Backmuir take Bronze in 2024 Simmental Miss Europe The results are in and British Simmental genetics are again to the fore in this year’s online 2024 Simmental Championship of Europe, taking silver in the Overall Champion of Europe, and bronze in the Simmental Miss...
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• Lisglass Heifer wins Senior Championship • Haystar Revolver lifts the Junior Championship Northern Ireland Simmental breeders were out in force at the fourth staging of the NI Club’s Annual Calf Show held on Saturday 30th November, at Ballymena Livestock Market....
It’s been another fantastic Simmental Virtual Show and we are delighted to crown the 2024 Overall Supreme Champion who is Delfur Weigela N12 the October 2022 born heifer from Delfur Farms, Rothes, Aberlour. A massive well done to Delfur Farms, and to herd manager Garry Patterson. Weigela N12 has had to do it the hard way, coming through the year’s largest class of 134 entries before being awarded the Female Championship. Very fittingly we are absolutely delighted to have BSCS President Norman Robson of the noted Kilbride Farm, Doagh, Ballyclare as this year’s Supreme Championship judge. Please see the video where Norman outlines his thoughts on his Champion animals, and on this year’s show generally.
Garry Patterson said: “I’m absolutely over the moon to hear that Delfur Weigela N12 has won the 2024 Simmental Virtual Show! We were really delighted to win what was a huge Class Four and with Delfur Nifty being in second place. This overall win now caps that. It’s been a terrific competition with a very high standard throughout, and just a great advert for the Simmental breed. The Virtual Show is a real opportunity to promote your cattle, I’ve enjoyed watching the classes, and was delighted to have also judged a class this year.” Of Delfur Weigela N12, Garry went on to say, “Along with Delfur Nifty, Weigela has done really well at the backend shows last year and through this summer and has just continued to improve and come on. In shaping and developing the Delfur herd these are the type and quality of heifers we hope to continue to breed and build around.” Delfur Weigela N12 has been served by the herd stock bull Islavale Magnum which was purchased for 28,000gns at Stirling in October 2022.
So it’s ‘over and out’ for the 2024 Simmental Virtual Show with the fifth staging of this event coming to a fantastic conclusion. We’ve said it before but the Simmental Virtual Show really is the online competition that keeps on giving. Over 450 pedigree Simmental cattle entered by breeders from all over the UK, and with the standard of entries going up year on year. The Simmental breed has enjoyed a tremendous summer in the 2024 live show rings and the standard of entries in this online competition just shows the depth of quality there is in the British Simmental herd book! There’s definitely more to Simmental.
The 2024 Simmental Virtual Show has been a fantastic promotion of cattle, herds, and the British Simmental breed. We would like to say a genuine and massive thank you to all of this year’s exhibitors for entering, to the judges for so readily taking part and providing some great videos, and to the huge online audiences who have been watching week on week.
First and foremost the Simmental Virtual Show is about bringing people together and giving them the opportunity to showcase their cattle on an inexpensive platform, and having a lot of fun doing so along the way! We love the feedback we have continued to receive throughout this year’s competition and are just so pleased that so many enjoy it.
It goes without saying that we’re already scheduling in the 2025 Simmental Virtual Show in next year’s timetable of events!!
