Results from day one of the Balmoral Show
BEEF INTER BREED CHAMPIONSHIPS
Senior Inter-Breed
Champion: Smith, William, Oldcastle, Co Meath
Reserve: Watson, James, Portadown, Co Armagh
Junior Inter-Breed
Champion: Smith, William Oldcastle, Co Meath
Reserve: Gilbert Crawford, Maghera, Co Derry
Decorated eggs
Under 10 years of age: 1st Lowry, Andrew, Newtownards; 2nd Moore, Alan, Bangor; 3rd Patty, Esther, Newtownards
Under 10 – hand-painted: 1st Moore, Alan, Bangor; 2nd, Moore, Alan, Bangor; 3rd, Warden, Erin, Bangor
Between 10 and 18: 1st Lowry, Anna, Carrowdore; 2nd Moore, Alan, Bangor; 3rd Heaps, Amy, Comber
Between 10 and 18 – hand-painted: 1st Lowry, Anna, Carrowdore; 2nd Moore, Alan, Bangor; 3rd Warden, Zoe, Bangor
Elegant: 1st Lowry, Eve; 2nd Grigg, Helen, Millisle
Purely Pleasant: 1st Lowry, Eve; 2nd Grigg, Helen, Millisle; 3rd Carson, Eileen, Belfast
Elaborately Decorated: 1st Deane, May, Dublin 5; 2nd McKeown, I, Cookstown; 3rd Lowry, Eve
Larger Than Goose: 1st Grigg, Helen, Millisle; 2nd Lowry, Eve
Clock: 1st Lowry, Eve; 2nd Grigg, Helen, Millisle; 3rd McKeown, I, Cookstown
Mechanical: 1st Deane, May, Dublin 5; 2nd Lowry, Eve, 3rd McKeown, I, Cookstown
Miniature: 1st Lowry, Eve; 2nd Deane, May, Dublin 5; 3rd Carson, Eileen, Belfast
Folk Art: 1st Deane, May, Dublin 5; 2nd Lowry, Eve; 3rd Grigg, Helen, Millisle
Hand-Painted: 1st Lowry, Eve; 2nd Grigg, Helen, Millisle; 3rd Heaps, Danielle, Comber
Novelty: 1st Lowry, Eve; 2nd McLoughlin, Olive, Belfast; 3rd Grigg, Helen, Millisle
Diorama: 1st Deane, May, Dublin 5; 2nd Deane, May, Dublin 5; 3rd Grigg, Helen, Millisle
Diane Rosbotham Perpetual Challenge Cup: SP Lowry, Eve; Res Deane, May, Dublin 5
Bob Bell Memorial Cup: SP Deane, May, Dublin 5; Res Deane, May, Dublin 5
Eggs
Three bantam eggs – brown: 1st Rea, Master Ryan, Crumlin
Poultry
TURKEY – Cock: 1st McKibbin, Robert S R, Belfast; 2nd McKibbin, Robert S R, Belfast; 3rd McKibbin, Robert S R, Belfast
Any pure breed - Goose heavy or medium breed. Breed must be stated
WYANDOTTE [any colour] – Cock: 1st Kerr, Andrew, Fivemiletown; 2nd Kittle, Joshua, Downpatrick; 3rd Kittle, Joshua, Downpatrick
WYANDOTTE [any colour] – Hen: 1st Kerr, Andrew, Fivemiletown; 2nd McIlwrath, Nathan, Tandragee; 3rd Kittle, Joshua, Downpatrick
SUSSEX – Cock: 1st Wall, Jean E, Bray; 2nd Hamilton, Mr and Mrs A & Y, Newtownards; 3rd Rankin, Jonathan, Banbridge
SUSSEX – Hen: 1st Swandel, Patricia, Belfast; 2nd Hanna, Ellis, Downpatrick; 3rd Hamill, Peter, Dungannon
RHODE ISLAND RED – Cock: 1st Totten, Andrew, Craigavon; 2nd Bennett, R M, Comber; 3rd Glenn, Suzanne, Newtownards
RHODE ISLAND RED – Hen: 1st Kittle, Joshua, Downpatrick; 2nd Swandel, Patricia, Belfast; 3rd Baird, David, Banbridge
MARAN – Cock: 1st McClean, Stewart, Glengormley; 2nd Glenn, Suzanne, Newtownards
MARAN – Hen: 1st £6 McClean, Stewart, Glengormley; 2nd £5 McClean, Stewart, Glengormley; 3rd £4 Black, Andrew, Dromore
ORPINGTON [any colour] – Cock: 1st Swandel, Patricia, Belfast; 2nd Kittle, Joshua, Downpatrick; 3rd Kittle, Joshua, Downpatrick
COCHIN – Cock: 1st Swandel, Patricia, Belfast; 2nd Wills, Suzanne, Lisburn
BRAMHA – Cock: 1st Pollock, James, Donaghadee; 2nd Pollock, James, Donaghadee; 3rd Pollock, James, Donaghadee
BRAMHA – Hen: 1st Pollock, James, Donaghadee; 2nd Pollock, James, Donaghadee; 3rd Pollock, James, Donaghadee
BELGIAN D’WATERMAEL – Cock: 1st Hamill, Peter, Dungannon; 2nd Osborne, Richard, Dromore; 3rd Martin’s Poultry, Castlewellan
Horses
Brood Mares
Brood Mare Lightweight: 1st Murphy, Nick, Enniscorthy; 2nd Gibson, Desmond, Dromara; 3rd Wafer, Brothers, Carnew
Foal at foot (coalt or gielding): 1st Wafer, Brothers, Carnew; 2nd Rothwell, Derry, Tinahely
Foal at foot (Filly) in class 13: 1st Gibson, Desmond, Dromara; 2nd Cafre Enniskillen, Enniskillen; 3rd Murphy, Nick, Enniscorthy
Hunter Brood Mare: 1st Gibson, Desmond, Dromara
Foal at foot (filly) in class 16: 1st Gibson, Desmond, Dromara
CHAMPION PRIZES, £100 and £50 for the champion and reserve champion non-thoroughbred Brood Mare: SP Gibson, Desmond, Dromara; Res Murphy, Nick, Enniscorthy
REGISTERED IRISH DRAUGHT MARE, certified to foal in 2012 or with foal at foot. All foals to be led: 1st Skelly, Esther L, Banbridge; 2nd Wilson, Harry, Strabane; 3rd Doyle, David, Moate
Pure bred foal at foot [colt, gelding or filly] in class 19. All foals to be led: 1st Skelly, Esther L, Banbridge; 2nd Skelly, Esther L, Banbridge; 3rd Wilson, Harry, Strabane
EDITH HARRIS PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY: SP Gibson, Desmond, Dromara; Res Murphy, Nick, Enniscorthy
CHAMPION PRIZES, £50 and £25 for the champion and reserve champion registered Irish draught mare: SP Skelly, Esther L, Banbridge; Res Wilson, Harry, Strabane
SOCIETY PERPETUAL SILVER CUP - for the best registered Irish draught Brood Mare: SP Skelly, Esther L, Banbridge; Res Wilson, Harry, Strabane
Hunters
MARE or GELDING, four years old, capable of carrying over 14st: 1st Bradbury, Jane; 2nd Knipe, Glenn, Dromina Charleville; 3rd McNamara, Tom, Craughwell
MARE or GELDING, four years old, capable of carrying up to 12st 7lb: 1st Walsh, Norman, Downpatrick; 2nd Boggs, Lynn, Dungannon; 3rd Johnston, Terry and Sally, Portadown
MARE or GELDING, four years old and over, not exceeding 158cms, capable of carrying up to 12st: 1st Scott, D, Ballina; 2nd Corbett, James Melvyn, Ballynahinch; 3rd Smyth, Jamie, Ballymena
MARE or GELDING, four years old and over, not exceeding 158cms, capable of carrying up to 10st 7lb: 1st O’Brien, Lyndsey, Limerick; 2nd McMahon, K, Atherny; 3rd Gransha Equestrian Centre, Bangor
MARE or GELDING, five years old or over, capable of carrying over 14st: 1st Rooney, Maura, Mullingar; 2nd McCusker, Aaron, Lurgan; 3rd Mulconroy, John, Tulla
Sheep
Texel
RAM, two-shear and upwards: 1st Foster, John, Castlederg; 2nd Cleland, James, Belfast; 3rd Foster, John, Castlederg
SHEARLING RAM: 1st Foster, John, Castlederg; 2nd Adams, James, Ballymena; 3rd Cleland, James, Belfast
EWE, two-shear and upwards, rearing of having reared a lamb in 2012: 1st Gault, Alastair, Newtownabbey; 2nd Henderson, Richard, Magherafelt; 3rd Chestnutt, Victor J B, Bushmills
SHEARLING EWE: 1st Gault, Alastair, Newtownabbey; 2nd Gamble, Henry, Bangor; 3rd Gamble, Henry, Bangor
RAM LAMB, born in 2012, bred by exhibitor: 1st Henderson, Richard, Magherafelt, 2nd Millar, Martin T C, Coleraine; 3rd Boyd, Peter, Ballyclare
EWE LAMB, born in 2012, bred by exhibitor: 1st Millar, Martin T C, Coleraine; 2nd Boyd, Peter, Ballyclare; 3rd Gamble, Henry Bangor
Champion and reserve champion Texel sheep: SP Gault, Alastair, Newtownabbey; Res Millar, Martin T C, Coleraine
IRISH TEXEL SHEEP SOCIETY PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY: SP Foster, John, Castlederg; Res Henderson, Richard, Magherafelt
PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY AND ROSETTE: SP Gault, Alastair, Newtownabbey; Res Millar, Martin T C, Coleraine
ENGRAVED CRYSTAL GOBLET AND £50 - for the best Texel sheep: SP Gault, Alastair, Newtownabbey; Res Millar, Martin T C, Coleraine
ENGRAVED CRYSTAL GOBLET - for the reserve Texel champion: SP Millar, Martin T C , Coleraine; Res Gamble, Henry, Bangor
SPECIAL PRIZE, £25 - for the best ram lamb provided it is not the champion, in which case the award will go to the reserve champion: SP Henderson, Richard, Magherafelt; Res Millar, Martin T C, Coleraine
Hampshire Down
RAM, born on or before 1st December 2011. To be shorn bare on or after January 1, 2012: 1st Fegan, Trevor, Banbridge; 2nd McFadden, Allen, Banbridge; 3rd Manson, Stirling, Castlederg
EWE, two-shear and upwards, rearing or having reared a lamb in 2012. To be shorn bare on or after April 1, 2012: 1st York, Mr and Mrs Lee and Jennifer, Florencecourt; 2nd McCarthy, Kevin, Comber; 3rd Fegan, Trevor, Banbridge
SHEARLING EWE, shorn bare on or after January 1, 2012: 1st Fegan, Trevor, Banbridge; 2nd McCarthy, Kevin, Comber; 3rd McCauley, John, Downpatrick
Beef Cattle
Aberdeen Angus
COW, born on or before December 31, 2008, in calf or having produced a calf during the 12 months prior to the opening day of the show: 1st Bruces Hill Cattle Company, Ballyclare; 2nd Matchett, S & S, Portadown; 3rd Bruces Hill Cattle Company, Ballyclare
COW or HEIFER, in milk or in calf, born in 2009: 1st Porter, James Paul, Lisburn; 2nd Henning, John and Ann, Moira; 3rd McKeown, A, Ballyclare
HEIFER, born on or after 1st January 2010, and on or before 31st December 2010: 1st Doyle, Jonathan, Cookstown; 2nd Parke, Adrian and Graeme, Strabane; 3rd Matchett, S & S, Portadown
HEIFER, born on or after January 1, 2011: 1st Porter, James Paul, Lisburn; 2nd Parke, Adrian and Graeme, Strabane; 3rd Porter, James Paul, Lisburn
BULL, born prior to January 1, 2011: 1st Lagan, Michael, Maghera; 2nd Henning, John and Ann, Moira; 3rd Bruces Hill Cattle Company, Ballyclare
BULL, born on or after January 1, 2011: 1st Matchett, S & S, Portadown; 2nd Porter, James Paul, Lisburn; 3rd Parke, Adrian and Graeme, Strabane
PAIR OF ANIMALS, bona fide the property of one exhibitor and entered in the classes for which they are eligible: 1st Henning, John and Ann, Moira; 2nd Matchett, S & S, Portadown; 2nd Matchett, S & S, Portadown; 3rd Parke, Adrian and Graeme, Strabane; 3rd Parke, Adrian and Graeme, Strabane
CHAMPION PRIZES, £100 and £50 - for the champion and reserve champion Aberdeen Angus. Presented by Marks & Spencer: SP Bruces Hill Cattle Company, Ballyclare; Res Lagan, Michael, Maghera
JUNIOR BREED CHAMPION, £30 & £20 - for the champion and reserve male or female animals born on or after January 1, 2011. Only 1st and 2nd prize winners forward. Rosettes to be worn. Presented by Marks & Spencer: SP Matchett, S & S, Portadown; Res Porter, James Paul, Lisburn
THE ABERDEEN ANGUS PERPETUAL CHALLENGE CUP: SP Bruces Hill Cattle Company, Ballyclare; Res Lagan, Michael Maghera
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL - for the best Aberdeen Angus animal entered in the herd book of that Society: SP Bruces Hill Cattle Company, Ballyclare; Res Lagan, Michael, Maghera
THE W J CARSON MEMORIAL PERPETUAL CHALLENGE CUP: SP Henning, John and Ann, Moira; Res Matchett, S & S, Portadown
THE J D TEMPLETON MEMORIAL PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY: SP Matchett, S & S, Portadown; Res Porter, James Paul, Lisburn
THE DRUMLISTER TROPHY: SP Lagan, Michael, Maghera
AWARDS OF TYRONE CRYSTAL: SP Parke, Adrian and Graeme, Strabane; SP Parke, Adrian and Graeme, Strabane; Res Matchett, S & S, Portadown; Res Matchett, S & S, Portadown
Herefords
COW or HEIFER, born on or before December 31, 2009, in calf or with own natural calf at foot: 1st Magheraknock Herefords, Ballynahinch; 2nd Patterson, Aaron, Downpatrick; 3rd Kerridge, F A & E, Templepatrick
HEIFER, born on or after January 1, 2010, and on or before June 30, 2010, in calf or with own calf at foot: 1st Richmond, Mervyn Enniskillen; 2nd Graham, James Portadown; 3rd Richmond, Mervyn Enniskillen
HEIFER, born on or after January 1, 2011: 1st Wilson, David R, Magheraveely; 2nd Haire, J E, R I and W, Crumlin; 3rd Lagan, Michael, Maghera
Charolais Cattle
COW, born before January 1, 2009, in calf or in milk having had at least one calf: 1st Crawford, Gilbert J, Maghera; 2nd Connolly, W D and J A, Ballynahinch; 3rd Connolly, W D and J A, Ballynahinch
COW or HEIFER, in milk or in calf, born in 2009: 1st Crawford, Gilbert J, Maghera; 2nd McDonald, Valerie, Newry; 3rd McGovern, Sean
HEIFER, born on or after January 1, 2010, and on or before June 30, 2010: 1st Watson, James A, Portadown; 2nd Devine, Martin, Strabane; 3rd Connolly, W D and J A, Ballynahinch
HEIFER, born on or after July 1, 2010, and on or before December 31, 2010: 1st Crawford, Gilbert J, Maghera; 2nd McDonald, Valerie, Newry; 3rd McGovern, Sean
BULL, born on or before January 1, 2011: 1st Gallagher, Patrick;
2nd Watson, James A, Portadown; 3rd Beattie, Richard, Omagh
Limousin
HEIFER, born on or after April 1, 2011: 1st Savage H & Sons, Newry; 2nd Rodgers Family, Dromara; 3rd Green, D G and Sons, Lisburn
HEIFER, born on or between January 1 and March 31, 2011: 1st Smith, William,Oldcastle; 2nd Frew, Mr Derek, Antrim; 3rd Smyth, MrDonald, Banbridge
HEIFER, in calf or maiden, born on or between July 1 and December 31, 2010: 1st Tynan, Edward; 2nd Tynan, Edward; 3rd Tynan, Edward
HEIFER, in calf, born on or between October 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 and due to calve before attaining attaining the age of 39 months: 1st Clyde, Robert, Templepatrick; 2nd Quail, James A, Banbridge; 3rd Rodgers Family, Dromara
COW, in milk with calf at foot, born on or before December 31, 2008: 1st Smith, William, Oldcastle
COW, certified in calf, any age, not in milk, having had a calf in the year prior to the show: 1st Hanna, Samuel James, Ballygowan
BULL, born on or after April 1, 2011: 1st O’Kane and Sons, Barney, Coleraine; 2nd Frew, Derek, Antrim; 3rd Armstrong, Mark, Ballyclare
BULL, born before July 1, 2009: 1st Quail, James A, Banbridge; 2nd Scott and McGrave, Killyleagh; 3rd Clyde, Robert, Templepatrick
GROUP OF THREE ANIMALS, bona fide the property of one exhibitor, and entered in the classes for which they are eligible: 1st Smith, William, Oldcastle; 1st Smith, William, Oldcastle; 1st Smith, William, Oldcastle; 2nd Tynan, Edward; 2nd Tynan, Edward; 2nd Tynan, Edward; 3rd Hamill Family; 3rd Hamill Family; 3rd Hamill Family
CHAMPION PRIZES, £100 and £50 - for the champion and reserve champion Limousin: SP Smith, William, Oldcastle; Res Savage H and Sons, Newry
BREED CHAMPION, £30 & £20 - for the champion and reserve male or female animals born on or after January 1, 2011: SP Smith, William, Oldcastle; Res Savage H and Sons, Newry
SPECIAL PRIZES, £80 and TANKARD - for the champion junior heifer born on or after January 1, 2009: SP Smith, William Oldcastle; Res Savage H & Sons Newry
SPECIAL PRIZES, £60 and £40 - for the female champion and reserve female champion: SP Smith, William, Oldcastle; Res Savage H and Sons, Newry
WM MULLIGAN MEMORIAL ROSE BOWL - for the female champion: SP Smith, William, Oldcastle; Res Savage H and Sons, Newry
SPECIAL PRIZES, £80 and TANKARD - for the champion junior bull born on or after January 1, 2010: 1st, £50; 2nd, £30: SP O’Kane and Sons, Barney, Coleraine; Res Frew, Mr Derek Antrim
SPECIAL PRIZES £50 - for the overall junior champion and £30 reserve overall junior Limousin champion: SP Smith, William Oldcastle; Res Savage H and Sons Newry