Young Show Stars – Three Counties Showground, Malvern Huge congratulations go to both teams representing the Beef Shorthorn Society at the Young Show Stars Event at Malvern on Thursday 2nd April. The two teams of Romy Jackson, Sophie Pallett, Charlie McLean, John McCulloch, David Rea and James Rea did a tremendous job and were a credit to themselves and the Society. http://greatyorkshireshow.co.uk/ entries-results/entry_forms_and_schedules in order to ensure you get your entries in and avoid disappointment. I understand that the Yorkshire Show are contacting all previous exhibitors with this information so I suspect most of the stall allocations will have already been taken up by the time the schedules are printed. The presentation BBQ will be held on the Morrisons stand from 5.30pm onwards with the presentation taking place at approximately 6.30pm on Tuesday 14th July. Admission is free to members but tickets must be ordered from the office and collected from the Shorthorn Marquee at the show. Admission will be strictly by ticket only…so BOOK THEM NOW! Open Day at Buccleuch Buccleuch Estates are hosting a Beef Shorthorn open Day on Tuesday September 8th. The Estate at Bowhill, Selkirk covers over 8,000 acres and carries 450 breeding suckler cows with 100 put to the Beef Shorthorn bull every year. The Estate won the 2014 Morrison/Beef Shorthorn Suckler Herd of the Year Competition. The herds management under the Farm Manager Sion Williams was praised for its attention to detail and its extensive use of records to analyse herd performance and monitor health status. It will be a very interesting visit with input from PCHS, EBLEX and hopefully NFUS. More information will be available nearer the time. Type Classification The Beef Shorthorn Society is introducing a type classification system for Beef Shorthorn females which will be launched later in 2015. The reason for a type classification system is to independently identify the females within the breed which conform to the structural requirements necessary to ensure high levels of production and adaptability to the environment. The assessments will be carried out by Holstein UK classifiers who will work to a system agreed by the Beef Shorthorn Breed Development Committee. Structural soundness is heritable and so can be improved by selection. Some maternal characteristics such as udder conformation cannot be physically seen on a bull but are still transmitted to his offspring. This scheme will be a huge benefit to the continued improvement of Beef Shorthorns and thanks to the Beef Shorthorns partnership over the last four years with Morrisons the Society will be able to offer this service free of charge to all members. More details about the scheme will be available nearer to the launch date and in the meantime I will be giving a presentation about the scheme to members at the Central Club’s herd visit to Podehole on Sunday May 10th. The club and the Horrell’s are very kindly inviting any members who wish to join them on May 10th to come along for the visit. If you do want to attend then please notify Charles and Sally on 01733270247 in advance. It is unfair and impolite to turn up unannounced. Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society 4th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. CV8 2LG tel: 02476 696 549 email: [email protected] Beef Shorthorn April 2015 Newsletter: Events 2015: May 4th - Stirling Sale, United Auctions May 13th/15th - Royal Ulster (Balmoral) Show May 22nd - Annual sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle June 18th/21st - Royal Highland Show July 14th/16th - National Beef Shorthorn Show at Great Yorkshire Show July 20th/23rd - Royal Welsh Show August 22nd - Youth Development Day at Highland Wagyu September 8th - Open Day at Buccleuch Farms October 19th - Stirling Bull Sales National Beef Shorthorn Show at the Great Yorkshire Show 14-16th July We have been informed by the Great Yorkshire Show that there is a delay in printing the Great Yorkshire Show schedule and booking form for entries for the 2015 Great Yorkshire Show. As this is the UK Beef Shorthorn Championships and entries are accepted on a first come first served basis, I would urge you to submit your stall bookings as soon as possible online at: Selling at Society Sales A reminder to all vendors at Beef Shorthorn Society sales that any animals sold outside the ring must be put through the auctioneers books. This is a rule of all auction sales and will be upheld by the Beef Shorthorn Society at all its official sales. The animals sold through the market will have free transfers administered by the Society and will also be covered by the NBA fertility warranty. There is also considerable expense incurred by the market and by the Society in putting on a sale and all animals arriving for the sale have benefitted from cataloguing, advertising etc whether or not they are sold through the ring.