Preparations are well in hand for a National Hereford Calf show to be held at the GVM Cattle Display Arena, Tullamore. The date selected for the event which will be held under the auspices of the Irish Hereford Breed Society North Leinster Branch is Saturday November 22^nd 2014. Generous sponsorship is currently being put in place. The branch and its members are to be commended on this very welcome initiative at a time of increasing interest in the breed.

• Schedule National Calf Show Classes 2014
• Irish Hereford National Calf Show 2014 Entry Form

Classes will include four heifer calf classes and four bull calf classes. Two further classes will be held for Young Hereford Handlers in two different age-groups.

Classes will be for:

1. calf born on or between 1^st September 2013 and 31^st October 2013
2. Calf born on or between 1^st November 2013 and 31^st of December 2013
3. Calf born on or between 1^st January 2014 and 28^th February 2014
4. Calf born on or after 1^st March 2014

Closing date for entries will be 1^st November 2014

For further information contact Chairman Anselm Fitzgerald on 087 662 3403 or Secretary Joe Deverell on 087 270 2271

Winner Young Handler Class and William J Twomey Memorial Trophy Sarah Murray, Moate, Co Westmeath with Irish Hereford Society President Ivor Deverell

Nenagh Sale 19th April 2014

Championship winner Ted O’Sullivan receives the Appelbe Trophy from John Appelbe with Hereford Society judge & President Timmy O’Sullivan and Pat McCarthy IHBS

Kilmallock Sale 25th April 2014

Kilkenny Show and Sale April 2014

Champ Glosterbeg 263, Judge John Canty, owners David,Glen & Davina Lewis with IHBS President Timmy O’Sullivan

Tullamore Show & Sale March 2014