The Club year started off with our AGM held at The Castle at Bletchley where around 50 members voted in Mr Meirion Thomas as our new Chairman. Three places on the committee were filled by the appointments of Mr A Carr, Mr K Jones & Mrs M Heath. Mr Iain Kerr then spoke about what was happening at the Society, with a meal held afterwards.
Two Stock judging evenings had been arranged – the first one was held at the Simse herd by kind invitation of Mr & Mrs E Simms. This event was also open to the public as a charity day and was a great success with several hundred people attending. A lot of time and effort had gone into hosting us as all the cattle were tied up and guests could take part in activities from clay pigeon shooting to a mini digger driving course. The second stock judging evening was held in Wales by kind invitation of Mr A Rees to see the Tynllwyn Herd with another good turn out of people who all enjoyed the kind hospitality of the Rees family.
The Club Open Day was held at the Twemlows Herd owned by Mr & Mrs W Forrester, having been placed overall champion in the herd competition of 2009. Again another good day where we viewed powerful cows and some tremendous prospects for the future.
This year’s Club trip was to Limoges in France to see the French National Show plus two herd visits. Another enjoyable few days for every one who went along.
The Club sales in the spring were well supported with the top prices at Welshpool of £5,200 and £5,000 going to the Twemlows Herd, the top price also being champion. The sale in Welshpool this November proved to be a very steady trade with the top price of £3,800 and champion also going to the Twemlows Herd.
A big thank you must go to Harriet Wilson for organising the teams to represent the Club at the Great Yorkshire Show for the young breeders stock judging competition. The teams were as follows
Junior Team: Jessica Simms and Joe Burnett
Senior Individual: Anthony Sayer
Senior Team: Harriet Wilson and Matthew Wright
Results: Junior Team; 1st Jess and Joe, Senior Team; 1st Harriet and Matt, Overall Individual, 1st Matt Wright, 2nd Jess Simms, =3rd Harriet Wilson. Winner of the silver salver- Matt Wright, Winner of the Cup for best Junior- Jess Simms. Matt. Jess and Harriet also went on to make up the English team in the Anglo-Irish stock judging competition held at Ireland’s Beef Expo in Kilkenny, in October.
The Club’s annual dinner and dance was held at the White Waters hotel in Llangollen where 93 people attended and had a very enjoyable evening. The herd competition judge for 2010 was Mr Harry Emslie who, after the meal, gave the herd competition results. The overall champion herd was the Garnedd Herd belonging to Mr & Mrs Ken Jones and son Hefin.
Club membership continues to grow with new members welcome at any time. The Club is always looking for new committee members. If you would like to come on the committee and get involved with the club please contact the Secretary or Chairman. We look forward to another enjoyable and social year.
