A full programme of shows is planned for 2010

BIOSECURITY AT SHOWS
Contact between alpacas at shows is unavoidable and exhibitors must accept the risk that, if present, transmission of disease could occur. The BAS can accept no responsibility for such occurrences.
Please take all practical precautions and do not travel with an animal if there is any doubt as to its health.

Biosecurity Guidelines for Show Organisers can be downloaded here

For queries relating to specific shows please contact the show organiser

17–18 April: SWAG Spring Show
Bristol Sales Centre, Washingpool Farm, Easter Compton, Bristol BS35 5RE

Colour championships for huacaya and suri. Separate fleece show

Judges: Matthew Lloyd (whites); Tim Hey (colours); Cathy Lloyd (fleece)

Entries close: 21 March
Online entries: now open
Hard copy entries: download halter entry form here and fleece entry form here and an individual fleece entry form here

Maximum entries: 250 (halter); 100 (fleece)

Show organiser: Halter show: Lynsey Skinner (lynsey@dreamfieldalpacas.co.uk; 01404 871353); Fleece show: Jean Field (01404 871234)

24–25 April: Spring Alpaca Fiesta
Blackdown Buildings, National Agriculture Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ

Colour championships for huacaya and suri. Best of British and Championship

Judge: Ian Waldron

Entries open: 1 March
Entries close: 5 April
Online entries available
Hard copy entries: download entry form here
Entry fee £15 (increase reflects extra biosecurity costs)

Show organiser: Caroline Roberts (01525 242084)

2–3 May: South of England Spring Show
South of England Showground, Ardingly, West Sussex RH17 6TL

Colour championships for huacaya and suri.

Judge: Tim Hey

Entries close: 30 March
Online entries available
Hard copy entries: download an entry form here
Entry fees: £15 halter (no VAT); £25 progeny (no VAT)

Llama entries are welcome. Please contact Liz Butler for an entry form

Show organisers: Liz Butler (llamaliz@hotmail.com; 01737 823375) and Vicki Agar (chrisandvicki@hotmail.com; 01825 790885)

3 May: North Somerset Show
Bathing Ponds Fields, Wraxall BS48 1NE

Judge: Matthew Lloyd

Entries close: 5 April
Online entries available

Show organiser: John Grover (jwgrover@btinternet.com; 01179 372 763)

8–9 May: BAS National Show
Newark and Notts Showground, Winthorpe, Newark NG24 2NY

Age Championship for huacaya and suri, halter only

Judge: Nick Harrington-Smith (halter)
          Entries Close: 19 April (entries will close earlier if the number of entries exceeds the space available)
Online entries available
Download a hard copy entry form here
Entry fees have been increased to £15 to cover the cost of extra biosecurity measures for the halter show

Show organisers: Mike and Carolyn Birch (mike@brookleafarm.com; 01509 889405)

The BAS National Fleece Show has been cancelled due to insufficient entries

20–22 May: Devon County Show
Westpoint Showground, Clyst St Mary, Exeter EX2 1DJ

Show Organiser: Ian Waldron (ian@langatonalpacas.co.uk; 01769 540202)

29 May: Drymen Show
Drymen Bridge, Drymen G63 0DN

Colour championship for huacaya and suri. Campsie Cup for Supreme Champion and Cairndinnis Quaish for Best Scottish plus sashes

Judge: Cathy Lloyd

Entries close: 22 May
For a hardcopy entry form, click here

The Strathendrick Agricultural Society has stated that entries can only be from alpaca owners based in Scotland and no alpacas which have travelled into England for a show prior to the Drymen Show may be entered

Show organiser: Janet Small (01360 440496; janet@ballochruin.demon.co.uk)

31 May: Northumberland County Show
Tynedale Park, Corbridge, Northumberland

Age championship for huacaya. Includes Sire's progeny, Best of British and Best Northumbrian Alpaca.

Judge: Rob Bettinson

Entries open: 29 March
Entries close: 26 April (21 April for hard copy entries)
Online entries available
Hard copy entries: download an entry form here
Download a schedule here

Show Organiser: Vicki Ridley (g_ridley@lineone.net; 01434 673473)

In order to instill confidence in both alpaca and other livestock exhibitors, entries will only be accepted for animals from 3- & 4-year cattle bTB testing areas. Please check your Parish Testing Interval on the Animal Health website before making your entry and include your holding number with your entry fees.
A reduction in the number of entries has been necessary to enable a 3-metre gap between breeders. Spit barriers and comprehensive biosecurity procedures will be in place, as per BAS recommendations.

5 June: Kenilworth Show
National Agricultural Centre, Car Park 1 (opposite the main entrance), Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ

Colour championships for huacaya and suri. Best of British and Championship

Judge: Vicki Agar

Entries close: 12 May (or when maximum number is reached)
Online entries available
Download a hard copy entry form here

Show organiser: Harry Edwards (harryedwards@btinternet.com; 01691 682757/07713 639447)

Numbers will be limited in 2010 to accommodate improved biosecurity measures following BAS guidelines. Increased entry fee £15. Entries are on a first come, first served basis and will close as soon as all the spaces have been filled.
Please note – due to improved biosecurity, alpacas will not be accommodated indoors. All breeders will be allocated a space for their trailer and hurdles will be provided to pen alpacas adjacent to this trailer. Owners are encouraged to bring gazebos to cover their penning areas

2–5 June: Bath and West Show
The Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6QN

Age championships for huacaya and suri

Judges: Nick Harrington-Smith (huacaya) and Ian Waldron (suri)

Entries close: 26 April
Online entries available
Download a hard copy entry form here
Entry fees for each alpaca are £20 + VAT or £15 + VAT for six or more entries

Show organisers: Di Davies (didavies@alpaca.fsnet.co.uk; 07739 382483) and Helen McMahon

Judging will take place as follows:
Wednesday 2 June: all suri classes including supreme champion and junior handler (suri)
Thursday 3 June: all junior huacaya classes plus sire's progeny
Friday 4 June: all intermediate huacaya classes plus dam's progeny, wethers and junior handler (huacaya)
Saturday 5 June: all adult and senior classes plus huacaya supreme champion

30–31 July: Border Union Show, Kelso
Springwood Park, Kelso TD5 8LS

Judge: Nick Harrington-Smith

Composite colour championship for huacaya and suri

Entries open: 30 April
Entries close: 25 June
Online entries available.

Show organiser: Debbie Rippon (01670 772499; barnacre-alpacas@hotmail.co.uk)

By order of the Border Union Show Committee, because of Scotland’s TB-Free status, entries from England are only open to animals from 3- & 4-year cattle bTB testing areas. Please check your Parish Testing Interval on the Animal Health website.
Full postcodes and Holding numbers of origin are mandatory. Any herd that has been in contact with animals from a 1- or 2-year testing area within the 6 months prior to the show will not be eligible to enter.

4 August: North Devon Show
Umberleigh Barton Farm, Umberleigh EX37 9DX

Judge: Cathy Lloyd

Show organiser: Ian Waldron (ian@langatonalpacas.co.uk; 01769 540202)

5 August: Honiton Show
Honiton Showground, Stockers Farm, Gittisham, Honiton, Devon EX14 3AW

Judge: Liz Barlow

Entries close: 30 June (18 June to be in the show catalogue)
Online entries available
Download a hard copy entry form here

Show organiser: Lynsey Skinner (lynsey@dreamfieldalpacas.co.uk; 01404 871353; 07881 816036)

30 August: Hope Show
Marsh Farm, Castleton Road, Hope, Hope Valley, Derbyshire S33 6RD

Fleece show for huacaya and suri. Colour championship

Judge: Nick Harrington-Smith

Entries open: 21 June
Entries close: 24 August
Fleece delivery date: 24 August
Online entries available.
Hard copy entries: download fleece entry form here and an individual fleece entry form here
Fleeces to be delivered to Hollow Brook, Water Lane, Eyam, Hope Valley, Derbyshire S32 5RG

PLEASE NOTE NEW CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES

Show organiser: Lesley Howard (lk.howard@homecall.co.uk; 01433 639203)

9 September: Westmorland Show
The Showground, Lane Farm, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7NH

Colour Championship for huacaya and suri

Judge: Nick Harrington-Smith

Entries open: 25 June
Entries close: 16 August
Online entries available
Download a hard copy entry form here

Entries are restricted to alpacas from parishes with a 3- or 4-year bTB testing regime. All alpacas must have been shorn in 2010.

Show organiser: Brian Raine (brianraine@hotmail.com; 07740 918380) 

3 October: Heart of England Fleece Show
Sandford St Martin Cricket Club, Sandford Park, Ledwell Road, Sandford St Martin, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 7AJ

BAS Fleece Show

Judge: Nick Harrington-Smith

Entries close: 15 September
Online entries available. Download a hard copy entry form here and an individual fleece entry form here

Fleeces should be sent to Sapphire Alpacas, Little Haven, Barford Road, South Newington, Banbury, Oxon OX15 4LN

Show organiser: Paul Stead (01295 721 320; 07776 385544; info@sapphire-alpacas.co.uk)

Kerry Bettinson of the Toft Alpaca Shop will speak on 'What the Manufacturers and Processors are Looking for in British Alpaca Fleece' and Hilary Shenton of Zarza Alpacas will speak on 'Breeding for High Quality Manufactured Products' and 'The Alpaca Scene in Italy'. Judge Nick Harrington-Smith will explain what a judge looks for in a prize-winning fleece and will give an explanation of a few of the class placings.

Food and drink will be available during the day.

Fleeces entered into both this and the Scottish National Fleece Show should be clearly marked. There will be free carriage of fleeces to and from the Scottish National Fleece Show, to be held 1–5 November at Plane Castle, Stirlingshire. This will be judged by world-renowned fleece expert, Cameron Holt. Fleeces can be collected from Sapphire Alpacas after the Scottish National Fleece Show or, on payment of the appropriate postage, they will be posted back to owners. No fleeces will be kept at Sapphire Alpacas beyond 26 November as the storage space is required

16 October: Yorkshire Alpaca Show
Thirsk Rural Business Centre, Blakey Lane, Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 3AB

Colour championship

Judge: Liz Barlow

Entries close: 18 September
Online entries available
For a hard copy entry form, click here

Entries will be limited to 120 alpacas for biosecurity reasons. Alpacas which are from or, in the 6 months prior to the show has been in contact with animals from a parish with a 12-month bTB testing regime are not eligible to enter. However, alpacas that have attended a BAS-approved show that has conformed to the new biosecurity advice will not be classed as having 'been in contact with' and will be allowed to enter.

Show organiser: Lawrence Waller (lawrencewaller@btinternet.com; 01287 660728; 07815 810433)

1–5 November: Scottish National Fleece Show
Plane Castle, By Airth, Stirlingshire FK2 8SF, Scotland

Fleece show

Judge: Cameron Holt

Entries close: 26 September
Online entries available. Download a hard copy entry form here and an individual fleece entry sheet here
Fleeces not also entered into the Heart of England Fleece Show to be delivered to Jonathan Russell, Northumbrian Alpacas, Ridge End Farm, Falstone, Hexham, Northumberland NE48 1DE by Friday 8 October

Show organiser: Jonathan Russell (jonathan.russell2@virgin.net; 01434 240597)