Corks pop for Glyn Coch Champagne at Royal Welsh Show

***Judge Jonathan Aiken (right) with his champion from the Glyn Coch flock and the reserve champion from the Arbryn flock alongside sponsors from Dunbia.***

Going one step better than in 2024 was a shearling ewe from Adrian Davies’ Glyn Coch flock at the Royal Welsh Show 2025. This classy female was reserve overall in 2024 but this year beat off all the competition to take the overall title. The ewe was sired by Moelfryn Bouncer and out of a Logie Durno Wall Street homebred ewe. The judge, Jonathan Aiken from Cumbria was very impressed by his winner, “she is so correct with a lovely feminine head, superb fleshing, skin and top line and when you loose her she really shows herself off perfectly”.

***Shearling ewe, female champion and overall champion from the Glyn Coch flock***

It was females all the way, when Jonathan tapped out the senior ewe from Arwyn and Jane Thomas as his reserve champion. The Arbryn ewe is sired by Arbryn Attila and out of a Dalby ewe, purchased at their Coral Sale. The judge was equally full of praise for this very good handling ewe, but said she just pipped to the post due to the flashy style of the overall champion.

***Aged ewe, reserve female and reserve overall from the Arbryn flock***

The ewe lamb class was won by the Wernfawr flock of Paul Curran.

***Ewe lamb class winner from the Wernfawr flock***

In the male section it was two ram lambs that took the top awards. The male champion was a lamb from the Jones family’s Robleston flock. This one is sired by a home-bred tup by Logie Durno Barbarian and out of a Gwyndy ewe by Wedderburn Rogue. The lamb not only caught the eye of the judge, but was sold later in the day to Society chairman, Patrick Tully for his Bincombe flock, in Somerset.

***Ram lamb and male champion from the Robleston flock***

The reserve male champion came from the Wernfawr flock of Paul Curran, Brecon. A son of Glyn Coch Ace, he stood second to the champion in his class.

***Second placed ram lamb and reserve male from the Wernfawr flock***

The Robleston flock also stood top of the line in the shearling ram class with a tup by the Logie Durno Barbarian sire. Meanwhile, the aged ram class went to Meirion Wyn Roberts’ Gynnen flock.

***Shearling ram class winner from the Robleston flock***

***Aged ram class winner from the*** ***Gynnen*** ***flock***

The Group of three went to the Arbryn flock or Arwyn and Jane Thomas and they finished off a great week at the show by winning the reserve interbreed group of three title.

***Reserve interbreed group of three from the Arbryn flock***

We hope next year that exhibitors from England and Scotland will be present to push the Welsh flocks again, but this year saw an excellent selection of animals forward for the judge.