Agri Expo: Inglewood Edge take the sheep win

Their pair of home-bred April-born Beltex cross lambs crossed the weigh scales at 54kg each. Having won their class at the new North East Live at Darlington, the pair are now set for LiveScot later in the month.

Malcolm Stewart won the hill bred championship “The pair of lambs are full of meat from the shoulder right through. They are a very correct duo and were well presented for the show ring. In all it was a very good show of sheep,” said the judge Steven Wilson, an experienced livestock judge and butcher.

Having claimed the top spot last year, 15-year-old, Jack Whiteford, Tercrosset, Brampton, this time had to settle for the reserve this year. His winning duo are home-bred 45kg Texel cross ewe lambs.

Runners up went to this duo from Jack Whiteford In the hill breed section, the supreme went to a pair of North Country Cheviot lambs from Malcolm Stewart, Brotherstone, Melrose. His pairing weighed in at a total of 86.5kg having been purchased privately from Michael Dagg, Craighous. Sired by a Bellshiel tup, the pair is now heading to LiveScot and the Welsh Winter Fair.

The blue and white rosette went to a pair of North Country Cheviots weighing a total of 104kg for Luke Bell-Percy, Springhill, North Yorkshire.

James Robinson, Carnforth, once again took the top two awards among the Mule gimmer classes Champion pair of lambs, bred from a hill ewe, went to black Welsh mountain crosses from Dougie Crew, Gall Farm, Lockerbie. Home-bred lambs by a Beltex sire, they weighed in at 43kg and 44kg on their first outing.

Alastair and Alan MacLarty, of the Firm of Shawhead, at Douglas, lifted the reserve in this section with a pair weighing 43kg each. They are out of Blackface ewes, and are sired by a Lipley Beltex tup.

Champion pair of lambs from a hill ewe was won by Dougie Crew James Robinson, Carnforth, again took the top two awards in the Mule gimmer classes for the fifth consecutive year.

Judge Brian Davies found his champion pair in the form of two Hawes purchases, from David Lawson and Neil Marsden, Highberries.

The single supreme went to a Mule gimmer purchased at Kirby Stephen from Andrew Brown, Asby Hall.

Leading Awards

Pair of Herdwick lambs – 1, IK and AM Grisedale; 2, J and A Bland; 3, IK and AM Grisedale.

Pair of NCC lambs – 1, MM Stewart; 2, L Bell-Percy; 3, Messrs Millar and Graham.

Pair of SCC lambs – 1, TN Cavers and Co; 2, A Frame; 3, JJ Frame.

Pair of Blackface lambs – 1, JJ Frame; 2, K Milburn and A Devlin; 3, R and B Dickie.

Pair of Rough Fell lambs – 1, T and E Ellis; 2, T and E Ellis.

Young Farmers pair of lambs – 1, Robert Garth and Sarah Priestley; 2, Adrian Leach; 3, April Skelton.

Pair of Mule lambs – 1, Firm of Shawhead.

Pair of cross bred lambs out of a Herdwick ewe – 1, IK and AM Grisedale; 2, J and A Bland; 3, D Crew.

Pair of cross bred lambs from any other hill bred ewe – 1, D Crew; 2, Firm of Shawhead; 3, TN Cavers and Co.

Pair of down bred lambs, untrimmed – 1, R Garth and S Priestley; 2, J Whiteford; 3, H and E Williams.

Pair of Suffolk lambs – 1, J Whiteford; 2, R Garth and Sarah Priestley; 3, H Askwith.

Pair of Beltex lightweight lambs – 1, R Garth and S Priestley; 2, I and M Lancaster; 3, R Hall and Son.

Pair of Beltex heavyweight lambs – 1, R Hall and Son; 2, J Whiteford; 3, A Leach.

Pair of Texel lightweight lambs – 1, J Whiteford; 2, R Hall and Son; 3, J Whiteford.

Pair of any other breed of lambs – 1, J Whiteford; 2, H and E Williams; 3, R Foster.

Pair of continental lambs untrimmed – 1, R Garth and S Priestley; 2, R Hall and Son; 3, I and M Lancaster.

Butchers choice, single lambs over 50kg – 1, R Hall and Son; 2, A Skelton; 3, J Whiteford.

Single lamb any breed – 1, R Garth and S Priestley; 2, J Whiteford; 3, A Leach.

Young handlers – A – 1, Charlie Leach; 2, Elliw Grug Davies; 3, Luke Bell-Percy. B – 1, Jovi Wood; 2, Grace Elliott; 3, Matthew Nugent. C – 1, Libby Garth; 2, Amy Wilson; 3, Charlotte Elliott.

Single Mule ewe lamb – 1, J Robertson; 2, J Robertson; 3, J Robertson.

Pair of Mule ewe lambs – 1, J Robertson