Uist Lady

North Uist Agricultural Show

Show judge Willie Neilson declared North Uist stock to be every good as mainland stock, if not better.
He thought this heifer was poetry in motion, and made her supreme show champion. Her breeder is John-Allan MacLellan, who scooped many other prizes for his cattle.

This was the supreme sheep, belonging to Hugh MacDonald, Hosta.
Wonderment. We have great gardeners on North Uist.

The whole island is proud of this young man. Ruairidh MacDonald,14,
won the young stock judging competition, with his marks completely in agreement with Willie Neilson’s. He said he was looking for ‘goodness’ in the animal. Ruairidh is a self-taught shearer and has already shorn 850 sheep this year. He’s been invited to shear on the mainland next year. No wonder. He’s a real talent and shining light for the future of crofting on these islands.
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Here are the trophy winners:
North Uist Show Results – trophies
Sheep Section

MACLEAN CUP

Best Blackface ewe lamb or ram lamb – Uist bred (classes 1 &

Name: Alastair MacQuarrie, Cl Baleshare

SANDY MACPHAIL CUP

Best Shearling Ram (Mainland Bred) (Class 3)

Alastair MacDonald, Ahmore

WEST HIGHLAND CROFTERS AND FARMERS TROPHY

Best Blackface ewe hogg (class 5)

Name: Hugh Macdonald, Hosta

DR LACHLAN MACLEAN MEMORIAL CUP

Best Blackface ewe with own Blackface lamb (class 6)

Name: Alastair MacDonald, Ahmore

DONALD ARCHIE MACDONALD MEMORIAL CUP

Best pure bred Cheviot ewe with own Cheviot lamb (class 12)

Name: Duncan MacLean, Berneray

NORTH EASTERN FARMERS LTD TROPHY

Best Cheviot ewe hogg (class 13)

Name: Hugh Macdonald, Hosta

DINGWALL AUCTIONEERS TROPHY

Best lamb in classes 9, 17, 19 & 24

Name: Hugh Macdonald, Hosta

HUGH MURRAY TROPHY

Champion sheep (class 30)

Name: Hugh Macdonald, Hosta

A & J.A MACDONALD CROSSROADS MEMORIAL CUP

Competitor with the highest number of points in the sheep section

Name: Hugh Macdonald, Hosta

Cattle Section

NORMAN HUGH MACAULAY MEMORIAL TROPHY

Best Shorthorn or Shorthorn cross cow in calf or milk (class 7)

Name: Hugh Macdonald, Hosta

NORMAN MACDONALD BLASHIVAL MEMORIAL CUP

Best heifer carrying first calf (class 16)

Name: John Allan MacLellan, Hougharry

COLONEL CATOR CUP

Best beef type breeding cow, traditional or Continental with own calf at foot. Classes 17 and 18.

Name: John Allan Maclellan, Hougharry

WESTFORD CUP

Best animal in cattle section (class 23)

Name: John Allan MacLellan, Hougharry

NORTH UIST & BERNERAY ASSOCIATION CUP

Livestock – highest aggregate in sections I & II (cattle and sheep)

Name: Alistair MacDonald, Ahmore

DONALD FERGUSON MEMORIAL TROPHY

Junior Stock Judging – Under 25’s cattle and sheep classes

Ruairidh MacDonald, Ahmore

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

Cattle, sheep and horse sections, Sponsored by Harbro Ltd, (£75.00)

Name: John Allan MacLellan, Hougharry

KENNY BARKER SHIELD

Best turned out tractor

Name: Malcolm Tyson, Newton

CLACHAN STORES TROPHY

Best overall competitor – Dog Show

Name:Lisa Gill with Milly May

Kitchen Garden & Produce Section

MACGILLIVARY CUP

Crofters Kitchen garden (class 1)

Name: Jane Taylor, Berneray

Flowers & Plants Section
CATHERINE MACVICAR MEMORIAL TROPHY

Flower garden (class 1)

Name: Murdo MacLeod, Grimsay

Home Industries Section

NORTH UIST & BERNERAY ASSOCIATION CUP

Highest aggregate in home industries section (classes 1 – 27)

Name: Chrissie MacAskill, Berneray

MRS G MACINNES CUP (PRIMARY)

Best handicraft (class 2)

Name: Anna MacIain, Middlequarter

MRS G MACINNES CUP (SECONDARY)

Best woodwork (class 5)

Name: Kenneth MacLean, Carinish

HEBRIDEAN JEWELLERY TROPHY

Best Metalwork – secondary (class 3)

Name: Kenneth MacLean, Carinish

Dairy, Home Baking etc Section

BANK OF SCOTLAND CUP

Highest aggregate in dairy, home baking, preserves and confectionery (classes 1 – 35)

Name: First Equal : Flora MacDonald, Ahmore
And Jessie Mary Morrison, Kallin, Grimsay

MACLEANS BAKERY CUP

Best clootie dumpling (class 18)

Name: Morag MacInnes, Kallin, Grimsay

MACLENNAN BROTHERS TROPHY

Highest number of points in secondary baking (classes 1 – 5)

Name: William Iain MacGregor, Malaglate

INVERNESS TROPHY CENTRE SHIELD

Highest number of points in primary section (classes 1 – 3)

Name: First Equal: Orin Shepherd, Paiblesgarry
And Marion MacCorquodale, Sollas