Badanloch tup takes overall champion honours at Lairg Hill North Country Cheviot Sheep Show
The Lairg Hill North Country Cheviot Sheep Show 2024 took place last Saturday.
Champion was a 3-shear tup, Balmacara Class Act, from Badanloch, bought in Dingwall in 2023 for £1000.
Reserve male, and reserve champion, was a tup lamb from Michael Kirk, sired by 10k Attonburn Antidote.
Female champion went to Badanloch with a homebred 5 crop ewe. Sired by a Langdale tup which was loaned, she is out of a homebred ewe which was champion at the show in 2017.
Reserve female was a gimmer from Inverbroom, sired by Allanshaw Ben Nevis, bought in Dingwall 2022 for 12K.
Results from the classes:
Aged tup, trimmed 2 shear, natural 2 shear, trimmed shearling, trimmed ewe - Badanloch
Trimmed shearling, natural shearling, trimmed gimmer - Inverbroom
Tup Lamb – Michael Kirk
Natural ewe - Neil Mackay, Kirtomy
Maiden ewe - Rhifail
Natural gimmer – Andrew Campbell, Millhouse
Ewe lamb – Graeme Macrae
Black male champion – Helena Macdonald
Black female champion – Kirsty Maclennan
Overall Black champion - Kirsty Maclennan
Young handler 8-11 - Kayden Robertson
Young handler 12-16 - Kieran Dooner
Overall Young handler - Kieran Dooner
