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Dutch Spotted takes the Royal Welsh Inter-breed top spot

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Dutch Spotted takes the Royal Welsh Inter-breed top spot

The Dutch Spotted champion, the shearling ewe, Barquhill Faith, claimed the sheep inter-breed title and continental title for Hannah and Ali Jackson, Annan.

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Bought as a foundation ewe for their son Robbie's flock, she was bought for 3,000gns from Carlisle last autumn and has won the Royal triple, taking the breed champion rosettes at the Highland and Yorkshire before clinching the Royal Welsh. 

Judge Tim Pritchard, Glamorgan said his champion was an outstanding ewe which was smart and sharp. 

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The couple completed the continental championship double when their Rouge aged ewe took reserve spot. She was purchased privately from Tannerhill, Northern Ireland last year and was reserve female champion at the Great Yorkshire and the Royal Welsh. 

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The Kerry Hill took the top spot in the native and upland championship and went to take reserve overall supreme. The yearling ewe from Herefordshire breeders John and Pippa Owens,was shown and prepared by their daughters Ellie and Hannah. 

The March 2022-born ewe is out of a home-bred ewe and by one of the flock's stock rams, Dulwyne Zeus. 

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Reserve native and upland went to the Brecknock Hill Cheviot from Caryl Howells, Carmarthenshire.   
The four-year-old ram was purchased from the Jones family, Tymawr as a yearling from the breeds annual Sennybridge ram sale.  

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 The lowland champion was a Suffolk from Dafydd Jones, with a yearling ewe from his Aberystwyth based Frongoy flock.  

Dafydd was collecting the breed championship for the second year in a row. The January 2022-born ewe is part of his 60-head flock and is by Strathbogie Rock On Tommy and out of a home-bred ewe. Earlier in the season it was inter-breed champion at Aberystwyth Show. 

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The lowland reserve was awarded to the Clun Forrest, from Gwawr Hughes, Lleyn Peninsular.  

This is only Gwawr's second time showing at Builth and the yearling ewe is by a Hayton tup and Aberrheon bred ewe from her 12-head flock. 

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Securing the ram lamb championship was a Blue Texel from Dylan Jones, Carmarthen with a lamb from his Beili Blues flock.  
The February born lamb was also breed champion and is by an Ettrick bred ram, which they purchased from Carlisle last year. 

In reserve was the Beulah from Mervyn and Jackie Price who are based a stones throw from the showground in Beulah. 
Their February 2022-born lamb is  out of a home-bred ewe and by a ram purchased from Iestyn Richards, Carmarthen. 

A February born Badger Face Texel took the ewe lamb inter-breed, for Michael James, Dunhow flock, Builth Wells.  The Cleenagh Body Builder sired lamb is out of a ewe that bred the inter-breed ram lamb champion at the show last year and bred lambs to 11,000gns.  

Reserve was given to the Texel from E. Morgan, Bleancar flock, Sennybridge, a son of Sportsman Daredevil and out of a Knock bred ewe. 

The group of three championship was clinched by the Beulah Speckle Face, all of which were bred and exhibited by Eirwyn Richards, Carmarthen. 

The reserve was taken by the Kerry Hills, which were all class winners of their national show. The group was made up of a ewe lamb from Sion Jones, Aberystwyth and two from the Owens family, Herefordshire. 

 

Results 
Inter-breed (T. Pritchard, Glamorgan) Sup. and continental, H. Jackson (Dutch Spotted); res. and sup. Native and upland, J. and P. Owen (Kerry Hill); res. Continental, A. Jackson (Rouge); res. native and upland, C. Howells (Brecknock Hill Cheviot); sup. native lowland, D. Jones (Suffolk); res. native lowland, G. Hughes (Clun Forest). 
 

Any other lowland and continental breed (G. Lewis, Glamorgan) Sup. and fem., A. Jackson; res. and male, Pheonix Blues; res. fem., S. Wright; res. male, C. W. O. Phillips.  

 
Any other pure native upland breed (G. Lewis) Sup. and fem. and male, G. C. Price; res., and male, M. Williams; res. fem., A. P. Jones. 

 
Badger Face Welsh Mountain Torddu (J. Langford, Cheshire) Sup. and fem. and res. male, C.A. and R. Joseph; res. and male, King and Jeffries; res. fem., A. Hemmings. 

 
Badger Face Welsh Mountain - Torwen (D. Williams, Carmarthenshire) Sup. and fem. and res. and male, M. Evans; res. fem., King and Jeffrey; res. male, J. Alty Evans. 

Badgerface Texel (A. Nicholls) Sup. and male, Riverside flock; res. and fem. and res. fem. and res. male, M. James. 

 
Balwen Welsh Mountain (G. Morgan, Ceredigion) Sup. and fem., C.H.P. and M.A.M. Williams; res. and male, M. and G. Howells; res. fem., E. Williams; res. and res., male,  

 
Beltex (J. Hall, Cumbria) Sup. and fem., A. Groucott; res. and male, E. Williams; res. fem., E. Jones; res. male, W. and C. Ingram.  

 
Beulah Speckled Face (E. Thomas, Carmarthenshire) Sup. and male, Caegwyn Farms; res. and fem., A.D. and E.E. Richards; res. male and res. fem., M.J. and J.M. Price. 

 
Black Welsh Mountain (M. McCaull, Hereford) Sup. and male, E. Williams; res. and fem., B. G. Hughes; res. fem. and res. male, C. Garn. 

 
Bluefaced Leicester (M. Ridley, Northumberland) Sup. and fem. and male, M. James; res. and res. fem., C. and M. Richards; res. male, E. Owen. 

 
Blue Texel (A. Shortt, N. Ireland) Sup. and male, D.L. and B.W.H. Jones; res. and fem. and res. male, C. Howells; res. fem., I. Davies. 

 
Border Leicester (S. Martyn, Cornwall) Sup. and fem., R. James; res. and male, I.G. Evans; res. fem., R. Aiken; res. male, D. Grinall. 

 
Brecknock Hill Cheviot (R. Jones, Powys) Sup. and male, C. Howells; res. and fem., res. male and res. fem., C.A. and R. Joseph.    

 
British Berrichon (J. Yeo, Devon) Sup. and male., res. and fem., res. Male and res. fem., G. Beynon-Thomas. 

 
Bleu du Maine (C. Cruden, Aberdeen) Sup. and fem., W. K. Price; res. and fem, Haydon House Partnership; sup. male, S. Shone; res. Fem., N. Millar.  

 
Charmoise (D. Trow, Powys) Sup. and male. And res. and fem., E. C. Morgan; res. male and res. fem., E. Williams. 

 
Charollais (A. Davies, Carmarthenshire) Sup. and fem., P. Amphlett; res. and res. fem., D. Curran; male, G. and B. Ingram; res. male, W. and C. Ingram. 

 
Clun Forest (L. Beddie, Aberdeenshire) Sup. and fem., G. Llewelyn Hughes; res. and male and res. fem., G. Davies; res. male, M. Eckley. 

 
Coloured Ryeland (W. Laurie, Yorkshire) Sup. and fem. and res. and male, A. and S. Owen; res. Fem., A.J. and E.J. Robinson; res. male, B. Summerfield. 

 
Dorset Down (N. Bond, Cornwall) Sup. and fem., res. fem. and res. male, H. Stamp; res. and male, A.W. Evans. 

 
Dorset Horn/Poll Dorset (W. French, Cornwall) Sup. and fem., J. Sparks; res. and male, R. Fitton; res. fem. and res. male, S. and O. Jones. 

 
Dutch Spotted Sheep (E. Adamson, N. Ireland) Sup. and fem., A. H. R. Jackson; res. and res. fem., H. Jewitt; sup. male, S. S. Gibbons; res. fem., A. H. R. Jackson. 

 
Exmoor Horn (W. Dart, Devon) Sup. and male, S. Routley; res. and fem. and res. fem., W. Awan; res. male, N. Floyd. 

 
Hampshire Down (A. McFadden, Co. Down) Sup. and male and res. fem., H. Elsden; res. and fem., Plas Coch Farm; res. male, R. Rundle. 

 
Herdwick (A. Hartley, Cumbria) Sup. and male, T. E. Wilcock; res. and fem., D. M. Davies; res. fem. and res. male, R. Kelleher and A. Pittard. 

 
Hill Radnor (E. Edwards, Glamorgan) Sup. and male, O. Jenkins; res. and fem., J. M. Jones; res. Male, D. C. Williams; res. fem., E. Jones and K. Hovers. 

 
Jacob (G. Jones, Hampshire) Sup. and fem. and res. male, D. S. Harries; res. and male and res. fem., L. Trumper.  

 
Kerry Hill (N. Radnor, Shropshire) Sup. and fem., J. P. Owens; res. and male, and res. male, T. Evans; res. fem, S. Jones. 

 
Llanwenog (J. Green, Ceredigion) Sup. and male, G. W. Evans; res. and fem. and res. male, H. Evans; res. fem., A. R. Williams. 

 
Lleyn (M. Miller, Dorset) Sup. and male, res. male and sup. fem., A. Davies; res. fem., H. Wells. 

 
North Country Cheviot (A. Simpson, Caithness) Sup. and fem., E. Hughes; res. and male, B. Baker; res. fem., F. Lewis; res. male, K. Davies and D. Owen. 

 
Oxford Down (P. Quick, Wiltshire) Sup. And fem., H. Graham; res. and male, and res. male, C. Clarke; res. fem., A. Amor.  

 
Ryeland (M. Pink, North Yorkshire) Sup. and male, A. Parry; res. and res. male and fem., A. Robinson; res. fem., A. Davies. 

 
Shropshire (C. Jakeman, Dumfries) Sup. and fem., res. and male, res., fem., S. Farquhar; res. fem., O. Powell. 

 
South Wales Mountain (M. Roberts, Gwent) Sup. and male, S. E. Williams; res. and fem., H. Vicary; res. fem., S. E. Williams; res. male, A. Davies. 

 
Southdown (N. Page, Sussex) Sup. and fem., E. Sargent; res. and male, H. Wood; res. male, H. Wood; res. fem., L. Trumper. 

 
Suffolk (P. Derryman, Devon) Sup. and fem., D. Jones; res. and male, W. C. Ingram; res. fem., A. Oare; res. male, J. Griffiths. 

 
Texel (A. Reed, Pembroke) Sup. and male, W. C. Ingram; res. and res. male, I. Evans; sup. fem., E. Morgan; res. fem., S. Thomas.  

 
Valais Blacknose (J. Wood, Northumberland) Sup. Sup. And fem, res. And male, and res. fem., S. Dace; res. male, G. Jones. 

 
Welsh Hill Speckled Face (D. Jones, Powys) Sup. and male, H. Watkins; res. and fem., T. Evans; res. male, T. Roberts; res. fem., B. J. Jones. 

 
Welsh Mountain Hill Flock Section (R. Roberts, Conwy) Sup. and fem., T. F. Williams; res. and E. D. Jenkins; res. fem. and res. male, T. F. William. 

 
Welsh Mountain Pedigree (G. Bowden, Glamorgan) Sup. and male, E. Evans; res. and male., M. Williams; sup. and res fem., M. Williams. 

 
Welsh Mule (J. Roberts, Powys) Sup. W. Jones; res., G. Evans. 

 
Wiltshire Horn (G. Morris, Buckinghamshire) Sup. and male, M. Jones; res. and res. male, J. Jeys; sup. fem., A. Hamilton; res. fem., G. Jones. 

 
Zwartbles (A. Baird, Stirling) Sup. and fem., N. Millar; res. and res. fem., G. L. Owen; sup. male, G. H. Francis; res. male, G. L. Owen. 

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