Royal Ulster Show – Balmoral 2019

Limestone Aston Martin Ram Lamb takes Supreme Champion

Date: 15th May 2019

Judge: Arthur O’Keeffe, Annakisha Flock

Congratulations to the Northern Ireland Branch for an excellent turnout of sheep at the 2019 RUAS Show at Balmoral. The Suffolks not only had the largest number of sheep presented compared to other sheep breeds, the general consensus is that they attracted the largest crowd with the interested watchers up to 5 deep for the top classes.

Judge Arthur O’Keeffe from Co Cork, Annakisha Flock, did an excellent job in handling some very large classes of over 40 sheep on some occasions and a big congratulations to Mark Priestley (Limestone Flock) for his Limestone Aston Martin sired Ram Lamb (KPC:19:01183) out of a Gransha breed ewe (JDF:15:00273). The Female Champion and winner of the Shearling Ewe Class (8B:18:01651) from RJ & JC Watson’s Bannview flock lifted the Reserve Champion ticket.

Congratulations to all our breeders and the results are:

Champion – Ram Lamb– M Priestley (Limestone Flock)

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Reserve Champion – RC & JC Watson (Bannview Flock)

Male Champion – M Priestley (Limestone Flock)

Reserve Male Champion – S & W Tait (Burnview Flock) Ram “Two Shear and Upwards

Female Champion – RC & JC Watson (Bannview Flock) Shearling Ewe

Reserve Female Champion – AJ & NA Robinson (Benrafton Flock) Two Shear and Upwards

Class 177 – Ram, Two Shear and Upwards

1. S & W Tait (Burnview Flock)
2. S & W Tait (Burnview Flock)
3. S & R Turkington (Beechcrest Flock)

Class 178 – Shearling Ram

1. S & R Turkington (Beechcrest Flock)
2. S & W Tait (Burnview Flock)
3. R Beattie (Glenpark Flock)

Class 179 – Ram Lamb

1. M Priestley (Limestone Flock)
2. S & W Tait (Burnview Flock)
3. AJ & NA Robinson (Benrafton Flock)

Class 180 Ewe Presented Shorn Two Shear and Upwards

1. AJ & NA Robinson (Benrafton Flock)
2.  P Donnelly (Donrho Flock)
3. RC & JC Watson (Bannview Flock)

Class 181 – Shearling Ewe

1. RC & JC Watson (Bannview Flock)
2. S & W Tait (Burnview Flock)
3. D Taylor (Ballynacannon Flock)

Class 182 – Ewe Lamb

1. D Ford (Mullaghboy Flock)
2. D Taylor (Ballynacannon Flock)
3. S & W Tait (Burnview Flock)

Group of Three

1. S & W Tait (Burnview Flock)
2. D Taylor (Ballynacannon Flock)
3. S Sufferin (Crewelands)

Best Pair of Suffolk Lambs

1. S & W Tait (Burnview Flock)
2. D Taylor (Ballynaconnon Flock)
3. L & M Liggett (Carony)

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