Edition 4 - 2023 - Lanarkshire
Friday 28th July 2023, both clubs joined forces and held their annual summer stock judging at Kaemuir Farm, Finalists of the Gold Cup, which saw an impressive 214 people taking part, thank you to everyone who came along.
A big thank you must go to the Orr family for hosting and for all their hard work, Andrew Lawrie for judging the classes, Jenna Ballantyne & Heather Dyet for helping the club score and to all the sponsors listed below who donated some fantastic prizes.
Davidsons Animal Feeds, Tinto Farm Vets, Genus, Netherton Tractors, Harrison & Hetherington, Highland Meats, Carrs Billington, McCaskies, United Auctions and Clyde Vet Group.
Results are as follows:
Open Gents
1st Andrew McGregor (355 points)
2nd James Russell (347 points)
3rd David Walker (343 points)
Open Ladies
1st Fiona Graham (332 points)
2nd Kate Flemming (321 points)
3rd Alison Graham (315 points)
Bathgate JAC Ladies
1st Emma Ingles (328 points)
2nd Emma Robertson (303 points)
3rd Elizabeth Bennie (298 points)
Bathgate JAC Gents
1st John Paton (331 points)
2nd Ben Miller (317 points)
3rd Stuart Walker (291 points)
Under 14’s
1st Blair Lawrie (305 points)
2nd Robert Wilson (295 points)
3rd Straun Mitchell (292 points)
William Currie was the closest guess of the combined litres novelty with 54,300 litres, with the correct answer being 54,449. With Ellie Moore winning ‘guessing the balloons in the tractor’ with a correct guess of 127.
Lanarkshire Calf Show
Under the watchful eye of Miss Katie Davidson, Halmyre, Castle Douglas, 16 Young Handlers and 26 Calves took to the show ring at Lanark Agricultural Centre.
Overall Champion came from Grayridge Holsteins, Drumtall Farm, East Kilbride. Their winner came from the August/September 2022 class in the form of Grayridge Milio Dellia, a daughter of Eclipse Milo and out of the homebred dam of Grayridge Kenosha Dellia.
The Reserve Champion came from Greentowers Farms, Greentowers Farm, Cartland with Greentowers Santos Roxy, who was winning the December 22/January 2023 class. Her sire is Boghill Glamour Santos and out of Stair Royal Roxy VG88.
Taking Honourable Mention was Cauldcoats Chief Fay 3, who had won the biggest class of the day, October/November class, from D Laird, Murrays Farm, Pathhead. Brought out by their stockman, Gavin Redpath, she was ably led by Gavin’s son John. By Stantos Chief A3A2, she is out of Cauldcoats Mario Fay VG87.
In the Showmanship, it was new exhibitors to the competition from Langside Farm, Kirkfieldbank, when Russell and Mags Gray’s son Matthew not only won his class of Juniors but also the Showmanship Championship.
It was the young team to the fore front when Ruth Allison, Parkend Farm, Crossgate closely followed Matthew to Reserve Handler with John Redpath from Murray Farm, Pathhead taking the Honourable Mention award.
Showmanship Results:
Class 1A: Junior
1st Matthew Gray
2nd Cameron Lawrie
3rd Blair Lawrie
Class 1B: Junior
1st Ruth Allison
2nd John Redpath
3rd Xander Smith
Class 2: Intermediate
1st Grace Lawrie
Class 3: Senior
1st Lynsey Currie
2nd Adam Smith
3rd Isobel Currie
Champion Handler: Matthew Gray
Reserve Champion Handler: Ruth Allison
Honourable Mention: John Redpath
Calf Results:
Class 5: Born between 1st April 2023 and 31st May 2023
1st Lesmay Captivating Eileen from B Weatherup & Partners
2nd Moozik Captivating Stella from B Weatherup & Partners
3rd Greentowers Chief Hyacith (Greentowers Farms)
Class 6: Born between 1st February and 31st March 2023
1st LH Kedar Cheerful Red from Grayridge/Overside/Drointon Partnership
2nd Grangehall Capone Lyme from A & E Lawrie
3rd Grangehall Captivating Lyme from A & E Lawrie
Class 7: Born between 1st December 2022 and 31st January 2023
1st Greentowers Santos Roxy from Greentowers Farms
2nd Grayridge Addison Seisme Red from Grayridge Holsteins
3rd Overside Ferraro Summer from WW Neilson
Class 8: Born between 1st October and 30th November 2022
1st Cauldcoats Chief Fay 3 from D Laird
2nd Grangehall Captivating Tootsie from A & E Lawrie
3rd Drointon Jordy Crispy Promis from Grayridge/Drointon Holsteins
Class 9: Born between 1st August and 30th September 2022
1st Grayridge Milio Dellia from Grayridge Holsteins
2nd Grangehall Augustus P O’Kalinka from A & E Lawrie
3rd Overside Star Ranger Ava Red 3ET from WW Neilson
Class 11: Born between 1st April and 31st May 2022
1st Overside Harvest Madam from WW Neilson
Class 12: Red & White Holstein Calf born between 1st April 2022 and 31st May 2023
1st Grangehall Augustus P O’Kalinda from A & E Lawrie
2nd LH Kedar Cheerful Red from Grayridge/Overside/Drointon Partnership
3rd Grayridge Addison Seisme Red from Grayridge Holsteins
Class 13: Group of Three Calves from same prefix
1st A & E Lawrie, Grangehall
2nd WW Neilson, Overside
3rd A & E Lawrie, Grangehall
Champion Calf: Grayridge Milio Dellia from Grayridge Holsteins
Reserve Champion Calf: Greentowers Santos Roxy from Greentowers Farm
Honourable Mention Calf: Cauldcoats Chief Fay 3 from D Laird
The Club also awarded the Tom Allan Cup – this is presented to the Highest Junior where they compete between the Stockjudging and Showmanship. Points are awarded with 10 being the highest and 3 being the lowest. The Stockjudging is awarded 1st downwards, whilst the Showmanship works similar but is awarded per Showmanship age classes. The club are proud to announce that Miss Grace Lawrie, Grangehall Holsteins, Pettinain took the top honours this year.
The club would like to thank everyone involved behind the scenes from parents to farm staff, to chairman Euan Lawrie for stewarding the show ring, to vice-chairman Gavin Redpath for stewarding between the classes and keeping things moving, our judge, Katie Davidson for travelling up to Lanark and judging the competition, especially the encouraging feedback/reason giving to everyone involved, to our sponsors – Lawrie & Symington Limited for the use of the venue and to McCaskie Farm Supplies for the leather halters, to Country Refreshment (Susan Paterson and Gaynor Thompson) for assisting with the catering, and most of all to the kids who took part – it was great to see so many enthusiastic faces out in the show ring once again, especially the first timer competitors.
