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Club reports                                                                                                                                              Averages                                               Obituaries


       South of Ireland

                                                                                                                               SOCIETY SALES AVERAGES 2018                                March 2018
                                                                                                                                                                                          JOHN PATRICK SCREENE
       West of Ireland                                                                                                         Flock         Sale  Entry No Sold Top gns Average          Windfield Flock, JRZ
                                                                                                                                  (AVERAGES OVER 1000GNS)

                                                                                                                                                                                          Established 1996
                                                                                                                               Limestone      S      4       3     40000    16600         April 2018

                                                                                                                               Strathbogie    S      6       3     22000    8466          TONY TAIT
           018 was a challenging year in every   2018 Farm to Fork“ run by Teagasc of   judge. His choice on the day for champion   Forkins   S      5       5     20000    6800
           way with weather conditions not   Athenry. This event was a great shop   was the winner of the ram lamb open class                                                             Ballykeel Flock, 15H
      2very favourable for the breeder.    window to show case Suffolks and the high   which came from the Benwiskin flock with   Birness     S      8       8     30000    6250          Established 1973
       Lambing time proved difficult with stock   standard of Suffolk’s that are available from   the first prize winner in the Reordered class   Strathbogie  N  5  5  11000  4720
       having to be housed for longer than   our members here in the West of Ireland.   taking reserve champion from Priorview                                                            January 2019
       normal and with delays getting stock out   Kennith Baileys aged ewe was champion   flock.                               Rookery        S      4       4     10000    4625          THOMSON GRAY
       to grass.                           with Mattie and Kevin Kelly’s ram lamb as   Our final show and sale for 2018 was also   Cairness   S      8       5     20000    4390
        The first outing for the Suffolk   reserve. Congratulations both.       in Roscommon and with a large entry. John                                                                 Langside Flock, 60L
       Sheep Society was the National Sheep   The south of Ireland premier was held   Doherty from Malinhead Donegal choose    Limestone      N      6       5      6500    3540          Established 1975
       Championships which was this year in   once again in Roscrea and once again the   the first place open ram class winner from   Burnview  S    9       6     10000    3300
       Kilkenny as part of the NSA on June 9th.   west was well represented in the line-up   Benwiskin Suffolk’s as champion with                                                         February 2019
       I would like to congratulate our members   for rosettes. I would like to congratulate all   Mattie and Kevin Kelly Summerhill Suffolk’s   Castleisle  S  5  5  7000  3100
       Coote Geelan, Kennith Bailey and Garth   members who took part.          Galway taking reserve champion with their      Ballynacannon  S      5       3      6500    2666          THOMAS (TOMMY) M WILSON
       Graham who were among the prize winners.   The 2018 sales opened with the West’s   first prize winner in the recorded class.                                                       Triplehill Flock, HPD
        The calendar for the club opened   premier show and sale in Roscommon     Congratulations to all who took part in      Stockton       N     12      10     15500    2515          Established 1993
       this year on 7th July with the Club   in early August. Johnathan Lucas from   our shows this year and look forward to   Birness        N      6       6      9000    2475
       Championships being held at the “Sheep   Killygorden, Donegal was the appointed   seeing you all back in 2019.
                                                                                                                               Crewelands     N      7       3      5000    2150
                                                                                                                               Sitlow         C      4       4      2800    2125

                                                                                                                               Stonehills     C      3       3      3500    2066        WE COVER SMALL FARMS,
                                                                                                                               Balquhain      S      3       3      4200    1966        LARGE FARMS AND
                                                                                                                               Lakeview       S      5       4      2800    1850        EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

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                                                                                                                               Frongoy        N      5       5      2500    1770
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                                                                                                                               Crewelands     S      7       7      3000    1614
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                                                                                                                               Lakeview       N     10       6      4000    1583        nfumutual.co.uk/farming
                                                                                                                               Rookery        N      4       3      3500    1483

                                                                                                                               Muirton        S      4       3      2800    1416
                                                                                                                               Forkins        B      5       3      1700    1266

                                                                                                                               Burnview       N      9       4      2200    1262
                                                                                                                               Solwaybank     S      7       6      7350    1225

                                                                                                                               Rhaeadr        N     12       9      5000    1163
                                                                                                                               Landale        C      5       3      2000     1100

                                                                                                                               Sitlow         N      6       5      2000     1080

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