🏆 MASHAM SHEEP FAIR WENSLEYDALE SHEEP RESULTS 🏆 It was a lovely sunny day for our Wensleydale sheep Exhibitors at the final affiliated show of the season, Masham Sheep Fair held on the 27th September. Judge Mr Roger Field kindly judged the breed classes, finding his breed champion in J A & F Elliott’s aged […]
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NIDDERDALE SHOW WENSLEYDALE SHEEP RESULTS At the Nidderdale Agricultural Show held on Sunday 21st September at Bewerley Park, Jessica Talbot found her champion in Ernie Sherwin’s homebred shearling ram, also reserve going to the same home with a two shear ewe. Sadly, the previous day’s adverse weather deterred some exhibitors from the show, having received
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MELTON MOWBRAY SHOW AND SALE REPORT Mrs Sheila Leech kindly judged the Wensleydale classes at Melton Mowbray rare breed sale this year on Friday 12th September, finding her Champion in C Coe & Son’s aged ewe with Reserve going to M Elliott’s shearling ewe. The next day for the sale, top price of the day
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The 134th annual show & sale of Wensleydale sheep took place on Saturday 30th August 2025 at CCM Skipton Auction Mart on behalf of the Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders’ Association. The sale ring was well attended, with buyers from the far ends of the country – both new and established breeders – turning out to
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The Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders’ Association would like to extend an absolutely enormous thank you to every craft demonstator, exhibition invigilator and WLSBA stand steward that helped make the exhibition’s week at the Great Yorkshire Show such a huge success! Without you all and your incredible enthusiasm for promoting heritage woolcrafts and Wensleydale sheep, it
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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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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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🗓️ 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