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 The Newsletter of Central Suffolk Breeders Incorporated- July 2004

Winter Event:  The Annual Combined Suffolk/ Romney Ram Hogget Field Day

WHEN:  14^th July

WHERE: Kiwitea property of Margaret and Richard Brown

TIME:  1.30pm but please have sheep penned by 1.15pm

The purpose of the field day is to offer farmers the opportunity to preview our top ram hoggets prior to sale time. Therefore, we again invite all members to bring their two top ram hoggets to this field day. The field day offers club members the opportunity to display their animals to potential buyers, compare their animals with other breeders’ animals, and it is also an opportunity for members to catch up with and socialise with other club members.

            With some many opportunities on offer you can’t afford not to be there!!

But as with all club activities, they are only successful if members make the effort to participate. So we ask all members to try and bring animals and if unable to do this, at least to show your support by attending.

Advertising

It is important that we keep the Suffolk name in the farmers face so to this end

the committee has decided to run a similar advertising campaign to last years’. This year we will put 5 advertisements in Country Wide/ Heartland Sheep from September to December. Each breeder who contributes $150 (+GST) will have their name, stud name and contact details listed, broken down into regions. Last year 24 breeders participated in this campaign and this year we hope more breeders will take up the opportunity. If more breeders participate we will be able to increase the size of the advertisements.

We must be seen in the market place. We must show that our terminal rams are the best around. This is one way for club members to do this.

Annual Flock Ram Fair

In line with our club’s strategic goal to be pro-active with putting our sheep in front of potential ram buyers, our club took the bold move last year and held our first flock ram fair. The purpose of the sale was to attract clients who are currently buying rams other than Suffolks. We learnt a lot from this experience and feel that for a first sale we attained the level of success we had and expected. We have now decided to take what we learnt and apply it to another, hopefully bigger and better sale this year.

Proposed Sale Conditions: (still to be confirmed)

• Approximately 65 rams will be offered for sale.
• The sale will be held at Manfeild Park, Feilding in December 2004
• The option of a new sale date will be explored
• We may use only 1 selling company
• Each breeder will be invited to put up to 4 rams in the sale
• Standardised records may be used

• Rams will be inspected on the day of the sale to ensure they are of a consistent high quality
• Rams will be sold singly, in pairs and in threes.
• Provision will be made to help new breeders select animals for the sale.

Confirmed details will follow at a later date.

Annual Ram Hogget Trial

This event will be held again commencing in November. Details to follow.

Website

Once again we are able to offer you, for the price of $30 the opportunity to be part of the Central Suffolk website. Our website is gradually building up its reputation. Over the past year, interest in purchasing rams and ewes through the site has increased. To ensure we are selling smartly, we recommend that when selling through site you ask for market value plus a premium of $50 for both ewes and rams whatever time of year.

To be part of the website all you have to do is write down on a piece of paper what you would like to put on the website and send this to Andy Sims with a couple of photographs if you have them (he even has a outline of what you can put in if you want that).

Andy Sims R D 2 Masterton  -063725700 – Email andy@suffolksheep.org.nz

This is a world class website – see for yourself www.suffolksheep.org.nz  

Subscriptions

As you will remember, subs were raised last year to $25 plus GST. We are pleased to say that they stay the same for this year. Yours subs are used mainly to fund club activities and advertising so they are very important to us. Please find attached an invoice. Payment is due to the Treasurer by the end of July..

    Reminder:   Club Events for the Year    (Details to follow nearer to the events)

July 14-   Combined Suffolk/ Romney Ram Hogget Field Day

September- Club advertising campaign commences

November- Ram Hogget Trial Commences

December- Flock Ram Fair

                   Hoping to see you all on July 14^th at the Ram Hogget Field Day.

Stewart Morton-   Club President