A great show of Bleus came before Derbyshire judge Paul Farmer at the Royal Welsh Show this morning. Photos will be posted later, and fortunatley the judging took place at 9.00am so before the main heat of the day. There are lots of championships to follow, Interbreed Single, Interbreed Group, Interbreed Pair, Champion Ram & Champion Ewe Lamb. Ram  1st LaineDaff, 2nd Sally Shone, 3rd Percy Tait Shearling Tup 1st Iwan  J Davies, 2nd Percy  Tait...

A great show of Bleus were presented before Sally Shone at the show on Tuesday. Champion was the Haydon Senior Ewe shown by Simon Norman, who also picked up Champion Male, again with a Haydon entry, this time their Ram Lamb .  The full results can be found on the Shows and Sales page ...

Thanks to  the N.I breeders who provided sheep at the last NSA event of the season at Ballymena. The Society has attended events from the South West in Devon, as far as the north of Scotland with Highland Sheep and to Ballymena in NI.  ...

Jonathan McInnes Skinner & Bures Farm Partners have had a hugely successful show, winning Breed Champion, Reerve Breed Champion, the Group and Best exhibit bred within the County of Norfolk.   Results on Shows and Sales page ...

We are mid season with all the shows and the leader at the top keeps changing!  You must submit your results by August 12th for points to be counted, with the show at Carlisle being the final event. I have the major shows, so I will need any local county or day shows that you compete at. Classes for Bleus, AOB where Bleus or Millennium Bleus are all counted. Entries by email please ... ...

Rachel & Calum Cruden today won the breed championship with Dunelm Pippa, a ewe purchased at the Premier Sale in 2018. Reserve was another Premier Sale purchase, Neil Millar's gimmer Aviemore Ruby was bred by Bruce Mair.  Full results on the Sales & Shows page ...

We have had this great story from Peter Fraser, one of our most northerly breeders. Last year we had an enquiry from a breeder in Shetland who had used the Bleu many years ago on his native and mule ewes. He decided to go back to the Bleu and subseqently bought two ram lambsfrom Peter.  Below is the text from Edwin Williamson - proving again the Bleu crossses can survive anywhere!! Some pictures are of this years lambs Crossed various ewes with...

PLEASE REMEMBER - ALL SHEEP TO BE ENTERED FOR THE PREMIER SALE MUST BE REGISTERED BY 15TH JUNE ...

NORTH SHEEP SUCCESS: In the region of over 5,000 people visited New Hall Farm, near Rathmell, for NSA North Sheep 2019 on Wednesday. With a young Chairman, a multi-generational family farm hosting the event, local school children educated and many young people attending, it was also an event which saw the next generation of the sheep industry in the North of England very much coming to the fore. Further evidence of this could be seen as young sh...

The schedule and entry form is now available. Please go to the Sales & Shows page for full details and the entry form. We hope as many exhibitors as possible will support the show. Classes for Bleus & MIllennium Bleus. ...