LANGHOLM must have been one of the driest places in Scotland last weekend as despite a fairly horrendous forecast, not a drop of rain landed on the showground on the Castle Holm. 
The sheep section attracted another strong entry where inter-breed judge, Ken Fletcher, selected a three-crop North Country Cheviot ewe from Scott Davies, North Synton, as his supreme sheep champion. She is by the Wester Sensation tup that also sired this year’s supreme sheep at the Royal Highland Show. 
In reserve here was the Texel leader, a home-bred gimmer from Sharon Graham, Becks, which is by the Burnhead-bred tup that picked up the Texel championship here last year. 
Another feature of the sheep section was the Cheviot champion of champions which saw show winners from throughout the season compete for the title. Judge, Ian Henderson, picked the South Country Cheviot champion from Langholm, a three-crop ewe by Stirkfield Stan the Man from Tam Halliday, Springwells, as his overall. 
Ken Fletcher was back in command in the cattle section where he gave the overall nod to the Galloway champion, Lady Silver Bell 11 of Gall-way, a Lochnagar of Gall-way daughter from David and Rosemarie Cornthwaite, Balgray Hill. 
A young Shorthorn bull named Shawhill JAT, by Shawhill Freedom from the Thomson, Roddick and Laurie team, Newlands, was tapped forward in to the reserve spot. 
There was no Dumfries and Galloway young handler final at this year’s event, but leading the large entry in the sheep section was 12-year-old Jack Graham, Birsca, while 13-year-old Emily Hunter, of Upper Brydekirk, won the cattle section.