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BUTTERMERE

SHEPHERD MEET & SHOW

The 60 th

BUTTERMERE

SHEPHERD MEET & SHOW

SATURDAY 28th OCTOBER 2006

AT LANTHWAITE GREEN

HERDWICK & SWALEDALE SHEEP

TO BE JUDGED AT 10.00AM PROMPT

SHEPHERDS’ DOGS, TERRIERS, HOUNDS,

TRAIL HOUND PUPS, CHILDREN’S PETS

WALKING STICKS AND SHEPHERD CROOKS

JUDGING TO START AT 1.00PM APPROX

FELL RACES AND CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND WRESTLING

FOUR HOUND TRAILS – FIRST TRAIL AT 1.30PM

LICENCED TENT

REFRESHMENTS & SIDE STALLS

Further information contact secretary – Louise Haston – 01900 815101

Past Shows

BUTTERMERE

SHEPHERD MEET & SHOW

SATURDAY 22nd OCTOBER 2005

AT LANTHWAITE GREEN

Results for 2005

Buttermere Shepherd Meet & Show

President – Mr Gorman

Chairman – Bob Benn

Secretary – Louise Haston

Results

Herdwick Sheep

Champion  – Andrew & Karen Nicholson

 Best Opposite Sex – Stanley Jackson

Swaledale Sheep

Champion – Andrew & Karen Nicholson

Best Opposite Sex – David Allen

Best Horn Headed Sheep – Will Rawlings

Champion Sheep on the Field – Andrew & Karen Nicholson – Herdwick

Champion Shepherd Dog – Chris Bland

Best Opposite Sex Shepherd Dog – Joe Richardson

Champion Terrier – S Glaister

 Champion Jack Russell – J Charters

Champion Hound – Melbreak Foxhounds

Champion Trail Hound Pup – J Glaister

Childrens Pets – M Wilson

Childrens Pet other than dog – D Ewart

Walking Sticks & Shepherds Crooks - Best in Show – Bob Cannon

Senior Fell Race – Gavin Bland

Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling – Ben Brockbank

2004

This was the 42nd show of the Lake District season with displays from crooks to sheep dogs, the Buttermere Show is as traditional as hill farming. It started as an event at which shepherds met to swap sheep from their Herdwick and Swaledale flocks which had gone astray. The rest - the show bit - was added more than 30 years ago.

This year, the second in the show’s new venue on the Rannerdale Farm, was a success despite threats from the weather, said secretary Lorna Norman.

Memories of years past were brought to the show by veteran commentator, Glen Tubman who played music sung by people at former shows.

This year’s president was Jock Ireland with Bob Benn as chairman.