We are looking forward to attending NSA North Sheep next Wednesday. Do come along and meet us and our superb sheep in Shed 7 Stand 79. More information can be found at http://www.nationalsheep.org.uk/northsheep/
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North Yorkshire County Show – Wensleydale section Please note the Gimmer lamb class has been omitted from the schedule by mistake. Please enter Gimmer lambs under class 396B and let your fellow competitors know. Entries shut 26th May 2017
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The WLSBA Secretary – Anna Pennell – will be away from Friday 19th May to Friday 26th May 2017. For any urgent matters please contact the WLSBA Chair Mr Jim Thompson on 01691 828438 otherwise all messages will be dealt with on Anna’s return.
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We have been working with a company to bring you official WLSBA Clothing. You can now order directly from here; http://www.gggear.co.uk/wlsba-212-c.asp There is a reasonably large selection of different clothing items from sweatshirts, polo shirts, coats, fleeces, caps, livestock coats and woolly hats in a large selection of colours but we are able to add
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On Sunday 7th May, around 30 members met near Darlington, Co Durham for a North-east workshop organised by Helen Collinge and Anna Pennell. The talks and demostrations were kickstarted by Mark Elliott who demonstrated the skill of handclipping a Wensleydale including how to cut a skirt in ready for the forthcoming show-season; this was a very
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The WLSBA are looking to create a Permanent Exhibition box. This will be stored with the secretary and available for use by regional representatives and as appropriate on Wensleydale stands. We are asking members to donate/long-term loan items that represent the best of Wensleydale sheep. Ideas could be Raw Fleece, washed fleece, yarn, knitted products,
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Don’t forget the North-east Workshop held next Sunday (7th May) at Todd Fall Farm, Darlington (DL2 2XG). Covering topics such as handclipping/preparation of sheep for the show ring, conformation of the Wensleydale beneath the fleece and handling and dealing with the fleece once off the sheep it should be an interesting day! Please let either
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Sets of Flock Books….the Association has several sets of brand new Flock Books from 1993-2015 (excluding 1997) we would like to rehome! They are a great historical document and very interesting for looking at the back breeding of your own sheep. These are £20 for the whole set and can be posted (P&P £13.50 cost)
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With over 70 photographs entered in the WLSBA Photoshow, it was a tricky decision for the judges to narrow it down to the final 6 so in the end a shortlist of 8 was created. Members voted at the AGM on Saturday and congratulations to Nick Oliver for his Snowy picture being found the winner!
A very enjoyable lunch and AGM meeting was held at the Tempest Arms, Skipton yesterday (Saturday 22nd April) for the Association. Full report to follow shortly. Congratulations to all trophy and prize winners; pictured are President Mr J Thompson presenting the Earle Trophy for the first time to Mrs Sandra Brown of the Dean Flock for