Friday 14th June 2019
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Malvern & Courtenay A&P Winter Feed Competition would like to thank...
PGG Wrightson, Ravensdown, Ballance, Agricom, Farmlands, Coalgate Tavern ...for their continued support of this traditional, local event!
L to R Peter Abrahamson (judge), Mike Byrnes (Supreme winner), Aaron Sampson - Annavale Station (Direct Drill winner), Paul Cockburn (Autumn Saved Pasture & Ravensdown Plate), Jessica Dunbar (judge). The Malvern and Courtenay A & P Associations combined Winter Feed Competition was held on June 5th and 6th with forty paddocks judged over a wide area, from Rolleston, to Springfield, to Windwhistle. Entry numbers were back on last year, it was reported, possibly due to a late season, but some last-minute chasing-up resulted in a total of forty paddocks. This year’s judges were Jessica Dunbar (Agricom) and Peter Abrahamson (Darfield farmer),
1st Irrigated Kale Irrigated Rape Irrigated Beet Dryland Kale Dryland Fodder Beet Swedes Autumn Saved Pasture Oats
Paul Jarman Paul Cockburn Mike Byrnes Annavale Seaton Brothers Annavale Paul Cockburn
while stewards representing the Malvern and Courtenay A & P Associations were Guy Bassett and Brent Chamberlain. This year Ravensdown provided Tim Sneddon (Darfield Agri Manager) and Anna and Beth from the Ravensdown Call Centre to help weigh crops. The prizegiving and dinner was once again held at the Coalgate Tavern, with generous prizes from the sponsors. Class winners this year were:
(see below results)
2nd Blackhills Mike Byrnes Westacre Clayton Yaxley
3rd Cameron Reid Simon Wright Campbell Tuer Clayton Yaxley
The Pasture Cup was won by Paul Cockburn, who also won the Ravensdown Plate as that section was the Focus Crop for 2019. The R & D Scott Trophy for best Direct Drilled Crop was won by Annavale for a paddock of dryland kale. The Redfern Memorial Trophy, which is given to the Supreme overall best winter feed crop, was won by Mike Byrnes for his paddock of irrigated beet. The judges commented that all paddocks that Mike Byrnes entered in the various sections were of a high quality with a lack of weeds and he was a deserving winner with the fodder beet paddock.
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Left: Brent Chamberlain (steward) holding fodder beet from Mike Byrne’s paddock, which won the Irrigated Fodder Beet class and the Redfern Trophy for winning supreme crop over all sections.
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