Great Yorkshire Show – Texels
The Texel breed had a successful Great Yorkshire Show this year, lifting both the inter-breed individual and pairs titles. Below are the main prizewinners – to view the full selection of photographs or to purchase any, see our Photo Sales section.
Male and overall champion, Charlie Boden’s shearling ram, Sportsmans Upperclass
Female champion and reserve overall, Gordon and David Gray’s gimmer, GGH1303026
Reserve male champion, the Kermodes’ Orrisdale ram lamb, KAO1401121
Reserve female champion was this ewe from Procters Farm, PFD1101158
Best aged ram, William Watson’s Hull House Tiberius
Winning the open shearling ram class, Tophill Union Jack, from Procters Farm
Best ram lamb, Peter Woof’s WPS1400590
Winning the ewe lamb class, Charlie Boden’s BCM1400285
Winning inter-breed pair, Sportsmans Upperclass and the Ettrick gimmer
Aged Ram
1 – William Watson’s Hull House Tiberius
2 – Steve Richardson’s Procters Thunderbolt
3 – Jock McKerrow’s Deveronvale Titan
4 – Gordon Gray’s Knock Topaz
5 – Charlotte Cobbald’s Lavenham CSV1200076
Exhibitor Bred Shearling Ram
1 – Boden and Davies’ Sportsmans BGS1300847 (male and overall)
2 – Procters Farm’s Procters Unlimited
3 – Steve Richardson’s Stonebridge RSS1300245
4 – Peter Longdin’s Wellingley LJW1300286
5 – Geoff Riby’s Stonehills Umbongo
Open Shearling Ram
1 – Procters Farm’s Tophill Union Jack
2 – George Wilkinson’s Brackenridge Underdog
3 – Geoff Riby’s Eglur Unique
4 – Messrs Bradley Farmer and Moffat’s Oldfield Upperclass
5 – Charlotte Cobbald’s Clinterty United I
Ram Lamb
1 – Peter Woof’s WPS1400590
2 – Boden and Davies’ BGS1401191
3 – Mark Ireland’s IMH1403991
4 – Procters Farm’s PFD1403567
5 – Peter Woof’s WPS1406164
Aged Ewe
1 – Procters Farm’s PFD1101158 (res fem)
2 – John Forsyth’s FPG1000038
3 – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC1100239
4 – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC1000206
5 – Procters Farm’s PFD1100059
Shearling ewe
1 – Gordon Gray’s GGH1303026 (fem and res overall)
2 – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC1303077
3 – Charlie Boden’s BCM1300192
4 – Procters Farm’s PFD1302557
5 – John Forsyth’s FPG1300641
Ewe Lamb
1 – Charlie Boden’s BCM1400285
2 – Procters Farm’s PFD1403673
3 – Peter Woof’s WPS1400589
4 – John Howard’s QHJ1400239
5 – Procters Farm’s PFD1403491
Performance Recorded Ram Lamb
1 – Messrs Kermode’s KAO1401121 (res male)
2 – Boden and Davies’ BGS1401163
3 -K, A and R Campbell’s CKC1404663
4 – G G Wilkinson’s WGA1401798
5 – Charlie Boden’s BCM1400284
Group of Three
1 – Procters Farm
2 – Boden and Davies
3 – Peter Woof
4 – K, A and R Campbell
5 – Angela Nairey