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Best Pen The ‘VEDW’ Perpetual Challenge Cup For The Best Ewe Lambs
1st TJ Griffiths, TY Hir 1st Jack Pryce
2nd RB & GM Morgan & Partners, Graig Olway Farm 2nd A Davies
3rd PW Poole, Beaconsfield Farm
Best Newcomer
The Branch Flock Competition George Powell
The competition was judged by Mrs Sheila Eggleston and the
awards were: The ‘ J. Straker, Chadwick & Sons’ Perpetual Challenge Cup For
The Best Stock Ram (With Progeny On The Ground)
Small Flock 1st Willmar Ramsey (99489) - George Powell
› Champion Male Lot 417 Viv Samuel › Champion Ewe Lamb Lot 426 Jack Pryce › Champion Lot 58 Mike Davies & Sons › First Prize Ewe Lamb Jack Pryce 1st A Fletcher, Gybhouse Farm, Clowstop, Kidderminster 2nd Hugmoor Hero (99871) - A Davies
Western Area 2nd C Hardman, Highclere, St Martins, Oswestry Judge’s Special Prize
3rd M Attwell, Seafield Farm, Beoley, Redditch, Worcs
‘Best Ram Lamb’
Large Flock 1st Steve Pierce (Cairness Lamb)
1st Jack Pryce, Prenafal, Trefnanney, Meifod, Powys 2nd George Powell (Lakeview Lamb)
By Lynden H Trumper, Secretary 2nd A Davies, Greenfields, Holt Rd, Llanfair Pwll, Wrexham

3rd George Powell, Burton Lane Farm, Myddle, Shrewsbury The ‘O.P. Williams’ Perpetual Challenge Cup For The Champion Flock
Winner: Jack Pryce
he 39th Annual Show & Sale of Suffolk Sheep at the AVERAGES MAX AVERAGE Best Shearling Ewes Reserve: Andrew Fletcher
Monmouthshire Livestock Centre (Auctioneers: J Straker, 33 Shearling ewes 760gns £395 1st Jack Pryce
TChadwick & Sons) attracted a quality entry and saw 18 Flock ewes 560gns £275 2nd Mark Gatehouse The Awards were presented at the Inlamb Ewe Show and Sale on
bidding top at 760gns for the first prize Shearling & Overall 15 Ewe lambs 310gns £180 Saturday 10th November
Champion from M Davies & Sons, Safaddan Flock, Powys.
A homebred shearling by Safaddan Ramsey and in-lamb to The Annual Western Area Club Show & Sale was judged by Mr Paul
Lakeview Black Gold, she was purchased by Miss Henrietta Love, Fletcher, Kidderminster. He awarded the Championship to the 1st prize
Yeovil, Somerset. Open Ram Lamb from Messrs VE & BM Samuel & Son with a Rookery
The show classes were judged by Mr Phil Smith, Broadwas On Rockafella sired lamb selling at 720gns to M Evans, Gower.
Teme, Worcestershire, who also awarded Mike Davies & Sons with The Female Championship was awarded to the 1st prize ewe
the second prize in the Shearling ewe class, which was purchased lamb from Mr Jack Pryce, Horton with a Castlegrove Turrit lamb
at 600gns by Mr Andrew Fletcher, Kidderminster. Messrs Davies which sold at 300gns to Mr Davies, Erwood.
also took the first prize and Reserve Championship with their Leading the trade overall was an entry from the Stockton
Senior ewe, by Strathisla Bejing, she sold at 420gns to A Rowlands, Flock of WH Sinnett & Sons, sired by Dol-llys Bale and selling to
Trawsfynydd. Completing a solid sale for Safaddan was another Oliver Sparks, Glamorgan at 1050gns. Others from the same pen
homebred yearling by Rhaeadr Rolls Royce, which sold at 650gns sold at 780gns and 600gns. Daffydd Jones, Frongoy sold two by
to DM Griffiths, Swansea. Dafydd Jones, ‘Frongoy’, Aberystwyth Ballycannon Black Diamond at 650gns apiece. Mike Davies & Sons,
sold to 560gns for a Muirton One Direction, three year old ewe, Safaddan sold to 680gns for one by Lakeview Black Gold.
inlamb to Dol-llys Armani, and purchased by C Lowry, Monmouth, The leading shearling ram came from Jack Pryce, Horton with
who also took another from Dafydd Jones at 550gns, the third one by Lakeview Rambo, which sold at 720gns to R Pedrick, Devon.
prize ewe by Burnview Balls of Fire. Next best at 700gns was a Bentley Spot On yearling from Derek
Topping the ewe lamb trade at 310gns was a Sitlow Saint Steve Farr (Wentworth).
sired entry from Jackie Payne, Welshpool, purchased by R Davies, In the non show, non MV section, of the sale yearling topped at
Chepstow, while C Vaughan, Crymych sold to 220gns for a ewe 950gns from I & W Jones, Upper Rheol with others from the same
lamb by Dol-llys Don’t Stop Me Know, with A Cook, Ewyas Harold home at 700gns & 620gns.
selling to 210gns.
Among the other sale leaders – J Pryce, Meifod sold two NSA Late Sale, Builth Wells –
shearling ewes at 500gns apiece to L Price, Swansea and I Davies, Monday 17th September 2018
Swansea. Judge: Pat Greaney
Messrs Hallam & Eggleston also sold to 500gns, their third prize
shearling ewe by Kings Rock of Ages, purchased by JG & JLM Single Ram Lamb
Watkins, Pengenfford. 1st RB & GM Morgan & Partners (Lot 1169)
Best from Geoff Biddulph, ‘Pexhill’, was a Cairness Great 2nd WH Sinnett & Sons (Lot 1184)
Expectations daughter at 430gns taken by L Price, Swansea. 3rd H Turner (Lot 1105)

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