipment for £102 to Mike Kettlewell and Gordon Tully - Port, malt whisky, and gin for £117 to Margaret Eustice, Diana Rusher and Stephanie Rowe - Metal garden plant support for £80 to Lowenna Edwards - Hampers of local produce for a total of £85 to Richard Mumford and Richard Hartshorn - Short break at Colcharton for £140 to Sir John Bell - Two lots of home produced apple juice for £60 to Sir John Bell and Bob Bostelmann - A frozen duck for £45 to the Laity family - Overnight stay at Tregondale for £150 to Dick Scott 13

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Artic load of barley straw for £700 to Mark Thomas Complete set of Herd Books for £400 to Edward & William Hawkins Dorset blue cheese for £60 to the Tully family Two Christmas puddings for £87 to Alan & Liz Bartley, and Bob Bostelmann Two nights at Torr Farm for £145 to Lianne Salt Chocolates, a cake, and a plant for £62 to Richard Hartshorn, Bob Bostelmann, Mike Kettlewell, and my daughter Emily Rose - Round of golf for £40 to Steve Tucker - Box of fine wines for £100 to Caroline (not yet opened!)

DIARY May 4th Midland Club Sale, Rugby Market, Stoneleigh May 14th Council meeting (re-scheduled) May 23rd Performance Championships, J36, Cumbria May 31st South Devon Cattle Breeders Club Sale, Exeter June 7th Launch of Colin Pearse’s book at Royal Cornwall Show June 20th Executive committee meeting July 22nd-25th National Show, Royal Welsh

NEW & RESIGNING MEMBERS New Full Region 1 Region 2 Region 6 Region 7

Mr L Matthews, J P Matthews & Son, Torpoint, Cornwall Mr N & Mr G W Tucker, Barnstaple, Devon Mr R & Mrs P Taylor, Church Eaton, Staffs M D & B & D M Copley, Grantham, Lincs Ms S Cooper, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway New Introductory Region 7 Mr M Sunderland, Sunderland Farms, Hebden Bridge, Yorks New Retiring Region 4 Mr T J Warhurst, Banbury, Oxon Resigning Region 1 E J & G E Rowe Partnership, Helston, Cornwall Region 2 Mr O Tucker, Kingsbridge, Devon Region 3 Miss E M Wyatt, Chard, Somerset Region 6 Mr I D Carter, Solihull, West Midlands Region 7 Mr E C Cockburn, Sheffield, Yorks Alan Dalton (Outwood) Ltd, Howden, Yorks 14

AND FINALLY …

Jack, a handsome man, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 pm. He sat down next to a blonde lady at the bar and stared up at the TV as the 10:00 news came on. The news crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large building preparing to jump. The blonde looked at Jack and said, "Do you think he'll jump?"

Jack says, "You know what, I bet he will." The blonde replied, "Well, I bet he won't." Jack placed £30 on the bar and said, "You're on!"

Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy did a swan dive off the building, falling to his death. The blonde was very upset and handed her £30 to Jack, saying, "Fair's fair... Here's your money."

Jack replied, "I can't take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5 o'clock news and knew he would jump."

The blonde replies, "I did too; but I didn't think he'd do it again."

Jack took the money.

TOWERGATE YOUNG HANDLER COMPETITION To be held within the National Show, Royal Welsh, 23rd July Entries are invited from any Society member from any Region, aged between 1115 years, or between 16-25 years of age on 31st May, as well as relatives or employees of members.

The object of the Competition is to identify future stockmen and stockwomen who can demonstrate an ability to prepare and exhibit cattle at a professional standard, and who can also demonstrate basic skills and knowledge of livestock breeding.

At the discretion of the Judge, the Competition may include any or all of the following:  The preparation of an animal for showing (the animal will be supplied)  Handling (control and exhibit an animal in a style that displays it in a positive manner, taking into consideration the safety of the handler and others)  Assessment by placing a class of four animals, with justification, giving reasons using positive and descriptive terminology (16-25 years only) The first prize for 16-25 year-olds will be an £800 contribution towards a trip 15

abroad to see/assist with South Devon cattle. The winner will also receive a Showing Stick from the Society. Second and third prizes for this section will be £60 and £30 respectively, plus some South Devon merchandise. The winner will undertake to write a report for the Journal, or give a presentation about their travel experience to an Annual General Meeting.

For 11-15 years, the prizes will include South Devon merchandise, and £60, £40 and £20 for the first three places.

Please use the entry form below for entries, and return completed to the SDHBS office by Monday 15th July.

If there are fewer than six competitors for each year group entered by the closing date this Competition will not take place.

ENTRY FORM I wish to enter the 2019 Young Handler Competition to be held on Tuesday 23rd July at the Royal Welsh Show Name ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Address ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Telephone ……………………………………………………….. Date of birth ………………………………….

Eligibility criteria (eg son of member/employee/own member): ……………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………….

Signed …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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