The Society
THE SOUTHDOWN SHEEP SOCIETY
Christmas Card
A Southdown Christmas card is now available.
Flock Book
At the Council Meeting in October, 2006 the decision was made to publish the Flock Book on an annual basis. This means that all registrations must be in before the end of the year. The cut off date is December 31st each year.
RARE BREEDS SURVIVAL TRUST
The Southdown Sheep Society has to thank the RBST for all their help over the years. When it was first mentioned that we should be part of this, there were objections and we would not take any part when we were first put on the ‘at risk’ list but at our Centenary and the Bi-Centenary of John Ellman in 1991 we got to know the RBST and gained a lot from their help both in words and financially.
We were able to attend their special sales of Rare breeds at Stoneleigh and members did well – so well, indeed, that too many jumped on the band wagon to sell their Southdowns and it seems that the bottom fell out of the market but it all came right and we now seem to do well at the Melton Mowbray sales, even though we do have too many males to sell.
We get new members through the RBST by advertising in The Ark and they guide people to our Society. The staff at the RBST cannot be more helpful.
Recently there has been a look at the Watchlist, which gives those Rare
Breeds that they particularly help. After many years on the ‘At Risk’
list we have been moved to group FIVE -The Traditional List - and we are
grateful that we shall still be under the wing of the RBST.
Clive Pritchard.
Newsletters
Autumn 2006 News From Around the Sheep World,
and more
Spring 2006 Meet our New Secretary, Events During
the Year, and more
March, 2006 Southdown Tops the South East, AI, East
Anglian Group and more
December, 2005 Caption & Photo Competition and
lots more.
Life Members
At the meeting of the Council of the Southdown Sheep Society held on Wednesday the 19th October 2005, Mr Cyril Wise was made an Honorary Life Member of the Society for his services to the Breed.
The Life Members are:-
Hugh T. Clark, Esq., MBE
Mrs. Mary Clark
David Craig, Esq.
John Randall, Esq.
Cyril Wise, Esq.
Mrs. Sue Thomson
Clive Pritchard, Esq.
Flock Competition
2006 Judge Jim Cresswell. For results, click here
2005 Judge Sharon Pond. For results, click here
Flock Competition, 2004 - for results and judge's comments, click here
Southdown Groups Around the Country
At the Southdown Council meeting on the 20th October, 2004 discussion took place on an idea put forward by the Chairman, Alan Mummery, that we should consider forming groups of Southdown members throughout the United Kingdom. For many years it was thought that the majority of Southdown breeders were in Sussex and Kent. There are a substantial number of the nearly 300 members in the South East, but there are many elsewhere.
A pilot scheme was started and several Groups are now holding events. Co-ordinators of the Groups and the planned events for 2007 can be seen here
Council Members
| President | Irving Pallister, Tel. 07881 946641 |
| Chairman | Alan Mummery, Tel. 01892 832325 |
| Vice-Chairman | David Burden, Tel. 01798 342751 |
| Hon. Treasurer | Neil Stainthorpe, Tel. 01757 705911 |
| Hon. Secretary | Gail Sprake, Tel. 01986 782251 |
| Retire 2008 | Adam Brown Tel. 01398 361245 |
| David Burden, Tel. 01798 342752 | |
| George Elliott, Tel. 01460 30486 | |
| H. George Hughes, Tel. 01267 275768 | |
| Irving Pallister, Tel. 07881 946641 | |
| Gail Sprake, Tel. 01986 782416 | |
| Retire 2009 | Robert Backshall, Tel. 01635 253338 |
| Sidney Cook, Tel. 01522 788295 | |
| Lindsay Dane, Tel. 01353 721216 | |
| Stephen Humphrey, Tel. 01243 811685 | |
| Mark Littmoden, Tel. 01273 483636 | |
| Neil Stainthorpe, Tel. 01757 705911 | |
| Retire 2010 | Susan Harmer, Tel. 01243 475473 |
| Gareth Lloyd Hughes, Tel. 01970 880804 | |
| Paul Humphrey, Tel. 01243 811518 | |
| Anne Lambert, Tel. 01293 871392 | |
| Alan Mummery, Tel. 01892 832325 | |
| Brian Rideout, Tel. 01252 782708 | |
| Representatives on the National Sheep
Association Council: S. J. Cook and Stephen Humphrey |
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| Representative on the South Downs Forum: David Burden |
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| Please feel free to ring any Council member if you want advice | |
| Secretary: Mrs. Gail Sprake, Meens Farm, Capps
Lane, All Saints, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 0PD. Tel: 01986 782251,
Mobile: 07885777921 E-mail: secretary@southdownsheepsociety.co.uk |
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Rules of the Southdown Sheep Society
| 1. | Membership of the Southdown Sheep Society means that all your
Southdowns saved and used for breeding must be individually registered in the
Flock Book and that all subscriptions and registration fees are paid. All ram
lambs and ewe lambs saved for breeding must be registered in the Flock Book by
31st December in the year of their birth. The fee for registration is set by
the Council and is £6 per ram lamb and £3 per ewe lamb. If any
Southdowns are not registered by 31st December in their year of birth they are
called non-Pedigree Southdowns and must be sold as such. |
| 2. | All Southdown sheep purchased must have been individually
registered by the breeder in the Flock Book and all breeders must notify the
Secretary in writing of any purchases or sales they make for breeding purposes
within one year of doing so. |
| 3. | The Council decide the rate of subscription, which is at
present £32 on joining and £26 payable annually on 1st January in
advance each year. All new members will receive a Registered Flock Number,
which must be used on the ear tag, and they will choose a prefix for their
Southdowns that can be used providing the name is not used by another member.
In addition on the ear tag the year letter will be used and the individual
number of the sheep. Any requirement of the Ministry of Agriculture or any
other official body as to ear tags will also be used. Tattoos may be used
instead of ear tags but the Secretary must be notified in writing. |
| 4. | No Southdown can be individually registered in the Flock Book
unless both their sire and dam are individually registered. Proof of this must
be provided at registration. |
| 5. | No headage charge will be paid to the Society by members except
the levy deducted by Auctioneers etc. at official sales. |
| 6. | Exportation of Southdowns can only be done if they have been
individually registered in the Flock Book by 31st December in their year of
birth. An Export Certificate must be obtained from the Secretary at a cost of
£10 per Southdown and the sum of 5p in every pound of the sale price shall
be paid to the Secretary within 6 months of the sale. |
| 7. | The Flock Book is published by the Society when the Council
decides. At the moment it is every two years. A copy is sent to all members who
are up to date with their subscriptions. |
| 8. | Late registration is only allowed to be made by the breeder by
31st December in the second year from birth. The cost will be £20 per
Southdown. |
| 9. | Council has the right to inspect any flock with or without
notice and without giving a reason should they so wish. The decision of the
Council is final in any dispute. All members are deemed to have accepted these
Rules after being sent a copy of them and not making any comment to the
Secretary in writing within six months. |
| Approved by the Council 16th October 2000 and 31st October 2001 | |
INFORMATION REQUIRED TO REGISTER YOUR SOUTHDOWNS IN THE FLOCK BOOK
An example of what is required :
| Jonas Lucy 04/0001 twin | s. Jonas U6 of 1998 51888 d. Manor T 45 of 1997 50664 |
| (Make sure you have marked the top of the list RAMS or EWES) | |
| Jonas is your prefix. Jonas is the prefix of the sire Manor is the prefix of the dam |
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| (If your Southdowns have an extra name such as Jonas William 04/0001 put it in after the prefix) | |
| 04 is the year number | |
| 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004 etc are the numbers
you give your sheep at birth twin or triplet should be put in |
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| The individual registration number of the sire and the dam MUST BE GIVEN (51888 and 60664 as above) | |
| We do not need the UK DEFRA number nor your Flock Number to be put in | |
| Please put the sire first before the dam | |
| Please do not just give a list like the following: | |
| 04/1 sire 51888 dam 50664 or 1 U6 / T45 |
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| as this means the Secretary has to spend a lot of time checking back to find out the full details or give you a ring to find out | |
| The fee for registration is £6 per ram/ram lamb and £3 per ewe/ewe lamb | |
| MAKE IT SIMPLE with all information
required. Thank you |
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REGISTRATIONS in the FLOCK BOOK
Please note the following points:
All male registrations have the letter M before the number. This is because the
same set of numbers were used from 0001 for males and females when
registrations were started in the 1890s.
You must give the registration number of the sire and dam as this is typed in the computer and automatically gives the full details. If you do not give these, time has to be spent looking them all up in the Flock Books.
Occasionally two Southdowns are given the same number by mistake, then the letter A is used for one.
A copy of all registrations is sent to each member. This is so that it may be checked before it is printed in the Flock Book.
EU Commission Decision 2005/375/EEC of the 11 May 2005
Criteria governing entry in flock books for pure bred breeding sheep already
(Decision 90/255/EEC) stated that a sheep can only be entered in Flock Books
provided it has been descended from parents and grandparents already entered in
the Flock Book, can be identified after birth according to the rules of the
book and has a pedigree established in accordance with the rules of the book
The new decision 2005/375 states that if sheep do not meet this criteria they
can be entered in an Annex to the Flock Book BUT this must be in the interest
of protection of animal genetic resources and must be approved before entry by
a competent authority.
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