| 2019-07-10 |    |
NEMSA Chairman Crowned Mule Champion at Great Yorkshire Show
NEMSA chairman Kevin Wilson and his son, James, who farm in Blubberhouses, were crowned North of England Mule champions at the 2019 Great Yorkshire Show.
They took the championship with with the first prize single gimmer lamb, a product of their home-bred Bluefaced Leicester tup, Hewness L1, himself a son of the renowned Harland F1 Bighead.
Kevin Wilson receives the A&KM Barnes Trophy from Great Yorkshire Show judge and NEMSA treasurer Jeff Burrow.
Kevin & James Wilson also stood second in the same show class with another L1 daughter, as well as picking up a first and second prize double in the pair of lambs show class, one by Bighead, the other by another of his sons, Hewness L4.
The reserve champion with the first prize geld shearling was Philip Elliot, of Penrith, who picked up two further red rosettes with wins in the single shearling and ewe with pair of lambs show classes.
The pair of suckled shearlings show class fell to Mike and Betty Allen, from Whitby. Show judge was NEMSA treasurer Jeff Burrow.
Show Results
(taken from Great Yorkshire Show website)
MULE SHEEP: 658 Class 652
with
its own twin lambs.
FIRST:
1496
Mr P J Elliott Nr Penrith Cumbria
Second:
1495
Mr D Buck Barnard Castle Co Durham
MULE SHEEP: 659 Class 653
The
lamb must have been shown in one of the pen of two classes in the Mule section
at this Show.
FIRST:
1504
Mr J K Wilson & Son Otley North Yorkshire
Second:
1505
Mr J K Wilson & Son Otley North Yorkshire
Third:
1498
Messrs A & K M Barnes Great Harwood Lancashire
MULE SHEEP: 660 Class 654
The
shearling must have been shown in the pen of two classes in the Mule section at
this Show.
FIRST:
1511
Mr P J Elliott Nr Penrith Cumbria
Second:
1507
Messrs M & B Allen Saltburn Cleveland
Third:
1513
Mr G E Jackson Nr Lancaster North Yorkshire
MULE SHEEP: 661 CH567
For
the Mule Breed Champion
FIRST:
1504
Mr J K Wilson & Son Otley North Yorkshire
Second:
1511
Mr P J Elliott Nr Penrith Cumbria
MULE SHEEP: 654 Class 648
bred
by the exhibitor.
FIRST:
1483
Mr J K Wilson & Son Otley North Yorkshire
Second:
1484
Mr J K Wilson & Son Otley North Yorkshire
Third:
1477
Messrs A & K M Barnes Great Harwood Lancashire
MULE SHEEP: 655 Class 649
FIRST:
1487
Mr P J Elliott Nr Penrith Cumbria
Second:
1485
Messrs M & B Allen Saltburn Cleveland
Third:
1493
Mr G E Jackson Nr Lancaster North Yorkshire
MULE SHEEP: 656 Class 650
which
have reared lambs.
FIRST:
1489
Messrs M & B Allen Saltburn Cleveland
Second:
1492
Mr P J Elliott Nr Penrith Cumbria
Third:
1491
Mr D Buck Barnard Castle Co Durham
