Fine summer weather for Sanday Show

The 2015 Sanday Show show saw M&A Lennie of Seaview winning the championship and reserve titles in both the cattle and sheep sections. However, at the end of the day it was a pony which was named overall champion of the yard.

In contrast to the poor summer weather, the show was held in sunny and sometimes overcast conditions, but it remained dry throughout the event. In the cattle ring it was the December born Limousin cross heifer calf Champagne Supernova which took the championship rosette, making in four years in a row that Seaview has won both the cattle and sheep championships at the show.

The heifer was sired by A1 Willodge Fastrac, and the dam was a home bred Limousin cross heifer.
Reserve in the cattle section was a Limousin cross yearling steer named Daredevil. The steer was sired by Dyke Elite and was out of a Belgian cross cow.

In the sheep pens, the champion was a home bred Texel gimmer. The champion was out of a home bred gimmer and by a bought in ram which came from Sebay, Tankerness. This was the first time M&A Lennie have won the sheep section at the show with a Texel. The reserve went to a home bred Suffolk gimmer, out of a ewe bought in from Tommy Delday of Old Voy Toab.

However, it was the horse champion, a 16 year old ridden pony named Colonel, shown by 10 year old Caitlin Muir of Drummonds, Sanday, which was named overall champion of the yard, after a short discussion by the judges from each section. Caitlin said that she was delighted to win on the day and that she was very proud of Colonel.

Champion in the poultry section at the show was young William Lennie with his 3 year old Appleyard duck.

Top dog was miniature bull terrier named Marcia, which was handled by Kacey Brown of Colligarth. She was showing the dog for family friend, Jay Milner.