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2007 shows |
Cheshire Show 2007SPRINGFIELD ANASTASIA MAKES IT TWO IN A ROW Allan and Deirdre Wilkinson’s 30 month-old heifer Springfield Anastasia by Dafydd D’Ochain out of Ovatie van De Wolvendreef took the Intermediate Female red ticket and went on to become Supreme Champion and Exhibitor Bred Champion on the first day of the Cheshire County Show on 19th June 2007. Judge Rhys Jenkins decision made this a back-to-back triumph for Anastasia.
The Junior Bull class was won by Boomer Birch’s Boomer Buster Rhymes a 17 month-old son of Sceptre de Bomal out of Idyle De Scy. The Junior Heifer class saw Allan and Deirdre Wilkinson’s Springfield Bianca a 17 month-old daughter of Eclatant De La Sucrerie out of Springfield Pepsi collect the red ticket. These two then competed for the Junior Championship with Boomer Buster Rhymes taking the honours.
The Senior Heifer class and red rosette went to the Wilkinson’s with another Eclatant daughter Springfield Wilma also out of Springfield Pepsi. The Senior Female class went to Jim Barber’s Astbury Ulrika, a four year old daughter of Sceptre de Bomal out of Astbury Opal with the Wilkinson’s Springfield Pepsi a 9 year old naturally calving cow by Inexes de la Croix de Mer standing second. Astbury Ulrika went on to become Reserve Supreme and Reserve Exhibitor Bred Champion.
Jim Barber and Graham Brindley’s bull five-year-old Immense De Beauraing a Fausto De Fongela son out of Courtoise De Beauraing stood second in the Senior Bull class.
The North West Midlands and North Wales Limousin Breeders Club held their 25th Anniversary show at the same event and not surprisingly with over seventy cattle to choose from they took the Interbreed Group of Four title. However, the Belgian Blue exhibitors in consultation with breed judge Rhys Jenkins had the confidence to choose the only junior team to compete in the class.
The team of John Okell’s two heifers, 13 month old Annanwater Bridget an Elogieux Fond Du Chene daughter out of Springfield Tinga and 11 month-old Birdswood Bosside a Baroque De Lecluse daughter out of Birdswood Vision, with another 14 month-old Baroque daughter, Cowden Bounty out of Bannister Kate from Boomer Birch and Matthew Jones’s 14 month-old Bringlee Banjo by Immense de Bearaing out of Bringlee Viv rose to the occasion and were awarded the reserve tickets in a very strongly contested class. In the Commercial Beef section Jim Hollingsworth was awarded the Overall Commercial Beef Championship rosette under judge Mr D Thornley of Derbyshire. Junior club member 7 year-old Thomas Okell entered the Young Showmanship and Open Calf classes leading the family’s 7 month-old bull calf, Birdswood Breeze, by Baroque De Lecluse out of Birdswood Vicky, in the Best Beef Calf under 9 months of age class, and was rewarded with second place. Thomas then carried the breed nameplate in front of the Belgian Blue cattle in the Grand Parade, quite an achievement for one so young considering the weight of the nameplate and the swirling wind that was blowing across the arena. |
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