WALES REGION
Regional Contact member – Alison Ross
Following on from the Wales hosted AGM in April, it has been a busy year in Wales but firstly, I would like to welcome new member Miss Jodie Thomas who is based in Carmarthenshire.
We are lucky to have so many small shows that have dedicated Jacob classes. Please continue to support these shows, I will endeavour to make sure that they are advertised on the website so let me know if there are any missing when I put up the list for 2025. The Brecon show has put in a request to see Jacob sheep entered next year, I will try and get there and it would be lovely to have some company. The show will be held on Saturday 2nd August.
Alison Ross with her champion ewe lamb and Angharad Griffiths with her reserve champion ram at Sennybridge Show with the judge, Rhodri Jones
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show is possibly the highlight of showing in Wales and this year didn’t disappoint with some beautiful, quality Jacobs vying for top prizes. Congratulations to the Trumper Family for winning supreme champion with their stunning shearling ram and to the Harries family with their beautiful ewe lamb which took reserve championship. Full results can be seen in the show results at the back of the Journal.
The Wales show and sale was held at J.Straker, Chadwick and Sons, Monmouthshire, on 21st September. Many thanks to Lyndon Trumper, our very own auctioneer, Jean Simmons for adjudicating and Mark Wakelin and Jackie Jones for inspecting. These can be thankless tasks and we owe them our gratitude for their professionalism which means we can buy and sell our stock with confidence. We all know the highs and lows of keeping sheep and Samantha Matthews is no exception having had a lovely young ram injure himself at the beginning of the year and other minor events making her withdraw from some of the shows she had planned so it was wonderful to see her shearling ewe win supreme champion and go on to take top price in the sale. Well done Sam. Thank you to all those who came from near and far and good to see some of our new members attending.
By the time this Journal is printed, we will have had the Flock Competition. Thank you to Jean Simmons and Richard Chapman, our judges.
The Christmas lunch and prize giving is scheduled for 30th November and you should have received an invitation by email, please contact me if you would like to attend but haven’t seen the email. We will hold our regional AGM before the meal, this is your chance to have your say about events you would like to see run in Wales, all members are welcome.
The rams will have done their work and now we all “sit back” and dream of that show stopping lamb, delivered safely and growing well. Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and a fruitful New Year!