GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW WENSLEYDALE SHEEP RESULTS Dr Freda Magill, WLSBA Vice Chairperson, flew over from Northern Ireland to judge the Wensleydale breed classes at the Great Yorkshire show on the 9th July 2025, picking out J A & F Elliott’s aged ram as her Breed Champion and J & A Pennell’s shearling ewe as Reserve. […]
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Members are invited to attend an exciting tour of the new I’Anson feed mill near Thirsk in North Yorkshire on Wednesday the 22nd of October 2025 at 10:30am. The tour is scheduled to last for around 2.5 hours and includes a Wensleydale specific nutrition talk as well as coffee and cake. If there’s enough interest,
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ROYAL NORFOLK SHOW WENSLEYDALE SHEEP RESULTS Dr Lynn Clouder judged the first year of dedicated Wensleydale breed classes at the Royal Norfolk show on the 25th & 26th June 2025, choosing D Parker & D Bird’s ewe and tup hoggs in wool as her Breed Champion and Reserve. D Parker & D Bird then went
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NORTH YORKSHIRE SHOW WENSLEYDALE SHEEP RESULTS A fantastic day for Oliver Duffield & Faye Protheroe in the Wensleydale classes at North Yorkshire Show this weekend, taking the Breed Champion with their ram lamb at their first show, and doing grandad and veteran Wensleydale breeder Alan Duffield proud Ram1st J & A Pennell2nd O Duffield &
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🏆 OTLEY SHOW WENSLEYDALE SHEEP RESULTS 🏆 A lovely sunny day at Otley show on Saturday 17th May saw a grand start to the Wensleydale affiliated classes! A fabulous day for the Wensleydales as a breed, with A Pennell’s ewe hogg in wool taking Reserve Interbreed Champion and J Shadforth’s ram hogg landing the Supreme
A regretful notice to all members that unfortunately the WLSBA are no longer able to attend NSA North Sheep this year due to BTV restrictions, however the North Sheep event itself will still be going ahead. For those who are planning on going along, it is still set to be a fabulous event and will
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Duncan Parker & Diana Bird had a great day at the South Suffolk show on the 11th May, with their tup and ewe hoggs in wool securing Champion male and female Longwool respectively. Their ewe then went on to win the Overall Longwool Champion. Ram Any Age1st D Parker & D Bird2nd A Parsons3rd A
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🗓️ Wensleydale Annual Sale Dates 2025 🗓️ Dates for your diaries! Our annual WLSBA breed sale dates for this year will be as follows: 📌 Skipton – 30th August 2025 📌 Melton Mowbray – 12th & 13th September 2025 We look forward to a good number of stock forward when entries open later in the
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With show season fast approaching and the sun blazing, some flocks will be starting to prepare their Wensleydales for the upcoming show season!Are you a new Wensleydale breeder, or have you kept Wensleydales for a few years and would like to take part in showing but don’t know where to start? Then take a look
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💐 Happy Easter from the Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders’ Association! 💐 Hopefully the weather has been kind and you’re all enjoying a laid back weekend with plenty of chocolate and a lovely bit of British lamb or hoggett in the oven! We’ve been lucky enough to have a bit of Wensleydale lamb spam sent in