The Great Yorkshire Show is always a great gathering of Wensleydale Sheep, Breeders and supporters. It is a real chance for old and new members to meet up, enjoy the classes and good conversation. The weather just about held and the judge Mrs Susan Holdich made the long trip up from Suffolk. She found her […]
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Those of you who were at the Great Yorkshire Show will have seen (and hidden most likely!) from The Yorkshire Vet cameras following Wensleydale exhibitor Mark Elliott. The episode following Mark and the Wensleydales Longwool classes will be shown next Tuesday (20th November!) at 8pm on Channel 5 so don’t forget to tune in!
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It was a tremendous show of Wensleydales at the 2018 160th Great Yorkshire Show with 9 exhibitors including from the newly formed Carlton Towers, Beaumont FLock. It is great to see new faces joining in and other young flocks growing and expanding. Well done to Pete and Nicki Hodkinson at the Great Yorkshire today taking
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The entries for the Great Yorkshire Show are now open. The Wensleydale judge for 2018 is Mrs B Metcalfe. Forms and schedules can be found here Entries close the 10th May but it is recommended to enter as early as possible as there are limited pens and exhibitors have been disappointed in the past.
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It wasn’t the best of weather that saw the judging of the Wensleydale Longwool Classes at the Great Yorkshire Show in Tuesday 12th July 2017 but with full classes overseen by Mr J McHardy (Endrigs) the eventual Breed Champion was found in Mr E Sherwin’s Shearling Ram. Female Champion came from the Shearling Ewe in
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57 Wensleydales are entered at the Great Yorkshire Show this July! Come and see them in Ring 3 on Tuesday 11th at 2pm (or in the pens the remainder of the show) Full sheep timetable can be found here; http://greatyorkshireshow.co.uk/uploads/files/Sheep_Ring_Plan_2017.pdf
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Wensleydale entries for the 2017 GYS are now open. The full schedule can be found here Entries close May 11th 2017.
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Judging of Wensleydale classes at the 2016 Great Yorkshire Show took place at Harrogate on Tuesday 12 July. Judge was Mr Roger Field of Ferrensby, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire shadowed by trainee judge Miss Laura Beaton of Green Hammerton, York. The breed champion was an aged ram (two-shear) bred and exhibited by Ernie Sherwin of Nosterfield, North
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