Cornwall's 2019
The last few months of 2019 were busy for the Cornwall Club – and we’re looking forward to the New Year with plans for a variety of exciting events over the next 12 months.
The HYB team who attended the ABAB calf show – William Neale, Harry Neale, Matthew Rowland, Steven Harris and Cari Thomas – did the Club proud.
Steven, Matthew and William represented us well in their showmanship classes. All seven calves were turned out to perfection and there were some great result:
Steven Harris – 8th Mature Showman
Racewood Barbican Rosalie – 10th February Calf
Cloubdreak Solomon Rikki – 15th October Calf
Wiltor Diamondback Jodie 2 – 5th August Calf
Racewood Fitz Erle – 3rd August Calf
Steven Harris – Joint 1st HYB Stock-judging
Steven Harris also had a great time representing the UK in Cremona at The Open Junior Show. He came third in Senior Clipping, second in Senior Showmanship and third in Stock-judging. As a result he was overall senior winner – and second overall.
After the rip-roaring success of the 2019 Mole Valley On-Farm Challenge, the Cornwall Holstein Club has reaped the awards of changing the traditional evening show format once again with an amazing 118 entries from 26 exhibitors.
Judge for this year’s proceedings was Mr Peter Prior of the Designer herd. An ex-classifier and experienced cow man, he has had numerous high-profile judging appointments as well as show-ring successes He was tremendously impressed with the overall quality, noting that many fantastic cows didn’t make it to the top five due to the high standard.
Thank you must go to all class sponsors, as well as Kernow Farm and Equine who sponsored the sweet treats for the night. But an even bigger thank you must go to Mole Valley, our headline sponsors, and Lynden Bustard and Dawn Coryn for their work in the run-up to the event.
HYB Age Calf (sponsored by Folk2Folk) 11 forward
1st Racewood Fitz Erle – Steven Harris
2nd Wiltor Diamondback Jodie 2 – Cari Fflur Thomas
3rd Glebewin Bestman Grey – Matthew Rowland
Racewood Fitz Erle also went on to win the R B Taylor Perpetual Cup for Young-stock Champion
Junior Heifer (sponsored by Holstein UK) 11 forward
1st Landulph Integral Vaakje – Best Farm Partnership (Best Udder)
2nd Glebewin Dalliance Kathleen 121 – M F & C A Smale
3rd Treveria Sniper Jolene – P M & J E Kitto
Treveria Sniper Jolene went on to win the reserve prize for Highest PLI of all placed animals at the show and £20 sponsored by ACT
Senior Heifer (sponsored by World Wide Sires) 12 forward
1st Treludderow 1st Class Annie – P S & S H Hammett (Best Udder)
2nd Mabec MVP Jubilee – James Warren
3rd Glebegray Galaxy Sieglinde – G G Smale & Son
Treludderow 1st Class Annie went on to win the Best Heifer in show and was awarded the Lorna Cross Tankard and £100 sponsored by For Farmers
Junior Cow in Milk Having Had Two Calves (sponsored by Holstein UK) 9 forward
1st Wyndford Mccutch Erle 19 – Racewood Holsteins (Best Udder)
2nd Penberlan Shottle Loralyn 2 – A M & B M Bennett
3rd Whitsand Escalade Bella – P D & S K Blake
Wyndford Mccutch Erle 19 went on to be awarded Best Udder in Show – therefore winning the Pam Coryn Rose Bowl and £20 (donated by Cornish Holstein Club). She was also named Champion Animal, winning The Ella Laity Perpetual Cup CIS Diary and 10 free pregnancy checks (donated by CIS)
Senior Second calver (sponsored by UK Sires Direct)
1st Glebewin Wyman Ceres – M F & C A Smale
2nd Hayvalley Cherokee Roulette – D W & G N Renfree
3rd Sunrise Milo Karen – D & L Rawthorn (Best Udder)
MF & CA Smale of the Glebewin herd went on to be Honourable Mention Exhibitors overall. Rockset Brekem Rachel went on to win the Cornish Holstein Club Genetic Award and £30 sponsored by ACT
Third calver (sponsored by Cogent)
1st Penberlan Patricia 2 – B M & A M Bennett (Best Udder)
2nd Ackland Razonr Elka – T Nicholls
3rd Shanael Gras Asset – The Stanzack family.
Akland Penberlan Patricia 2 went on to become Honourable Mention Overall Animal, and Reserve Exhibitor-bred Champion. B M & A M Bennett also went on to be Reserve Premier Exhibitors
Fourth calver (sponsored by Semex)
1st Glebegray Stanleycup Sieglinde – G G Smale & Son (Best Udder)
2nd Cloudbreak Margie – D & L Rawthorn
3rd Penberlan Skybrid 140 – B M & A M Bennett
Glebegray Stanleycup Sieglinde went on to become Reserve Overall Champion and Exhibitor-Bred Champion, winning the Cornish Mutual Cup with £75 sponsorship by CMA. G G Smale & Son were also awarded Premier Exhibitor, winning the Smale Family Shield and a £100 voucher from MDS
Fifth calver (sponsored by Alta) 14 forward
1st Rosemodress Windbrook Cherry – James Warrren
2nd Penberlan Reece Loralyn – B M & A M Bennett (Best Udder)
3rd Glebegray Decker Violet – G G Smale & Son
Sixth calver and above (sponsored by Genus) 15 forward
1st Whitsand Asterix Flora – P D & S K Blake
2nd Treludderow Outbound Miss America 4 – W R C & J E Christophers
3rd Tregustick Shottle Tilly – Nick Warren and Wendy Symons
Congratulations to the Smale family of the Glebewin herd for winning the Family-Run Farm class at The South West Farmer Awards, and to the Bowden family of the Brill herd for winning the National Young-stock Producer Award at the ForFarmers Awards in London.
Cari Thomas
