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The Agricultural Society of Tiree welcomes you to the list of summer events on the island.
Islanders and tourists went to the fairgrounds of the rural area of Crossapol until July 15.
With cattle, a puppy display, craft stalls, a raffle and the highly compulsive Tossing the Sheaf, it felt like going back to pre-covid times, a spokesperson for the exhibit said.
The Ruaig Farm MacInnes won the purebred farm animal championship that day with a 23-month-old Ringway Riband heifer they purchased from Carlisle last year as a base animal for their new Limousin herd.
Emily Armstrong of the Balemartine Fold took the reserve in the natural elegance of farm animals with her three-year-old Highland heifer, Balemartine Island, which she spawned through Dunach’s Uusage Beatha. Isla will be kept for breeding in Tiree.
The cattle evaluated Eoin Brown of Aoradh Farm, Islay, and awarded Kirsteen MacKinnon, Parkhouse, the name of breeding champion with her limousin cross suckler cow, Dasher. The cow spawned through Istabraq and then remained in reserve in the cross section.
In the rings, the wonderful honors were hotly contested with a referee called to make the final decision between the natural and crusader champions. He eventually thought of Tiree Gold Bar, a locally bred Gimmer from Alasdair MacLean’s Beltex herd, as the ideal. sheep of the day. The gimmer spawned through Callacrag Dictator and descended from a Corstane Currie Ewe and propelled Ettie MacDonald’s Achnaba Blackface Ewe into position.
In addition to the Blackie champion, Ettie MacDonald of Mannal also won the Lachie Druimfraoich Quaich for the mule sheep with a Scotch Mule Ewe lamb and the maximum numbers in the sheep segment for crofters.
Keeping this in the family, the young Ruairidh MacDonald won two trophies in the young farmers segment with his Mule Ewe Lamb and Callum MacKinnon from Fasgadh, Balinoe, took first place and the Heylipol Farm Cup for the most productive young rider.
Dougie MacDonald Junior of Baracaldine, sheep crossing judged by day, placed Coinneach MacKinnon’s Blue Texel cross lambs as the champion of the most productive lambs, winning him the DA MacLean Cup.
In the horse and pony events, Lily Larg of Balemartine won the championship with her fallen pony Amber.
Popular puppy categories were judged by Thomas Milne, who had the daunting task of settling on his champion of a variety of dog breeds and a hamster. The champion puppy was awarded to Golden Labrador Lady, owned by Carolyn Wood.
Ross MacLennan swept the forums in the tractor categories, winning the segment with a Gentry Fergie TE 20.
Throwing the sheaf had the number of entries and this year included a women’s competition. The winners were Ewan Brown of Crossapol and Sheena MacKinnon of Kenovay.
The judges of the day were: Eoin Brown of Aorach Farm, Islay, cattle; Dougie MacDonald Junior, from Tyree, Barcaldine, First Lambs, Blackface and Cross Sheep; Andrew Morton of Lochend, Denny, Stirling, Pure Sheep and Kim-Jo Kesteloot of Belgium for horses and ponies.
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