BCCS September Newsletter 2022

Balmoral Show - Judge Andrew Hornall
British Charolais once again returned
to the Balmoral Show, Northern
Ireland’s largest and most highlyanticipated
agricultural event. The
event was held over the course of
Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 May
2022, and included a multitude of
exceptional Charolais animals, judged
by Andrew Hornall of the Falleninch
herd in Stirling.
BESSIEBELL NANA was the talk of
the event, securing the titles of
Supreme Charolais Champion and
the Interbreed Beef Champion of
Champions. This exceptional 4-year-old
was exhibited by breeder J Smyth of
Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, along
with her beautiful twin calves. This
wasn’t Nana’s first taste of success
at Balmoral – she had also previously
achieved the title of Reserve Supreme
Champion in 2019. Nana comes from
a high-achieving bloodline, with her
sire Derryharney Jumbo winning
Reserve Intermediate Champion
at Stirling in 2015, and her dam
Aghyoule Finoula (a Doonally New
daughter) securing Reserve Overall
Champion at Dungannon in 2012. The
Interbreed judge, Michael Durno from
Aberdeenshire, stated Nana was a
“reasonably easy winner” and “she is
a great example of the Charolais breed
and rearing two calves as well, she’s
working hard and doing a good job”
Standing in reserve to Nana for
Supreme Champion was the day’s
Junior Champion BRIGADOON
SICILY, a 13-month-old bull exhibited
by breeder W D & J A Connolly of
Ballynahinch, Co. Down. Sicily also
has an impressive lineage behind
him, having been sired by Newhouse
Maxamus who was Reserve
Intermediate Champion & sold for
15,000gns at Stirling in 2018. Sicily’s
dam is Brigadoon Naples, a daughter of
2015 Stirling Reserve Junior Champion
Goldies Icon.
Bessiebell Nana Supreme Charolais champion and the Interbreed Beef Champion of
Champions
selected by Charolais judge Andrew
Hornall were put forward for the
Interbreed Group Championships.
Taking the group-of-three Reserve
Interbreed Championship were
BRIGADOON SICILY and BRIGADOON
SUNRISE from W D & J A Connolly,
along with DRUMLEGAGH ROXANNA,
a young Drumlegagh-Oscar-sired heifer
bred and exhibited by J & E A Elliott of
Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone.
The same group of three were
then joined by 2 additional heifers
to compete in the group-of-five
Championships. Joining Sicily, Sunrise,
and Roxanna were BATTLEFORD
SNOWBALL from B Finnegan
of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, and
LOUGHRISCOUSE SAVANNA from H &
H Heron in Newtownards, Co. Down.
This young group were an excellent
example of the Charolais breed, and
secured the title of the group-of-5
Reserve Interbreed Champions
The final competition of the week was
the Interbreed Exhibitor-Bred Pair
Championship. After an extremely
close round of judging on the Saturday,
the Championship went to the young
Charolais pair bred & exhibited by
The day’s Reserve Junior Champion
and Overall Heifer Champion was
Sicily’s sister BRIGADOON SUNRISE,
a 13-month-old heifer also from W
D & J A Connolly. Like Sicily, Sunrise
was also sired by the 15,000gns
Newhouse Maxamus, and her dam is
Brigadoon Nevada, another Goldies
Icon daughter.
Later in the week the Charolais teams
Brigadoon Sicily Reserve supreme Charolais champion and Junior champion
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