There was a super turn out at Suffolk County Show for the most southerly set of Wensleydale Classes. This year they were overseen by Shelagh Prescott from West End Wensleydales, Northumberland. Shelagh found her Champion in Diana Bird and Duncan Parkers’ homebred yearling in full wool from the Chilton Flock. The reserve and best male […]
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Please note I will be on holiday from Wednesday 25th May through to the 1st June. Any emails or phone calls will be returned after this date. Registrations can still be made via Grassroots (or email) and will be processed on my return – Anna
Please note the Grassroots Systems will be down on Wednesday 25th May for the day. You will not be able to use any part of the system whilst it is undergoing schedule maintenance.
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What a great day to be back at Otley Show after a long two years missing. A good turnout judged by Mr E. Bainbridge with the Championship rosette going to Mark Elliott and his impressive Aged Ram. Reserve went to Rebecca and Liam McPartland from Harrison Spinks Farm and their beautiful Hogg in Wool. Thank
The following article was misprinted with incorrect imaging. It was entirely our error and we apologise to Dr J. Muddle for the mistake, the correct images are attached below WENSLEYDALE LONGWOOL FLEECE Jeanie Muddle B.Sc.Hons.Ph.D. Originally published in the The Wensleydale World No.4, Millenium Edition 2000, updated 2022 A Wensleydale sheep in full wool always
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Updated 16/05/2022 Wow, what great news from South Suffolk Show. There were over 20 Wensleydales shown from 5 different exhibitors in the Any Other Longwool section and they truly ruled the prizes! Huge congratulations to Diana Bird and Duncan Parker at Chilton Grounds flock on their VERY first time exhibiting their flock of Wensleydales who
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It is so lovely to see some shows returning, the first results of the year are in and great to see the Wensleydale Longwool starting out on top! Just how we like it….huge CONGRATULATIONS to the Stacey family who took the Championship at North Somerset Agricultural Show today with their Wensleydale Hogg in wool (although
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The 2022 AGM was held both in person for the first time since 2019 and on Zoom thanks to the brilliant facilities at Tennants Auction House, Leyburn. Thanks to everyone who joined us, it was a lovely lunch and afternoon. Initial reports seems it all went very well thanks to the brilliant facilities at Tennants
Its great to see so many new flocks having lambs this year and there have been lots of enquiries about lamb registrations and tags. We’ve put together a short guide to try to help but please get in touch with Anna – secretary@wlsba.co.uk if you have any questions or queries and she will guide you
Entries are now open for the 2022 Great Yorkshire Show. Wensleydales will be shown on the Wednesday and judged by Mrs J. Ford, Bedale. Please don’t delay making your entries as once the Pens are full they are full Schedule and entry form can be found here – Great Yorkshire Show
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