2017 - CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS REPORTS cattle for Dovecote Park, was delighted to be asked to provide cattle. A seven year old Belgian Blue/Holstein cow with a top quality two month old Hereford sired calf at foot and a black/white-faced steer and heifer, demonstrated the ability of the Hereford breed to produce outstanding beef carcases. TD & WT Livesey, Normanton Herefords completed the stand with two young Hereford bulls. The Hereford Stand impressed the judges and kept up a good record by taking the Reserve Best Beef Breed Stand. Our thanks to the Spendlove and Livesey families for providing the cattle and to Hereford House for preparing the stand.
Beef Tasting Competition 2017
East of England Winter Stock Festival saw M&EAHBA Members DRA Fabb take both the Breed Championship with Fabb 1 Pacie and Reserve Breed Championship with Fabb 1 Paco, as can be seen here with Judge Kris Stevenson.
The Individual Trophies for animals gaining points at the summer shows, with a maximum of six shows counting, saw ninety five animals recording points during the season. Congratulations to all the winners. The Paul Sapsed Trophy for the most successful animal: 1st P T English with Churchlands Estate 1 RDS Plum 79 41; 2nd C & P Bidmead, Rocklands Tiara M1; 3rd JW & R Johnson, Real 1 Jenny M9 The Austin/Manning Trophy for a herd of under 20 cows: 1st C & P Bidmead with Rocklands Tiara M1; 2nd JW & R Johnson, Real 1 Jenny M9; 3rd JW & R Johnson, Real 1 Kracker. Our summer judging evening and herd visit was held at Scotsgrove Farm, Thame, Oxon, by kind invitation of Mike and James Ludgate. Twenty four members entered the competition to judge groups of four cows, four heifers and four young bulls which James had prepared for us. Gary Speirs was somewhat surprised to be invited to be our master judge, but carried out the task perfectly. So good in fact that his wife, Angela was placed 1st, Mark Lake 2nd and Mike Church 3rd. Following the judging we were given a very interesting tour of the herd, and finished with lovely refreshments. Our thanks to the Ludgate family for a most enjoyable evening. We entered four teams in the National Competition at the Royal Three Counties Show with a successful result, our teams were 2nd, 3rd, and equal 4th. Beef Expo 2017 was held in our area at Stoneleigh, and we were invited to provide the cattle for the stand. Mark Spendlove, Rothwell, a large commercial producer of Hereford sired finished
The Judge for 2017 was Mr Ben Ternent, Executive Chef, Opus Restaurant, 54 Cornwall Street, Birmingham who was asked to place ten sirloin steaks, taking into account presentation as well as cooking and eating quality. To try and define whether the hanging length of the carcase improves quality the competition is divided into two categories, under 28 days and over 28 days. The overall winner was hung for 26 days. Class 1. Carcase hung up to 28 days, 1st Philip & Laura Vincent, 2nd Sarah Cowle, 3rd Ian Markham Class 2. Carcase hung over 28 days, 1st Philip & Laura Vincent, 2nd Tim & Will Livesey, 3rd Tim & Will Livesey
Highhedges Young Handler of the Year Trophy 2017 The desire to win this prestigious competition among our young handlers has again created great interest throughout the summer show season. This year the points between two of our young handlers was so close, that the result depended on the last show of the season - our calf show at Newark. Seventeen Young handlers took part, scoring points at nine shows in the area throughout the summer. Well done to Beth Vincent (below left), who finished runner up for the second season and a big congratulations to Harriet Froud (below right) in winning for the third time in a row.
Herd Competition Results 2017 The Association would like to thank Mr & Mrs Malcolm Broome, South Devon Cattle Breeders from Leicestershire for judging the competition. The number of herds taking part increased to twenty three this year. Large Herds, Over 37 Females 1st J Speirs Pepperstock 2nd PRJ & LR Vincent Pulham 3rd Miss A Barlow Thornby Medium Herds, 20-36 Females 1st N & L Holdsworth Pebworth 2nd MJ Ludgate Rempstone 3rd P Cobley Kinglee
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