Around the Regions
Around the country there are ‘Regional Groups’ of The Southdown Sheep Society. These are local people with a love of Southdowns who get together, sometimes socially or else to share knowledge about the breed and sheep keeping in general. There should be a group near you. Why not give your local contact a call to see what is going on near you. If you are new to sheep, they are a brilliant way of gaining experience and meeting other breeders.
Contact Details for your Local Southdown Group
South West Group
Adam & Caroline Brown, tel: 01398 361245; e-mail:
adamandcaroline@googlemail.com
Sarah Cartwright, tel: 01984 667217, e-mail:
cartwright742@btinternet.com
West Midlands Group
Jane Ing, tel: 01939 260100; e-mail:
cgf.mj.ing@micro-plus-web.net
Wales Group
Gareth Lloyd Hughes, tel: 01979 880804, e-mail:
garethlloydhughes@btinternet.com
East Midlands Group
Carolyn Macinnes, tel: 01205 871792; e-mail:
carolyn@broadfleet.co.uk
East Anglia Group
Gail Sprake, tel: 01986 782416; e-mail:
gail@meensfarm.fsnet.co.uk
Lindsay Dane, tel: 01353 721216, e-mail: lcd13@cam.ac.uk
Beds, Bucks, & Herts Group
Lesley Mead, tel: 01525 270135
South East Group
Anne Lambert, tel: 01293 871392; e-mail: anne@rusper.org
What’s On
Contact your local group co-ordinator for more details.
East Anglian Group
Held a Lambing and Vet day at Meens Farm on January 17th, 2009. The vet leading the day was Philippa Sprake MRCVS. More
The East Anglian Group had an active winter season in 2008. More
South Western
Group
Members met for Sunday lunch at a local pub near Taunton on January 4th.
2008 Meetings:-
We were very fortunate to have the eminent Roger Green, M.R.C.V.S., to talk at the meeting held on Sunday 27th January 2008 at North Hele Farm, the home of Caroline and Adam Brown. More
The next meeting of the group was on Friday 7th March at Clayhanger for the Transport of Livestock Certificate of Competence which became necessary in April 2008 for anybody transporting live vertebrates.
A Trimming and Ringcraft day was held on Sunday April 13th, at the home of Patrick and Anna Woollard, Downhayne, East Village, Crediton, Devon.
West Midlands Group
2009 Meetings:
The first meeting was on Thursday February 19th 2009. More
The second meeting was on May 30th. and was another great sucess. More
East Midlands Group
Held a meeting on Saturday, 26th April 2008 at the home of Carolyn Anderson, Boundary House, Gainsborough Road, Girton, Newark, Notts. NG23 7HX.
South East Group
A meeting was held on Sunday June 1st, 2008 - farm and flock visit to Nic & Liz Attwell's Hole & Alchorne Farm, Bell Lane, Nutley, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 3PD. For pictures of the event, click here