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Uis the letter for
2023
President’s Message
My thanks go to everyone who has made this year so memorable for me. You, the Breeders,
are the backbone of our society and as I have travelled around various shows, meetings and
herds I see the results of all the hard work put in over many years. This is borne out by the
quality of Shorthorn cattle I have seen in and from all corners of the UK.
DAVID WINNINGTON
My thanks go to everyone who has
made this year so memorable for me.
You, the Breeders, are the backbone
of our society and as I have travelled
around various shows, meetings
and herds I see the results of all the
hard work put in over many years.
This is borne out by the quality of
Shorthorn cattle I have seen in and
from all corners of the UK.
It goes without saying, that the
many Interbreed awards at a large
number of shows bear out that we
are making a difference, we can see
fruit from our labours. I hear people
talking favourably at the ringsides,
seen the interest at our show stands
and continue to hear and experience
young people wanting to get
involved in the breed.
It is the young people that
continue to inspire us all with their
enthusiasm and professionalism.
This has been evident at every show
I’ve visited and I have seen more
new faces getting involved as the
year has gone on, which gives even
more hope for a bright future. Well
done, congratulations to you all, and
we look forward to more successes
for you next year.
It has been a year of changes for
the office. Ros Rimmer and Claire
Ward moved on to pastures new.
In place arrived Pedigree Livestock
Services headed by Andy Ryder as
Company Secretary. A big thank
you to Andy and his extensive team
in his office who have taken on the
sharp learning curve of manning the
Society. Special thanks to Elizabeth
who has been many members point
of contact and worked very hard
with registrations. The PLS team
have attended many shows to greet
breeders and I am confident that
you can see the benefits that they
offer the society and am assured
that they will help man the helm to
progress the breed further in the
right direction.
We continue to be indebted to
Graham Bell, our field officer and our
PR Officer Rachael Madeley, whose
tireless, an often unseen, work
continues to publicise the breed and
continues to help Shorthorn Sires
be successful. Thanks Graham and
Rachael for all you do.
I’d like to finish in thanking everyone
around the country I met this
year. Your hospitality has made it
a pleasure and seeing wonderful
dairy shorthorns cows along the
way has made it very enjoyable
and rewarding. Please continue to
support your Society so that the
Society may support you.
David Winnington
President
Shorthorn
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