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April 2008 will be forever marked on our calendars
at Terraweena as a month of great note being the month we 'launched' our newly
imported white dorper genetics.
What better validation of our new blood lines than success at both local and national level.
Both the local Toowoomba show and the Dubbo Show
held dorper and white dorper sections this year. The Dubbo show hosted the 2008
National Dorper and White Dorper Show and, as such, was an event of great import
where the best of the best meet and compete under an experienced South African
judge invited specifically for the occasion.
2008 National Championships
Judge Ron
Van der Merwe from South Africa appeared to be somewhat impressed at the standard
of the standard of the animals, constantly referring to the improvement since his previous judging assignment in Australia a few years
previously.
 Terraweena's inaugural National Championships show team consisted of seven animals, all of which were awarded a ribbon.
The trio of rams (7144, 7142 and 7091) were divided in their classes,
by weight. Terraweena 7144 and 7142 received 1st and 2nd place respectively in
the heaviest white dorper lamb class, whilst Terraweena 7091 narrowly missed the
heavy class, falling into the medium weight lamb class. This class he won with
much aplomb and followed up in the championship class outstripping his paddock
mate Terraweena 7144 for Junior Champion Ram.
Later in the day he brought notoriety and delight
to the Terraweena stud by securing the title of 2008 Australian National Grand
Champion White Dorper Ram. To achieve this title he had to compete against the
Senior Grand Champion Ram, a hard call for any young lamb only 8 months
old.
2008 Toowoomba Royal Show
The Toowoomba show preceded the National
Championships by a couple of weeks and gave us cautious confidence in our
stock.
Ram Terraweena 7144 was awarded the Grand Champion
Ram ribbon, with his paddock mate Terraweena 7142 standing beside him as Reserve
Champion Ram. Terraweena 7091 was awarded 3rd place. Interestingly Terraweena
7091 is from a different South African stud, namely Paardefontein, owned and
operated by Stephanus Malan. Terraweena 7144 and 7142 were the result of
embryos derived from the South African stud of Gert Lotter, utilising his world
champion ram Egoli and his father, Pretoria as sires for the embryo
collection.
The ewes also performed exceptionally well, being placed in all the classes.
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