Midlands Club Report

Midlands Club

Report by Jennie Ward - Chairman

As with many clubs our usual events were curtailed due to Covid. However, some noticeable events that still managed to take place were;

The success of the Woods family in purchasing, at a record price of €52,000, Clonagh Lucky Explorer at the Roscommon Premier Sale. Good Luck with him and we will look forward to seeing his progeny.

Michael and John Barlow had a very successful time at Stirling selling both males and females, well done.

Another of our club members, Lady Barbour (Lambclose), celebrated her 100th Birthday in the summer, congratulations from the Midlands Club.

Richard Storer-Smith and Chris Martindale, both members of the Midlands Club, were elected to the Simmental Council, we wish them both luck in their roles.

In the year we had sad news in the summer of the passing of Hugo Arnold, he was a true gentleman and one of the most successful and influential breeders in the Simmental world. Our sympathies go out to the Arnold family. It seemed fitting therefore, that James Arnold won the Society’s 2020 ‘Virtual’ Show with Vale Royal Girlie, a great achievement with so many cattle entered, congratulations James.

We hope all breed members and their families have stayed safe during the pandemic and look forward to hopefully meeting up again in the not too distant future. Hopefully our halters won’t be hanging up next year.