Shropshire Holstein Club - August News
I must first report that we have lost one of our senior members, with the death of Mr Richard Mayall from Pimhill Holsteins. Richard was 92 and will be forever remembered for being a real gentleman, with time for everyone and the very generous donor of one of our most treasured Club Trophies. The Pimhill Trophy is a Shebeg Model Cow on a plinth which is competed for within our annual herds competition and presented to the Judge’s Choice, Champion cow, and a very much coveted prize.
On a brighter note, we have a new member in our HYB section with the birth of Jessica Mary a daughter for Rob Jones and his partner Angela at Fenns Bank Holsteins.
By the time you read this Laura Cope and Hamish will be married and we wish them a long and happy life together.
We have now completed our Herds competition which was judged by Mr Steve Hill from Hydaways Holsteins, and he has been amazed and very impressed with the standard of cows put before him, seeing great cows at every herd. Steve has had a tough task with 18 farms and 23 individual owners taking part. We are very grateful to our Stewards, Jane Whittaker, David Gadd and Keith Davies who have done a splendid job and also to all the members who volunteered to steward this event, and I can assure them they will be involved in future events. Thank you all.
The Results are as follows:
Individual Cow - Johnny Barker Trophy
1st Hallon Kade Jeannie - James Tudor
2nd Ashacres Goldwyn Clarisa - Phil Wyn
3rd Upperseven Trigger Mary - Andrew Thomas
Senior Heifer - Alkmere Trophy
1st Hendomen Norma 269 - Mike Windsor
2nd Nobold Jordy Mitzi - Mike Roberts
3rd Alderbarrow Rooster Elegance - B and L Whitfield
4th Glanmarten Dealmaker Joan - Ian Whitticase
Junior Heifer - The Overmeade Trophy
1st Styche Lambda Patricia - Seaton Farms
2nd Brookroad Ervina Julianna - P and D Bradbury
3rd Dawnstar Pety Cornella 68 - Rob Pritchard
4th Thistlerose Denver Zandra - Phil and Jane Arrell
Purchased Cow - The Barbers Trophy
1st Longford Hall Aval Teresa - Dave and Rob Higgins
2nd Sterndale Lauthority Ghost - David Rees Farms
3rd Y Farm Frieda 426 - Jeremy Payne
Purchased Heifer - The Eardley/Holly Trophy
1st Sterndale Silvertime Ghost - James Tudor
2nd Nobold Sidekick Atlee - Dave and Rob Higgins
3rd Ashacres Fine Gina - Mark Whitehurst
Cow Family - Emral Trophy
1st Hallon Jeannie - James Tudor
2nd Glanmartin Jill- Ian Whitticase
3rd Brookroad Beechnut- P and D Bradbury
Progeny Group - The NWF trophy
1st View Home Monterey - James Tudor
2nd Comestar Lineman - Mike Windsor
3rd De-Su Bookem - Ian Whitticase
Production Inspection - The Markris Trophy
1st Styche Denali Laura - Seaton Farms with 1570 points
2nd Stocks Activator Melody - Andrew Williams with 1294 points
Judges Choice - The Pimhill Trophy
Sterndale Silvertime Ghost - James Tudor
2 x 50-tonne cows – The Verona Trophy
1st Styche Holsteins- Seaton Farms
2nd Hallon Holsteins- James and Pippa Tudor
3rd Attwood Holsteins- Kelly Woodcock
The Allan Cope trophy for 100-tonne cows
1st Knowlsmere Jordan Diamond - A and J Whittaker
2nd Styche Loader Sally - Seaton Farms
3rd Hyden Oceania - Andrew Thomas
Champion Large Herd - The Bardra Trophy
1st Hallon Holsteins - James and Pippa Tudor
2nd Styche Holsteins - Seaton Farms
3rd Glanmarten Holsteins - Ian Whitticase
Champion Intermediate Herds Competition - the Wynnstay Trophy
1st Hendomen Holsteins - Mike Windsor
2nd Brookroad Holsteins - Paul and Dee Bradbury
3rd Bentleyford Holsteins - Dave and Rob Higgins
Champion Smaller Sized Herds - The The Wems Trophy
1st Nobold Holsteins - Mike Roberts
2nd Folemill Holsteins - Mark Whitehurst
3rd Chorlton Holsteins - John Lomax
The TSB Trophy for the Reserve Champion Herd
Brookroad Holsteins - Paul and Dee Bradbury
The Hawksmoor Trophy for the Overall Champion Herd.
Hendomen Holsteins - Mike Windsor
Jane and Andrew Whittaker hosted a BBQ for Steve with just a few socially distanced members namely Club President Tim Preston, Club Chairman Phil Jackson and Holstein UK out-going President Rob Clare.
from l-r: Tim Preston, Phil Jackson, Steve Hill, Rob Clare
We have been endeavouring to arrange some sort of event to mark Rob Clare’s year as Holstein UK President for over 18 months now, as it is such a shame that his year in office has been so curtailed by the restrictions, which have caused so much isolation and cancellation of so many events that we all enjoy so much.
The Club has also recently held a Stock Judging competition with points being awarded for attendance over two evenings. The results are as follows:
Junior - Aged 26 and under
1st Isla Arrell - 188 points
2nd Lowri Morris - 185 points
3rd Sioned Morris - 178 points
4th David Brindley - 141 points
5th Elsbeth Reece - 109 points*
6th Mark Whitehurst - 101 points*
7th Jamie Owen - 73 points*
8th Jack Jones - 73 points*
9th Maisie Hargreaves - 60 points*
10th Phoebe Hargreave - 55 points*
11th Will Owen - 51 points*
Ladies
1st Jane Arrell - 201 points
2nd Jane Whittaker - 190 points
3rd Alison Morris - 132 points
4th Katie Arrowsmith - 113 points
5th Catherine Reece - 92 points*
6th Laura Tomlinson - 91 points*
7th Ruth Eardley - 89 points*
8th Brenda Preston - 79 points*
9th Sam Hargreaves - 78 points*
10th Hannah Batty - 77 points*
11th Caroline Timmis - 69 points*
12th Carol Weaver - 51 points*
Gentleman
1st Rob Higgins - 204 points
2nd Brent Crothers - 193 points
3rd John Eardley - 187 points
4th John Porter - 184 points
5th Martin Brindley - 183 points
6th Phil Arrell - 177 points
7th Frank Dixon - 169 points
8th Michael Roberts - 124 points
9th David Gadd - 119 points*
10th George Allen - 113 points*
11th Matthew Reece - 109 points*
12th Steve Hill - 108 points*
13th Chris Brown - 106 points*
14th Dave Allen - 102 points*
15th Phil Jackson - 102 points*
16th Rob Clare - 95 points*
17th Ben Hargreaves - 76 points*
18th Philip Timmis - 70 points*
19th Brian Weaver - 68 points*
20th Kevin Naughton - 59 points*
21st David Hastings - 53 points*
22nd Matt Timmis - 53 points*
23rd Michael Rees - 39 points*
24th Mark Thornton - 28 points*
25th Glenn Warnlaw - 19 points*
*Did not compete in all classes across the two evenings
Frank Dixon, Secretary
