Texel on Target at Primestock Events SHEEP SOCIETY
QUALITY PERFORMANCE SERVICE
The Texel Society through its sponsorship programme has encouraged participation at a range of Primestock shows, with Dutch Texels taking many of the championships of live and carcase competitions from the British Texel classes.
SUCCESS
Royal Welsh Winter Fair
English Winter Fair
Produced tremendous success for the breed. The champion lambs, pure Texel’s, bred by Andrew Bishop and shown by S J & H Smith (PENPARC). The champion carcase, a pure Texel from Adrian Windsor (FERN), the reserve another pure Texel, exhibited by Gwyn Davies, (CAEBETRAN) and the Supreme Champion pair of Texel carcase’s allowing the breed a prestigious 1-2 within the high calibre carcase competition. Texel also appeared in many of the other awards, showing the influence of the breed at this premiere event.
Robin Slade, (WEEKFIELD), enjoyed considerable success in the winter show arena, taking both champion, reserve champion pen of lambs, and pedigree sheep champion at the English Winter Fair primestock show, Stafford. His winning pen of matching ewe lambs came from a 400 ewe flock of Dutch Texels entered in the EWF’s Trimmed Butchers Lamb class. Weighing a combined 80kg these then made their way through to win the championship.
Presentation to Supreme Champion Pair of Lambs Dutch Texels – S J & H Smith, Powys. Pictured L to R: Anna Smith (daughter), Mrs Helen Minnice - Smith, Welsh Assembly Government (sponsors), Mr G Denley Jenkins (judge), Steve Smith, representative from Dunbia (sponsors) and Sarah Williams from HSBC (sponsors). Adrian Windsor’s (FERN), Supreme Champion Carcase pair of Lambs & Supreme Champion Carcase Lamb.
The Slade team with Peter Phillips of championship sponsor Blue Merle
O A & P Beresford, (HOLLYFIELDS), took Reserve champion overall in the Lamb Carcase class.
British Texel Sheep Society, National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG Tel: 024 7669 6629, Fax: 024 7669 6472, Email: office@texel.co.uk