Limerick Clare
Club Committee 2020
Chairperson | Michael Laffan | 087 2941615 | Michaellaffan@eircom.net |
Vice chairman | Michael McNamara | 087 8163197 | |
Secretary | Edward Fitzgerald | 087 2254702 | Toberfort@hotmail.com |
PRO | Eoin Horgan | 087 9849463 | Coshmaholsteins@hotmail.com |
Treasurer | John Curtin | 087 1204334 | Johncurtincows@hotmail.com |
Child Officer | Michael McNamara | 087 8163196 |
Club Notes – Winter 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic has had a big impact in club activities over the course of 2020. The usual field evening held each year couldn’t go ahead. The local shows of Charleville, Newcastlewest, Cappamore and Limerick were also a loss from the local calendar.
However we could run a herds competition. Our herds competition as always was kindly sponsored by Roches feeds. It was held during the middle of the summer when Coronavirus restrictions were somewhat relaxed. It was decided to run the herds competition based on the usual milk recording and instead of an inspection the classification results for members were used. We also added a Milk Quality section where herds’ TBCs and SCCs were examined. Well done to Jim and Seamus Kelly for winning both sections. Run in conjunction with this Mervyn Kearney agreed to socially distance visit farms to inspect animals. On each farm Mervyn inspected 3 milking heifers 3 junior cows and 3 senior cows. The champion cow from this competition was Mike & Liz McNamara’s Woodmarsh Cancun Lyme 2. The results from this competition and from the herds competition are below.
We will be in touch in the coming weeks with the prize winners about getting their awards to them. We had hoped to be running an awards night but this is looking unlikely due to the current restrictions. A big thanks goes to Mervyn from the club, this competition resembled the only activity that was close to normal in a very abnormal year.
Eoin Horgan
Herds Competition
Development
- Richard Collins
- Eamonn O’Donovan
- Patrick Foley
Premier Spring
- Charles O’Malley
- John O’Connor
- Eamonn and Damien Burke
Premier Winter
- Des Frawley
- Rosaleen O Reilly
- John Curtin
Elite Spring
- Edward Fitzgerald
- Margaret Laffen
- Michael and Liz McNamara
Elite Winter
- Aidan Frawley
- John Moroney
- John and Eoin Horgan
Top EBI Herd: Declan O Dwyer
Top EBI Cow: Declan O Dwyer
Quality Awards
TBC
- Jim and Seamus Kelly
- Edward Fitzgerald
- Aidan Frawley
SCC
- Jim and Seamus Kelly
- Rosaleen O Reilly
- Edward Fitzgerald
Production: Edward Fitzgerald
Type: Aidan Frawley
Inspection Competition For Individual Animals
(Judged on inspection only)
Senior Cow
Winter Elite
- John Moroney – Drumcliffe Spooky Nessie
- Aidan Frawley – Ballytigue Palermo Shower
- Donie Neville – Milliedale Dusk Rhapsody
Winter Premier
- Des Frawley – Coolstar Daisy 1826
- Joe Boyce – Kelboy Iron Ruby 2
- Rosaleen O’Reily – Castlefergus RXO Grainne
Spring Elite
- Mike McNamara – Woodmarsh Cancun Lyme 2
- Mike Laffan – Everground Raf Star 33
- Edward Fitzgerald – Toberfort GZG Aisling
Spring Premier
- Eamonn Burke – Dameskate Kate 709
- Charles O’Malley – Stokesfield Katie 32
- John O’Connor – Ballykennedy Rockell Lyselle
Development
- Richard Collins – Kilscannell VSC Dolly 821
- Eamonn O’Donovan – Carhudon Shottle Ebony
- Patrick Foley – Clonoughter RAF Denise