CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Congratulations to the St Joseph family of Tollesbury in Essex, who have triumphed in the overall standings of the BWCS Virtual Show for the second year in a row, this time with their superb homebred second-calved cow Tollesbury Peach. Filmed suckling her heifer calf Tollesbury Pecan at home on the marshes alongside the Blackwater Estuary, this cow rose to the top of the largest class of the competition to qualify for the championship vote and was a hugely popular favourite with the public, firmly securing her place as Champion.
CLASS RESULTS
The BWCS Virtual Show 2021 saw another fantastic entry of cattle from herds across the UK! This year, entries were placed by judge Nell Matheson, experienced cattle breeder and former owner of the renowned Dadley herd near Frome in Somerset, now residing in Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire.
Junior Heifer
The first class of the competition was for heifers born on or after 1st January 2020, and taking first prize was Templar Kazakh Maid from K & RP Harding, Leicestershire. Sired by Woodbastwick Doublet (Male Champion, Royal Three Counties 2019) and out of Templar Egyptian Maid 110, this eye-catching heifer triumphed in a strong class of 15 entries to claim her first place.
JUNIOR HEIFER 1st Templar Kazakh Maid, K & RP Harding; 2nd Woodbastwick Daddle, Rotac Farms; 3rd Woodfield Acorn, Mr J Osborne; 4th De Beauvoir Witchcraft, A Dunn & D Evans; 5th Hartoak Belle, Oaklands College
Senior Heifer
Of the senior heifers born in 2019, it was another from K & RP Harding which took the top spot in the form of freshly calved two-year-old heifer Templar Jabari, a daughter of the remarkably successful stock bull Dallyashes Halberd; sire of a number of top show and sale animals across several years and still working at well over 12 years of age.
SENIOR HEIFER 1st Templar Jabari, K & RP Harding; 2nd Woodbastwick Pelly, Rotac Farms; 3rd Tollesbury Bamboozle, Dr V St Joseph; 4th Bridge Homestead Lourette, GJ & MP Scotcher; 5th Oldington Drury Zelos, Mr H Pennington
Cow
Next came the largest section of the show with a total of 17 entries for cows in-calf or with calf at foot, born on or before 31st December 2018. Top of her class was 4-year-old second calver Tollesbury Peach from Dr V St Joseph, Essex. Shown with her April-born heifer calf Tollesbury Pecan at foot, this cow is sired by former Great Yorkshire Show Breed Champion Nidderdale Digger, and was herself a Breed Champion as a senior heifer at the South of England Show in 2019.
COW 1st Tollesbury Peach, Dr V St Joseph; 2nd Templar Gingko, K & RP Harding; 3rd Southill Teckle, Miss S Cook; 4th De Beauvoir Blizzard, A Dunn & D Evans; 5th Meadowlands Picnic, Ridout & Higginson
Junior Bull
In the junior bull section - for bulls born on or after 1st January 2020 - it was Alcroft Billy The Kid, an April 2020 bull from Miss S Cook, Cambridgeshire, which took first place. His dam is 2017 BWCS Junior Heifer of the Year Southill Teckle bred by Whitbread Farms, and his sire is De Beauvoir Mazerati, bred by A Dunn & D Evans.
JUNIOR BULL 1st Alcroft Billy The Kid, Miss S Cook; 2nd Albany Outlaw, Mr L Cook; 3rd De Beauvoir Bacchus, A Dunn & D Evans; 4th Tollesbury Sir Pellinore, Dr V St Joseph; 5th Somer Valley Wizzer, Mr C Watt
Senior Bull
The final class saw a very strong entry of senior bulls headed by Woodbastwick Diesal owned by Mr A Fisher, Yorkshire, and bred by Rotac Farms, Norfolk. A bull with a pedigree packed full of well-renowned cattle - including his dam, multiple Breed Champion Woodbastwick Doubtful Sound - he was used lightly at Woodbastwick as a youngster before moving to the White Rose herd of Mr P Mellor, York, then most recently to Mr Fisher's Nidderdale herd near Harrogate.
SENIOR BULL 1st Woodbastwick Diesal, Mr A Fisher; 2nd Woodbastwick Conjuror, Rotac Farms; 3rd Tollesbury Sir Lionel, Miss V Hargreaves; 4th Castleton Jupiter, K & RP Harding; 5th Tollesbury Pirate, Dr V St Joseph
Breed Championship
JUNIOR HEIFER Templar Kazakh Maid, K & RP Harding
SENIOR HEIFER Templar Jabari, K & RP Harding
COW Tollesbury Peach, Dr V St Joseph
JUNIOR BULL Alcroft Billy The Kid, Miss S Cook
SENIOR BULL Woodbastwick Diesal, Mr A Fisher
