First Northern Irish native breeds championship results

The inaugural Native Breeds Championship held at Portadown, Co Armagh, last weekend saw a wealth of entries from the province’s Aberdeen-Angus, Beef Shorthorn and Hereford breeders.

Leading the way in the interbreed championship was the Angus leader, 2009-born heifer Knoackadrina Belle from the Matchett family’s Birches herd.Reserve overall was the Hereford champion, Solpool 1 Dynamite from John and William McMordie. This one was reserve interbreed at this year’s Balmoral Show too.And champion in the Beef Shorthorns was young bull Burnside Caveman from William and Jill McAllister, Ballymena.