Show Reports & Pictures2011
| English Winter Fair | Commercial Herd Competition 2011 | |
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 Melissa Donaldson of Little Langton Grange Farm, Little Langton, near Northallerton, was named the overall Beef handler. She only began showing beef cattle this summer and beat other from three categories aged from 12 to 21. More.... |
Judge, Mr Pip Rogers Winner - Mike Harrison, Shap, Cumbria Reserve - D Morris, Brill, Aylesbury Thank you to everyone who took part in the British Blonde Commercial Herd Competition 2011. The presentation will take place in the sale ring at Carlisle on Friday 22nd October. More...... |
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| French National Show Trip | Welsh Winter Fair | |
 On Wednesday 21st September, a small party of Blonde members including Secretary, Caroline Jackson, headed off to see the bull sale at Casteljaloux and the National Blonde Show in Bergerac. More...... |
The Welsh Winter Fair was helped along this year with the improved weather conditions. A huge amount of visitors visited both the show and the Blonde stand. More.... | |
| Samoht Herd Success at Newbury | Commercial Herd Comp Presentation | |
 Paul Thomas and family from the Samoht Herd, Wokingham, Berkshire, have had a fantastic show season.The highlight of this was Newbury show where they won Breed Champion and Reserve Breed Champion.More...... |
 Mike Harrison, winner of the Commercial Herd Competition, was presented with his prize at Borderway mart on Friday 21st October. More... |
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| Great Yorkshire Show | Royal Welsh show 2011 | |
 Burghwallis Diva the two year old heifer bred and exhibited by W & M Seels from Burgh Wallis near Doncaster impressed judge Geoffrey Rodgers at the Great Yorkshire Show on Tuesday 12th July. More.... |
 Fronfedw Darius leads the Blondes by winning the breed championship at the Royal Welsh Show 2011. More.... |
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| Doune & Dunblane show | Turriff Show | |
 A good day for Lochhead Blondes as Lochhead Bluebell was given Blonde Champion, Reserve Overall Champion and Reserve Overall Best pair with Lochhead Bluebell and Lochhead Dam Good Bull. |
 Alan Walker judged an impressive turnout of Blonde cattle at Turriff Show. Champion and reserve were from Eric Mutch of the Whitefield herd from Banff. More.... |
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| National Show at Three counties | Royal Highland Show | |
 The 2nd National Show took place on Friday 16th June at the Three Counties Show at Malvern in Worcestershire. More... |
 Hallfield Destiny, sired by Blackwater Ainsley, led the way for the Blondes at the Highland Show. More.... |
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| Armagh show | lurgan interbreed champion | |
 A packed ringside were treated to a top notch entry in the Commercial classes at Armagh Show where judging was in the capable hands of Jim & Betty Stanley, Co Laois. More.... |
 Home bred heifer Ivaniskey Eitsy Bitsy exhibited by the McElroy Family from Dromara in Co.Down was awarded the Supreme Beef Interbreed championship.More... |
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| Beef Expo 2011 at Newark | Aberystwyth and Ceredigion County Show | |
 Beef Expo organised by the NBA took place at Newark showground on 26th May 2011. More.... |
At the Aberystwyth and Ceredigion County Show Fronfedw Darius took home the Champion Blonde accolade as well as The Farmers Co-operative Challenge Cup which is presented to the champion inter-breed male. More.... | |
| Ayr Show | Ballymena Show | |
Congratulations to Robbie, Sheena and Sean Kennedy who achieved great success at the Ayr Show in May.More |
 Ivaniskey Eitsy Bitsy, owned by I & R McElroy and Son was awarded the Supreme Blonde Championship at Ballymena show on 28th May. She then went on to take the ''2nd Reserve Beef Interbreed Champion'' and 1st place in the Ulster Bank Pedigree Beef Heifer qualifier. Ivaniskey Eitsy Bitsy is a May 2009 born heifer, sired by Doncombe Aga Khan and out of Ivaniskey Ruthybaby. |
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| Shropshire County Show | Balmoral Show 2011 | |
| Congratulations to Andrew Bailey from the Baileys herd who took Champion & Overall Male with Kinaston Carlos and Female Champion for Paragon CJ and her calf at foot, Baileys First Born. Andrew also went on to win Interbreed Pairs with Carlos and CJ. |
 Comber Boxer homebred bull from D & R McFarland of Omagh, Co.Tyrone sired by Edendale Jigsaw wins the British Blonde Championship at the Balmoral show 2011.More... |
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| Show Results & Pictures 2010 | ||
| Welsh Winter Fair | French Trip | |
 The 2010 Welsh Winter Fair didn't have quite the same draw as previous years. More... |
 British Blonde council members Alistair Martin and William McElroy where joined by Ian and Sue Archer from the Midlands, to represent the British Blonde society at the National Contest of Blondes in Les Herbiers. More.... |
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| National Blonde Show | Irish Ploughing Match | |
 British Blonde leads the Three Counties parade in the breed’s first national show. more... |
 The British Blondes took a stand at a hugely supported Irish National and European ploughing match in Athy, Co.Kildare, Southern Ireland this week. More... |
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| Royal Highland Show 2010 | Royal Welsh Show | |
 Newpark Dominique own and shown by fifteen year old Sean Kennedy from Ayrshire took the eye of Alison Watt from Keith, Banffshire who judged the British Blonde classes at the 2010 Highland Show. more... |
 Hackleton Vixen from Hackleton Farms exhibited by Sam Brown sired by Brownhill Oswald whose dam was a homebred cow Hackleton Lorreta, took the eye of Jim Clarke of Garngour farm, Lanarkshire who was judging the British Blondes at the Royal Welsh 2010. More..... |
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| Balmoral Show 2010 | Great Yorkshire Show | |
 The weather stayed dry thankfully, for judge, David Grant of the Ardmore herd. more... |
 An excellent representation of the British Blonde breed paraded for judge, Mr Ben Garrett at the Yorkshire show 2010.More... |
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Paul Barwood and Anita Padfield’s British Blonde cross heifer Ladybird which won the commercial beef section at the East of England Show, which attracted more than 75 commercial cattle and was judged by Scarborough-based butcher Brian Glaves.
