Three one-day
agricultural shows in the Midlands are pleased to announce the Three Shires
Cattle Competition also referred to as the ‘Triple Crown’ for cattle showing is
back and has three new sponsors.
Hanbury
Countryside Show in Worcestershire (Saturday, July 1st), Burwarton
Show in Shropshire (Thursday, August 3rd) and Moreton Show in
Gloucestershire (Saturday, September 2nd) will award the Three
Shires Cattle Trophy to the exhibitor who gains the most points across all
three shows.
The
respected award, with a £1,000 top prize, is sponsored by MBG Veterinary
Surgeons, Shropshire Farm Vets and Hook Norton Veterinary Group. The leading
farm animal veterinary practices from Worcestershire, Shropshire and
Gloucestershire; the three counties in which each of the Shows are held.
Ollie
Morrison, partner at MBG Veterinary Surgeons said, ‘We
are pleased to be joining forces with two other leading Midlands veterinary
practices to support the 2023 Three Shires Cattle Trophy Competition’.
James
Marsden, partner at Shropshire Farm Vets, followed by saying, ‘it’s a pleasure
to be supporting this prestigious farming award, Shropshire Farm Vets alongside
MBG and Hook Norton Vets are keen to promote and support cattle showing across
the Midlands’.
Steve
Glanvill, partner at Hook Norton Veterinary Group, hailed the new partnership
and said: ‘we are greatly looking forward to presenting the awards to the
winners at Moreton Show in September’.
The three
vet practices are committed to the future of the sustainable family farm model
and for providing a high-quality service for farmers in their respective areas
across the three counties of Worcestershire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire.
All three are established independent veterinary businesses offering a broad
provision of services undertaken by an experienced and committed team of
vets.
MBG
Veterinary Surgeons, Shropshire Farm Vets and Hook Norton Veterinary Group wish
all the competitors the very best of luck in the Three Shires Cattle Trophy
this year!
Handlers
will accumulate points by showing their cattle at all three shows and the
running total will be kept secret until the finale at Moreton Show. As well as the £1000 top prize, the runner up
will receive £350 and £150 will go to third place.
Gill Brian, Cattle
Secretary at Hanbury said: ‘We hope that the competition will encourage
increased support for cattle showing at each of the Shows. This in turn helps
to promote the very best of British livestock farming’.
Lynne
Parkes, Moreton Livestock Secretary said: ‘this treble, involving three shows,
is aiming to attract some of the finest cattle from across the UK and we’d like
to encourage farmers to compete for what will be the equivalent of a
championship final in cattle showing.’
Peter
Kirton, Chief Cattle Steward at Burwarton said: ‘This is the cattle showing
competition with a modern twist, and we hope people will enjoy what we have to
offer at all three shows.’
The
prize-giving forms part of the Livestock Parade in the Grand Arena at Moreton
Show. The livestock showing section boasts around 400 livestock on show on Saturday
2nd September.
Information
about how to compete and the scoring system for the cattle showing ‘Triple
Crown’ is available on the shows’ websites:
