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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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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Full results from the 2024 Great Yorkshire Show What a fantastic week it has been, it was lovely to have a great set of exhibitors together and enjoying showing the Wensleydale Longwool sheep. The main classes were judged on Wednesday 10th July 2024 by Mr N Oliver and the full results were as follows; Aged
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Great Yorkshire Show 2023 A good turnout of Wensleydales including 2 new exhibitors who we hope will be coming back next year, thank you to everyone for a very enjoyable week Judged by Mr E L Sherwin Full results Aged Ram; 1. M. Elliott 2. J Shadforth 3. R Fitzgerald Shearling Ram; 1. L &
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Huge congratulations to all our exhibitors at the Great Yorkshire Show held the .12th to 15th July It was a very enjoyable week. Thankyou to our judge Mrs Joan Ford Overall Champion & Female champion – L & R McPartlands Hogg in wool (Harrison Spinks) Reserve Champion & Male Champion – M Elliotts Aged Ram
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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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After missing 2020, it was great to see the Wensleydale Longwools back at the Great Yorkshire Show on Thursday 15th July. With judging overseen by Mr J. Prescott (Westend flock) he found his overall champion in J.A. & F. Elliotts Aged Ram, the female champion came from the clipped shearling class bred and exhibited by
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Sheep entries are now open for the GYS – the Wensleydales are part of the non-mv section being shown on THURSDAY of the show this year. Whilst entries don’t shut until the start of May we would advise you make your entries ASAP as pen space is limited and when its gone its gone. Entry
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ROADMAP BOOST FOR GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW Plans are underway for the Great Yorkshire Show to be held this year following the announcement of the Government’s roadmap out of coronavirus restrictions. Registered charity the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS), which organises England’s premier showcase of farming, food and the countryside, can confirm that it is planning for
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Wensleydales have had their own classes at the Great Yorkshire Show since 1876. We couldn’t not mark the cancelled show this week so have been digging in our archives and have collected as many images of GYS Champions of the last near 150 years as we can…..(click to enlarge)
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