Texel
Growvite
All-Ireland
Athenry 20th June 2008
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,
Mr. Brendan Smith, tries his hand at Texel judging at the Growvite Texel
All-Ireland watched closely by Brendan Crowe and
Mark O’Rourke of Univet
the sponsors, judge on the day Henry Gamble and the exhibitors of the first four
class winners.
L-R: Mark O'Rourke (Univet), Pat Greaney showing the first prize winner in the
Senior Ewe Lamb class and the overall Champion for Ellen Bailey, Batterstown,
Trim, Co. Meath, Henry Gamble,
Bangor, Co. Down (Judge).
L-R: Mark O'Rourke (Univet),
Henry Gamble (Judge) and
Liam Walsh, Ballina, Co. Mayo,
with the first prize winner in the Junior Ewe Lamb class.
L-R: Stephen Lyons (Univet),
Henry Gamble (Judge),
Padraic Niland, Kinvara, Co. Galway, showing the first prize winner in the
Junior Ram Lamb class.
L-R: Mark O’Rourke (Univet),
Henry Gamble (Judge),
Pat Greaney showing the 1st prize winning Aged Ewe for Ellen Bailey,
Batterstown, Trim, Co. Meath.
L-R: Stephen Lyons (Univet), Patrick O'Keefe, Mallow, Co. Cork, with the first
prize winner of the Novice Ewe Lamb class, Henry Gamble (Judge),
Arthur O'Keefe with the first prize winner
of the Novice Ram Lamb class.
L-R: Mark O’Rourke (Univet),
Henry Gamble (Judge), Harry Noble, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford with the 1st
prize winning Aged Ram.
L-R: Mark O’Rourke (Univet),
Henry Gamble (Judge), Pat Greaney exhibiting the 1st prize winner in the Senior
Ram Lamb class for Ellen Bailey, Batterstown, Trim, Co. Meath.
L-R: Mark O'Rourke, Henry Gamble (Judge), Ryan Greene, Culdaff,
Co. Donegal, with his first prize winner in the Shearling Ewe class.
L-R: Stephen Lyons (Univet),
Henry Gamble (Judge),
Henry Fitzgerald, Kilavullen, Co. Cork,
with the 1st Prize winning Shearling Ram.
1st Prize winner in the
Junior Texel Stockperson,
Stephen Coen, Holymount,
Co. Mayo.
Senior Ram Lamb class L-R: 1st Pat Greaney showing for Ellen Bailey, Trim,
Co. Meath. 2nd Pat Lyons, Loughrea, Co. Galway. 3rd John Neville showing for
Ronan Gallagher, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo. 4th Anne Murphy, Gorey, Co. Wexford .
5th & 6th John & Colm McHugh, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan.
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Contact: Jim Walker, Secretary, Irish Texel Sheep Society, Ballybrennan, Killinick, Co.
Wexford, Ireland.
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