2023 Limousin Annual Journal

REGIONAL CLUBS
Northern
Ireland
Limousin Cattle Club
Brian Mcauley Club Chairman reports…
Home to some of the top Limousin herds, Northern
Ireland breeders consistently perform well at
shows and sales at home and at national level.
With a packed calender of events since our AGM last year,
our achievements and successes are highlighted in the
following report.
May 2022
At the BLCS May Day sale in Ballymena, topping
the trade at 10,000gns was Larkhill Rembrandt, a
Whinfellpark Lomu son home bred by Brian and Cahir
McAuley. Rembrandt went home with limousin breeder
W Sherrard of the Greenvale herd, Coleraine.
The top priced female at 2,700gns, was Female
Champion Craigatoke Rue home bred by Martin Conway.
October 2020 born Rue is by Norman Ely and was
purchased by the judge Blair Duffton, Aberdeenshire.
In Carlisle, Gorrycam Saxon from Stephen Reel achieved
13,000gns. Saxon is sired by the noted Gorrycam Hazzard
and was sold to commercial buyers’ J A Wood and Sons,
Kinnerton Hall Farm, Shropshire.
The 2022 summer show season kicked off in spectacular
style at the 153 rd RUAS Balmoral Show on Wednesday
11 May. Day one of the show saw the Limousin judging
in front of Mark Quick of the Loosebeare herd, Crediton,
Devon.
Jalex Riri bred and exhibited by James Alexander, came
through the field and followed up her class win by
taking the titles Female Champion and then Overall
Limousin Champion. This was James’s second year in a
row to win this coveted title. Riri, born May 2020 is by
Truemannatkingcole and out of the dam Hudscales Gigi.
Overall Junior Champion and Junior Heifer Champion
was Charlotte’s Sapphire bred and exhibited by Charlotte
Martin who was exhibiting for the first time at the show.
Born April 2021, Sapphire is by Elite Forever Brill.
Drumhilla Superstar bred and exhibited by Gareth
Corrie took the Male Champion, Reserve Overall Junior
Champion and Junior Bull Champion titles. Born April
2021 Superstar is sired by Gareth’s stock bull Ampertaine
Majestic.
The Limousin Pairs title went to two Jalex heifers, Riri
who took home the Overall Limousin Championship title
and Resta, born September 2020 and also a daughter of
Trueman Natkingcole
The Group of Three and Herbert Lusby Memorial
Perpetual Challenge Cup was won by Crawford Brothers,
and included Haltcliffe Nijinsky, a February 2017 son of
Ampertaine Elgin, Larkhill India, a June 2013 daughter of
Ampertaine Elgin and Rathkeeland Phoenix, a February
2019 daughter of Culnagechan Lazio.
Friday afternoon saw a group of 17 enthuastic young
limousin breeders take to the cattle lawns for a team
stock judging competition. After reasons were given to
Master Judge James Callion and prizes were presented,
the young breeders went off to enjoy all that the show
had to offer.
Champion Interbreed Performance bull, continental
breed, born on or after 1 st Jan 2021 – Champion:
Pointhouse Sumball, an April 2021 born Goldies Jackpot
son from Michael & Kile Diamond.
Champion and Reserve Champion beef breed
continental pair – Champion: Charlotte’s Sapphire and
Reserve Champion: Drumhilla Superstar
Overall Junior Beef Champion of Champions - Champion:
Charlotte’s Sapphire
Overall beef breed Champion of Champions - 2 nd Reserve
Champion: Jalex Riri
Best group in the beef group competition, continental
breed - Champions: Jalex Riri, Jalex Resta and Drumhilla
Superstar
52 | BRITISH LIMOUSIN CATTLE SOCIETY www.limousin.co.uk