North and South take home the Irish Limousin honours

Castlewellan Show saw the Northern Ireland Limousin Cattle Club and the Irish Limousin Society join together to stage a unique event – a Show of Young Limousin heifers and bulls made up of animals pre-qualified and drawn from both the North and South of Ireland.

A keenly-fought competition in the judging ring resulted in shared honours, as the North took home the bull championship with the South gaining the heifer title, while the Challenge Shield for the overall highest points gained went to the NI Cattle Club.

Some 13 heifers and 12 bulls had pre-qualified and, despite some fairly stringent rules imposed by the animal health authorities, the parades in front of Scottish judge Archie McGregor, Allanfauld, Kilsyth, Glasgow were sensational and much appreciated by the huge crowd.

The overall heifer champion was the November 2005 born Milbrook Ainsi II, a Mas du Clo daughter and out of Milbrook Monique, exhibited by William Smith, Millbrook, Oldcastle, Co Meath.

The champion bull title went to James McKay of 88 Kilrea RD, Upperlands, Maghera, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland with the March 2006 born Ampertaine Bravo, sired by Sympa and out of the dam Ultra.