Top Spot Cover Girl steals the show at The Great Yorkshire Show 2021
A great week was had for everyone at a slightly different Great Yorkshire Show this year. With Kerry classes being the most popular entries of the Non-MV breeds, giving Judge Mr Sion Jones, Ceredigion, Wales a long stint of judging in the afternoon heat.
Breed Champion – Top Spot Cover Girl
Mr Jones found his overall Breed Champion in Mrs. A. M. Burgess’s Aged Ewe, Top Spot Cover Girl from Dumfries, which took Female Champion earlier in the day. The Reserve Champion, which also took Reserve Female Champion, came from young Mr Jack Graham, Lockerbie with a shearling ewe.
Reserve Champion -Mr Jack Graham
The Male Champion was awarded to shearling ram, brought out by Mr Jim Rowe from the Downwood flock, Hereford. The Reserve Male Champion, went to Mrs Helen Macleods’ winning ram lamb from the Carpenters flock, Worcester.
The Group of Three classes was very well attended with the rosette going home with Jim Rowe, second place went to Mr Jack Grahams team of sheep.
The Champion made a great impression on the Interbreed judge, Mr Dan Bull, who placed Top Spot Cover Girl as his Reserve Interbreed Non-MV behind a Blueface Leicester. Mr Bull explained his reasoning Mrs Burgess’s ewe ‘is an outstanding eye-catching ewe who moves very well when loose’.
Reserve Interbreed Non-MV – Top Spot Cover Girl
Later that afternoon, in the blistering heat, Kerry’s entered the ring again in the Young Handlers classes, with Charlie Whybrow taking first place in the under 8’s class, then going on to get Reserve Champion, and his older brother William gaining 2nd place in the 9-13’s class.
It seemed that throughout the day, a Kerry was always present in the ring!
A great day for the breed and a good time was had by all!
Please see full results below.
Please see full results below.
Aged ram
1st Mr J G Graham
2nd Miss S M Brown
3rd Miss E R Ward
4th Miss R E Wilkns
5th Mr A J Fisher
6th Mrs H L Barritt
Shearling ram
1st Mr J A Rowe
2nd Mrs H E Macleod
3rd Mr A J Fisher
4th Mrs A J Fisher
5th Miss S M Brown
6th Miss S M Brown
Ram lamb
1st Mrs H E Macleod
2nd Mr C G Adamson
3rd Mr J A Rowe
4th Mrs A M Burgess
5th Mr C G Adamson
6th Mr A M Burgess
Aged ewe
1st Mr A M Burgess
2nd Mrs H E Macleod
3rd Mr A J Fisher
4th Mr C G Adamson
5th Mrs A M Burgess
6th Miss R E Wilkns
Shearling ewe
1st Mr J G Graham
2nd Mr J G Graham
3rd Mr J A Rowe
4th Mrs A M Burgess
5th Mr J A Rowe
6th Mrs H E Macleod
Ewe lamb
1st Mrs H E Macleod
2nd Mr C G Adamson
3rd Mr J A Rowe
4th Mrs A M Burgess
5th Mr J G Graham
6th Mr C G Adamson
Group of three
1st Mr J A Rowe
2nd Mr J G Graham
3rd Mrs H E Macleod
4th Mrs A M Burgess
5th Miss S M Brown
6th Mr C G Adamson
Male Champion: Mr J A Rowe Shearling ram
Reserve Male Champion: Mrs H E Macleod Ram lamb
Female Champion: Mrs A M Burgess Aged ewe
Reserve Female Champion: Mr J G Graham Shearling ewe
Overall breed champion: Mrs A M Burgess
Reserve overall breed champion: Mr J G Graham
