South Western Limousin Cattle Breeders Club
| Chairman Chris Neale Wilkie Down Boyton Launceston Cornwall PL15 9RD Mob : 07831 222451 |
Secretary Diane Richards Southview Farm Burtle Bridgewater Somerset TA7 8NB Tel : 01278 722275 Mob :07886 081701 southwestlimousin@gmail.com |
Southwest Limousin Club – AGM, Meal & Farm Visit 2025
“We all had a super day on Sunday the 28th of September, with over 100 Southwest members joining us.
Our AGM was at the Ladram Bay Holiday Park, Otterton, Budleigh Salterton, Devon. The weather was glorious and the view overlooking the bay was simply beautiful. After the AGM, and a delicious lunch, Harry Parker (in our judge Eric Norman’s absence) kindly presented the Pedigree Herd Competitions. Congratulations go to the Nealford Herd for winning the Southwest Overall Champion Pedigree Herd awarded to Jack Neale & Family, with Reserve to the Killerton Herd from Patrick & Sheila Greed. Best New Entrant went to the Hartmoor Herd for HG Perkins & Sons, Radstock. Our thanks go to Eric & Elaine Norman for coming down from Carlisle, in August, to judge 20 Pedigree Herds across the Southwest, we were sorry they were unable to join us yesterday.
Following, Edward Mather from Besshill Farm, Barnstaple, presented the Commercial Herds. Championship went to Harry Porter from Highbridge with Reserve to Garry & Ashley Retter from Okehampton, Best Commercial Animal to Barry & Josh Quant of Newton Abbot, who also won Best New Entrant. Edward awarded a special prize to Jeremy Cottle and his commitment and management to his 260 cow herd in Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire. Our Thanks go to Edward & Hazel for their time and knowledge and ably judging the Commercial Herds across the Southwest.
A short journey away we visited the Greendale Beef Finishing Unit at Woodbury Salterton, Exeter by kind permission of Tom Chanter and the Carter Family, where at Greendale they finish 4500 cattle a year and housing 1500 cattle at a time. Our Thanks to Tom who gave us all a very interesting informative talk and visit which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.
Thankyou Southwest Members, for supporting the Pedigree & Commercial Herd Competitions, all the Shows across the Southwest and Shows & Sales Nationally, enabling Everyone to appreciate a ‘real’ Annual Autumn Sunday here in the Southwest.”
Written by the South West Limousin Club
