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