The Taranaki Ayrshire Club celebrated success at its recent prize-giving.
The highest-producing cow in Taranaki for the 2022/23 season is Sanrosa Royal 16-44, owned by G and J Glentworth, who also claimed the top-producing herd distinction.
Kylee Perrett was presented with a Distinguished Member Award (ward five) from Ayrshire NZ in recognition of her dedication to the breed and for her time and effort over many years assisting other members throughout the region. Other members who achieved national recognition included G and J Glentworth for the top-producing herd in NZ 2021/22 season, and the top three placings in both progeny competitions - the Don Hutchings Memorial Trophy for five daughters and Dalemere Farms Trophy for 10 daughters.
L and P Megaw were the overall winners of the national Somatic Cell Count competition. Sienna Bourke received the Greenland Trophy for winning the North Island Young Handlers Award. In the NZ on-farm challenge, D and R Simons placed third with their two-year-old Te Awhata Spark Jay, and B and M McDonald placed third with their five-year-old Snowline Bur Shona.
D and R Simons picked up a win (yearling) and two placings (heifer calf and unhaltered young stock) in the All NZ photo competition. C and K Bourke placed third in the three-year-old class, and G and K Peters were second and third in the unhaltered in-milk class.
