Returning triumphant yet again to the Royal Welsh Kerry Hill ring were the Owens family of the Woodhouse flock with a shearling ewe that caught the eye of judge Neil Radnor who backed it all the way to secure the breed championship. 

Shown on her only outing this summer having won a few classes last year as a ewe lamb, this one is by Dalwyne Ace and is out of a Woodhouse ewe by the former breed record holding Clayfield tup. 

Not only did she win the breed section, but she teamed up with a ram lamb from the same flock and the prize-winning ewe lamb from the breed classes from Sion Jones to stand reserve in the Lloyd Family Award Group of Three class and also clinched the reserve overall interbreed championship under Tim Prichard on the Wednesday of the show. 

Scooping the reserve championship rosettes was Tom Evans with his aged ram. By a homebred son of the show winning Calcott Stanley, this one carried on his winning ways having stood breed champion at the RWAS Smallholders Spring Festival at the start of the show season. 

Continuing to bring home the ribbons for the Calcott flock, Tom also won the shearling ram class and reserve male championship with his homebred shearling ram. Homebred on both sides, this one was on his first show outing of the year. 

In the female championship, it was the first-place ewe lamb from Sion Jones’ Fronath flock that followed the shearling ewe. By a homebred ram out of a Woodhouse female that was purchased for 1600gns, she had previously stood reserve breed champion on the Rare Breed day at Royal Three Counties last month. 

Wrapping up class results in the male section, Chris Adamson stood top of the ram lamb class with a son of Carpenters Ace. Again, out of a Woodhouse ewe, this one had previously won his class at the Great Yorkshire Show earlier in the month. 

Taking the red rosette in the aged ewe class was Kate Esler and Ed Simmons with Kingswater Ada. A two-crop ewe by a Glenro tup, she has also won her class at Three Counties this year. 

Winning the group of three class was the Downwood flock of Jim Rowe and Tom Webb, with the Kingswater group coming in reserve. 

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Class results: 

Senior ram

1^st Tom Evans 

2^nd J and P Owens

3^rd M Nolan 

4^th Tom Evans 

5^th A Burgess 

6^th S John 

Yearling ram

1^st Tom Evans 

2^nd J Rowe and T Webb 

3^rd S Jones 

4^th J Graham 

5^th J and P Owens

6^th G Roberts 

Ram lamb

1^st Chris Adamson 

2^nd J and P Owens 

3^rd J Rowe and T Webb 

4^th H Scott

5^th W Evans 

6^th A Burgess 

Senior ewe

K Elser and E Simmons 

2^nd E Owens 

2rd A Burgess

4^th J Graham 

5^th G Roberts 

6^th A John 

Yearling ewe

1^st J and P Owens 

2^nd S Jones 

3^rd G Roberts

4^th K Esler and E Simmons 

5^th W Awan 

6^th T Evans 

Ewe lamb

1^st S Jones

2^nd A Burgess

3^rd J Rowe and T Webb 

4^th W Evans

5^th H Scott

6^th Chris Adamson 

Group of Three 

1^st J Rowe and T Webb 

2^nd K Esler and E Simmons 

Male champion

T Evans – senior ram 

Reserve male champion 

T Evans – yearling ram

Female champion 

J and P Owens – yearling ewe 

Reserve female champion 

S Jones – ewe lamb 

Champion 

J and P Owens – shearling ewe 

Reserve champion 

T Evans – senior ram