South West Club, Herd Competitions

PEDIGREE BLONDE HERD COMPETITION 2017
JUDGE – MR.CHRISTOPHER HOPLEY, (MOSSCROFT BLONDE HERD), CHOLMONDELEY, CHESHIRE.
BEST LARGE HERD (16 breeding females or more) – Winner of the T.R.B. Turner & Sons Cup
1st – Messrs. John and Andrew Hicks, Messrs. W. J. Hicks & Son, Kerketh Herd, Padstow, Cornwall.
2nd – Messrs. David and Toby Skinner, Allacott Herd, Beaworthy, Devon.
3rd – Mr. Robin Joyce, Fiveways Herd, Dorchester, Dorset.
BEST SMALL HERD (15 breeding females or fewer) – Winner of the Stewart Turner Cup
1st – Misses Abbie and Robyn Westcott, Exmoor Herd, Roadwater, Somerset.
2nd – Messrs. Adrian and Bradley Bowden, Bowbeer Herd, Drewsteignton, Exeter, Devon.
3rd – Mr. Kevin Renals, Poplars Herd, Bodmin, Cornwall.
BEST STOCK BULL AND PROGENY – Winner of the Bibby Cup
1st – Doncombe Flinders - Mr. Clifford Squire, Messrs. C. J. & V. P. Squire, Coryton Herd, Okehampton, Devon.
2nd – Doncombe Hendrix – Mr. Robin Joyce, Fiveways Herd, Dorchester, Dorset.
3rd – Egerton Halley – Messrs. W.J. Hicks & Son, Kerketh Herd, Padstow, Cornwall.
BEST TWO-YEAR-OLD HEIFER
1st – Doncombe Lilyrose – Misses Abbie and Robyn Westcott, Exmoor Herd, Roadwater, Somerset.
2nd – Allacott Lamorna - Messrs. David and Toby Skinner, Allacott Herd, Beaworthy, Devon.
3rd – Coryton Leanna – Mr. Clifford Squire, Messrs. C. J. & V. P. Squire, Coryton Herd, Okehampton, Devon.
MOST PROMISING YOUNG BULL
1st – Fiveways Maverick – Mr. Robin Joyce, Fiveways Herd, Dorchester, Dorset.
2nd– Allacott Major – Messrs. David and Toby Skinner, Allacott Herd, Beaworthy, Devon.
3rd – Doncombe Matrix – Mr. Roger Curtis, Badworthy Herd, Beaworthy, Devon.
BEST COW AND CALF – Winner of the Westlake Cup
1st- Kerketh Denna and Kerketh Nicola - Messrs. John and Andrew Hicks, Messrs. W.J. Hicks & Son, Kerketh Herd, Padstow, Cornwall.
2nd – Allacott Heidi and Allacott Neidi – Messrs. David and Toby Skinner, Allacott Herd, Beaworthy, Devon.
3rd – Polgreen Catherine and Polgreen Newlina – Mr. Graham Kingdon, Messrs. P. Kingdon & Sons, Polgreen Herd, Newquay, Cornwall.
JUDGE’S CHOICE – The Animal which the Judge would most like to take home –
Winner of the Cosdon Plate
1st – Exmoor Nara – Misses Abbie and Robyn Westcott, Exmoor Herd, Roadwater, Somerset.
Reserve – Fiveways Maverick – Mr. Robin Joyce, Fiveways Herd, Dorchester, Dorset.
CROSSBRED BLONDE HERD COMPETITION 2017
JUDGE – MR. JOHN RICHARDS (POLPHEMY BLONDE HERD), ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL.
1st – MESSRS. JOHN AND ANDREW HICKS, MESSRS. W. J. HICKS & SON, KERKETH FARM, NEAR PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
2nd – MR. MICHAEL J. SCOTT, BRISDREW FARM, DREWSTEIGNTON, EXETER, DEVON.
3rd – MESSRS. ADRIAN AND BRADLEY BOWDEN, BOWBEER FARM, DREWSTEIGNTON, EXETER, DEVON.
(Images provide by Chris Hopley. )