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Club reports
The 2020 Border Club Member’s Show will be held in
Scottish Borders & conjunction with the Border Union Agricultural Society’s
Northumberland Annual Show at Kelso, Saturday 25th July; judged within Champion Female
the current MV Suffolk timetable. BUAS stewards will be
supported by Border Club committee to ensure accuracy M Nelson (Rosepark)

and the usual Border Club trophies and prizes presented
Border Club concurrently. A Pairs Class for club members only, will be Roseden & Lilburn Estates – Ewe Lamb
Reserve Champion Female
added to the BUAS timetable. It was felt that this move
should attract a greater entry to the Border Union Show so
that the general public may see more Suffolk Sheep on display Champion Male
and hopefully encourage greater membership opportunities. RK Denby (Carnforth)
Reserve Champion Male
ongratulations to 17-year-old Northumbrian Archie Dave Richardson, who welcomed baby Olivia into the family in 2019!
Herdman, the Border Club’s representative at the Society’s Congratulations too, to Jack Walton, grandson of renowned Roseden & Lilburn Estates (Ram Lamb)
CNational Youth Championships. auctioneer Michael Walton, (Roseden), who took up the gavel at Champion Small Flock › Scottish Area joint National Female Champion: Rosepark Flock’s CJO 16:00024
Archie, who successfully contested the inaugural event as a Hexham and Northern Marts.
‘junior’, was the sole competitor to match Stewart Lathangie’s The Club Show, loyally supported by Oxmuir, Carnforth, Caroline Nelson, Reserve - Charles Denby
choice in the stock-judging element. Perhaps unsurprisingly as Blackroots, Roseden & Lilburn and Rosepark, was held at Wooler
Archie’s dad James, a staunch supporter of the commercial Suffolk, Mart by kind permission of Harrison & Hetherington, expertly Around the shows
is a highly respected stocksman. judged by Alan Jackson of the Rugley Flock and generously The Denby’s 2019 show season was minimised due to Charles’
Youthful enthusiasm ensures the Suffolk’s future remains bright sponsored by ‘MGH Agricultural’. wedding, but they enjoyed a great run with their shearling tup
in the Borders. Stewart Shaw (Smailholm Mains) again enjoyed ‘Brenda’s Kitchen’ catered for the social afternoon and AGM, at “Errigal Equalizer”, including Supreme at the Club Show and
successful shearling trade at Kelso and numerous show successes. which Chairman Mickey Walton made presentations to breeders of Reserve Champion at Great Yorkshire.
Also keen are the Laing children (Oxmuir), Charlotte and big longstanding, Alan Jackson (Rugley) and Keith Denby, (Carnforth), Brydon Nicholson’s family had a fantastic Royal Highland;
brother James Nicholson (Knockem) along with the Mair boys from both celebrating 40 years and Caroline Nelson (Rosepark), 30 years. winning the Groups, second placed ewe, Reserve Female and
Kypie and Tom Darling (Ladyflat), Alan MacKinnon (Thistledoo’s Reserve Breed Champion with ‘Roxy’, their ‘Roundacres’ daughter
offspring)! MAJOR CLUB SHOW RESULTS of Deveronside Doodlebug. Impressively, her son by Lakeview Bob › Club Show: Supreme Champion & Reserve – and friends!
Sincere condolences to the Laing family, Lawrence’s supportive Supreme Champion won the tup lamb class and stood Male Champion. ‘Roxy’ was

wife Sheila sadly lost her battle with cancer in October. Reserve Champion as a gimmer in 2017.
Wedding bells rang for Charles Denby who married Ellie; RK Denby, Shearling Ram (Carnforth) The unbelievably wet Saturday of Border Union didn’t dampen

commercial breeder Robert Telford who married Vikki – and will ring Reserve Supreme Champion spirits in the Suffolk lines. Judged by Alex Gray, (whose respected
this summer for popular Northumbrian couple Jennifer Nelson and ‘Langside’ flock again enjoyed successful Shearling trade at Kelso
CM Nelson, 2 crop Ewe (Rosepark) Tup Sales), both Champion and Reserve were Female - quality,
typey homebred ewes; Roseden & Lilburn’s – and Caroline Nelson’s
Rosepark ewe which won joint Scottish Area Female of the Year.
This Breeder pattern was repeated at Glendale (Wooler), a
smart Roseden shearling winning from a strong Thrunton tup,
then adjudged Champion by David Miskelly MRCVS, over a classy
Rosepark ewe lamb.
Stewart Shaw lifted the Interbreed Title at Berwickshire County
(Duns). Here, whilst Rosepark monopolised the MV Championship, › Duns Show: Charlotte Nicholson › 40 years of Rugley Flock: Alan Jackson
Tom Darling, Alan MacKinnon and the Nicholsons supported this borrowed ewe lamb ‘Katie’ from Rosepark with Club Chair, Mickey Walton
lovely local show and Belmont Farming Partnership took the
Reserve non-MV Championship in a strong section.
The Border Club sponsors the pre-sale show for Suffolk X ewe
lambs at Harrison & Hetherington’s autumn “Principal” Sale, St
Boswells, (22 pens of 50’s forward) where James Pate, Marvingston’s
winning pen of ex Scotch HB ewes sold to the judge, Mr Battersby
from Lincolnshire, for £135/ph, a figure matched by the second
placed pen from Nesbit, Wooler. As usual, Jimmy Elliot ensured that
Branton Eastside’s ex Mules were in great fettle, their two pens
placing first and second, selling to Mr Bown from Anglesey.
Malcolm Stewart’s Brotherstone annual on-farm sale was extremely › Archie Herdman (17)
from Alnwick, Suffolk
successful. Locals selling well at Kelso included Roseden & Lilburn, Youth Senior Champion
Rugley, Northhouse, Brijon, whilst in the non MV ring, Allanshaws, with Society President
Susan O’Keeffe (r) and
› H & H St Boswells: Suffolk X Scotch HB ewe lambs as far as Carwood, Marvingston, Skelfhill, Meigle, Glenrath, Roxburgh Mains, Jane Soulsby, representing
the eye can see! In the foreground, Marvingston’s winning pen Oxmuir, Edlingham Newtown and Belmont saw healthy trade. Norbrook

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