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A BIG thank you to Tammie Serafin and Bob Bartholomew for providing the reports and the photos! If anyone else has some more photos to share, please email them to the webmaster and they will be included. It is so nice for those of us who can't attend to get to see some scenes of the Tunis events around the nation. |
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Just wanted to report that Tunis made a huge step forward on the west coast! Held during the Open Sheep Show, this competition featured many ancient breeds produced by individual farms that conserve these important genetics. The competition was open to all U.S. and Canadian exhibitors. Eligible breeds for this competition included: Black Welsh Mountain, Cotswold, Gulf Coast Native, Hog Island, Icelandic, Jacob, Karakul, Leicester Longwool, Blue Leicester, Lincoln, Navajo Churro, Santa Cruz, Shetland, Soay, Tunis, and California Reds. The Heritage sheep show had 123 animals entered with 10 breeds represented. I am proud to say...Tunis dominated the top spots! The show saw mostly Tunis and Lincolns in the top five in every class. Many of the classes had over 20 animals in them. Thank you so much to Bob and Alex for making this such an impressive showing. They were also recognized for enormous effort in driving such a long distance. Unfortunately we will not get our own show next year but who knows what a few years will bring! Official show results can be read here. This show really forced the sheep people of the west coast to really look at our Tunis sheep. Win and flock pictures are on www.cowfoto.com. There are more photos posted in the photos section of TunisTalk the yahoo group. |
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PHOTOS FROM THE SHOW |
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Three first time California State Fair exhibitors
Triple T loungers
RQL Farm's area
B-Bar Stock Farm's exhibits
Yearling Ram class
Champion Ram class
One of Bob's winners
Champion Ewe Class Some of Bar-B's winning ewes
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