BLUE skies and blistering sunshine brought out the crowds for the 144th Eggleston Show at Hayberries Farm, Mickleton on Saturday and visitors were treated to a spectacular event.
Show president Geoffrey Wilson said although the entry was slightly down in the cattle, the quality was exceptional in both the cattle and sheep classes.
Taking overall supreme best in show title was Annie Stones, from Swaledale, with a Texel sheep.
In the cattle section, overall cattle champion title went to Joanne and Mick Souter from Barnard Castle with their beef shorthorn cow Ashwater Grace.
In the horse section, it was a day of celebration for Mickleton-based Richie Longstaff, who won overall horse champion with his Dales pony, Lowhouses Rhianna.
The four-year-old mare, which was hand reared after its mother died when it was two weeks old, also picked up the Emmerson Memorial Perpetual Challenge Cup and was named supreme champion in the driving classes.
Boldron’s Penny Wilson made it two shows in a row, picking up the trophy for best dog in show with her working collie, Mist.
Show secretary Alan Gent was delighted with the turnout from both competitors and visitors and joked his email got the the right address when ordering the weather.
Results:
| Cattle | Trophy | Championship Awarded to | Reserve |
| Championship Points Cup (cattle classes) | Langleydale and Marwood Rose Bowl | ||
| Best Local Beef | P Hobson Perpetual Memorial Trophy | A Bentham | |
| calf | Carrs Trophy | E Clark | |
| Best Purebred Champion (excluding highland) | EAS Silver Challenge Cup | JH Craggs or A Bentham | |
| Best Simmental | North East Simmental Club Trophy | ||
| Best Cross Bred | Isaac Allinson Challenge Trophy | JH Craggs | |
| Best Beef shorthorn | Nothern Dairy Shorthorn Society Cup | MR & JE Souter | |
| Highland Champion | High Dales Meat Co Perpetual Trophy, Chatsworth Windows Cup | P & EB Robson | |
| Overall Cattle championship | Tipton and Morley Silver Rose Bowl | MR & JE Souter | |
| Best Beef Cross Pair | BOCM Pauls Tankard | JH Craggs | |
| Sheep | |||
| Supreme Overall Sheep Champion | Live-Wire Fencing Perpetual Challenge Trophy | A Stones | F Johnson |
| Overall District Champion | Eggleston Agricultural Society Perpetual Trophy for the Best Registered Blue Faced Leicester Sheep | F Johnson | Jack Wilkinson |
| District Champion | Derek Peart Memorial Trophy | F Johnson | G & L Wood & Son |
| Pen of 5 mule gimmer lambs | Sir William Gray Trophy | I and R A Watson | |
| District Champion Crossing | Blue Faced Leicester | Watson Bros | Watson Bros |
| Registered Blue Faced Leicesters and Crossing Type Lambs | T.F. Dent Perpetual Silver Points Trophy | Watson Bros | M Walton |
| Swaledale champion | R F Iceton Perpetual Challenge Cup | S Bentley & DJ Mallon | F Allinson & Son |
| Most points- Swaledale | Walter Dalton Trophy | ||
| Exhibitor, most points | P B Kent Trophy | ||
| District Swaledale Champion | G & L Addison Perpetual Trophy | S Bentley & DJ Mallon | F Allinson & Son |
| Small Breeder Champion | John Denham Silver Trophy | TW Hutchinson | TW Hutchinson |
| Best Group of 3 Native Breeds | Barnard Castle Teeswater Trophy | A Balmer | A Stones |
| Overall Native Breeds Champion | High Dales Meat Co Trophy | R Grice | |
| Champion Suffolk | Barnard Castle & Teesdale Auction Mart Trophy | R Grice | Messrs Teward |
| Best Texel, District | John Lamb Memorial Trophy | Miss A Stones | RA & JH Couthard |
| Champion Local Texel | Wrentnall Texel Perpetual Trophy | RA & JH Couthard | |
| Best Overall Pure Bred | E A S Perpetual Trophy | B Cowton | J & A Stevenson |
| Best Charollais | Gordon Forster Trophy | ||
| Overall Best Short Wooled Sheep Champion | H L Forster Challenge Trophy | A Stones | R Grice |
| Best Zwartbles | Atkinson Trophy | O Breeze | |
| Best Young Handler aged 10 and under | Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute Trophy | G Hird | |
| Best Young Handler aged 11 to 16 | W T Robinson Trophy | J Richardson | |
| Best Wensleydale | Lady Gray Trophy | ||
| Highest Placed Teesdale Branch Member | N E M S A Trophy | ||
| Swaledale gimmer lambs | Norman Field Trophy | F Allinson & Son | |
| Overall Mule Champion | I & RA Watson | ||
| Dogs | |||
| Best sheepdog | Teesdale Mercury Cup | P Wilson | |
| Best gun dog | Peter and Gladys Stubbs Trophy | F Archer | |
| Best pet dog | G & JI Lawson Trophy | C Taylor | |
| Dry stone walling | J W Nicholson Perpetual Silver Challenge Cup | ||
| Horses | |||
| Overall Champion | J W Hall Memorial Trophy | ||
| Dales Brood Mare with Foal at Foot | Northern Dairies Shorthorn Trophy | JKM Metcalfe, Bolam Midnight Lady | |
| A1 Registered Dales Ponies Championship | Emmerson Memorial Perpetual Challenge Cup and Dales Pony Society Rosette | R Longstaff, Lowhouses Rhianna | J & T Cockbain, Carrock Beauty |
| Dales Young Stock Champion | R & F Longstaff Trophy | J & T Cockbain, Carrock Beauty | JKM Metcalfe, Bolam Moonlight |
| Fell Ponies- brood mare with foal at foot | G R Coatsworth Memorial Trophy | J Cockbain, Carrock Elsa | |
| Fell Ponies- colt or filly foal | Mrs N Earnshaw Trophy | J Cockbain, Carrock Night King | |
| Fell pony Young stock | Fell Pony Breeders Association Gold Shield Rosette in Memory of Barry Smith | 239 | |
| Fell Pony Ridden | Fell Pony Society Rosette | 236 | |
| Fell Pony Gelding or mare, 3 yo or over | H Hirest Perpetual Trophy | 237 | |
| Champion Fell Pony | Darlington and Stockton Times Trophy | J Cockbain, Carrock Night King | |
| Registered Shetland Ponies, Best Foal | Claredale Shetlands Trophy | IM Walker, Parliament Tabitha | |
| Registered Shetland Ponies, Youngest Rider | Kiora Trophy | IM Walker, Parliament Tabitha | |
| Registered Shetland Ponies miniature stallion under 34″ | G D Robson Memorial Trophy | IM Walker, Bleach Green Tarquen | S Broadhead, Jasper, S Catch |
| Shetland Ponies: Best Miniature | Kiora Plate | ||
| Shetland Ponies Champion | Mrs E Passmore Silver Challenge Cup | Barugh Family, Birchmoor Simone | |
| Best Colt, gelding or filly hunter | Mary Bowron Trophy | C Robertson, Arctic Foxy, C Robertson | |
| Hunters Champion | Jos Allinson Trophy | C Robertson, Arctic Foxy, C Robertson | E Butterworth, Western Harry |
| Mountain and Moorland In Hand Championship | Mitchell Perpetual Trophy | A Collin, Wrentnall Avicii | |
| Mountain & Moorland Ridden Championship H38- H40 | E A S Trophy | E Butterworth, Western Harry, E Butterworth | |
| Skewbald & Piebald Native Trophy Championship H41, H42 | Tees Valley Beagle Trophy | J Cameron, Peter Pan | J Cameron, Peter Pan |
| A9 Mountain & Moorland best placed | Peter and Gladys Stubbs Trophy | J Cameron, Peter Pan | |
| Skewbald & Piebald Ridden Championship H47 and H48 | J & H Meynell Trophy | L Matthews, Carlton Lima Buttons, L Crisp | |
| Skewbald & Piebald Overall BSPA Champion | Alan Merrigan Memorial Trophy | L Matthews, Carlton Lima Buttons, L Crisp | |
| Appaloosa Champion | J W Nicholson Silver Challenge Trophy | ||
| Driving Champion | Lady Gray Silver Rose Bowl | ||
| Children’s Riding Champion | Shirley Dowson Silver Challenge Trophy | ||
| Child’s First Pony Champion | J D Dowson Memorial Trophy | A Hird, Cracker, A Hird | |
| Best rider Championship H63- H65 | Sir William Gray Trophy | no entries | |
| Local Rider Championship H66, H67 | Headlam Hall Trophy | no entries | |
| Donkey champion | E A S Perpetual Plaque Dukesfield Crystal | 118 | J & L Rae, SP Miss Daisy Bouquet |
| Best Male Donkey | Eggleston Show 2019 | 118 | |
| WALKING STICKS: Best dressed walking stick | J A Kidd Memorial Trophy | ||
| Fruit and Veg | |||
| Most Points in Veg Classes | Mr & Mrs A Gent Perpetual Points Shield | M Hedley | |
| Best Collection of Veg | Eggleston Agricultural Show Shield | M Hedley | |
| Best vase of pom pom dahlias | Syd Forster Memorial Trophy | G S Hodgson | |
| Best intermediate Chrysanthemum | Woodland Show Trophy | ||
| Flowers champion | Garden News Championship Shield | M Hedley | |
| Most points in floral classes | The Allanvale Trophy | S Cambage | |
| Best Exhibit in Floral Class | Hope and Win Chapman Salver | S Cambage | |
| Poultry | |||
| Best bird in show | JW Parkin Memorial Trophy | J Rodgers | |
| Best large hard feather | ET Stoddart Perpetual Memorial Trophy | E Parkin | |
| Best reserve large hard feather | WR Jewitt Tankard | E Parkin | |
| Best soft feather | Norman Cowley Perpetual Memorial Trophy | D & C Ash | |
| Best OEG Bantam | Heslop and Walling Perpetual Trophy | J Rodgers | |
| Best OE Pheasant Fowl | J Waltham Plaque | I & L Allonby | |
| Best Hard feather bantam male | WR Jewitt Plaque | R Forrester | |
| best rare breed | A & K Orton Trophy | C Collin | |
| best duck or drake | Bendholm Trophy | T Moody | |
| best goose and gander | Evans Trophy | T Moody | |
| Best juvenile soft feather | A Dodds Trophy | W Moon | |
| Best Juvenile Hard Feather | Poultry Juvenile Trophy | G Tilney | |
| Best Juvenile True Bantam | Best Juvenile True Bantam | G Tilney | |
| Best True Bantam | Best True Bantam | A & N Thornton | |
| Best juvenile drake or duck | K & B Smith Trophy | L Horrocks | |
| Best Eggs (poultry) | C Booth | ||
| Cakes, Bread and Pastries | |||
| Most points in bread & pastries and Cakes and Biscuits | Mrs Field Perpetual Trophy | D Proud | A Layland |
| Best Novelty Iced cake | Gant Trophy | Dr S Cooksey | |
| Most points in cakes and biscuits | Marwood and Langleydale WI Trophy | E Beach | |
| Most points Bread and pastry | Mavis Collinson Memorial Trophy | A Jackson | |
| Preserves | Eggleston WI Trophy | Dr L Thompson | |
| Men only cake | John Hastings Dent Memorial Trophy | J Stones | |
| L34 TO L44 CLASSES | I T Beadle Perpetual Trophy | W Robinson | |
| Industrial | |||
| BestHand Knitting | C Wilson Perpetual Memorial Trophy | W Lyons | |
| Best WI Exhibit | Glaxo SmithKline Shield | Newbiggin WI | |
| Children’s Points | JA Common Perpetual Points Shield | D Watson | |
| Most points: Eggleston Parish | Jubilee Perpetual Silver Challenge Cup | B Lovatt | |
| Chldren’s 12, 13, 14 yrs old | Newbiggin WI Trophy | B Lovatt | |
| Classes 15, 16 yrs | Louise Underwood Trophy | D Watson | |
| Photography | |||
| Photography Winner | S Dempster and T Knight Perpetual Trophy | E Beach | |
| Best Art Exhibit | Eggleston WI Cup | J Campin | |
| Trade Stands | |||
| Best Agricultural | High Force and Holwick Trophy | Sam Turner and Sons | |
| non agricultural | Chambers and Fargus Trophy | J R Interiors | |
| Ferrets | |||
| Racing | E & P Hammond Trophy | ||
| Vintage Tractor Champion | Lloyds Agriculture Championship Trophy | G Atkinson | |
| Best Stick in Show | J A Kidd Memorial Cup | D Gardner |
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![A COUNTY councillor is backing a campaign to get a pedestrian crossing in Staindrop. Frustrated parish councillors in the village summoned their county council representative Cllr George Richardson to their latest meeting to discuss several issues, including the call for a safe way to cross the A688. Earlier this year their request for a crossing was turned down by the county council’s highways officers. Parish council chairman Jonothan Raper described the reasons for the refusal as “spurious” and called on Cllr Richardson to support their campaign. He added: “One of the arguments they made was there is no clear line of desire when they studied the village – well this isn’t a clear line of desire because there isn’t a crossing, people cross whenever they can. “When the lollipop person was there, one of the things I noticed was people would walk all the way down to the lollipop person to cross the road to go to the shop or to go to the school.” He added a problem of parking at the primary school is exacerbated because people are too afraid to walk their children across the road. Cllr Richardson said he had supported previous attempts for a crossing point with the first being made about 15 years ago. He added: “We went fairly well down the road with that and they looked into it. The only recommended place was where the bus stop is and to get the visibility splays, people on the other side of the road would lose their parking. “That didn’t go down well so it just died a death.” Cllr Raper said he suspected the real reason for the officers’ refusal was the cost of installing a crossing. He added that much of the cost could be recovered from savings made on not having to employ a lollipop patrol. Cllr Raper said: “A lollipop person only provides a benefit of crossing for three hours of the day. You are getting 21 extra hours of crossing time [with a pedestrian crossing].” Cllr Richardson said he would raise the issue with the county council’s cabinet member for highways, Cllr John Shuttleworth.](https://teesdalemercury.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/georgeR-120x86.jpg)
