Northern Ireland Club Herd competition: some fantastic cattle
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very enjoyable evening was held recently at the NI Beef Shorthorn Cattle annual dinner at the Greenvale Hotel, Cookstown which featured Beef Shorthorn beef from Hannan Meats, Moira. Club chairman, Tom McGuigan welcomed a packed room of members and their friends to the dinner. He reflected on a busy year for Beef Shorthorn breeders with several events staged by the Club, including a successful open day at Richard Henning’s Mullaglass herd, a fundraising family day hosted by Rachel Jordan, an open meeting for members and Balmoral Show.
CHAMPION AWARDS Overall: Glebefarm, Alfie and James Shaw Reserve: Craigfaddock, David Alexander Stock bull: Rockwood, David McCrory Reserve: Croft, Richard Henderson Brood cow: Glebefarm, Alfie and James Shaw Reserve: Aghalee, Graham Duncan Cow family: Linhill, JP McFadden Reserve: Glebefarm, Alfie and James Shaw Bull calf: Croft, Richard Henderson Reserve: Cooper, McGuigan Family Heifer calf: Mullaglass, Richard Henning Reserve: Burnside, William and Jill McAllister Heifer group: Maralin, Libby Clarke Reserve: Burnside, William and Jill McAllister Young bull: Craigfaddock, David Alexander Reserve: Mullaglass, Richard Henning
COMMERCIAL HERD Champion: David Henderson Reserve: Barry Fitzsimons COMMERCIAL HERDS 1, David Henderson, Lisbellaw 2, Barry Fitzsimons, Ballynahinch PEDIGREE HERD LARGE HERDS 1, Glebefarm, Alfie and James Shaw 2, Tullyard, Ivan Walmsley 3, Finn, Sean Cosgrove SMALL HERDS 1, Craigfaddock, David Alexander 2, Croft, Richard Henderson 3, Gortacar, Denver Reid
The annual herd competition was also a tremendous success, and thanks must go to judges, Tom Staunton and Johnny Keane, who clocked up hundreds of miles during their week of judging. Tom delivered a fantastic report on their visits to all 28 farms. David Henderson won the champion commercial herd and Barry Fitzsimons, reserve. Both judges were hugely impressed with the quality of the commercial entries. In the pedigree section Alfie and James Shaw came out top overall with their Glebefarm herd based outside Dungannon. David and Carole Alexander were in the reserve overall spot. During the prize giving both Tom and Johnny highlighted that during their judging they had seen so many fantastic Beef Shorthorn cattle in each and every section.
Commercial herd champion, David Henderson with reserve winners, the Fitzsimons family and judges, Johnny Keane and Tom Staunton
Libby Clarke Herd presentation from left, Johnny Keane presents the reserve award to Carole Alexander, while James Shaw receives the overall award from Tom Staunton 152
Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society Journal 2022
