CHAROLLAISTIMES

Skipton - Robert Towers won with a Charollais X of 48 kgs sold for£155. Of the 12 he took he averaged £140. Wharfedale Market - a pair of Charollais lambs weighing 48 kgsfrom Robert Tindall’s Linton Springs flock took the championship atWarfedale’s spring lamb show and sale and sold for the top price perhead of £135 (281p/kg). Worcester Market - John and Ann Griffiths won their class and theoverall championship with a pen of 5 Charollais lambs at Worcestermarket. They went over the scales at 41K and fetched £3 a kilo liveweight (£123 / head). They were all sired by Ffrwd Madison bought atthe Premier Sale 2012 and jointly owned with the Elmwick Flock.Shrewsbury Market - A single Charollais x lamb from Nat Fithon,Cave Bank Farm, Tarporley, Cheshire, born on 22nd December wasChampion at the Shrewsbury Easter Show and Sale. Weighing 47 kgsit made £130.00. The Edstaston Flock had the 1st prize pen of 5 in the38 kgs and over class and weighing 44 kgs. They also made £130.00 ahead. Brecon Market - Charollais breeder, D J Jones topped the trade atBrecon Easter Market with 40 kg lambs from his Pannau flock. Theysold for £119.20. Ian Matthews sold his frist prize lambs for £113.62 /head. Lancaster Market - taking the championship at North WestAuctions Easter prime lamb show and sale was a 42kgs Charollais lambfrom JA and R Geldard’s Wraycastle flock. This sold for £130. TheGeldard’s had a further lamb at £140 per head. Ballymena - McConnell Brothers took 1st prize Charollais and OverallChampions at Ballymena Spring Lamb Show and Sale. The pen of 4lambs weighed 34kg and made the top price of £158.Gortin Livestock Mart - Top price was achieved at Gortin LivestockMart Co.Tyrone by the Bunderg Flock with their 22kg lambs at £119.Bunderg FlockClitheroe - the trade at the Easter show and sale of lambs atClitheroe was buoyant and created much interest. Pre sale judge MrGordon Edwards awarded the days championship to a pair of Charollaislambs shown by Mark Worthington of Ramsbottom, He later went onto purchase these at £123 per head (324ppkg) for use in his ownbutchers shop in Padiham.Bentham - Robert Towers won Champion at Bentham auction martfor a Charollais X, 38 kgs which sold for £124.

APRIL 2013 ISSUE New Chairman is elected

New regional officers

Update on the PremierSale

Empty ewe sales for2013

Scanning Equipmentupdate

NSA Events

All the financial resultsfor 2012

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SPOTLIGHT ON 1. Name :Tom Greenfield

2. Role :Chairman of the Eastern Region.

3. Name of Flock and dateformedWellsborough 1992 and winner of theEblex Most Improved Flock Award 2013.

4. What would you describeas your best ‘Charollais’experience.Being at the side of the Royal Welsh ring with Richard and MaryTulloch when Charles Sercombe won the championship with GoldenPromise.

5. Charollais ram you would most have liked to haveowned and why.Foulrice Chieftain his progeny always impressed me and probablymy best female line goes back to him

6. Charollais ewe you would most have liked to haveowned and why.Dalby Champagne the type of ewe who always stood out in the field.Big stylish ewe who had that “look at me” head held high.

7. Performance Recording – aid or hindrance ?An aid but must be kept in context, there is no point having figures ifyou have not got the look too.

8. Trimming – beautiful art or fraud?Beautiful art but can definitely be used to hide faults. I love to seethem in their natural coats.

9. Charollais – what is the next challenge?To remember we are a terminal sire and keep producing what thecommercial man wants and not let the show ring or fads lead usastray.

10. What has the horse meat scandal taught us asmeat producers?It has reminded us how much cost drives the food chain and thepressure everyone’s under to provide cheap food. We have to jumpthrough hoops to provide the traceability that the supermarketsconsumer wants but it is obvious that the assurance along the foodchain is not as good as we as British farmers have to provide.

11. Favourite tipple ?Good pint of Pedigree (bitter) or a whiskey.

12. Cheltenham Festival or Twickenham ?Twickenham. We’ll get our own back next year Wales (hopefully).

CONTENTS PageSpotlight feature 2

Election News 3

Sale Entry Forms 3

Premier Sale 4

New empty ewe sales 5

New Scanning Equipment 6

NSA Events 7

Chairman’s Report 8

Annual Report& Financial Statements 9

Shows 2013 10

Regional News 11

Charollais Shop 12

Charollais Times is published bythe British Charollais SheepSociety.

Editors : Carroll Barber Jonathan Barber

For more information on any ofthe subjects covered in thisedition, please call the office orvisit our website atwww.charollaissheep.comAlthough every effort has beenmade to ensure the accuracyneither the Charollais Societynor the authors can acceptliability for errors and omissions.

BCSSYoungmans Road, Wymondham,Norfolk. NR18 0RRTel : 01953 603335Email :office@charollaissheep.com

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BREEDERS NEWS

NEW NATIONALCHAIRMANWe are delighted to announcethat the Council of Managementhas selected Mr David Mawhinneyfrom Northern Ireland to serve asthe National Chairman of theSociety.

This is the first time that aNational Chairman has come fromNorthern Ireland and was theunanimous decision by the 8strong board of directors.

Mr Mawhinney started hisRockvilla Charollais flock in 1987and has been a highly-active andfirm supporter of the breed eversince. He served on the Council asChairman for Northern Irelandfrom 1998 for a period of 5 years.He is also a current member of theJudges Committee.

Retiring from the post after 4years is Robert Gregory, who saidof David’s appointment “David hasa very sound working knowledgeof the UK sheep industry havingalready been Northern IrelandNSA Chairman and is perfectlyplaced to lead the Charollaissociety into the future”.

REGIONALELECTIONSNew Chairmen have been electedin two regions of the Society.

We welcome Kenton Foster in theNorth of England. Kentondispersed his well-knownGarriston Flock last year but hasstarted up again with his a newflock. We thank Richard Geldardfor his significant input on anational and regional level duringhis 6 year term of office. Richardwas an important member of theF&GP committee whose thoughtsand ideas were alwaysconstructive and helpful.

In the South-West of England wehad two candidates for the post.Winning the postal ballot was

Mr Robert Hopper. Our thanks toAmy Pedrick who also stood forthe post.

Again our thanks go to the retiringChairman, Patrick Tully who hasworked tirelessly to support thebreed in the region and made ahighly respected and valuablecontribution to Council.

We are delighted that AndrewWalton has agreed to take onfurther term of office in theCentral Region. Andrew is verymuch involved in the meat tradethrough his work for Morrisons. Ifyou want to learn more about thisthen check out the Rainbowfacebook page.

We look forward to working withthe new faces on yourmanagement board.

F&GP COMMITTEEThe committee has appointed anew Council member to its ranks.Andrew Walton will join the teamafter the AGM, following theretirment of Richard Geldard fromCouncil.

IDENTIFICATIONWe hope everyone has their lambstagged by now! If not pleasemake sure you follow the Societyrules for numbering. All thedetails are in your MembersHandbook on Page 17.

The rates for notifications andupgrades are all detailed on pages18 & 19. The next deadline forbirth notifications will be forlambs born in March and laterwhich is the 31st July 2013.

Please when entering data ontoregistration forms and sale entryforms use the animal’s completeidentification number. We need toknow if animals are 11, 12 or 13suffix in order to record themcorrectly.

REGISTRATIONS

NEW STYLE SALEENTRY FORMS

We will be issuing new formatsale entry forms this year. Theold style forms do not havesufficient boxes / space forcomments etc, so we are re-designing them.

There will be different formsfor the Worcester PremierSale, Standard Sales and In-lamb ewe sales.

Electronic versions of eachform will be produced whichwill have an easy guide tocompletion and a one pushbutton to return the form tothe Society.

Due to the cost of producingthese self-carbonating bookswe will not be sending themto all members.

Regular sale vendors will besent one - so if you are a firsttime vendor please contact usto request a book.

DIRECT DEBIT PAYMENTS

if you wish to pay your invoicesfrom the Society by Direct Debitpayment, then please contact usfor the relevant form.

We also welcome payment byebanking. Please put your FlockReference letters as the referenceon the payment, so we canallocate it correctly. The bankdetails are :

Sort Code : 20-99-08Account No : 30196851

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SALES UPDATE

PREMIER SALERestriction of NumbersAt their meeting in February,Council decided to change theirdecision on the limitation ofnumbers for the Premier Sale atWorcester.

Following wider consultation withthe members, it was decided thatno restriction on the number oframs each vendor may enter willbe imposed for the sale. Themaximum per run will remain at 10and a maximum of 4 females pervendor may be entered.

We would however ask vendors tothink carefully about the numberof rams they bring and limit this tothe very best from their flocks.

InspectionCouncil have appointed two teamsof inspectors to carry out the taskat the Premier Sale. The first teamwill consist of Robert Gregory andNick Hart. They will check theentries for all the normal traits (asper Item F.3 Inspection in theMembers Handbook). Any animalthey find that fails to meet therequirements for the sale will bedisbared and given a RED CARD.Any animal that they consider tobe a ‘borderline’ case will be givena YELLOW CARD and passed tothe 2nd team to make ajudgement on. The second teamwill be Charles Sercombe andPatrick Tully.

Both teams will work at the sametime and all inspection anddecisions will be completed at thetime they are presented to theinspection teams. This will all befinished by Friday prior to thejudging. No sheep will bereviewed after this time and allrejected animals are to beremoved from the consignmentand not left in the vendors’ pen.Failure to remove the rejectedanimals from the pens could resultin them being marked by theSociety.

Entry FormA special entry form is beingdesigned for the WorcesterPremier Sale and we will requirethat this form is used by ALLVENDORS. It will be produced inprinted and electronic format andcirculated to all previous vendorsand with our email bulletin. If yourequire a form and do not receiveone through either of theseroutes, then please contact theoffice to request one.

Scrapie Genotype TestAll sheep entered for theWorcester Premier Sale must havean individual test result for ScrapieGenotype and this must be eitherARR/ARR or ARR/ARQ.

WE WILL NOT ACCEPTANY ENTRIES UNLESSTHEY ARE ACCOMPANIEDBY THE FULL TESTRESULTS FOR ALL SHEEP.So it is up to breeders to get theirtests completed in good time forthe sale. Remember it can take upto 4 weeks and it is possible tohave to re-test some sheep to geta result.

MEMBERSHANDBOOKThe 2013 edition of the MembersHandbook has been circulated toall full members. Please take timeto read this, especially if you willbe entering sales during the year.We have altered the layout for thesale dates, closing dates etc whichwe hope you will all find easierand clearer to read.

In the list of members we haveadded the Flock Name. This hasmeant the text size is a bit smaller,but hopefully you can all read it(probably with glasses on!)

After the book went forpublication we had a change inthe programme for Private Sales.

The Logie Durno Production saledown as to be held in ShrewsburyMarket on Saturday 19th Octoberwill no longer be taking place.

The Charollais Facebook now hasa total of 840 ‘likes’. These arenot only from members but fansof Charollais around the world.

But please do ‘Like’ us - this helpsspread our images andinformation to many more people- helping promote your breed to awider audience.

If you have images, stories or linksto go on the page then let usknow.

North of England and Wales havetheir own pages, so take a look atthem and many breeders areusing this way to contact eachother and potential customers.

Closing Date for

the Worcester

Premier Sale is

Thurs 30th May No Late Entries. All entries on the one special form.

Genotype Results attime of entry.

HEADINGNEW SALESCouncil and F&GP have givenmuch thought to how best we canhelp breeders market Charollaisfemales to satisfy the expandingtrade in this area. The volume ofcross-bred rams that are beingsold each year is expanding; themajority of which have Charollaisewes as a key component.

Council considered It would be amistake on our part to miss out ongaining credibility and financialadvantage from these animalswhich are 50% our genetics. Thevendors of crossbred tups need tocome back all the time to the pureanimal to produce them. Themarket has not dropped back overthe past few years and in fact isstill growing.

Supporting this trade does notdetract from the primary role ofthe Society to promote pure-bredCharollais rams. But it would bewrong for us to dismiss thedemand that does exist.

Charollais breeders have femalestock which they are currentlyselling privately to unregisteredand crossbred ram producers.Why not help them to sell themmore successfully through anorganised venue?

To satisfy this trade we haveorganised two sales this year forempty ewes. The cost structurefor these sales will be significantlylower than for the existing in-lambewe sales. All entries will only berequired to be birth notified andwill not need a result for scrapiegenotype. They will be sold inpens of five and a simpliercatalogue will be produced.

There will also be the opportunityto sell rams at both these venues;Carlisle is the existing ram saledate and Hereford is a new date.

Both auctioneering companies arehighly supportive of these salesand will do all they can topromote them to potential buyers.The timing of the sale at HerefordMarket fits in well with theirexisting timetable of sales both

for rams and ewes and Mike Evansis confident that we have chosenthe right date in the calendar forthis trade.

H&H in Carlisle also felt that to linkthe empty ewe sale with theexisting market day for Charollaisand a number of other breedswould be the best way to startthis trade.

We hope many breeders will wishto use this facility and support thesales. If you have any queries,then do give us a call.

JUDGES WORKSHOP DAYTHURSDAY 23RD MAYNEW FARM, FOSSE ROAD,WOLSTON, COVENTRY.All Charollais Panel Judges will beinvited to attend a Judges Workshopat the Wolston Flock by kind invitationof Cecil and Janette Thomas. Thiswill be the fourth in our series ofevents at which we will discussimportant issues for judging ourbreed. The day will be split into fourdifferent activities:1. ASSESSMENT OFMUSCLE -V- FAT2. WHAT MAKES A GOODCHAROLLAIS FLEECE3. RAMS FIT FOR PURPOSE4. JUDGING CLASSES

An invitation will be sent out shortly toall those on the panel. We will alsowelcome local members who areinterested and willing to come andhold animals for the show classes.

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NEW EMPTY EWE SALES

EMPTY EWESALES 2013

FRIDAY 30THAUGUSTCARLISLEMARKET

FRIDAY 30THAUGUST

HEREFORDMARKET

Birth notified emptyfemales eligible

Pens of 5 - ewes, shearlingsor lambs

No scrapie genotyping

Entry fee £10 / pen

Correct in mouth & udder

NEWFOR2013

Showing or Judging -you will need a new tie.Navy Tie - with central logo and‘Charollais Sheep’ wording atbase, with white diagonal stripes

Maroon Tie - with central logoand ‘Charollais Sheep’ wording atbase, with white/green diagonalstripes

Green Tie - with small logo allover the tie.

Price : £10

HEADINGRAINBOW FLOCK HELPS TO ROAD TESTNEW ULTRASOUND SCANNINGEQUIPMENT

Signet Breeding Services are very grateful toAndrew and Jan Walton (Rainbow Charollais flock)for their support with this year’s training session forultrasound scanning technicians.

Each year Signet’s technician team come togetherto undertake a repeatability test to ensure that staffmeasure and rank animals in an identical manner.This year the test had an added dimension ofcomplexity, with staff measuring lambs using theirestablished ultrasound scanning kit and newultrasound scanning equipment that will beintroduced onto farms over the coming months.

The new Sonoscape machines enable a quicker,clearer image to be taken which in due courseshould provide even more accurate measurementsof muscling across the loin – particularly for wrigglylambs that don’t like standing still.

In recent years the Rainbow flock has focussedheavily on the selection of breeding stock withsuperior muscling across the loin – making it a reallyuseful place to test the new equipment.

Andrew said after the testing “I was highlyimpressed with the new machine. It is muchimproved and also gives more prominence to thewider loined lambs. It takes 2 depth measurementsone where the original measurement was taken anda further one 2 ½ inches to the right.”

Charollais flocks will be amongst the first lambs touse this new technology in May this year.

WELLSBOROUGH FLOCK WINS TOPAWARD FOR GENETIC PROGRESS

The Charollais sheep winner of the EBLEX ImprovedFlock Awards for 2013 is the Wellsborough Flock,owned by brothers Tom and Brian Greenfield whofarm at Sibson, near Nuneaton in Warwickshire.

Organised through the Sheep Better ReturnsProgramme, this award is presented to the Englishperformance recorded flock that has shown themost impressive improvement in genetic merit overa 12-month period, within the breed.

The brothers decided to go into partnership 16 yearsago. Tom is in charge of the sheep and Brianmanages the 150 dairy cows, although they worktogether on both enterprises.

The Wellsborough flock has been performancerecorded for ten years. All lambs are ultrasoundscanned each year at approximately 21 weeks of ageto accurately assess their muscle and fat depth. Tomfeels he learnt a lot about fat to muscle ratios fromdoing this – realising that often what you see lookingat the live animal is not always what you get whenthe animal is on the hook. Poor muscle depth cansometimes be masked by higher levels of fat. Muscleand Fat Depth EBVs are therefore valuable tools thatcan be used to help predict carcase quality.

“I don’t think you should make breeding selectionsusing performance figures alone,” says Tom. “Buthaving the figures behind an animal gives you muchgreater confidence of what it is capable ofachieving.”

(A full story on the Wellsborough Flock will appearin the 2013 Year Book)

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NEW ON-FARM SCANNING EQUIPMENT ON TRIAL

Andrew Walton (white shirt) studies the results fromthe new on-farm scanning equipment with his

Rainbow FlockNew scanner equipment being tested alongside the

existing system.

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NSA EVENTS 2013

NSA Welsh Sheep Tuesday 21st MayVenue: Beili Ficer Farm, Llansawel,Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, SA19 7JTThis is the first time for many yeas that Welsh Sheephas been held in Carmarthenshire and the hosts area young family, fresh to farming but keen to embrace new technology and ideas. The Societywill have a prominent display stand alongside theother 200 trade and breed exhibits. Our stand willbe in the non-MV accredited area and feature cross-bred Charollais lambs from a range of typical Welshcommercial ewes.

We always welcome help on the stand, so eithercontact the office or your regional officers to sign upto lend a hand to promote your breed at this highlyimportant event for sheep farming in Wales.

Details can be found at www.welshsheep.org.uk

NSA Highland SheepThursday 30th MayVenue : Dingwall Aution Mart, Dingwall,Inverness. IV15 0TPKnowing that the biennial NSA Scot Sheep eventcan sometimes be a long way to travel for farmers inthe Highland and Island, NSA Scotland has taken thedecision to launch a new event this year, at DingwallMarket.

Rod McKenzie, organiser of the event said “Thesheep industry has reached an important crossroadsand we are looking to NSA Highland Sheep toinspire a new level of confidence and optimismamong Highland sheep farmers.

Our stand will feature stock from Ian and YvonneSpence’s farm. We hope to see members from thearea on the day.

Check out the details at www.nsascotland.org.uk

NSA North SheepWednesday 5th JuneVenue: Crimple Head Farm, Beckwithshaw,Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 1QT.This event returns to North Yorkshire for the firsttime in 10 years and the focus will be very firmly onthe future of the sheep industry. The host farm is a1,000 acres unit on the outskirts of Harrogate whichruns 1,000 horned Dalesbred ewes and 300 Mashamand Mule ewes.

Organiser Julie Sedgewick is always keen to offersomething new each year and in addition to the

usual stockjudging and lamb competition, new for2013 will be a shearing competition.

On the Charollais Society stand will be a display ofshearling rams from the Linton Springs flock of Samand Robert Tindall. Come along and help us on thestand and promote your stock to potential buyers.

Details at www.northsheep.org.uk

NSA Sheep South WestTuesday 11th JuneVenue: Moortown Barton, Knowstone,South Molton, Devon, EX36 4RZGood road networks to the host farm for SheepSouth West 2013 means everyone in the region hasno excuse not to be there! The 300 acre grasslandfarm is close to the A361 North Devon Link Road.Hosts are Michael Snell and son David, along withwives Mary and Vicky. They run 500 home-bredSuffolk/Mules and 500 bought-in North CountryMules.

The organisers aim to deliver their best event yetwith a mixture of trade stands, demonstrations,competitions and of course the highly popular farmtour.

The Charollais stand will have a strong prescencewith exhibits from 3 local breeders; Louise Brewer,Gerald Burrough and Dave Smith all showing offshearling rams from their flocks.

Details at www.sheepsouthwest.org.uk

NSA Sheep Northern IrelandMonday 1st JulyVenue: Ballymena MarketThe theme of Sheep NI will be ‘Healthy sheep shouldmake wealthy farmers’. “It will be the biggest sheepevent on the island of Ireland in 2013, so if you’re insheep you need to be at NSA Sheep NI” saidChairman Maurice McHenry.

Northern Ireland region will be mounting a largedisplay for the breed aided by Jonathan and CarrollBarber, who will be over for the event.

Details from Edward Adamson on 07711 071290

All these events will be of great interest tosheep farmers - trade stands, seminars,competitions, demonstrations and farmtours are all part of the activities at theseNSA events. Reduced entry charges forNSA members.

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2012

As I put pen to paper for myfinal yearly report, Spring isstill very reluctant to show

itself. After one of the wettestwinters on record coupled withextortionate feed prices the lastthing the UK sheep industryneeded was a late spring.

SBV has fortunately calmed downsomewhat compared toDecember and early January butwith no definite date for a vaccineearly lambing flocks are left with amassive decision as to whether tostick with their usual lambing dateor go later. In fact I can see theextreme weather that flockscurrently lambing areexperiencing having a muchgreater impact on the industrythan SBV.

On the positive side the lamb andmutton trade is firming with bothlamb and ewe prices rising quiteconsiderably during the last fewweeks so the future is still verypositive.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my fouryears as National Chairman and Iam amazed at how quickly theyears have flown by. TheCharollais as a breed continues toevolve as does our market, bykeeping in touch with ourcustomers we have as a breedmanaged to deliver what theconsumer wants. The frequentconferences and workshops thatwe hold have helped to bring

breeder and customer closertogether and if issues needaddressing we have not beenafraid to get stuck in and changethings.

When I took over as Chairman Iinherited a very well run, viableand forward thinking society, Iwould like to think very little haschanged on that front. As a breedwe have built bridges, and inmarketing this is very important.We had a very successful AGM inSouthern Ireland and socially itwas extremely enjoyable but moreimportant than that we met manybreeders and from this potentialmarkets evolved. I know this is awell used cliché these days butour market is now global and ashealth barriers become moremanageable the potential marketfor Charollais genetics isincreasing.

I envisage the UK sheep industrywith Charollais continuing with amajor part to play as they tick fartoo many boxes to be demoted.Other breeds and crosses comeand go but the Charollais’ abilityto adapt to most situations willalways stand it in good stead forthe future.

This year we are running someempty female sales as a trial. I seethis as a very innovative way ofkeeping in touch with the everchanging market place. It wouldbe very easy to ignore this trade

but Charollais determination tohave a part to play dictates thatwe persue our involvement in thisventure.

I would like to thank Jonathan andCarroll and the rest of the officestaff for all their help and supportover the last four years andlikewise the membership foraccepting me and making my timeas National Chairman soenjoyable.

Jeanette and I have made manymany friends throughout the UKand further afield and for that weare eternally grateful.

It just leaves me to wish the newNational Chairman DavidMawhinney the very best in a job Iam sure he will bring a lot to andhopefully enjoy as much as I have.

Robert GregoryNATIONAL CHAIRMAN

REPORT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF F&GP COMMITTEE - CHARLES MARWOODThe accounts to 31st Dec. 2012 give a good reflection of the year we have experienced - chiefly that wehave all had to work harder to maintain our momentum despite grave difficulties with the weather & theconsequent knock on effects. Our bottom line has seen a reduction of 6k but still returned a net income ofjust over 19k which for the year is positive.

Membership continues on a slight upward trend which is good as we are STILL the premier easy lambingterminal sire which has been evident even more so this lambing season. Birth notification fees were well upon the year, but the weather & difficult trading in the sheep sector brought more caution into registrationfees.

The sales figures tell the story of harder work in the market place as entry fees were well up butcommission was less plentiful. We did however increase our committment in advertising & promotion withsome very successful events during the year - notably Malvern & Scot Sheep. It is more important thanever to maintain the standard of the sheep that we sell, that is the best advertisement we have & the bestguarantee of repeat & increased trade. Together we are in a strong position to move Charollais forward !

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ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2012ACTIVITIES FOR GENERATING FUNDS 2012 2011

£ £Donations, sponsorship and prize money 4,779 4,663Subscriptions 33,839 33,156Registration fees and flock registration 97,754 96,054Commission on sales 21,515 28,046Sale entry fees 35,770 28,884Year Book and other publications 14,118 13,760Sale of promotional items 1,563 157Deposit account interest and dividends received 6,500 4,999

Total Incoming Resources 215,838 209,719

COSTS OF GENERATING VOLUNTARY INCOME Show expenses 7,297 6,574Regional expenses 1,719 1,928Sale costs 17,824 16,584Year Book, newsletter & other publication exps 9,296 10,698Advertising and promotional expenses 18,060 16,378

54,196 52,135

GOVERNANCE COSTSManagement and administration 80,600 77,250Accountants fees 1,700 1,700Bank Charges 302 453Depreciation 3,107 2,380

85,709 81,783

OTHER RESOURCES EXPENDEDPostage and telephone 11,674 11,258Printing and stationery 6,463 6,335Subscriptions 1,431 1,152Office and storage accommodation 7,600 7,300 Motor and travelling 8,378 5,812Hotel and meal charges 5,289 4,626Office expenses 6,746 4,822Meeting expenses 8,332 8,007Other sundry expenses 811 850

56,724 50,162

TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 196,629 184,080

NET INCOMING RESOURCES 19,209 25,639 Gains/losses on investment assets 605 (605)Net movement in funds 19,814 25,034

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 308,637 288,823

BRITISH CHAROLLAISSHEEP SOCIETY LTDLimited by Guarantee 1341920A Registered Charity 282757

NOTICE is hereby given that thethirty-fifth Annual General Meetingof the Society will be held at the Norwood Hall Hotel, Aberdeen at9.30 am on Saturday 11th May forthe following purposes:-

1. To read the Noticeconvening the meeting.

2. To receive apologies forabsence.

3. To approve the Minutes ofthe 34th Annual General Meeting.

4. To receive the report of the Chairman

5. * To receive and, ifapproved, to adopt the Report andFinancial Statement to 31stDecember 2012.

6. To confirm theappointment of new Council ofManagement members and theNational Chairman

7. To re-appoint MessrsArgents as Auditors for theensuing year and to authorise theCouncil of Management to fixtheir remuneration.

8. To transact any otherordinary business of the Society.

By Order of the Council ofManagementCARROLL BARBERCompany Secretary

If you would like a full set of the Annual Report and Financial Statements, then please contactthe office. These will also beavailable to all those attending theAnnual General Meeting.

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SHOWS 2013

MAJOR SHOWS 2013

Balmoral Show – 15th to 17th MayJudge : Mr Jim Aiken, show classes will beheld on Wednesday 15th May at 1.00 pm.

Three Counties Show - 14th to 16th JuneJudge : Mr Adrian Davies, show classes willbe held on Friday 14th June at 9.00 am.

Royal Highland Show – 20th to 23rd JuneJudge : Mr Robert Gregory, show classeswill be held on Friday 21st June at 9.00 am.

Great Yorkshire Show - 9th - 11th JulyJudge : Mr Arwyn Thomas, show classeswill be held on Tuesday 9th July at 9.00am.

Royal Welsh Show – 22nd to 25th JulyJudge : Mr William McAllister, show classeswill be held on Tuesday 23rd July at 1.00pm.

The Society sendsout over 100Champion Rosetteseach year to localshows. These areawarded to theBest Exhibit ofCharollais at theseevents.

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Wales NewsGENERAL MEETINGS Two General meeting were heldduring January which were bothwell supported especiallyconsidering the exceptionallyinclement weather. Both meetingsgenerated much discussionregarding many aspects withseveral new ideas regardinglambing dates and Premier salevenues put forward. These weredebated at length and gave theChairman, Meilir Jones, much totake forward to the Councilmeeting in February.

2013 ACTIVITIESAn important event in May is theNSA Wales Sheep, held this yearat Beili Ficer, near Llandeilo. TheSociety will have a major presenceat this event and would welcomeassistance from breeders on thepromotion stand. It is also anexcellent opportunity to engagewith customers, current andpotential.

Lamb prices have recovered to2011 levels as I write, andcombined with an early Easter,pundits are predicting reasonableprices for the coming season. Thehigh growth rates of Charollaissired progeny are vital to getlambs finished early and manycapitalised on this asset lastseason by marketing lambs beforethe autumn price slump. The NSAWales event is an excellentopportunity to reinforce thismessage

A trimming event is planned forthe late spring/early summerperiod- details yet to be firmedup.

A major flock visit across theborder is also planned for latespring which should providebreeders the opportunity for a gettogether. More details to follow indue course.

2014 NATIONAL AGMThe venue for the 2014 NationalAGM has been secured. This willbe held at the Quay’s, Llandudnoon April 27/28. There are several

activities planned and a formalannouncement will be made indue course.

200 CLUBThe 200 club is up and runningwith the first draw taking place inJanuary. The Society HQundertake the draw selection onour behalf, with results posted onthe Region’s Society webpage.

REGION 6 FACEBOOK PAGEA new facebook page for theWelsh region has been establishedIf you have any information orpictures suitable for posting onthe page, please e-mailwelshregion6-charollais@hotmail.co.uk

May we wish all breeder a goodsummer.Medwyn Lloyd − Secretary

Central RegionREGIONAL MEETINGA meeting was held in February2013 at the The Swan,Whittington, Worcester. A highlyinformative and interesting talkwas given by Nick Hart onSchmallenberg Virus andprompted many discussion points.This was a new venue for theregion and an excellent turn-outof nearly 30 members were inattendance. A buffet style mealwas provided and the privateroom was the ideal size.

AGMA venue for the regional AGM inMay/June has yet to be confirmedand further details will be sent outto all members in due course.

If you have any ideas of events,locations and speakers pleasesend your suggestions to JanWalton, Church Farm, Backford,Chester, CH2 4BE. Tel 01244851705. Email:jan@wtms.biz .

Eastern RegionI think it would be fair to say it hasbeen an emotional and heart

renching December lambing formany in the region, with someserious losses to theschmallenberg virus. On anoptimistic note the far south eastthat had a few problems last yearseemed to have got away lighterthis year. So lets all hope next yearis a better lambing for all.

We have only held one meetingsince the last Charollais Timeswhich was the pre council meetingat the beginning of February. Thiswas well attended with anenjoyable chat over dinner afterthe meeting. Meetings never gettoo excitable in the region but nodoubt they will never be quietnow we have Mr Green as arejoined member.

AGMFuture events were discussedincluding the regional AGM venuewhich is now being held on the24th April at the Belvoir breweryto include a tour, samples andbuffet after the AGM. Sorry MrBarber I didn’t think about avineyard till after we booked this. Iwill have to remember a winetasting trip for you another year.

We will be holding our summerbarbecue venue TBA. The plan isto have a inter breed quiz night inthe autumn with other easternregion societies.

EASTER LAMBSWith Easter being early there haveprobably not been quite so manyspring lambs about, but the preEaster trade seems to have beenquite good. A charollais crosslamb won Bakewell Easter showand sale the lamb from R SwiftLittle Onn Staffs, who makes thetrip regularly with prime lambswinning with a 42kg lamb whichmade £178. The majority of thespring lambs at Derby wereCharollais or Charollais crosses.The champion was a pureCharollais ram lamb weighing42kg making £135 from BW & ITGreenfield. Lets hope this positivetrade continues

Tom Greenfield

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HEADINGJonathan Aiken reflected on thesuccesses of the Charollais Breedin Northern Ireland over the pastyear. He especially mentionedMcConnell Brothers who had justwon the Overall Spring lambCompetition in Ballymena Market.He congratulated all those whohad shown their sheep and raisedthe profile of the breed throughtheir successes. The breed wereawarded several InterbreedChampionships during the Showseason, Ballynoe House PrincessKatie winning Reserve Interbreedat Balmoral for the LornbrookFlock. The same Flock alsowinning Interbreed at Lurgan,Saintfield and Armagh. CharollaisFemales won the ultimateaccolade taking the Championshipin the three main FemaleInterbreed Finals. A LornbrookEwe winning the All IrelandContinental Championship,Artnagullion Loobey Lou shownby William McAllister won theMcCaughan Animal HealthGimmer Championship whilst aCarnew ewe shown by JonathanAiken won the NISA/NorthernBank Interbreed Championship.

Thanks to David and LizMawhinney who hosted a Judgingseminar. This was well supportedand I’m sure we all learntsomething from our interactionwith others. Thanks to Jonathanand Carroll Barber, RobertGregory and Charles Sercombefor coming across from theMainland to share their expertise.Thanks also to William Tate forproviding details on signetrecording and scanning.

The Charollais Stand at the NSAEvent in Ballymena Market provedpopular with keen interest shownin the breed and the sheep ondisplay. Thanks to the Cromie andMcAllister Families for supplyingthese.

An open night and ClippingDemonstration was held atJonathan Aiken’s Farm which waswell attended with people therefrom all arts and parts. Thanks tothe Aiken Family for ensuring thatthis was a most informative andenjoyable night.

The BBQ and Fun Night wasthoroughly enjoyed by all present,this is a great night’s craic and anideal way to get to know otherbreeders.

Averages at last years’ sales weresimilar to 2011 although buyerswere being more selective in whatthey bought which would indicatethe importance of only keepingyour best and cull the rest.

The Chairman finished his reportby congratulating all those whohad won awards in the Norbrooksponsored Flock Competition, hethanked the Judges who hadgiven of their time throughout theyear and most importantly thesponsors without whomcompetitions wouldn’t generatethe same interest. He thankedOfficebearers and Committee fortheir support. The three newCommittee members elected wereGary Scott, Noel Donnelly andAlistairBrowne. (pictured below)

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REGIONAL REPORTSCHAROLLAIS SHEEPSOCIETY- SOCIALWEEKEND & NATIONALAGM 2013 HOSTED BYNORTH OF SCOTLANDREGION

FRIDAY 10TH MAYThainstone Auction Centre -display of sheep from Scotlandand trade stands. Visit Logie Durno Farm - achance to see around therenowned Logie Durno flock. Wewill be serving a Hog Roast at thefarm, kindly sponsored by HarbroFeeds. Evening Dinner - three coursedinner at Norwood Hall Hotel, withguest speakers. £35.00 / head

SATURDAY 11TH MAYAnnual General Meeting - atthe Norwood Hall Hotel, 9.30 am. Trips - Both trips will leave thehotel at 11 am 1. Farm visit to Harry Emslie,pedigree cattle breeder + Tour ofa state of the art fishing boat atPeterhead harbour OR2. Trip to Balmoral Castle andlunch at garden centre. Dinner & Ceilidh - three coursedinner at Norwood Hall Hotel witha Ceilidh band. £41.00 per head.

If you wish to take part in anyother the activities, these must bepre-booked with the Society.

Northern IrelandThe Annual General Meeting ofthe Northern Ireland CharollaisSheep Club held recently atGreenmount Agricultural Collegeprovided an opportunity forbreeders and friends to meet afterwhat has been a long and difficultwinter for both sheep and farmer.Whilst the breed could look backwith pride on a successful 2012the Chairman encouragedbreeders to look forward to thefuture, knowing that the elitecharacteristics of the CharollaisBreed ensures that it is wellequipped to face the challengesahead.