JIM and Margaret Bloom took the champion herd title in the North East Limousin Breeders Club 2016 herd competition.

The couple, who run the Scorboro pedigree Limousin herd at Decoy Farm, Scorborough, near Driffield, also took the large herd title and the best stock bull with Fenomen. They established their pedigree herd in 1985 and Mr Bloom is a former national chairman of the breed society.

Mary Reynolds, who runs the Rhy herd at Bordon, Hampshire, judged the competition whose results were announced at the club’s annual dinner at the Bridge Inn, Walshford, Wetherby.

The 2016 reserve champion herd was the first prize medium herd, the Barrons herd run by Willie Barron of Morrow Edge, Farm, Burnhope, was runner-up in the champion herd title and also had the best 2016 corn calf in Barrons Maisey. He had won the overall herd title for the previous three years.

The best new entrant was John Murray, who runs the Haneve herd in West Butsfield, Tow Law. He also had the first prize young bull, Haneve Luigi.

The Tomschoice pedigree herd of James and Sarah Cooper, based at Hill Top Farm, Dacre, Harrogate, won the extra large herd competition. Mr Cooper is an executive member and national representative of the British Limousin Cattle Society.

Winner of the extra small herd competition was the Kaprico herd, run by Carole Stafford, in Houghton-le-Spring. The herd is no stranger to success in the annual highlight, winning the NELBC best small herd category no less than ten times and being chosen as best overall herd in 2013.

This year’s small herd victor was James Tennant’s Lissett herd from Fraisthorpe, Bridlington in East Yorkshire.

The first prize cow and calf came from Mrs Pat Varley’s Queenshead herd in Queensbury, Bradford, with Queenshead Izzie and Millie, while the young heifer class winner was David Jordon, of the Longhirst herd in Morpeth, with Longhirst Lucinda.

Winner of the progeny and stock bull class was Mark Woolhouse, of the Rachels herd in Driffield, with Proctors General.

Results. – Calf born in 2016:1 Willie Barron, Burnhope, Barrons Maisey; 2 John and Claire Mason, Embsay, Oddacres Micario; 3 James Tennant, Fraisthorpe, Lissett Monique.

Cow and calf: 1 Mrs Pat Varley, Queensbury, Queenshead Izzie and Millie; 2 John Swales, Thirsk, Swales Imwealthy and Lakeman; 3 Jim and Margaret Bloom, Scorborough, Scorboro Geogette and Magnum.

Young heifer: 1 David Jordon, Morpeth, Longhirst Lucinda; 2 Carole Stafford, Kaprico Larch; 3 John and Claire Mason, Oddacres Lalique.

Young bull: John Murray, Tow Law, Haneve Luigi; 2 Stuart Littlewood, Newmill, Huddersfield, Hollingreave Les Mar; 3 James and Sarah Cooper, Dacre, Tomschoice Lacoste.

Progeny and stock bull: 1 Mark Woolhouse, Driffield, Proctors General; 2 David Jordon, Spittalton Gigolo, John and Claire Mason – Gallois.

Stockbull: 1 Jim and Margaret Bloom, Fenomen; 2 Nick Tennant, Normans Infusion; 3 Willie Barron, Homebyres Jamie.

Extra small herd: 1 Carole Stafford, Kaprico; 2 Pat Varley, Queenshead herd; 3 Morgan and Johnson, Co. Durham, Almande herd.

Small herd: James Tennant, Lissett herd; 2 Stuart Littlewood, Hollingreave herd; 3 Barker Farming Partnership, Scorton, Richmond, Tancredgrange herd.

Medium herd:1 Willie Barron, Barrons herd; 2 John Swales, Swale herd; 3 Peter R Walker & Son, Driffield, Rossellie herd.

Large herd: 1 Jim and Margaret Bloom, Scorboro herd; 2 John and Claire Mason, Oddacres herd; 3 Mark Woolhouse, Rachels herd.

Extra large herd: 1 James and Sarah Cooper, Tomschoice herd; 2 David Jordon, Longhirst herd; 3 Karl Suddes, Cornsay, Co. Durham, Cornsay herd.