Mr Ingram said his winner caught his eye for its carcase and scale, as soon as it came into the ring
This was the MV-accredited and Texel champion, Uppermill Highway Express, a shearling ram by Clanfield Golden out of an Ettrick Earthquake daughter from Boden and Davies, Stockport. Having been bought for 10,000gns at the Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders Club sale at Carlisle as a lamb from breeders, the McKerrow family, Ellon, it was having its first show ring outing.
Reserve supreme
Reserve supreme overall and reserve MV-accredited was the Beltex champion, a home-bred shearling ewe by Matt's Joker from the Wilkinson family's Langlands flock, Richmond. The family also claimed the reserve female breed championship and reserve male championship with a ewe lamb and ram lamb from the same flush by Buckles Jericho.
Non-MV accredited championship
In the breed's centenary year, the non-MV accredited championship went to the Clun Forest champion, Inside Hype Hubert, a home-bred shearling ram by Honddu Gilbert from Paul and Lydia Murray, Penrith, which had been reserve inter-breed champion at Northumberland County Show.
Amy Donlon, Northallerton, took the reserve non-MV accredited title for the second year running. This time with her Teeswater champion, Highfields Goldie, a home-bred hogg in wool by a Burnbridge ram which had been supreme champion at North Yorkshire County Show.
Commercial championship
The commercial female championship went to Caesar Kermode who had made the trip from the Isle of Man with his home-bred Suffolk cross Charollais shearling ewe.
In reserve was the Masham champion, a shearling ewe from David Buck, Barnard Castle, which had been bought as a lamb at Bentham mart from breeder, David Verity.
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National shows
At the breed's national show, the Zwartbles championship went to Aaron Breeze, Manfield, North Yorkshire, with a home-bred shearling ewe by Heyberries K Class from his Olbre flock.
It was also the Kerry Hill national show where the championship went to Will Awan, Bath, with his winning two-shear ram, Malbrook Jango, which was bought from breeder, John Croose, as a shearling.
Jade and Richard Bett, Louth, took the Berrichon championship with Yarburgh Adventurer, a son of last year's champion, Yarburgh Wright which had been champion at the national show at Royal Three Counties.
They also took the reserve breed title with a shearling ewe and reserve male and reserve female with twin lambs and the Badger Face Texel championship with Woodies Delight, a shearling ewe which had been bought from Stuart Wood as a lamb.
For the third year running Jet Alisa, a two-crop home-bred ewe from Ian Teasdale and family, York, claimed the Rouge championship.
Josh and Zoe Eddleston, Ribchester, were competing at the show for the first time and took the Border Leicester championship with a two-shear ram from their Ribbleway flock which had been bought from the Slatehill flock, Northern Ireland, at Lanark as a lamb.
The Charollais championship went to the Marwood family, York, with a home-bred shearling ewe Lowerye Vulcan from their Foulrice flock.
Bethany Chew and Ben Whitham, Bingley, took the Dutch Spotted championship with Milltown Hulk, a shearling ram by Milltown Golden Balls from their Lode Pit flock.
The Whitefaced Woodland championship went to John William Thorp, Rishworth, with the winning aged ram from the family's High Moss flock.
RESULTS
Inter-breed (Judge, W. Ingram, Inverurie) Supreme and sup. MV-accredited, Boden and Davies (Texel); reserve and res. MV-accredited, J. Wilkinson (Beltex); sup., non-MV-accredited, P. and L. Murray (Clun Forest); res. non-MV-accredited, A. Donlon (Teeswater).
Any other continental/native breed (M. Ireland, Clitheroe) Sup. and fem., res. and male, res. fem. and res. male, J. McInnes Skinner (Millennium Blue).
Any other down breed (J. Crump, Gloucestershire) Sup. and fem., C. Shevelan (Shropshire); res. and male, R. Judson (Southdown); res. fem. and res. male, D. Wardell (Shropshire).
Any other longwool breed (J. Crump) Sup. and fem. and res. male, F. Richardson (Black Leicester Longwool); res. and res. fem., F. James (Greyface Dartmoor); male, D. Stanhope (Cotswold).
Any other primitive breed (J. Crump) Sup. and fem., C. Shevelan (North Ronaldsay); res. and male, res. fem. and res. male, S. Mather (Manx Loaghtan).
Any other hill/heath breed (W. Workman, Powys) Sup. and fem. and male, S. Mather (Hill Radnor); res. and res. fem., A. Wilson (Llanwenog); res. male, M. Gamble (Hill Radnor).
Badger Face Texel (S. Ley, Liskeard) Sup. and fem. and res. male, R. Bett; res. and res. fem., J. Bailey; male, J. Clamp.
Beltex (M. Prince, Chesterfield) Sup. and fem., res. and res. fem. and res. male, J. Wilkinson; male, T. Buckle.
Blackface (M. Walton, Hexham) Sup. and male and res. male, P. Turnbull; res. and fem., D. Walton; res. fem., K. Ridley.
Bleu du Maine (J. Aiken, Wigton) Sup. and fem. and res. male, J. McInnes Skinner ; res. and res. fem., M. Holtom; male, S. Goldie.
Blue Texel (A. Bishop, Gloucester) Sup. and fem. and male, G. and V. Bowring; res. and res. fem., J.K.R. Aiken; res. male, G. McDowell.
Bluefaced Leicester (A. Hunter, Hexham) Sup. and fem., A.K.P.S. Pye; res. and res. fem., J. Stenton; male and res. male, S. Tween.
Border Leicester (O. Hughes-Owen, Anglesey) Sup. and male and res. fem., J. Eddleston; res. and fem., B.T. Stanley; res. male, J.K.R. Aiken.
Berrichon (M. Lakey, Melton Constable) Sup. and male, res. and fem., res. male and res. fem., J.A. Bett.
Charollais (T. Nancekivell, Bude) Sup. and fem., C.W. Marwood and Son; res. and res. fem., J.E. Danforth; male, M. and M. Alford; res. male, J. Wales.
Rouge (P. Imlah, Newmacher) Sup. and fem., I. Teasdale; res. and res. fem., R.A. Rundle; male, A. Mitchell; res. male, A. Carter.
Butchers lambs (S. Kneafsey, York) Sup., E. Avis; res., L. Robinson.
Castlemilk Moorit (C. Dodd, Aldershot) Sup. and male, M. Ballard; res. and fem., res. male and res. fem., B. Pearson.
Clun Forest (B. Davies, Brecon) Sup. and male and res. and fem., P.L. Murray; res. male and res. fem., A.J. Fisher.
Coloured Ryeland (S. Unwin, Shrewsbury) Sup. and fem., E. Wall; res. and male, M. Whitehurst and A. Briggs; res. fem., K. Atkinson Shaw; res. male, N. Griffiths.
Crossbred commercial female (S. Kneafsey) Sup., P. Kermode; res., J. Frankland.
Dalesbred (P. Taylor, Settle) Sup. and fem. and res. fem., H. Challis; res. and male, T.J. Kelsall; res. male, M. Brown.
Derbyshire Gritstone (J. Scriven, Skipton) Sup. and fem. and res. male, J. Kempson; res. and male and res. fem., M. Redfearn.
Dorset Horn/Poll Dorset (S. Downes, Tregaron) Sup. and fem. and male, S. Driver; res. and res. fem., F. Lea; male, res. male, J.M. Odgers.
Dutch Spotted (J. Marshall, Kinross) Sup. and male, B. Chew; res. and fem., G. Stanford; res. male, J. Whiteford; res. fem., I. Harding.
Hampshire Down (R. McFarlane, Stirling) Sup. and male, L. Stainthorpe; res. and fem., A. Chapman; res. male, S. Short; res. fem., J. Bailey.
Hebridean (J. James, West Linton) Sup. and male and res. fem., L. Cowper; res. and fem., V.C.K. Mason; res. male, C. Tyson.
Herdwick (W. Hardisty, Cleator) Sup. and fem., H. Parker-Wright; res. and male and res. fem.,I.A. Grisedale; res. male, J. Wilson.
Jacob (S. Dalrymple, Bo'ness) Sup. and fem. and male, A. Barker; res. and res. fem., B. Stanley; res. male, R. Knowles.
Kerry Hill (R. Price, Montgomery) Sup. and male, W. Awan; res. and fem., A. Wilson; res. male, C. Adamson; res. fem., A.J. Fisher.
Leicester Longwool (C. Muddiman, Brackley) Sup. and fem. and res. fem., H. Grant; res. and male and res. male, M. Towse.
Lincoln Longwool (H. Fussey, Barton upon Humber) Sup. and fem., J. Pennell; res. and res. fem. and male, H. Dixon; res. male, K.R.P. Harding.
Lleyn (J. Dugdale, Settle) Sup. and male, A. Carter; res. and fem., C. Valentine; res. male and res. fem., H. Dean.
Lonk (T. Pickard, Blackburn) Sup. and male and res. and fem., res. male and res. fem., G. Morton.
Masham (R. Brown, Skipton) Sup., D. Buck; res., J. Jackson.
Mule (J. Hodgson, Windermere) Sup., G. Jackson; res., J. Robinson.
North Country Cheviot – Park (P. Hedley, Jedburgh) Sup. and male, res. male and res. fem., K. Stones; res. and fem., L. Bell-Percy.
Oxford Down (J. Brown, Tenby) Sup. and male, J. Richardson; res. and fem., res. male and res. fem., M. Blackwell.
Rough Fell (D. Watson, Sedbergh) Sup. and male and res. fem., B. Knowles; res. and fem., A. Longworth; res. male, S.W. Dickinson.
Ryeland (S. Bryden, Lockerbie) Sup. and fem., T. Wright; res. and res. fem. and res. male, A. Burton; male, S. Hipps.
Shetland (P. Cowan, Bishop Auckland) Sup. and fem. and male, A. Cass; res. and res. fem. and res. male, J. Watson.
Suffolk (J. Soulsby, Penrith) Sup. and fem., O. Watson; res. and res. fem., A. Mitchell; male, R.K. Denby; res. male, G. Richmond.
Swaledale (D. Bower, Alston) Sup. and male, T. Blades; res. and fem., A. Bainbridge; res. male, J.D. Hutchinson; res. fem., L. Blades.
Teeswater (W. Dawson, Clapham) Sup. and fem., res. fem. and res. male, A. Donlon; res. and male, G. and K. Horner.
Texel (G. Williams, Lampeter) Sup. and male, Boden and Davies; res. and res. male, J.K.R. Aiken; fem., R. Campbell; res. fem., J. Porter.
Valais Blacknose (R. Irvine, Ballindoch) Sup. and fem. and res. and res. fem., R. Staniforth; male, E. Newton; res. male, R. Collinson.
Wensleydale (F. Magill, Rathfriland) Sup. and fem., L. McPartland; res. and res. fem., A. Pennell; male and res. male, J.A.F. Elliott.
Whitefaced Woodland (C. Mitchell, Holmfirth) Sup. and male, J. Thorp; res. and fem. and res. male, R. Smith; res. fem., A. Bywaters.
Zwartbles (F. Brown, Bowes) Sup. and fem., A. Breeze; res. and male and res. fem., P. Addison; res. male, C. Anderson.
