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Sire of the year

2020 Sire of the Year

Salopian Scuderia

Breeding excellence eeding excellence eeding excellence eeding excellence eeding excellence
ongratulations to Philip Poole of Shropshire for breeding Flock), Co Tyrone, and Darragh McMenamin (Mullinvale Flock), Co
the 2020 Suffolk Sheep Society Sire of the Year, ‘Salopian Donegal, paid 30,000gns for a Scuderia sired Birness ram lamb. Br Br Br Br
CScuderia’ son of ‘Solwaybank Rock Solid’ which is still The third was sold by Lakeview flock for 1,600gns to Matthew and
performing for the award winning Salopian flock. Rock Solid Hazel Fear of Somerset for their Felton Flock.
was the 2017 top priced ram lamb at the Society Scottish With an average of 17,867gns, runner up was the Innes bred
Sale in Stirling. Scuderia was purchased for 30,000gns at the Strathbogie Stradivarius jointly owned by the Delves family
2019 Stirling sale and is jointly owned by D P & R A Delves for of Powys (Bridgeview flock), I & J Barbour (Solwaybank Flock) for 135 years
addition to their Powys Bridgeview Flock, Stewart Craft from Dumfriesshire and S Craft (Lakeview Flock), Fife. This ‘Strathbogie
Fife (Lakeview Flock) and George L Stuart from Aberdeenshire A Kind of Magic’ sired lamb out of a Strathbogie dam bred two
(Birness Flock). 26,000gns ram lambs sold at the Society Scottish Lanark Sale
Scuderia’s top three sons averaged 21,200gns with all three sold from the Lakeview pen, both purchased by young Donegal Breeder
at the Society Scottish Sale in Lanark. The first sold by Michael Darragh McMenamin for his Mullinvale flock. M E Jones from
& Caolan McNally (Benedyglen Flock) for 32,000gns to D P & R Wales purchased the third at the National Sale in Shrewsbury for
A Delves’ Bridgeview Flock in Powys. Next L & M Liggett (Carony 1,600gns.

1886 – 2021

Celebrating 135 years of the

Suffolk Sheep Society

BIG WEEKEND 135 CELEBRATIONS

• National Youth Championships

• National Show & Sale

PRESIDENTS DINNER AND

ANNUAL AWARDS

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