Toowoomba Royal is over for another year, finishing with a heavy storm, which is a little different from the flooding rains that arrived last year a few hours after the show closed.
Like most shows around Australia, numbers are continuing to drop. The Illawarra breed was highest numerically, with 55 heads entered, but three-day sickness kept a few animals in their stalls. Nine exhibitors paraded.
The Illawarra judge was Mrs Wendy Harker from the Waikato in New Zealand. Wendy and her husband David milk 470 cows, including 50 Milking Shorthorn. Wendy is a Royal Judge of both Holsteins and Milking Shorthorn and an all-breeds classifier.
The show highlight for the Illawarra judging was the success of younger breeders Rob & Jo Lindsay and Clinton Vonhoff. The Lindsays exhibited Junior Champion Heifer St Andrews Dale 84, who went on to win Reserve Supreme Junior Junior Champion and Reserve Supreme Junior Udder. Dale, Vonhoff’s Reserve Champion Heifer, Myall Jester Hellen 2, and Henry’s Tara Pat 6, won the Reserve Supreme Group of Three Heifers.
Heifer, 6 to 12 months
1st JE Savage – White Park Edna 295, s. Llandovery Jinnys Empire
2nd Bourke Family – Myrtleholme Jenny 10, s. Myrtleholme Thorpe
3rd D Priebbenow – Silverleigh Gina 35, s. Silverleigh Credence
Heifer, 12 to 18 months
1st JE Savage – White Park Mnnie 38, s. Blackwood Park Dellham
2nd R&J Lindsay – Waraba Carol 2, s. Silverleigh MC
3rd Bourke Family – Myrtleholme Peg 5, s. Myrtleholme Callum
Heifer, 18 months and under 24 months dry
1st AA & DM Whatman – Allen Vale Blossom 26, s. Venvale Parkes
2nd JE Savage – White Park Polly 468, s. Venvale Phanta
3rd Clinton Vonhoff – Myall Tornado Sandy, s. Glenbrook Tornado
CHAMPION JUVENILE HEIFER – ALLEN VALE BLOSSOM 26 - A & D Whatman
RESERVE CHAMPION JUVENILE – WHITE PARK MINNIE 38 - J E Savage
HONOURABLE MENTION – WHITE PARK EDNA 295 - J E Savage
Heifer, 2 to 3 years, dry
1st R & J Lindsay – Jondene Josephine 80, s. Jondene Ford
2nd JE Savage – White Park Joyce 28, s. Llandovery Prides Prophet
Heifer, 2 to 2 ½ years in milk
1st FS Johnston and Sons – Jondene Blossom 15, s. Jondene Drummer
Heifer, 2 ½ to 3 years, in milk
1st R & J Lindsay – St Andrews Dale 84, s. St Andrews Faber
2nd Clinton Vonhoff – Myall Jester Hellen 2, s. Moyola Jester
3rd M & G Henry – Tara Pat 6, s. Kangawarra Jack
Heifer, Best Udder and Attachent
1st R & J Lindsay – St Andrews Dale 84, s. St Andrews Faber
2nd Clinton Vonhoff – Myall Jester Hellen 2, s. Moyola Jester
3rd M & G Henry – Tara Pat 6, s. Kangawarra Jack
Group 3 heifers under three years
1st R & J Lindsay
2nd JE Savage
3rd Bourke Family
JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER – ST ANDREWS DALE 84 - R & J Lindsay
RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER – MYALL JESTER HELLEN 2 - C Vonhoff
HONOURABLE MENTION JUNIOR HEIFER – JONDENE BLOSSOM 18 - F S Johnston & Sons
Female, three years and over dry,
1st Bourke Family – Myrtleholme Rose 212, s. Myrtleholme Thorpe
2nd AA & DM Whatman – Allen Vale Virgin 8, s. Carrousel Regiment
Female, three and under four years, in milk
1st M & G Henry – Venvale Thelma 121, s. Llandovery Verbs Viscount
2nd Clinton Vonhoff – Myall Jetstar Susie, s. Moyola Jester
3rd Bourke Family – Myrtleholme Blossom 52, s. Absolute Red
Female, four and under five years, in milk
1st M & G Henry – Tara Vision 5, s. Jondene Jubilee
2nd Bourke Family – Myrtleholme Coral 43, s. Myurthen Vue Reality
3rd Clinton Vonhoff – Myall Landover Hellen, s. Llandovery Jinnys Empire
Female, six years and under seven years, in milk
1st AA & DM Whatman – Allen Vale Blossom 16, s. Llandovery Jinnys Empire
2nd M & G Henry – Rosedale Talent Melody, s. Talent
3rd Bourke Family – Myrtleholme Colleen 29, s. Myrtleholme Thorpe
Female, over seven years in milk
1st Nichols, Phillips & Barron – Sunny View Duchess, s. Sunny View Majestic
2nd JE Savage – White Park Minnie 29, s. Lemon Grove Bygold
3rd FS Johnston – Jondene Barbara 9, s. Kite Advent
Group of 3 Females
1st Henry
2nd Bourke
3rd Johnston
WT & EF Savage Memorial Group of 5
1st FS Johnston and Sons
Neil Shelton Memorial – Female with Best Udder & Attachment
1st AA & DM Whatman – Allen Vale Blossom 16
2nd MG & GJ Henry – Tara Vision 5
3rd MG & GJ Henry – Venvale Thelma 121
