THE select number of Scottish exhibitors the Royal Welsh Show at Builth Wells, certainly came home in style last week, having secured no fewer than five breed championships, the reserve inter-breed beef honours, supreme continental sheep title and the overall sheep pairs.

Standing next in line to the supreme beef, the Lincoln Red heifer, Donington Jessie from Edward Middleton, Lincolnshire, was Robert and Jean Graham's well-known Limousin heifer, Grahams Melody from Bridge of Allan. Brought out by brother and sister duo, Drew and Jennifer Hyslop, the Ampertaine Elgin daughter out of Millbrook Gingerspice, was the reserve choice of judge, Christine Williams, who owns the Wilodge Limousin herd from Shropshire. Melody picked up the same award at the Great Yorkshire and stood reserve breed champion at Gargunnock.

Adding to the celebrations, Wick farmer, James Manson and his partner Louise Mackay from Upper Northfield, Hempriggs, were well rewarded for their long trip south from Caithness, when they picked up the tri-colour in the British Blues.

Their show stopper, the five-year-old Graymar Halle by Empire D' Ochain, is a former female champion at the Highland Show and earlier in the month, bagged the overall champion of champions at her local Latheron Show. Bought privately from Matthew Jones, Shropshire, three years ago for £4500, she was paraded with bull calf at foot.

The busy sheep lines comprising more than 40 breeds or sections saw a first ever supreme overall for the Clun Forest breed, when a gimmer from Dales pony breeder and first time exhibitor, Anna Pennell, Co Durham, scooped the top award. Going all the way for Anna who owns the Nipa flock, was her reserve inter-breed sheep winner from the Great Yorkshire, a female bought privately from her breeder, David Knowles' Herefordshire-based flock last September. She is by Trewlyn Ritch and has secured multiple championship wins to date.

Scottish genetics were behind the reserve overall, which was also the native upland champion, a North Country Cheviot gimmer from Ifan Huw Hughes, Carnarfon. She is by Bardnaclavan Topman, a tup bought from the Campbells from Thurso and stood second here last year.

First time exhibitors, Laine Daff and Lillian Waddell, Uplawmoor, Renfrewshire, were also well in the prizes, lifting the continental inter-breed sheep honours with their Rouge gimmer, Bennachie Trina, bought privately from Pat Imlah at last year's Turriff Show. No stranger to the limelight, this cracker which stood breed leader at the Great Yorkshire, is by a French sire and out of Bennachie Ruby Lu.

Laine, who is better known for Bleu Du Maines from her Greenside flock also picked up the breed honours in this section which was also the Bleu's national show, with Greenside Posh Blue. Bred from a Windhole ewe and sired by Tighnahinch Massey, she was following on from her breed championship win at the Great Yorkshire.

There was more success to come in the Beltex lines too when Ali Jackson, who owns the Tip Top flock at Maulscastle, Cummertrees, and Harry Wood, of the Deanbrow flock, Popes Farm, Preston, took the top award with Hackney Bobby Dazzler, a shearling ram bought last year at Carlisle for 5500gns from Paul and Christine Tippets. He is to be sold at Carlisle, later this month.

Regular winners, Gregor and Bruce Ingram, from Logie Durno, Inverurie, also came up with the goods, winning the reserve female championship in the Charollais lines with their Loanhead Riverdance, a home-bred ewe that was champion at the Highland and inter-breed sheep at Angus. An AI daughter of Crogham Hannibal, she also teamed up with the male champion and reserve overall Charollais, a ram from Tim Pritchard, Castellau and Emyr Hughes, Pembrookeshire, to win the inter-breed sheep honours at the Welsh.

Holsteins dominated the dairy cattle lines winning the inter-breed individual cow and heifer titles. Supreme was Bryn Davies' Davlea Bradnick Alicia, a home-bred junior cow in milk by Regancrest Bradnick, that stood reserve Holstein here last year.

Just pipped at the post was the Jersey leader, Windyridge Tequilas Diamond, from Emma Murray and Philip Manning, Shrewsbury.

Supreme heifer was David Jones' Wyndford Doorman Atlee 2 from Monmouthshire.

Champion Ayrshire was Sandyford Lucky Florrie, a rising four-year-old from the Tomlinson family from Leicestershire.