BREAKING NEWS: BRITISH SIMMENTAL ‘VIRTUAL’ SHOW IS BACK!

by Iain | Jun 14, 2023 | 2023 Virtual Show Results, 2023, 2023 News, Virtual Show

2023 Competition to be held from July – mid August

Back with a summer bang, the fourth staging of the British Simmental ‘Virtual’ Show has been announced and will take place over a six-week period through July to mid-August.

Initiated in 2020 when there were no summer shows, this picture-based competition has caught the imagination and proved to be hugely popular with participating breeders having a go, and through the power of social media, an audience stretching across the UK and around the globe.

To date the competition has attracted some spectacular entries and with the 2021 edition seeing a remarkable 754 animals entered from breeders across the four home nations.  Class and Championship winners have reflected the strength in depth of British Simmental cattle across the country and with he first three overall winners being from Cheshire, Moray, and Cornwall!

First and foremost it’s a fun competition and an opportunity for Simmental herds, large and small, to participate.  We again hope that the ‘Virtual’ Show provides a very visible window through which to promote British Simmental genetics to fellow breeders, potential buyers, commercial producers, the UK industry in all its parts, and to a global online audience interested in good cattle.  Previous editions of the event, and now in harness with the summer shows, have also highlighted animals with forward Simmental sales potential.

Last year, and in recognition of the live summer show season being back, the classes were tightened to six in all, and followed by the Overall Championships.  We’ve stuck with that again this year and with the schedule as follows:

2023 BRITISH SIMMENTAL ‘VIRTUAL’ SHOW

Class 1:  Bull Calf born on or after 1^st August 2022. Calf name and date of birth to be stated.

Entries Open: 30^th June                      Entries Close: 7^th July

Class 2: Heifer Calf born on or after 1^st August 2022. Calf name and date of birth to be stated.

Entries Open: 8^th July              Entries Close: 14th July

Class 3: Bull born between 1^st January 2021 to 31^st July 2022. Bull name and date of birth to be stated.

Entries Open: 15th July                      Entries Close: 21st July

Class 4: Heifer born between 1^st January 2021 – 31^st July 2022.  Calf name and date of birth to be stated.

Entries Open: 22^nd July                       Entries Close: 28^th July

Class 5: Bull born before 1^st January 2021. Bull name and date of birth to be stated.

Entries Open: 29^th July                        Entries Close: 4^th August

Class 6: Cow any age, In milk.  Udder must be seen in picture, no calf to be seen in picture. Cow name and date of birth to be stated.

Entries Open: 5^th August        Entries Close: 11^th August

Special 1: Male Champion                  Announced w/c 15^th August.

Special 2: Female Champion              Announced w/c 15^th August.

Special 3: Overall Champion              Announced w/c 15^th August.

So, the sun is presently shining, the die is cast, and it’s now over to you!  We very much hope you’ll take full aim at the 2023 British Simmental ‘Virtual’ Show and once again, let’s see if we can ‘wow the online crowds’ with another showcase of quality British Simmental genetics.

Keep an eye on Facebook for updates and reminders of the respective classes.