Southern Region

Welcome to the News page for the Southern Region, which includes the counties of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghmashire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and London.

Regional Board Member

Mr Peter Gorringe

Regional Committee

Peter Gorringe - Chair, Daphne Rice (Sussex), Fiona Gordon (Maidstone, Kent), Gareth Jones (Stockbridge, Hants), Lesley Pope (Pembury, Kent).

Open day report and Southern Region Flock Competition Results  2021

Thanks Go to the Gorringe Family who put on a fabulous open day this autumn.

At their Broomefield Farm in East Sussex.  To which 15 members and our President Jean Simmonds Kindly Attended to hand out the rosettes and cups, after Judging our flock Competition last month.

Our Day began with coffee in the barn so we could get Barn Envy!  Where Peter has all his Rosettes on the wall and Frances had set up their stall of woolly goods. Jean Simmonds gave us Apologies from Kay Carpenter for not making it one the day, before handing out the cups and rosettes, with complements to all the flocks they visited over the weekend of judging.

We then walked out to see their flock of Dutch Spotted Sheep in the beautiful Autumn Sunshine. And some of their Jacob Flock All the while chatting amongst ourselves, these events are at there best for making contact with other breeders and flock management ideas abound who knows what gems you’ll come home with..

Before taking a short drive to the rest of the flock, on the steep hills of East Sussex where round bales are a no no!

Followed by delicious roast dinner at Peter’s Local the perfect finish to a great Day!

 

 

Southern Region Flock Competition Awards 2021

Large Flock Trophy and Shield

 1st. Peter Gorringe Shutecombe Flock

 2nd. Lesley Pope Albans Flock

 3rd. Matt Legge Duxmore Flock

4th. Bedale School Bedale Flock

 Small Flock Shield 

 1st. Simon Jones Peregrine Flock

 2nd. Gilly Cumming Upton Lovell

 3rd. Emma Douglass Dolcoppice Flock

 4th. Ann Heady Woolstone Flock

5th. Natalie Ceeney. Hallwood Flock

Champion Flock

Peter Gorringe Shutecombe Flock

 Best Ram. 4 horned

 1st. Matt Legge Duxmore Flock

 2nd. Peter Gorringe Shutecombe Flock

Best Ram. 2 horned

1st. Peter Gorringe Shutecombe Flock

2nd Emma Douglass Dolcoppice Flock

 3rd. Lesley Pope Albans Flock

 4th. Ann Heady Woolstone Flock

Best Ram Cup winner

Peter Gorringe. Shutecombe Flock.

Best Ram Lamb

1st Gilly Cummings Lovell Flock

2nd Lesley Pope Albans Flock

3rd Matt Legg Duxmore Flock

4th Peter Gorringe Shutecombe Flock

Best Ewe Lambs Cup   

1st. Lesley Pope Albans Flock

 2nd. Simon Jones Peregrine Flock

 3rd. Gilly Cummings Lovell Flock

 4th. Emma Douglass Dolcoppice Flock

 5th. Peter Gorringe Shutecombe Flock

 Best Ewe Cup

1st. Peter Gorringe Shutecombe Flock

 2nd. Gilly Cummings Lovell Flock

3rd.  Simon Jones Peregrine Flock

4th. Lesley Pope Albans Flock

5th.Emma Douglass Dolcoppice Flock