Ballyrush Texel Gimmer Double Championship at Newry Show

The competition is kindly sponsored by Galloway & MacLeod and Provita Animal Health with breeders competing throughout the show season for the coveted title of Show Flock of the Year.

Judge Stewart Ferris, Bellefield Texels had the job of choosing his favourites from six different classes to eventually pick the best of the best for his Champion and Reserve titles.

Claiming Reserve Champion on the day was James Herdman’s Templepark exhibit and already prize winning Shearling Ram, Longstone Iron Man, LPT25 02260. Iron Man, a Coniston Equinox son out of an Usk Vale dam by Cressage Enforcer, has been making his mark in the show ring this season, already claiming rosettes at RUAS Balmoral, the National Show of Texels in Armagh and Lurgan Show.

However it was a flashy gimmer on her first outing from the Ballyrush exhibits owned by Co Down Breeders Josh Vance and Lucy Gabbey who took Mr Ferris’s eye for the Champion rosette. XJV2500007, the first female bred at Ballyrush, is a 28K Auldhouseburn Fancy Pants daughter out of a Glenhone sired dam. Not only did she claim champion texel but later went on to take the Interbreed Champion title.

Newry Show 2026 Results

Shearling Ram Class: 1. James Herdman

Aged Ewe Class: 1. O’Hare Family; 2. O’Hare Family; 3. Daniel Murray; 4. James Herdman; 5. James Herdman; 6. Patrick Rooney

Shearling Ewe Class: 1. Josh Vance; 2. Josh Vance; 3. O’Hare Family; 4. O’Hare Family; 5. O’Hare Family; 6. Aiden Casement

Ram Lamb Class: 1. O’Hare Family; 2. O’Hare Family; 3. James Herdman; 4. Daniel Murray; 5. Brian Malloy; 6. James Herdman; 7. Patrick Rooney

Ewe Lamb Class: 1. James Herdman; 2. O’Hare Family; 3. Oisin Casement; 4. Brian Malloy; 5. Oisin Casement

Pairs: 1. Josh Vance; 2. O’Hare Family; 3. Oisin Casement

Champion: Josh Vance Shearling Ewe XJV2500007

Reserve Champion: James Herdman Shearling Ram LPT25 02260