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Awards Dinner 2011
Written by Show Secretary   
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:58

 

 Ballymena Show Awards Dinner Dance for 2011 was held on 
7th October at Ross Park Hotel, Kells, Ballymena. 
Guest speaker for the evening was Mrs Eileen Mol,
President of Slemish Area WI and music was
provided by 'Panache'. 
Photos for 2011 to follow soon.




  
Make sure to attend Ballymena Show 2012 and try to win some of these trophies. 


Cup Name

Details

Winner

Robin Caruth 

Best 2 year Gelding or Filly, bred in Ireland, suitable for saddle –

classes 29-30

 

Martin & Walsh

McWatters

Best Non-Thoroughbred Brood Mare calculated to produce Hunters or Riding Horses, in Foal, with Foal at Foot or having produced a foal in 2010

 

Desmond Gibson

John Glenn McCaughey

 

Best Hunter Brood Mare in the Show

Desmond Gibson

DF & J Kyle

Shared between the Best Overall Horse and Best Overall Pony (each retaining the trophy for 6 months)

Desmond Gibson (horse) &

Elaine Sherrard (pony)

 

Hugh Cameron

 

Champion Young Pony shown in Hand

Elaine Sherrard

Ballygarvey

Champion Shetland Pony

 

Glenlough Stud

Gardenvale

Best Leading Rein Shetland Pony

 

Glenlough Stud

Walter Roden

Best Show Hunter Pony (classes 70-72)

 

Hannah Finlay

 

May Bates

Best Shetland, Mare or Filly, 3 years old & over

 

AD Wheeler

Elizabeth Lynn

 

Best Registered 2 year old Shetland

Janet Burns

Meredith Bates

Best Shetland Mare, 4 years old and over with Foal at Foot.

 

Gordon Laverty

Secretary

Best Childrens Riding Pony

 

Anne Torrens

JTM Youth & Employment Agency

Pony attaining highest number of points in the Working Hunter Pony classes

Emily McGowan

Alex Caruth

Best Ridden Hunter, Mare or Gelding

 

R Iggulden
for Andrea McKee

John Warwick

Best 4 year old Ridden Hunter

(classes 3-4)

 

R Iggulden

McAllister

Best Ridden Hunter, Mare or Gelding, over 148cms and not exceeding 160cms

 

Stephen Byers

 

Cup Name

Details

Winner

Hugh Dunlop

Best Working Hunter Horse

 

Joanne Jarden

Sam McAteer

Best Open Ridden Cob

 

M Floyd

John Caruth

Best Young Hunter in the show 1,2 or 3 years old

 

Terry Johnston

Smiley

Best Gelding or Filly, bred in Ireland, 3 years old suitable for saddle

(classes 31-34)

 

Terry Johnston

Robert Arthur

Best Thoroughbred Filly, 1,2 or 3 years old

 

Mrs CF O’Neill

Blair

Champion Clydesdale in the show

 

Fred Hanna

Kerr-Smiley

Best Colt, Gelding or Filly, 1, 2 or 3 years old, suitable for Agricultural purposes

 

Fred Hanna

Ross

Best Colt, Gelding or Filly, bred in Ireland, 1, 2 or 3 years old, suitable for Agricultural purposes

 

Fred Hanna

James McNeill

Male Champion in the Clydesdale Horse section

 

Sam & Veronica Parke

Teeshan Road Stud

 

Champion Family Pony

Sophie Clugston

 

Cup Name

Details

Winner

Fourtowns

Supreme Champion in the Cattle section

John  A Patterson & Sons

 

Dale Farm/Moores

Overall Dairy Champion

John A Patterson & Sons

 

Hinds

Best Holstein in the show

John A Patterson & Sons

 

Co-Operative

Best Holstein Cow in the show

John A Patterson & Sons

 

Ivomec

Overall Beef Champion

Gilbert J Crawford

 

Carplant

Overall Beef Champion

Gilbert J Crawford

 

 

 

Cup Name

Details

Winner

AJC Lamont

Best Exhibit in the Charolais section

Gilbert J Crawford

 

JH McKinney & Sons

Best Exhibit of Opposite sex to the Champion in the Charolais section

 

Gilbert J Crawford

Hereford

Best Irish Bred Hereford (male or female) in the show

 

C & M Beatty & Son

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Champion Hereford (male or female)

 

C & M Beatty & Son

Thompson

Best Pedigree Jersey in the show

 

Clandeboye Estate

Robert King

Best Group of Three Dairy cattle

 

Clandeboye Estate

McLarnon Feeds

 

Winner of the Dairy Group class

Clandeboye Estate

WD Perry

Best Overall Young Handler

Mark Henry &

Jack Smyth (shared)

 

Northern Constitution

 

Best Exhibit in the Simmental section

S & P McDonald

James McWhirter

Best Pair of Pedigree Beef animals at least 1 year old

 

Andrew Craig

Templeton

Champion Aberdeen Angus

 

S & S Matchett

Cattle Breeders Club Cow Bell

Best exhibit of Opposite sex to the Champion in the Simmental section

WD Hazelton

Allam

 

Champion Limousin

Robert S Clyde

NI Blonde Cattle Club

Champion Blonde

Ivaniskey Blondes,

I & R McElroy & Son

 

Saler Champion

 

Saler Champion – presented on show day 

Carrickview Salers, George McCall

Bill Cruikshanks

 

Best Home Bred Saler –presented on show day

J & EA Elliott

Saler Pair

Best Pair of Salers – presented on show day

 

J & EA Elliott

Saler Reserve Champion

Reserve Champion Saler – presented on show day

 

J & EA Elliott

Cup Name

Details

Winner

United Feeds/Issac Andrews

 

Best pair of Pedigree Dairy animals from same exhibitor

JA & SD Perry

Hugh A Clarke

Cow awarded the highest points in the Production & Inspection class – Holstein section 

 

JA & SD Perry

Bibby

Best Pedigree Ayrshire in the show 

 

Thomas Gordon

Francis Graham

 

Best Purebred Ayrshire in the show

 

Thomas Gordon

AI Services

Junior Holstein Champion

 

Iain McLean

Aughnakealie

Native & Traditional Breed Cattle Champion

 

T & K Madden

Montgomerys Food Hall

Best Dexter exhibited

Bruces Hill Cattle Company, Mike Frazer

 

 

Cup Name

Details

Winner

Robert L Orr

Supreme Champion in the Sheep section

Mark JW Priestley

Ian Stuart

Champion Suffolk sheep in 2011 – rotates annually

 

Mark JW Priestley

Robinson Rosebowl

 

Champion Suffolk

Mark JW Priestley

AJC Lamont

 

Champion Charollais

William McAllister

IS McWhirter

 

Champion Beltex sheep

Elizabeth McAllister

Wilson

 

Champion Dorset sheep

Samuel Caldwell

Fenagh

 

Champion Border Leicester

J Aiken

Colville

 

Best Shearling Border Leicester Ram

J Aiken

Dale

 

Best Border Leicester Lamb

J Aiken

McCoy

 

Best One Shear Border Leicester Ewe

Samuel Agnew

  

Cup Name

Details

Winner

Countrymans Inn

 

Champion Hampshire Down

J & A Fletcher

Currie

 

Champion Rouge de L’Ouest

AJ Graham

Joe Kelly

 

Best Blue-Faced Leicester

McCormick Bros

Cavendish Clarke

 

Best Exhibit in the Blackface Perth type sheep section

Rodger Crawford

Dinsmore

 

Best Blackface Perth type Female – Any age

 

Rodger Crawford

Doravil

 

Best Blackface Perth type Shearling Ram

Hugh Crawford

Blackface

 

Best Blackface Perth type Ram – Any age

Hugh Crawford

Aaron Armstrong

 

Champion Blackface Lanark type sheep

Samuel Wallace

John Crawford

Best Two year old Blackface Perth type Ram

 

Curran Bros

Automart

 

Champion Texel

Richard Henderson

Prudential Assurance

 

Champion Ile de France

Porter & Hyndman

John McBurney

 

Best Greyface Ewe

James Adams

William Moody

 

Champion Kerryhill sheep

Dale Wylie

Liam Campbell

 

Champion Zwartble sheep

Melvyn Dorman

Dalconisk

 

Best Milk Goat in the show

Galbraith Bros

 

Cup Name

Details

Winner

Tyler

Supreme Champion bird

 

D & J Heron

James Waugh

Best Bird in the Waterfowl section 

 

D & J Heron

Poultry Club Waterfowl

 

Champion Waterfowl

D & J Heron

Hugh Thompson

 

Reserve Supreme Champion bird

RJ McConnell

Poultry Club Game

 

Champion Game Bird

RJ McConnell

J & N Adams

Best Old English Game Bantam

 

RJ McConnell

McGarvey & Gaston

 

Best Large Old English Game bird

Joe & Neal Adams

Alan McKee

 

Best Heavy Waterfowl

Joe & Neal Adams

David Lafferty

 

Best Old English Game Furnace Bantam

Joe & Neal Adams

Dunlop & Lewis

 

Best Brown Red Large Old English Game bird

Joe & Neal Adams

Poultry Club Soft Feather

 

Champion Soft Feather bird

Hugh Thompson

James Andrews Miniature

 

Best Breeding Trio – Standard or Bantam

Gregory Hamill

Chris & Carmel Donnelly

 

Best Soft Feather Bantam Heavy

Andrew Hamill

 

Cup Name

Details

Winner

Early Riser

Exhibitor with the most points in the Baking section

 

Betty Holmes

R Vogan Sewing Machines

 

Person gaining the most points in the Open Needlework and Crafts section

Annie Hamilton  &

Kathleen McAllister

(shared)

Sara Orr

 

Best Exhibit in the Floral Art section

Myrtle Calderwood

Ben Vista

Exhibitor with the highest points in the Floral Art Open section

 

Elizabeth Connor

Jane Black

Exhibitor gaining the most points in the WI section

 

Elizabeth Connor

(Garvagh WI)

Ballymena Borough Council Runcimann Bowl

 

Womens Institute gaining the most points in the WI section (Ballymena District Institutes)

Broughshane WI

& Cullybackey WI

(shared)

Ballymena Medical Supplies

 

Home/Centre gaining the most points in their section

Wilson House Resource Centre

Jane’s Kitchen

School gaining the most points in the School section (excluding baking)

 

Longstone PS

R & C Graphics shield

 

Best Overall Poem in the schools poetry section

Katie Bovill

(Longstone PS)

 

Cup Name

Details

Winner

Kernohan

Owner of the Winner of Event 1 (0.90 metres)

 

Alistair Barr

Jack Bamber

Rider of the Winner of Event 1 (0.90 metres)

 

Alistair Barr

Lisnafillan

Owner of the Winner of Event 2 (1metre)

 

G Gargan

King

Rider of the Winner of Event 2 (1metre)

 

Emma Jackson

Nathaniel Morton

Owner of the Winner of Event 3 (1.1metre)

 

Frances Mellett

John Kyle

Rider of the Winner of Event 3 (1.1metre)

 

Brian Quigley

Junior

Winner of Event 14 (138 – 90cms)

 

Sarah Wylie

 

Cup Name

Details

Winner

William McDowell

 

Best Overall Trade Stand

Peden Power

Montgomery & Murdock

Salver

Best Trade Stand in the Trade Marquee

Rainvault

 

Cup Name

Details

Winner

Roger King

Winner of the Tractor Handling competition (presented at County Antrim YFC Dinner)

 

Moycraig YFC

 

 

 

 

 

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