The West and Central Scotland Suffolk Club Show staged at Lanark Auction Market, attracted strong entries in all classes and saw the championship awarded to a gimmer from the Hiddleston family’s Irongray flock from Dumfries.
Judge James Wallace of the Claycrop flock found his reserve and best opposite sex to the champion in a ram lamb from Helen Goldie, Harpercroft.
Leading Awards
Judge: J Wallace, Claycrop
Aged ram – 1, W Haining, High Drum; 2, L Ferguson, Kelcastle; 3, R Arthur, Highmuir.
Ewe – 1, Hiddleston family, Irongray; 2, K Ramsay, Deja Vu; 3, P and D Reid, Conchar.
Gimme – Hiddleston family, Irongray; 2, H Goldie, Harpercroft; 3, A Gray, Langside.
Wool – A Gray, Langside.
Gigot – 1, A Gray, Langside; 2, D Gilmour, Broomknowes.
Ram lamb – 1, H Goldie, Harpercroft; 2 and 3, A Gray, Langside.
Ewe lamb – 1, H Goldie, Harpercroft; 2 and 3, P and D Reid, Conchar.
Pair of untrimmed ram lambs – 1, A Gray, Langside.
Pair of untrimmed ewe lambs – 1, D Gilmour, Broomknowes.
Group of three – 1, H Goldie, Harpercroft; 2, P and D Reid, Conchar; 3, K Ramsay, Deja Vu.
Novice – 1, K Ramsay, Deja Vu; 2, L Ferguson, Kelcastle; 3, R Arthur, Highmuir.
Young handlers – 1, Finlay Barclay; 2, Lewis O’Connor; 3, Matthew Gray; 4, Angus Shedden; 5, Holly Gilmour ; 6, Sophie O’Connor.
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