Great Lakes ~ Bluefaced Leicester Show

The Bluefaced Leicester Breeders Association (BFLBA)

will be hosting the

1st

Great Lakes ~ Bluefaced Leicester Show

to be held in conjunction with the

Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, WI

September 12th, 2009

at 10:30 AM

Location: Indoor Horse Arena

Judge: Mr. John Stott, President UK- Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders' Association

LAUND FARM, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire, UK

Mr. Stott will also be giving an Educational Presentation titled:

The Bluefaced Leicester "The Finer Points"

held at 1:30 PM Saturday

Located in the Indoor Horse Arena

* Mr. Stott will also be presiding over the 2nd Annual ~ Mule Sheep & BFL Progeny Show

Sunday, September 13th,

and speaking on

Selecting Ewes for the Three-Tier System, at 1:30 PM Sunday in the Indoor Horse Arena.

BFLBA Online Auction - Place Your Bids!

Welcome to the BFLBA Online Auction! Our auction features Bluefaced Leicester and other sheep related items. Click here to access the auction site.

Whether you're looking for actual livestock or a gift for a fiber enthusiast, the auction will no doubt be a great way to buy BFL/sheep related items!

Proceeds from this fundraiser will help defray the cost of a UK judge at next month's first Great Lakes Bluefaced Leicester Show at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. The show will feature the UK judge, John Stott, President UK-BFLSBA.

The opportunity to have the president of the UK-BFLSBA judge our BFLs will greatly benefit so many areas--the U.S. BFL breeders and the surrounding communities where the BFLs play a role. John Stott's experience, insight, and knowledge of the breed will allow breeders to further promote the awareness and advancement of the Bluefaced Leicester sheep.

Place your bids!

Thank you for your support!

New: UK ~ BFLSBA Website

The UK ~ Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders' Association has just launched its redesigned website. The layout and format is user friendly and vibrant, with plenty of colored photos of sharp Bluefaced Leicesters and Mules.

Check it out at: http://www.blueleicester.co.uk

Press Release: Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival

The 1st ~ Great Lakes ~ Bluefaced Leicester Show

The Bluefaced Leicester Breeders Association (BFLBA) will be hosting the first Great Lakes ~ Bluefaced Leicester Show held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival in Jefferson, Wisconsin on September 11th - 13th, 2009.

The BFLBA will be coordinating its Bluefaced Leicester Show along with the North American Mule Sheep Society's (NAMSS) 2nd Annual Mule Sheep & Bluefaced Leicester Progeny Show. The judge presiding over both the Bluefaced Leicester classes as well as the Mule Show classes will be John Stott the newly elected president of the UK's Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders' Association. John has also agreed to do several educational presentations highlighting the Bluefaced Leicester and the Mule ewe. The BFLBA's Great Lakes ~ Bluefaced Leicester Show, and the NAMSS's Mule Sheep Show will be an excellent opportunity to showcase the Bluefaced Leicester to the sheep industry, for their versatility not only as a purebred sire, but as a crossing sire in the 3-tier breeding scheme for grass fed lamb production too.

The BFLBA and NAMSS would like to thank the UK- BFLSBA for their generous contribution in providing us once again with our guest breeder-judge; and for their continued support of our efforts here in the States promoting the Bluefaced Leicester.

A BIT ABOUT OUR 2009 JUDGE:

John Stott and his family live on and work 'LAUND FARM' which is located in Chipping, Preston, Lancashire, UK. Laund Farm is a 500 acre family farm, which runs approximately 700 hill sheep mainly Swaledales and Beulah Speckled Face producing 400 Mules that are sold each year, plus a 400 ewe Freisland flock for their sheep milking enterprise, and around 30 suckler cows and 20 pedigree Simmental, as well as John's 50 pedigreed Bluefaced Leicesters. On June 3rd 2009, the Stott's and Laund Farm was the host location for NORTH SHEEP '09'. North Sheep is a biennial event run by the UK's National Sheep Association (NSA) an organization which represents UK sheep breeders. North Sheep is an industry event which brings together agricultural companies, sheep farmers and agricultural experts for a day. North Sheep '09' attracted over 9,000 visitors and 250 trade stands from across the sheep sector. Around 100 foreign delegates also flocked to the event which showcased Britain’s 70-plus sheep breeds. We look forward to meeting John and his wife, Christine, in September.

Champion Penrith Sale 2008
John Stott 'LAUND'
(photo courtesy of Wayne Hutchinson 'Farm-Images.co.uk')

Black Sheep Gathering 2009 ~ Report

Black Sheep Gathering

A special issue of 'The Blue News' has been uploaded to the files sections of the: Bluefaced Leicester & BFLBA Members, yahoo groups.
It contains reports from the 2009 Black Sheep Gathering, by Kathy Davidson 'Potosi' and Robina Koenig 'Tumble Creek', as well as color photos of the Bluefaced Leicester classes, and the Spinner's Lead competition.

1st Great Lakes ~ Bluefaced Leicester Show

Bluefaced Leicester Breeders Association

Great Lakes
Bluefaced Leicester Show

In conjunction with the:
Wisconsin
Sheep & Wool
Festival

September 11 - 13, 2009

Jefferson Fair Park
Jefferson, Wisconsin

Bluefaced Leicester Breeders Association
Breed & Informational Displays

Great Lakes ~ Bluefaced Leicester Show
Judge: John Stott, President UK-BFLSBA
LAUND FARM, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire, UK
Saturday ~ September 12th, 2009
At 10:30 AM

Educational Presentation

The Bluefaced Leicester
"The Finer Points"
John Stott 'Laund Farm" Lancashire, UK
Saturday at 1:30 PM

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The Blue News ~ Spring 2009 Issue

The Spring 2009 issue of 'The Blue News' can now be accessed in the 'Files' sections at the following Yahoo chat groups:

Bluefaced Leicesters, BFLBAMembersOnly, and MuleSheep.

It is also scheduled to be uploaded to several websites for general public access.