WEST MIDLANDS AREA JUDGES ON TOP!
COMPETITIONS AT THE ENGLISH WINTER FAIR 2010
SHROPSHIRE YFC members fought off stiff competition from over 100 competitors representing 14 counties to take the individual titles in the stock judging and carcase judging classes at the recent English Winter Fair held at the County Showground, Stafford.
The show took place last weekend, November 20-21 the YFC competitive classes were kindly sponsored by the English Beef & Lamb Executive. Young Farmers were able to judge Live Beef and Sheep classes and Beef and Pork Carcase Classes thanks to support from the show organiser, Staffordshire & Birmingham Agricultural Society along with Eblex.
The day was hailed a great success with a very high standard of scores across the classes, reports Staffs YFC County Organiser Julia Taylor. “It was great to have so many teams competing and demonstrating they know their stuff when it comes to livestock.”
Hosts Staffordshire YFC achieved success in the Live Beef class where Caroline Barlow and Dan Ingham were placed 3rd in the Live Beef, jointly with Jeffery Barratt and Jake Wagstaff from Warwickshire. Individually, Ian Wormington from Worcestershire and Lowri Davies from Carmarthenshire YFC were the highest scoring Intermediate and Senior respectively in this class.
In the Live Lamb Stockjudging Class, the Overall Team was Joe Williams and Abbi Moseley from Shropshire YFC with a total of 171 points
In the Lamb Carcase Class, the Overall Team was Evan Hughes and Charlotte Watkins from Herefordshire YFC with a total of 168 points
In the Pork Carcase Class, the Overall Team was John Brewer and Fay Thomas from Herefordshire YFC.
After a full day of judging the Birmingham Agricultural Exhibition Society Silver Challenge Cup was awarded to Shropshire YFC after they gained a whopping 651 points in all the classes. They were followed by Gloucestershire YFC in 2nd place with 642 points and Warwickshire YFC in 3rd place with 633 points.
Overall the West Midlands Area counties were very strong and came away with plenty of prize money and certificates.
Stockjudging and Carcase judging competitions remain a very important and competitive sector in the Young Farmers federations across the country, as this day has demonstrated so well. Next year, the English Winter Fair committee will continue to host these competitions for YFC members and looks forward to welcoming the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs again, to take part in this very successful show, with their Live and Carcase Judging Competition Finals, which were also held at the show for the first time this year.
