There were three Wensleydale exhibitors at Staffordshire County Show held on the 29th and 30th May 2024 just outside of Stafford. Competing in a strong “Longwool” section with other breeds such as Leicester Longwool, Teeswater, Cotswold and Devon and Cornwall Longwools they put on a strong show. Anna Pennells’ homebred Wensleydale hogg in wool took […]
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Suffolk Show 2024 We are still awaiting the full results but huge congratulations to all exhibitors who exhibited at the 2024 Suffolk Show held on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th May 2024 . David Ford from Okehampton found his Champion in the White ram Hogg in full wool from D Bird & D Parker. Reserve
Harrison SpinksFactory Visit We have kindly been invited by Rebecca and Liam McPartland of the Harrison Spinks Wensleydale flock for a tour of the Harrison Spinks Bed & Mattress factory in Leeds. We will be able to see how they use the Wensleydale wool within their products. It will be a 90minute tour from 11am
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Otley Show 2024 A great first show for the Wensleydales at today’s Otley show. The Wensleydale classes were judged by Mr A Bainbridge and the results were as follows Males 1st A Pennell 2nd Harrison Spinks 3rd A Pennell 4th R Fitzgerald Females 1st A Pennell 2nd A Pennell 3 Harrison Spinks 4th Harrison Spinks
Progress is being made on the exhibition of Wensleydale Woolcraft to be held at Seven Sisters, London this autumn but our team of wonderful crafters could do with some additional donations of Wensleydale wool be it raw fleece or processed wool. If you are able to make a donation could you please email Lois Gardner
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The market place has been updated with a small starter flock of White Wensleydales. More details can be found here https://wlsba.co.uk/market-place/
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The 2024 AGM will be held on Saturday 11th May at Tennants, Leyburn, North Yorkshire at 2pm. It will be preceded with lunch provided by the Association at 1pm as usual, all welcome. There will also be the facility to join the AGM meeting on Zoom should members require and full details will be sent
This October (October 12th 2024 through to early/mid December 2024), there will be a showcase of Wensleydale fleece through handweaving and other wool crafts at the Handweavers Studio & Gallery, 140 Seven Sisters Rd, London, N7 7NS. Thanks to the hard work of one of our members – Lois Gardner and a hard-working group, they
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Flock Book We would also welcome any Business/Flock adverts in the 2023 WLSBA Flock book; we can design these for members who would like to place an advert but don’t know how to design it – just send us your text and a couple of images and I will send a proof copy back to
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