SCOTTISH REGION Regional Contact Member – Melanie Harper Ewen MacMillan’s Luhura Hillbilly at home near Glasgow The dark mornings and dark nights mean only one thing, we are fast approaching winter again, my ewes are all marked and by the
Winter 2023
SOUTH WEST REGION Regional Contact member – Richard Fenwick After a busy and well supported showing season in the South West, the focus has now been on the recent flock competition and making sure our breeding ewes are all set
Winter 2023
SOUTHERN REGION Regional Contact member – Peter Gorringe The show season finished with a great entry of Jacobs for the Kent County Show. We are hoping that next year we will be able to encourage more people to join us.
Winter 2023
EASTERN REGION Regional Contact Member – Tom Green The Eastern region Show season culminated in five exhibitors competing at Heckington Show where John Fozzard found his champion in Charlie and David Coe’s homebred shearling with their ewe lamb in reserve.
Winter 2023
IRELAND REGION Regional Contact Member – Matthew Kehoe As I reflect on a fantastic summer and autumn for our region I am left wondering if it stopped raining at all. It feels like the rain started after the regional open
Winter 2023
CENTRAL REGION Regional Contact Member – Kay Carpenter Congratulations to members who have been using shows around the region this year to showcase Jacob sheep and highlight the many great reasons as to why we keep this age-old breed, which
Winter 2023
WALES REGION Regional Contact member – Siwan Harries Hope everyone is keeping well. Since my last Journal catch up we have had our biggest show of the Region which is the Royal Welsh Show. Despite low numbers the turnout of
August 2023
WALES REGION Regional Contact member – Siwan Harries I hope all is well. The weather hasn’t been favourable lately, we do hope it improves soon as we would like to see some lovely sunshine back You would have by now received
August 2023
SCOTTISH REGIONAL REPORT Regional Contact member – Melanie Harper Boom here we are again bang in the middle of the show season and again I ask myself why I do this rushing about washing sheep, brushing out and getting a
August 2023
SOUTH WEST REGION Regional Contact Member – Richard Fenwick We attended a hands-on practical Trimming Workshop in the Central Region before taking our first nervous steps into the show ring at The Royal Cornwall Show where we welcomed Nicola Fletcher