The results are in! And what a fabulous show it was. Fifteen farms joined us at Beechwood Equestrian Centre, Essex for a weekend of alpaca appraisals and catching up with friends old and new. We are very grateful to everyone who entered and made the weekend such a success.
Thanks must go to our judge, Jo Bridge, for her tireless efforts on the Sunday as over one hundred outstanding alpacas made their way through the show ring. Jo’s oral reasoning was both insightful and entertaining and she managed to make everyone watching the action feel welcomed and involved. Viv Hamilton also deserves a mention for her class introductions and commentary.
Thanks also go to ring steward, Charlie Major, and the team of pen stewards who made sure that everyone was in the right place at the right time. The show also wouldn’t happen without the dedicated volunteers and EAG committee members who turned up early and stayed late to lay flooring, move hurdles, set up electrics and welcome exhibitors among many other tasks! At the helm was show organiser Harley Laver who kept us all in check.
This year Alpaca Products and Free Range Fibre brought a range of alpaca goodies to buy, from scarves and hats to keyrings and socks. Alongside the stalls there was also an area for skirting demonstrations and a chance for members of the public to find out more about alpaca fibre.
On Saturday evening there was an opportunity to catch up with drinks and a meal at the Bell and Chimes in Rettendon Common. There was lots of laughter and a great time was had by all.
But now on to the results! A link to the full results can be found below but here are our show sponsors with their respective winning alpacas. We are incredibly grateful for their support.
- Platinum Sponsor: Artwork Alpacas
- Silver Sponsors: Churchfield Alpacas & Pinnacle Alpacas
- Hospitality: Churchfield Alpacas
Sponsors and Their Respective Winning Alpacas:
- JG Animals Health
- Huacaya Supreme Champion: Limestone Bengal
- Nigel Wood Shearing
- Suri Supreme Champion: Merrifield Incantation
- GWF Nutrition
- Best British Bred Huacaya: Chinchero Paprika
- Judges Choice Huacaya: Arkadia Umberto Pinkerton
- Dengie Feeds
- Best British Bred Suri: Lane House Zephyr
- West Wight Alpacas
- Judges Choice Suri: Snowshill Gallifrey
- Nero Black Alpaca
- Female Black Huacaya Champion: Chinchero Paprika
- Male Black Huacaya Champion: Chinchero Flint
- Usk Valley Alpacas
- Female Grey Huacaya Champion: Arkadia Venezia
- Male Grey Huacaya Champion: Arkadia Umberto Pinkerton
- Lythe Brow Alpacas
- Male Brown Huacaya Champion: Limestone Bengal
- Westpoint Farm Vets
- Male Fawn Huacaya Champion: Evolution The Profiteer
- Castlings Alpacas
- Female Fawn Huacaya Champion: Artwork M.S. Mimi
- Female White Huacaya Champion: Evolution Miss Dynamite
- Rowen Barn Alpacas
- Female Light Huacaya Champion: Evolution Tick Tick Boom
- Male Light Huacaya Champion: Herts Alpacas Tonka
- Brillbury Alpacas
- Male White Huacaya Champion: Snowshill Altair
- Arkadia Alpacas
- Female Grey Suri Champion: Lane House Mystical Maeve
- Male Grey Suri Champion: Lane House Grey Masquerade
- Emerald Green
- Male Brown Suri Champion: Snowshill Elrohir
- Winsaula Alpacas
- Male Black Suri Champion: Snowshill Gallifrey
The show catalogue can be found here:
Full results can be found here:
You can find the full livestream footage here. Livestream coverage was provided by AV Matrix.
And below is a timelapse video with a quick taste of the event for those of you who couldn’t make it, or those who want to relive it (in just 4 minutes!).
