Calendar of Events 2025
JANUARY 20th - 22nd : BRITISH CATTLE BREEDERS CONFERENCE
Telford Hotel & Golf Resort, Great Hay Drive, Sutton Heights, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 4DT
FEBRUARY 5th : RABDF DAIRY TECH
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
MARCH 14th : BFBC AGM & CLUB DINNER
The Bidders Room, The Auctioneer, Rosehill Industrial Estate, Carlisle, CA1 2RW
MARCH 14th - 15th : BORDERWAY UK DAIRY EXPO AND NATIONAL BRITISH FRIESIAN SHOW
Borderway Exhibition Centre, Carlisle
Entries close on Friday 14th of February and this year’s Judge is Andrea Debenham.
Anyone in need of help, advice or encouragement, can call Adam Lawson on 07815 055476 or email lismulligan@btconnect.com.
APRIL 10th : HARRISON AND HETHERINGTON CARLISLE SPRING BULL SALE OF PEDIGREE HOLSTEIN & BRITISH FRIESIAN BULLS
Borderway Mart, Carlisle
MAY 14th - 17th : BALMORAL SHOW
Eikon Exhibition Centre, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
MAY 29th - 31st : ROYAL BATH & WEST SHOW
Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
JUNE 13th - 15th : ROYAL THREE COUNTIES SHOW
Malvern, Worcestershire
JUNE 3rd-4th : BFBC HERD VISITS TO THE SCOTTISH BORDERS
3rd -R Neill & Sons, Thornington Farm, Mindrum, Cornhill-on-Tweed, TD12 4QH
4th - R P Shanks, Queenscairn Farm, Kelso, TD5 7TJ
10.30 start for both Herds
Members’ Dinner on the evening of the 3rd (see Noticeboard for Attendance Form)
JUNE 19th - 22nd : ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW
Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
JUNE 25th - 26th : HOLSTEIN UK PREMIER HERD OPEN DAY, CELEBRATION & AGM
Europa Belfast, Great Victoria St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 7AP
JULY 8th - 11th : GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW
Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate
JULY 21st - 24th : ROYAL WELSH SHOW
Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, Brecknockshire
SEPTEMBER 10th : UK DAIRY DAY - SEE US ON THE HUK STAND
Telford, Shropshire
SEPTEMBER 19th - 21st : ALL BREEDS ALL BRITAIN CALF SHOW
Staffordshire County Showground, ST18 0BD
OCTOBER 1st : SOUTH WEST DAIRY SHOW
Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
OCTOBER 22nd : IRISH PURE FRIESIAN SEMINAR
Cillin Hill, Kilkenny Mart, Eire There will be an afternoon seminar with a showcase sale of excellent stock from a number of the club’s breeders that evening. The sale is an export sale and will be available online.
Please contact Adam Lawson on lismulligan@btconnect.com should you wish to attend.
The day will start with registrations and refreshments at 1pm, then 4 panel discussions with topics very relevant to both British Friesian breeders and commercial herds using British Friesian in the mix. Then there’ll be the announcement of the winners of this year’s Axa Insurance national herds competition, just judged last week by Roberta Dunbar of Barncluth Herd in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
There’ll be dinner at Langton’s in Cillin Hill from 5pm (included in the ticket price of €25 per person) and then there’ll be the showcase sale, kicking off at 7pm.
NOVEMBER 19th : AGRISCOT
Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh