Tim Roberts was given the honour of judging a tremendous show of Salers at the Great Yorkshire Show 2022. Tim and his wife Lara tenant farm about 700 acres in East Herefordshire where they calve about 100 cows and lamb about 600 ewes. They currently have about 30 pedigree Salers and use AI and homebred stock bulls. Tim said, “we keep Salers because of their tremendous production and ease of calving” he added, “they are also nice to look at!”.
Tim found his overall champion in the female champion, Bacardi Miss Moneypenny a 2017 born Gulliver sired cow with December born heifer calf at foot, Bacardi Rhea.
Bacardi Salers owned by father and son team, Roy and Adam Crockett from the Scottish Borders also brought out the reserve overall champion, male champion and junior champion, Bacardi Rodney bred the same way as the overall champion being sired by Gulliver and out of Cleuchhead Delilah 3rd.
Standing reserve in the male championship was Kaimburn Ronaldo from Edgerston Trading (20026) Ltd, a march 2021 born son by Bacardi Ladysman out of Oaklands impulse.
The reserve female champion also from Bacardi Salers was Bacardi Pearl a January 2020 senior heifer by Seawell Kitemark and out of the imported dam Lorette.
The senior bull class was won by Rigel Pedigree with March 2020 born Rigel Pemberley Poll who won the Arthur Beevers Cup for the best polled animal. In the junior section Bacardi Rodney was once again in the championship spotlight and standing reserve was Kaimburn Rosie a March 2021 heifer by Bacardi Ladysman and out of Oaklands Oakslands Iona.
CLASS 106 BULL, born before 1 January 2021 (1 Entry)
1st 828 Rigel Pedigree Rigel Pemberley Poll 18/03/2020
CLASS 107 BULL, born on or after 1 January 2021 (11 Entries)
1st 830 Roy & Adam Crockett Bacardi Rodney 14/04/2021
2nd 831 Edgerston Trading (2006) Ltd Kaimburn Ronaldo 08/03/2021
3rd 838 Gill & Malcolm Pye Rednock Romeo 05/04/2021
4th 833 Angus Gowthorpe Approach Farm R2-D2 19/02/2021
5th 829 C.B. Farms Green’s Park Raleigh 01/02/2021
6th 837 Rigel Pedigree Rigel Rockstar 15/04/2021
7th 836 Rigel Pedigree Rigel Regent Poll 06/04/2021
8th 839 Farmstock Genetics Cumbrian Rambo Poll 14/05/2021
CLASS 108 COW, born on or before 31 December 2019, in milk or in calf (7 Entries)
1st 840 Roy & Adam Crockett Bacardi Miss Moneypenny 03/04/2017
2nd 841 Bertrand Facon Ombrelle 09/12/2017
3rd 842 Carolyn Fox Manor Lane Mischief 01/03/2017
4th 843 Angus Gowthorpe Approach Farm Mary 01/03/2017
CLASS 109 HEIFER, born on or after 1 January 2020 (5 Entries)
1st 848 Roy & Adam Crockett Bacardi Pearl 20/01/2020
2nd 849 Edgerston Trading (2006) Ltd Kaimburn Precious 13/03/2020
3rd 851 Gill & Malcolm Pye Rednock Diana 14/07/2020
4th 850 Carolyn Fox Manor Lane Pandora 17/02/2020
CLASS 110 HEIFER, born on or after 1 January 2021 (8 Entries)
1st 853 Edgerston Trading (2006) Ltd Kaimburn Rosie 19/03/2021
2nd 858 Greg & Lewis Ralston Jedforest Roxy 24/03/2021
3rd 852 C.B. Farms Green’s Park Rita 19/02/2021
4th 854 Bertrand Facon Gentons Royale 19/01/2021
5th 857 Gill & Malcolm Pye Rednock Clemmy 02/04/2021
6th 856 Angus Gowthorpe Approach Farm Rosie 02/02/2021
7th 859 Farmstock Genetics Cumbrian Hyacinth 1240 Poll 02/06/2021
8th 852a C.B. Farms Green’s Park Rina 14/02/2021
CLASS 111 Group of Three
1st Kaimburn Salers
2nd Rednock Salers
3rd Approach Farm Salers
CLASS 112 Pairs
1st Bacardi Salers
2nd Kaimburn Salers
3rd Rednock Salers
4th Approach Farm Salers
5th Rigel Pedigree
Male Champion (Watson Trophy)
830 Bacardi Rodney
Reserve Male Champion
831 Kaimburn Ronaldo
Female Champion (Bents Farm Trophy)
840 Bacardi Miss Moneypenny
Reserve Female Champion
848 Bacardi Pearl
Junior Champion (Junior Champions Cup)
830 Bacardi Rodney
Reserve Junior Champion ( Dennis White Cup)
853 Kaimburn Rosie
Overall Champion (Rigel Cordelia Cup)
840 Bacardi Miss Moneypenny
Reserve Overall Champion (KW Alternative Farm Feeds Cup)
830 Bacardi Rodney
Best Polled Animal (Arthur Beevers Cup)
828 Rigel Pemberley Poll
Pairs (Jock Watson Trophy)
Bacardi Salers
Group of Three (I’Ansons Trophy)
Kaimburn Salers
Stockmans Shield
Miss Bronwyn Gowthorpe
