Southdown Sheep Society, NZ

Results from the Southdown section of the Fielding Ram Fair held on Dec 8th 2010 can be seen below.

C.J.Medlicott  sold 1 $1700, passed 1, Run 2 sold 1 at $2400

Glenhazard Holdings Ltd sold 2 at $1000 each. Run 2 passed 1

Willowhaugh Enterprises Ltd sold 2 at $1000 each and passed 1 Run 2 sold 2 1 at $1200 and 1 at $1000

Mrs.R.M.Bradley sold 1 at $1000 and passed 1

S.G.Gray  passed 2

Tasvic Downs sold 1 at $3500

Ike Williams sold 1 at $1000 and withdrew 1

S.G.& P.D.Baker passed 1

J.T.Wynyard sold 1 $1000 and passed 1

Mrs.J.A.Wilson sold 1 at $800

R.L.McKenzie sold 1 at $800 and passed 2

Below you can see the results from the Christchurch A&P Show held this week. A great result for the Southdown was Neville Moorhead’s and Christina Jordan’s ram and ewe winning the Champion Meat Breeds Pair.

Sheep Interbreeds Champion/Group Awards

Champion Meat Breeds Pair (Champion Ram & Champion Ewe) N J Moorhead, I M & C A Jordan.

PGG Wrightson Ltd Champion Wool Breeds Pair (Champion Ram & Champion Ewe) Matangi Station, A D Paterson.

BNZ Supreme Champion Meat Animal. Bank of New Zealand sponsor Prize Money $500: I M & C A Jordan.

BNZ Supreme Champion Wool Animal. Bank of New Zealand sponsor Prize money $500: Jim & Ramona Sidey.

Southdown Sheep Section

Southdown Judge(s): R T McKenzie, Masterton, D Murray, Lawrence (Junior Judge).

Ram, over 18 months, shorn. (5 entries): Moorhead N J 1, Gill R E & J 2, Jordan I M & C A 3.

Alliance NZ Ltd Ram, under 18 months, shorn. (22 entries):  Williams P G, F C & B R 1, Moorhead N J 2, Medlicott Chris J 3, A D Gillespie 4, Christey A C & L K 5 & 6.

Alliance NZ Ltd & Merial Ancare Quality Meat Yield Class, two Rams. (11 entries)

Judges: Blair Robertson, Gore, Bruce Robertson, Wyndham.

Medlicott Chris J 1, Christey A C & L K 2, Williams P G, F C & B R 3, Tasvic Family Trust 4, Jordan I M & C A 5, Jordan I M & C A 6.

Champion Southdown Ram: N J Moorhead.

Reserve Champion Southdown Ram: R E & J Gill.

Ewe, over 30 months, shorn, and her suckling lamb(s). (6 entries): Jordan I M & C A 1, Jordan I M & C A 2, Brannigan S W 3.

Ewe, 18 to 30 months, shorn and her suckling lamb(s). (4 entries): Jordan I M & C A 1, Christey A C & L K 2, Gillespie A D 3.

Essential Nutrition Ewe, under 18 months, shorn. (13 entries): Christey A C & L K 1, Tasvic Family Trust 2, Tasvic Family Trust 3, Jordan I M & C A 4.

Allflex NZ Ltd Pair of Ewes, under 18 months, shorn. (8 entries): Jordan I M & C A 1, Medlicott Chris J 2, Medlicott Chris J 3, Christey A C & L K 4.

Best Carcass Sheep – judged by all four Southdown judges: Tasvic Family Trust.

Champion Southdown Ewe : I M & C A Jordan.

Jarman Cup – Perpetual Trophy awarded to Champion Southdown Ewe: Jordan I M & C A.

Reserve Champion Southdown Ewe : I M & C A Jordan.

Supreme Champion Southdown : I M & C A Jordan.

James Deans Challenge Shield – Most Points Southdown Section. : I M & C A Jordan.

This section of the website is where any news items related to the Society will be added, but over time there will also be articles we believe are of interest not only to our members, but also to farmers who are interested in sheep, especially the Southdown.

Subjects may vary from news from Beef & Lamb to upcoming Federated Farmers meetings of interest, interesting show results or perhaps be topical and relate to research.

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