July 2022

After two long absent years the Royal Welsh went ahead with record temperatures forecast reflecting the hot competition in the sheep rings.  The heatwave did affect numbers of sheep forward with Society members bringing reduced numbers of stock in anticipation of the high temperatures.  Fortunately the large fans installled in the sheep sheds did provide plenty of […]

The Yorkshire Showground saw a great entry of over 50 individual Kerry’s entered for the show. These were judged by Mr Gwilym Pugh who had travelled from Welshpool, Powys, who had some very big classes to judge on a very warm day. Mr Pugh found his overall Breed Champion in Chris Adamson’s shearling ewe, Marlbrook

It was a double celebration for Chris Adamson at this year’s Royal Norfolk Show, which also played host to the Society’s National Show, as he took the breed championship honours and went one step closer to clinch the interbreed championship.  His show team leader was a shearling ewe bred by John Croose of the Marlbrook

An overall smaller entry of sheep across the whole show compared to previous years didn’t affect the quality forward for judging at Royal Three Counties show.    Mr Neil Radnor of Radnor flock, Shropshire, judged the Kerry Hill Breed classes on a rather damp Saturday morning.  With five exhibitors forward Mr Radnor’s Champion went to a homebred