Show News

For interest to our members; this isn’t a WLSBA official sale. There will be a New Sale of Rare & Minority Sheep Breeds which will be taking place on Saturday 12th August within the St Boswells Auction Mart, Melrose. Entries are open for all classes of Rare and Minority Sheep breeds. The sale entries will

Sheep Entries are now open for the Aldborough & Boroughbridge show on Sunday 23rd July at Newby Hall. Wensleydales are welcome to enter the Native section but if they receive sufficient numbers of Wensleydale Breeders, entries will be moved into a Wensleydale only Breed section. Entries need to be made postmarked 8th July and all

Wensleydales had a tremendous representation at Royal Norfolk Show this week with six breeders competing in the very full and competitive Any Other Longwool section. Serena Plenderlieth’s Aged Ram winner took the male championship whilst her Shearling Ram in full wool took reserve male champion. Julie Pennell’s ram lamb won the ram lamb class making

Congratulations to junior member Laura Beaton who took her first Wensleydale Breed Championship today with her Hogg in full wool, and then went onto take Reserve Supreme Interbreed. The Full results were as follows; 393 One Ram Shearling or over – 1st. J Pennell. 2nd. L Beaton 394 One Ram Lamb – 1st J. Pennell.

The new Rare Breeds day at Royal Three Counties show saw duel success for two breeders in the Any Other Longwool classes held on Sunday 18th June. Ann Griffiths and Charlie Clement winning the Ram class with Andrew Fisher second with the two breeders swapping the honours in the Ewe class. Andrew Fisher and his

Well done to Nicky and Pete Hodkinson for taking Reserve Champion Wool on the Hoof at the recent Staffordshire County Show on the 1st June 2017. Great photo courtesy of British Wool.

Lovely to hear of the first Fleece Wensleydale Success this season coming from South of England show held last week (8th-10th June). Sheila Leech taking both 1st and 2nd place in the the Longwool section with a white 2-shear Wensleydale Fleece and Sandra Brown a 2nd place in the Coloured Fleece section. Ann Griffiths and

Congratulations to junior member Charlie Clements who started her show season off very successfully at the recent Royal Bath & West Show. Her show team finished 1st Senior Ram, 3rd with Shearling Ram, 1st with Shearling Ewe, 1st in pairs and reserve AOBreed Longwool. Lovely to hear of Wensleydale success in every part of the

Further success for the Wensleydale came May Bank Holiday weekend with Julie Pennells’ Yearling Ewe in full Wool taking Overall Champion in the new Rare Breeds Classes at Northumberland County Show. Pictured is Julie Pennell receiving the Joe Henson MBE Memorial Trophy for the Best British Rare Breed at Northumberland County show presented for the first

Congratulations to all the Wensleydale competitors who competed at the recent Suffolk County Show and to Mrs Plenderleith for taking Overall Champion and Mr Coe & Sons for Reserve Champion. The full results are as follows Suffolk Show results 2017 596 – Aged Ram S Plenderleith A Coe & Son 597 – Shearling Ram S