| The 2026 Charolais Youth Weekend concluded with the National Charolais Stock Judging Competition, kindly hosted by H Goldie & Family in Dumfries and Galloway. After a packed weekend of workshops, activities and plenty of opportunities to learn, competitors put their cattle knowledge to the test, with some excellent judging and reasons across all age groups. Novice 1st Eve Hodge (Scotland) 2nd Jack & Sophia McWilliams (Northern Ireland) 3rd Kulyn McCornick (Scotland) Junior1st Neil Barclay (Scotland) 2nd Duncan Goldie (Scotland) 3rd Owen Sellick (South West) Best Junior Reasons: Elizah Barclay (Scotland) Intermediate Joint 1st Cameron Barclay & Gregor Milne (Scotland) 2nd Thomas Hitchen (Yorkshire & North East) 3rd Zac Bothwell (Northern Ireland) Senior1st Jessie MacDougall (Scotland) 2nd James Morrison (Northern Ireland) 3rd Matthew Cochrane (Northern Ireland) Pairs1st Gregor Milne & Cameron Barclay (Scotland) 2nd James Morrison & Molly Cochrane (Northern Ireland) 3rd Jessie & Ruby MacDougall (Scotland) Open1st Richard McCornick 2nd Andrew Stott Joint 3rd Lewis Lister & Catherine MacGregor A huge congratulations to everyone who took part and to all our prize winners. It was fantastic to see so many young members getting involved, building their confidence and putting their stock judging skills into practice. The Society would like to thank H Goldie & Family for hosting the competition and Harrison & Hetherington for hosting our Friday workshops at Borderway Mart. Finally, a huge thank you to our Youth Weekend sponsors, Mayo Animal Healthcare, Caisley Tags and Weatherbys Scientific, whose generous support helped make the weekend possible. |
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