Stafford County Show provides a flying start to the 2008 show year for North West Club members

As always the indoor facilities of Bingley Hall at Stafford County Show provides an ideal venue for the first time off farm for this year’s show teams.

Adam Neachell’s cow Tamhorn Uptown Girl, by Baron Du Bois Bauloye out of Tamhorn Milly, with her calf Cromwell Del Boy at foot took first in her class, the Female and Breed Championship and then went on the next day to be awarded Reserve Interbreed Champion. Naturally born Cromwell Del Boy is the first calf on the ground by Solway View Antonio.

Tamhorn Uptown Girl

Two herd stock bulls, Jane & Danny Wyllie’s Ballygrange Alex, by Woodview Solo out of Ballygrange Roxy, and Adam Neachell’s Solway View Antonio, by Serum D’Anloy out of Springfield Tinga, made an impressive entrance into the ring. Ballygrange Alex took the red ticket this time followed by the Male Championship. It would seem a bit of a backhanded compliment for Jane and Danny to be pipped at the post by a female that they had bred themselves when Alex stood Reserve Breed Champion to Tamhorn Uptown Girl.

Ballygrange Alex

Solway View Antonio

In the younger classes, Matthew Jones brought out one of their first home bred youngsters when he accompanied Graymar Churchill into the ring. This son of Bringlee Talbot out of Bringlee Viv took the Junior Bull ticket and went on to stand Reserve Male Champion to Ballygrange Alex. The Jones’s newly acquired heifer, Bringlee Beth, a Colibri Du Coin daughter out of the renowned Bringlee Sandy, took the red ticket in her maiden heifer class. Standing second to her was Adam Neachell’s heifer Cromwell Classy Boots, by Tamhorn Victorious out of Tamhorn Something Special.

Graymar Churchill

Bringlee Beth

Graymar Churchill and Bringlee Beth combined to take the Breed Pairs red ticket.

The following day in the Interbreed Group of Three, Ballygrange Alex, Tamhorn Uptown Girl accompanied by Nicola Beardsley’s Woodlands Adorable, a Danseur D’Embise daughter out of Woodlands Nicola, with eight weeks old Cromwell Del Boy, impeccably behaved and bringing up the rear, they made a spectacular impression and took the Championship in a very strongly contested class. It was an amazing double for Danny and Adam as they had been part of the team who took this award at the 2007 show.

Interbreed Group of Three

Cromwell Del Boy

In the Commercial Beef classes the Jones family took the reserve ticket with their recently acquired steer Salt N Pepper sired by Ballee Pepper.

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