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The supreme champion was the non-accredited champion, Whitfield Double Diamond, a home-bred shearling ewe by Whitfield Bombastic from Chris Adamson, Littleborough, and shown by Will Awan. It had already been champion at the Royal Highland Show and the breed's national show at Staffordshire County Show this year.

The judge, Myfyr Evans, Denbigh, said his champion was a very correct upstanding sheep which was great on its legs and had plenty of style.

In reserve was the Suffolk champion, a shearling ewe by a Lakeview ram from Ali Jackson, Annan, which had been bought privately from Jed Sharp's Sharps flock. Having been champion at Cumberland Show, it heads to the Royal Welsh Show next.

Mr Jackson and his wife Hannah had a successful week, also claiming the Dutch Spotted championship with TipTop Encore, a one-crop ewe by Tiptop Diablo which had also been breed champion at the Royal Highland Show, and the Zwartbles championship with Topnotch Lasting Light, a home-bred shearling ewe which had been a winner at the Royal Welsh Show last year.

The reserve non-accredited championship went to the Teeswater champion, Highfields Floss, a home-bred ewe hogg in wool from Amy Donlon, Northallerton, who won the breed championship at the show for the first time.

A Kilphin-bred two-crop Border Leicester ewe from Tori and Ben Stanley and family's Melbourne Park flock, Derbyshire, claimed the breed championship for the third consecutive year, before going on the claim the MV accredited reserve championship.

James Robinson, Carnforth, took the commercial female championship with the Mule champion, a shearling ewe by Highberries Highlander, which was bought at Hawes as a lamb from Neil Marston and was also champion at the Royal Highland Show.

In reserve was the cross-bred commercial female champion, a Beltex cross Texel shearling ewe from Jonanthan Frankland, Settle.

The Teasdale family, Beadlam, took the Rouge championship for the third year running with a home-bred ewe from their Jets flock, which also won last year with its mother claiming the title in 2022.

The Badger Face Texel championship went to Oliver Watson, Drigg, with a ewe from his Irtvale flock, bought from Alan Shortt's Cleenagh flock after it won at Balmoral last year.

One of the biggest sections was the Texels, where the championship went to Allan and Susan Campbell, Lochgoilhead, with a shearling gimmer by Knap Flying Scotsman from their Drimsynie flock. It was bought from Ben Vernon, Charben, at the Carlisle Christmas Cracker sale.

The Charollais championship went to the Sercombe family, Melton Mowbray, with Dalby Betty Boo, a shearling ewe by Brettles Antonio, which was reserve breed champion at Nottinghamshire Show and inter-breed champion at Lincolnshire Show.

Double breed champion winners were the Kempson family, Rossendale, who took the Derbyshire Gritstone championship with a home-bred ewe lamb and reserve with a shearling ram, and the Lonk championship with a home-bred two-shear ram.

For the second year in a row, Jack Webster, Ashbourne, took the North Country Cheviot championship. This time it was with a three-crop ewe bought from Philiphaugh Estates at Lockerbie two years ago, which was also a winner at the show last year.

A four-horned shearling ewe took the Jacob championship for Meadowland flock owners Ridout and Higginson, Congleton, Cheshire. The Blue Texel championship went to Cameron Cormack, Jedburgh, with Dunrod Jimbob, a home-bred ram lamb by Beili Blues Euphoric.

Taking the Hampshire Down championship was Stephen Short, Halifax, with a Westland-bred shearling ram, which was reserve breed champion at the Royal Three Counties Show.

Hawthorns Brown 15, a home-bred three-shear ram, gave Alison Robinson, Wigton, her first Ryeland breed championship at the show.

Sheep Results

Inter-breed (Judge, M. Evans, Denbigh) Supreme and non-MV accredited sup., C. Adamson (Kerry Hill); res. and MV accredited sup., A. Jackson (Suffolk); res. non-accredited sup., A. Donlon (Teeswater); res. MV accredited, T. Stanley (Border Leicester); sup. commercial female, J. Robinson (Mule); res., J. Frankland (cross-bred commercial female).

 Any other pedigree continental/native (B. Evans, Powys) Sup. and female, A. Carter (Rousinn); res. and male and res. fem., M. Hollinrake (Dorper); res. male, L. Hameed.

Any other pedigree down (M. Miller, Dorset) Sup. and male and res. male, R. Judson (Southdown); res. and fem., L. Arrowsmith (Shropshire); res. fem., D. Wardell (Shropshire).

Any other pedigree longwool (M. Miller) Sup. and male and res. and fem., D. Stanhope (Cotswold); res. male, D. James (Greyface Dartmoor); res. fem., K. Tigg (Leicester Longwool).

Any other pedigree primitive (M. Miller) Sup. and fem. and res. male, S. Mather (Manx Loaghtan); res. and male, C. Whybrow (Manx Loaghtan); res. fem., L. Arrowsmith (Boray).

Any other hill or heath (M. Miller) Sup. and male and res. male, S. Mather (Hill Radnor); res. and fem., B. Walker (Welsh Badger); res. fem., E. Harding (Welsh Speckled Face).

Badger Face Texel (I. Jones, Llanelli) Sup. and fem. and res. male, O. Watson; res. and res. fem., J. Whiteford; male, J. Clamp.

Beltex (A. Morton, Denny) Sup. and male, H. Askwith; res. and fem., R. Findlay; res. male, K. Shuttleworth; res. fem. and res. male, J. Wilkinson.

Blackface (L. Forster, Hexham) Sup. and male and res. male, J. Murray; res. and fem., P. Turnbull; res. fem., R. Guy.

Bleu Du Maine (R. Pilkington, Wrexham) Sup. and fem., N. Millar; res. and male, M.S. Shone; res. fem., K. O'Connor.

Blue Texel (A. Brisbane, Stranraer) Sup. and male and res. fem., C. Cormack; res. and fem., K. Watret; res. male, J. Whiteford.

Bluefaced Leicester (J. Stott, Preston) Sup. and fem., res. fem. and res. male, G. Jackson; res. and male, J. Graham; res. male,

Border Leicester (A. Watson, Galashiels) Sup. and fem., male and res. male, T. Stanley; res. and res. fem., J.K.R. Aiken.

British Berrichon (B. Evans, Powys) Sup. and male, J. Bett; res. and res. male and res. fem., F. Barbour; fem., A. Digweed.

British Charollais (R. Gregory, Shrewsbury) Sup. and fem., C. Sercombe; res. and res. fem., H. Jackson; male, J. Wales; res. male, C.W. Marwood.

British Rouge (M. Graham, Antrim) Sup. and fem., I. Teasdale; res. and male, A. Jackson; res. fem., R.A. Rundle; res. male, A. Carter.

Butchers lambs (R. Garth, Bentham)

Castlemilk Moorit (V. Phillips, Vale of Glamorgan) Sup. and male and res. and fem. and res. fem., B. Pearson; res. male, M. Ballard.

Clun Forest (L. Beddie, Aberdeenshire) Sup. and fem. and res. and res. fem., A. Pennell; male, P.L. Murray; res. male, A.J. Fisher.

Coloured Ryeland (R. Howell, Swansea) Sup. and fem. and res. fem., K. Shaw-Atkinson; res. and male, Burton and Wright; res. male, C. Holmes.

Cross-bred commercial female (R. Garth, Bentham) Sup., J. Frankland; res., J. Lawn.

Dalesbred (E. Hird, Skipton) Sup. and fem. and male, J.T. Kelsall; res. and res. fem. and res. male, R. Coates.

Derbyshire Gritstone (J. Mitchell, Holmfirth) Sup. and fem. and res. and male, K. Kempson; res. fem., F. Shorrock; res. male, A. Hayton.

Dorset Horn / Poll Dorset (T. Pratt, Woodbridge) Sup. and male and res. and fem., J. Tooze; res. male and res. fem., J.M. Odgers.

Dutch Spotted (E. Adamson, Co Antrim) Sup. and fem., A. Jackson; res. and res. fem., A.R.P.D.R. Wilson; male, O. Watson; res. male, N. Brown.

Hampshire Down (A. McFadden, Banbridge) Sup. and male, S.J.R. Short; res. and fem. and res. fem., A. Chapman; res. male, G. Galbraith.

Hebridean (R. Small, Shrewsbury) Sup. and fem., D. Cassie; res. and male, N. Fecitt; res. fem., C. Tyson; res. male, V.C.K. Mason.

Herdwick (W. Richardson, Cockermouth) Sup. and male and res fem., A.R. Watson and Willan; res. and fem. and res. male, I.A. Grisedale.

Jacob (L. Partridge, Worcestershire) Sup. and fem. and res. fem., Ridout and Higginson; res. and male, R. Edwards; res. male, E. Chester. 

Kerry Hill (H. Macleod, Malvern) Sup. and fem. and res. fem., C. Adamson; res. and male and res. male, A.J. Fisher.

Leicester Longwool (M. Richardson, Easington) Sup. and male and res. male, M. Towse; res. and fem., H. Grant; res. fem., G. Lazenby.

Lincoln Longwool (G. Hampstead, Boston) Sup. and male, res. and fem. and res. fem., P. Ellis; res. male, K.R. Harding; res. fem.,

Lleyn (P. Hale, Tibberton) Sup. and male, res. male and res. fem., A.W. Davis; res. and fem., T.I. Walling.

Lonk (B. Thorpe, Clitheroe) Sup. and male, K. Kempson; res. and fem., res. male and res. fem., J. Chadwick.

Masham (E. Bainbridge, Richmond) Sup., M.A.B. Allen; res., D. Buck.

Mule (J. Throup, Skipton) Sup., J. Robinson; res., C. Hewitt.

North Country Cheviot – Park (G. Milne, St Andrews) Sup. and fem., J. Webster; res. and fem., K. Stones; male, J. Brittain; res. male, R. Powell.

Oxford Down (H. Plante, Broadheath) Sup. and male, res. and fem. and res. male, J. Ricardson; res. fem., R. Hampshire.

Rough Fell (P. Hoggarth, Sedbergh) Sup. and fem. and res. and fem., B. Knowles; res. fem., S. Dickinson; res. male, A. Longworth.

Ryeland (W. Laurie, Harrogate) Sup. and male, A. Robinson; res. and fem. and res. male, Burton and Wright; res. fem., J. Williams.

Shetland (A. Doull, Shetland) Sup. and male and res. male, C. Sharp; res. and fem. and res. fem., P. Cowan.

Suffolk (A. Evans, Powys) Sup. and fem., A. Jackson; res. and res. fem., J. Tooze; male, H. Lyons; res. male, S. Cobald.

Swaledale (M. Allinson, Barnard Castle) Sup. and male, J. Dixon; res. and fem., A. Bainbridge; res. male, T. Blades; res. fem., L. Blades.

Teeswater (W. Carson, Ballymena) Sup. and fem. and res. male, A. Donlon; res. and res. fem., G. and K. Horner; male, S. Tyson.

Texel (P. Woof, Kendal) Sup. and fem., A. and S. Campbell; res. and male, R.J. Watkins; res. fem., J. Aiken; res. male, D. McKerrow.

Valais Blacknose (P. Garrod, Herefordshire) Sup. and male and res. and fem., T. Blackwood; res. male, S. Taylor; res. fem., C. Evans.

Wensleydale (N. Oliver, Leyburn) Sup. and male and res. and fem., J.A.F. Elliott; res. male, L. McPartland; res. fem., A. Pennell.

Whitefaced Woodland (A. Crampton, Skipton) Sup. and male, J.W. Throp; res. and fem. and res. male, L. Brown; res. fem., C. Kaye.

Zwartbles (A. Baird, Dunblane) Sup. and fem., H. Jackson; res. and res. fem., P.S. Addison; male, N. Henderson; res. male, J. Yardley.