The British Simmental Review 2022

South East Simmental Club
Report by Bridget Borlase, Chairperson
English National Show Best Group of Four – DA & LA Sapsed with Heathbrow Lavender, Heathbrow Girlies Laurel, Heathbrow Girlies Ivy & Heathbrow Koko Star.
Our first club event of 2022 was our AGM in April
coupled with a farm walk, kindly hosted by
Brockhurst Limousins. We had a well-attended AGM
where we discussed all the club activities and were given
a tour of both the Brockhurst Limousin herd and Daisy
Jones’s Crouchvalley Simmental herd. Both herds had some
excellent cattle to look at, which members thoroughly
enjoyed before moving to an excellent Sunday lunch at
the local pub! Our thanks to both Daisy Jones and Doug &
Harvey Mash for their hospitality extended to the Club.
Worcester Sale Female Champion Crouchvalley Mavis.
Summer shows were back with a bang and shows in our
area were well attended by many club members. It was great
to see Simmentals holding their own at these shows with
reasonable numbers and good quality cattle being bought
forward. Notable mentions must go to Paul & Sharrie Cade
and family; David & Lesley Sapsed; Andrew, Hayley & William
Clarke; Daisy Jones; Rhys Grenham; and James & Rachael
Griffin, who had great results at many of these shows as well
as some featuring prominently at the English National Show
which was held at The Royal Lancashire Show.
The Bailey family’s Mixbury Hall herd again had a very strong
showing in the Society’s Virtual Show, which has proven
to be a great platform for those members wishing to show
off their cattle but without the available time to attend the
shows.
Mixbury Hall Neon - Class Winner in the Virtual Show.
Melton Mowbray sale topper Cade Maverick.
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