DAIRY SECTION Showground Holding Number 32/098/8000 Online Entries Go to the Nottinghamshire County Show website and select ONLINE Entries www.nottinghamshirecountyshow.com No entry will be accepted unless made on the appropriate form either ONLINE or by post and accompanied by the correct fees. Entry Fees All entry fees are quoted inclusive of VAT @ 20% (any change in the VAT rate will be applied from the due date). Amount Dairy Cattle Stalls per weekend 21.00 Dairy Show Team free of charge Dam & Daughter 6.00 Exhibitor Owned and Bred 6.00 Dairy Inter-breed 6.00 Young Handler Free of charge ALL OTHER DAIRY CATTLE CLASSES 6.00 Please Note: Correct Show dress must be worn in both the Showing Ring and the Cattle Parade. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of prize money. Show Preparation and Judging Rules: Exhibitors are warned that any form of enhancing udders including gluing or insertion of foreign objects, will lead to immediate disqualification and will be reported to the relevant Breed Society. The Society reserves the right to report the offence as an act of animal cruelty to the Police on site. If, in the opinion of a Veterinary Officer, tampering of any animal is proven, the Exhibitor will be escorted off the premises. All refundable fees or prize money due will automatically be forfeit in all sections and classes at the same show, for all breeds and species of animal. The Newark & Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society has a zero tolerance policy for any such incidents and will ban offenders from all future Society shows. DAIRY COW HEALTH & WELFARE In-milk or In-calf No cow, unless in-milk or in-calf, will be eligible for a prize. If in-milk she must be certified either at the date of entry, or between the date of entry and that of the Show, to have a living calf or that the calf, if dead, was born at its proper time within 12 months preceding the date of the Show. A formal certificate to this effect must be signed by the Exhibitor. The date of last calving must be entered on the certificate. No cow, or heifer, entered as in-calf, will be eligible for a prize unless the expected date of calving is entered on the entry form. All cows or heifers entered for competition as in-calf must calve within four calendar months of the first day of the Show, except where otherwise specially dated under their Class conditions. In the in-milk classes of all Breeds, the judges may, at their discretion, order any or all of the Exhibits in a Class to be milked out in the judging ring. Milk and Butterfat Records In all Classes or Sections, where Lactation Records are required to qualify for entry, an Exhibitor must give the necessary yields on the entry form or, if this is not possible at the time of entry, supply this information to the Secretary before the opening of the Show. The Society reserves the right to call upon Exhibitors at any time to prove the correctness of the information given and, if it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Council of the Society, whose decision shall be final, that any Exhibitor has knowingly signed an incorrect certificate or supplied false information, all awards made to such Exhibitor in any class may be cancelled and they may be disqualified from exhibiting at future Shows of the Society.
Clean Milk Production A milking parlour is provided and waste is collected. Cleanliness Exhibitors and Stockmen are requested, in the interests of hygiene and public relations, to comply with the Milk and Dairy Regulations 1959. Exhibitors should provide clean, washable outer clothing and head covering, foremilk cups and udderwashing equipment. Sealing of Teats No animal shall have its teats sealed or its udder faked in any way. Any infringement of this rule will result in disqualification of the animal concerned and the Exhibitor shall be reported to the Council. Prize Money Prizes in all Cattle Classes, except where special prizes are stated, are as follows: Please Note: Rosettes and Prize Cards to 4th place Prize money will be awarded on the number of entries CATALOGUED (Unless stated otherwise): No of entries catalogued 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1-5 35 25 15 6-10 45 30 20 10 11+ 50 40 25 15 Group Classes 15 10 5 Prize money will be paid on the day. Vouchers will be issued with rosettes and prize cards in the judging ring. Prize money may be collected from the Ice Events cash point located by the Main Ring. Vouchers not redeemed on the day may be presented to the Society Office for payment from May 13th - May 31st, 2019. Please Note: The General Public will have access to the Cattle housing from 8.00 am Saturday and from 8.00am on Sunday.
ALL DAIRY BREEDS All animals must be registered in, or entered, for the Herd Book of the there breed Society, or an officially approved Herd book in a Member State. NOTE: In the event of less than 4 entries or 2 separate exhibitors being received for any individual Classes, entries received will either be amalgamated within this section or be transferred to Any Other Dairy Native Breeds. 866 Maiden Heifer Under 18 months of age on the day of the Show s867 Best Heifer entered from Class 866 Under 12 months of age on the day of the Show and handled by a young person under the age of 16 years on the day of the Show Winner: NNAS Rosette and Prize Card with the sum of 15 For junior handling, owners of the cattle must ensure that the young person is capable of controlling the animal being shown. The animal must be used to being handled and an experienced adult must be present in the ring during judging. The judge has the authority to ask any exhibitor not having sufficient control of his/her animal to leave the ring. 868 Heifer in calf In calf with first calf, due to calve at under 30 months of age 869 Cow in calf 5 months or more in calf with second or subsequent calf - to be shown dry s870 Best Cow in calf Entered in Class 869 which has produced 4,500kgs milk and 235kgs butterfat in any one officially recorded lactation. (Lactation records required with entry.) Winner: NNAS Rosette and Prize Card with the sum of 25 871 Heifer in milk That has produced her first calf and only calf under the age of 30 months 872 Cow in milk Having had two or three calvings 873 Cow in milk Having had four or more calvings s874 s875 Best Cow in milk Entered in Class 873 which has produced 4,500kgs milk and 235kgs butterfat in any one officially recorded lactation. (Lactation records required with entry.) The Mourant Trophy Winner: NNAS Rosette and Prize Card with the sum of 25 Champion The Normanton Perpetual Challenge Cup Champion: NNAS Rosette and Prize Card ANS Sash and the sum of 25 Reserve: NNAS Rosette and Prize Card s876 Best animal bred by the exhibitor The Hockerton Perpetual Challenge Cup The Jersey Cattle Society offers a special Prize Card & Rosette to the Best Cow or Heifer registered in the Herd Book and bred by an Exhibitor who is a member of the Jersey Cattle Society. 878 Group Three females entered in the previous Classes and the property of the same exhibitor No Rosettes to be worn
DAIRY SHOW TEAM AWARD Judge: To be confirmed on the day PRIZE MONEY TO BE CONFIRMED NO PRIZE MONEY s886 The Dairy and British Native Breeds Show Team Awards These awards will be judged in the Dairy Marquee Lines, covering such aspects as the presentation and welfare of the Dairy and British Native Breeds of cattle, cleanliness of the lines, marketing and promotion of the herd and staff associated with each herd. Exhibitors may use advertising material in accordance with the Rules of the Show. All Dairy Breed Exhibitors who are members of their respective Breed Society will be eligible to compete. THE DAM & DAUGHTER AWARD Entries for this award must be made at the time for making other entries for the Show. Cattle will be identified by, and must wear, their individual Catalogue numbers. ENTRY FEE: 6.00 per PAIR PRIZE MONEY TO BE CONFIRMED s891 Best dam and her daughter The Daughter must be over 12 months of age on the first day of the Show and both animals must have entered in the earlier Breed classes. To be judged by a Judge who has not taken part in Class judging No Rosettes to be worn PURE-BRED & BRITISH NATIVE BREEDS CALF CLASS NO Entry Fee: Calf details must be given on the Entry Form. PRIZE MONEY TO BE CONFIRMED - Rosettes 1st - 4th s895 Dairy Heifer calf Not exceeding 12 months of age on the day of the Show Entries in this Class are not eligible to compete in any other Special Award, Championship or Inter-Breed Competition
YOUNG HANDLER CLASSES These classes are in the memory of the late Mick Saxby Owners of the cattle must ensure that the young person is capable of controlling the animal being shown. The animal must be used to being handled and an experienced adult must be present in the ring during judging. The judge has the authority to ask any exhibitor not having sufficient control of his/her animal to leave the ring. NO ENTRY FEE: May enter on the day s896 s897 s898 Young Handler of a Dairy Animal (Junior) Handler to be aged between 8-14 years Rosettes to all entries forward Young Handler of a Dairy Animal (Senior) Handler to be aged between 15-25 years Rosettes to all entries forward Champion Dairy Young Handler The Mick Saxby Memorial Trophy To be competed for by the first and second places in the Dairy Junior & Senior Handler Classes Champion: NNAS Rosette and Prize Card and the sum of 20 Reserve: County Show NNAS Rosette and Prize Card and the sum of 10 The Nottinghamshire SUNDAY CLASSES ONLY Entry Fee: ALL BELOW CLASSES ARE FREE OF CHARGE Please note all entries must be made prior to the show. We reserve the right to amalgamate these classes if there are less than 4 entries forward. Prize Money Prizes in all Cattle Classes, except where special prizes are stated, are as follows: Rosettes and Prize Cards to 4th place Prize money will be awarded on the number of entries CATALOGUED: No of entries catalogued 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1-5 35 25 15-6 - 10 45 30 20 10 11+ 50 40 25 15 Inter-breed Dairy Judge: 2009 Heifer Under 18 months on day of show 2010 Heifer In calf 2011 Heifer In milk 2012 Cow In Milk