The British Simmental Review 2022

REGIONAL CLUB REPORTS
Steve & Lorraine Blomfield with Sway Monarch.
It was also a good year on the sale front for
Club members. At Worcester in May, Daisy
Jones’s Crouchvalley Mavis took the Female
Championship and sold for 2,150gns, with
Paul & Sharrie Cade’s Cade Khloe felling for
the top price female on the day at 2,500gns.
The Cades also topped the Society’s sale
at Melton Mowbray at 5,200gns for Cade
Maverick.
Sometimes ‘Dreams do Come True’ and
in October we were all delighted to see
Steve & Lorraine Blomfield sell their first
bull through Stirling, Sway Monarch, for
8,500gns to the noted Dargill pedigree
herd of J C McLaren. This bull's breeding
is a testament to Steve & Lorraine’s
many, many years of commitment to the
Simmental breed. Also of note at Stirling in
October, James & Rachael Griffin sold their
Junior bull Hemingford Moonraker to the
Glenlossie herd of Messrs A D Sutherland.
Congratulations to all involved.
Our Autumn farm walk, which features
the prize giving for our annual herd
competition, was kindly hosted by Chris
Patmore of the Norman herd in Essex. The
day was well attended, and Chris showed
us around his herd which is predominantly
polled. Again, it was interesting to see some
very good cattle.
Richard McInnes kindly judged our annual
herd competition last summer and as
always, it was a hotly contested event within
our Club, and takes several days to judge
with many miles to be covered. So we are
indebted to Richard for giving up his time
and judging the competition so ably. The
full results are below but congratulations
to everyone who took part. Prizes were
particularly well spread this year with David
& Lesley Sapsed’s Heathbrow herd once
again coming out on top as Champion herd.
Herd competition results
Judge: Mr R McInnes
Small Herd
1 st - R Grenham (Boars Head) Reserve Champion Overall Herd
2 nd - J & R Griffin (Hemingford)
3 rd - J Woodman (Challiewood)
Medium Herd
1 st - P & S Cade (Cade)
2 nd - A & H Clarke (Williams)
3 rd - S Key (Key)
Large Herd
1 st - D & L Sapsed (Heathbrow) Champion Overall Herd
2 nd - Messrs Bailey (Mixbury Hall)
3 rd - Messrs Hawkins (Chates)
Best Heifer Calf
1 st - Beeches Nancy
2 nd - Boars Head Grace
3 rd - Cade Deb’s Nora
Best Bull Calf
1 st - Challiewood Nobelstar
2 nd - Heathbrow Nova Star
3 rd - Mixbury Hall Nigel
Best Young Stock
1 st - R Grenham (Boars Head)
2 nd - D & L Sapsed (Heathbrow)
3 rd - Messrs Bailey (Mixbury Hall)
Best Maiden Heifers
1 st - D & L Sapsed (Heathbrow)
2 nd - Messrs Bailey (Mixbury Hall)
3 rd - S Key (Key)
Best Stock Bull
1 st - Islavale Jammydodger - R Grenham
2 nd - Tilbrook Frank - Messrs Bailey
3 rd - Sacombe Jameson - P & S Cade
Best Cow & Calf
Heathbrow Girlie’s Ivy & Heathbrow Nationwide.
Cow family
Heathbrow Girlie
Best Young Stockperson
Joint: William Clarke &
Judges Special Prize
Mr C Patmore
The Club year was rounded off by our
Autumn dinner which was held at The
Farmers Club in Whitehall. Historically since
the formation of the club this has been a
mainstay of our Club calendar, so it was
great for everyone to be able to meet up
back in London for the first time since precovid.
The dinner was described by everyone
as the best they had ever had at this venue,
and it was a great way to round off the Club
year and to look forward to 2023 and all that
it may bring.
The Review 2022 | 163