BCCS September Newsletter 2022

Owenroe marches to the
top at Castlewellan
As the Charolais World Congress began
to draw to a close, delegates from over
15 different countries were invited to
attend the Northern Ireland Charolais
Club’s National Show, hosted at the
53 rd Annual Castlewellan Agricultural
Show in Forest Park, Castlewellan on
Saturday 16 July. Over 60 Charolais
animals were shown, highlighting
some of the best the breed has to
offer.
Castlewellan / NI Charolais Club National Show
- Judge Arwel Owen & Gareth Roberts
The day’s Overall Champion and
Senior Male Champion was 4-year-old
BROWNHILL OWENROE, exhibited by
the father-daughter team of Frankie
and Grace Reid from Ballynahinch,
Co. Down. Owenroe was bred by
the Devine Brothers of Strabane, Co.
Tyrone, and has an impressive lineage
behind him. His sire is Rumsden
Fawkes, who won the title of Supreme
Charolais Champion at Balmoral in
2014, and his dam Brownhill Indigo is
a daughter of former Perth Supreme
Champion Goldies Unbeatable.
In reserve for the Overall
Championship was the day’s Junior
Male Champion: 17-month-old
BRIGADOON SOVEREIGN from W D
& J A Connolly of Ballynahinch, Co.
Down. This strapping young lad is
out of Brigadoon Orchid, a daughter
of former Stirling Reserve Junior
Champion Goldies Icon, and his sire is
the 15,000gns Newhouse Maxamus – a
former Stirling Reserve Intermediate
Champion.
Overall Charolais champion and senior male champion Brownhill Owenroe
imported genetics, having been sired
by the French AI bull Invictus. His
dam, Woodpark Faith, is a daughter
of Rumsden Tsar and goes back to
more French blood in her grand-sire
PTIPrince.
Taking the title of Senior Female
Champion was a sister to the day’s
Reserve Senior Male Champion:
2-year-old LOUGHRISCOUSE RISIKA,
also from H & H Heron. Like her
brother Royal, Risika was also sired
by Harestone Hercules, and she is out
of another Blelack Digger daughter:
Goldies Lassie.
In reserve to Risika for the Senior
Female Championship was
GRANGWOOD ROSANNA, a 2-year-old
exhibited by J Edgar of Downpatrick,
Co. Down. Rosanna was bred by J &
K O’Keefe in ROI, and is a delightful
combination of Irish and French
genetics. She was sired by Ashleigh
Admiral, and her dam Grangwood
Imp is a daughter of the French AI bull
Texan.
Standing in reserve to Owenroe for
the Senior Male Championship was
LOUGHRISCOUSE ROYAL, a 19-monthold
bred and exhibited by H & H Heron
of Newtownards, Co. Down. Royal was
born to Lagavaich Lola, a daughter of
the ever-popular Blelack Digger, and he
was sired by Harestone Hercules.
The day’s Reserve Junior Male
Championship was secured by one
of the youngest bulls in the running:
6-month-old WOODPARK THOR
from the herd of W Short of Omagh,
Co. Tyrone. This young bull is full
of potential, and is sure to go on
to perform exceedingly well. Thor
serves as an excellent example of
Reserve overall champion and junior male champion Brigadoon Sovereign
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