Sale 2010 Pictures

Te Taumata, New Zealand

The McWilliams Family were kind enough to send us these photos of thier Vice Admiral calves in February. The Te Taumata herd is located close to Masterton on New Zealands North Island.

Gippsland Hereford Female Challenge
Robert Sykes Memorial Trophy

Don & Kay Belcher, Woodside Victoria have been awarded winners of the Gippsland Hereford Female Challenge for the second consecutive year. The pure Mawarra blood herd was selected from entrants from throughout Gippsland by Judge Bruce Lester, Foster.

The Haven - United Kingdom

Congratulations again to Edward & Carol Lewis, The Haven, Herefordshire, United Kingdom. They have continued their show success by winning the Sires Progeny Group of three at the U.K. National Calf Show with Mawarra Vice Admiral progeny
(L-R) H Louisa 55 , H Harlequin and H Hotspur.

Edward & Carol Lewis, The Haven, Herefordshire, United Kingdom recently sent us these photographs. In a regional herd competition, judged by Mr. John Kemp, Auckvale, Herefords, UK. A five month old M. Vice Admiral son, Haven Harrier, was awarded Junior Bull Champion. Over 30 herds entered the competition comprising over 3000 cattle.
The other bull & heifer calves shown below are also sired by M. Vice Admiral.

Haven Harrier	Haven Harlequin	Haven Hotspur
Haven Curly 124th	Haven Dowager 169th	Haven Louisa 55th

First calves by Standard 68L Dom Lad 38T

ET calf Doreen 296/38T	ET calf Doreen 296/38T	ET calf Doreen 296/38T	ET calf Minerva 773/38T
ET calf Doreen 296/38T	ET calf Doreen 296/38T	Miss Titania 381/38T	ET calf Doreen 296/38T

New additions to the Mawarra herd Spring 2011

L to R: Doreen 296/ 38T, Minerva 551/ B. Storm	Sired by Bowmont Storm	Sired by Talbalba Valiant	Sired by Vice Admiral
Sired by Talbalba Valiant	Sired by Glenwarrah Lismore More	Sired by Vice Admiral	ET calves Minerva 551/Bowmont Storm

Hereford National May 2011

For the fourth consecutive year the Mawarra team were awarded Grand Champion at the National Show & Sale. The records didn't stop there with the Team being awarded all three Champion divisions which cumlimated in Peter, Brandon & Logan parading the three Champions prior to the announcement of Grand Champion. The Mawarra Team brought home six of the eight Broad Ribbons on offer and were awarded Most Successful Exhibior. The sale that followed saw us record a top price of $26,000 and average $18,500.
"It was such a proud moment to be standing in the ring with my sons parading the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Champions" Peter said

38th Annual Sale March 2011

Green grass, blue sky & industry optimism combined to create the perfect setting for the 38th Annual Mawarra Hereford Sale. With a large crowd in attendance, 120 registered buyers from five States provided frenetic competition on the 67 Lots resulting in a 100% clearance & record average of $7,366, $1,700 up on their 2010 result.
Mawarra Principals Peter & Deanne Sykes were thrilled with the result, “We are very proud of this year’s offering & delighted with the total clearance. We are very appreciative of the support from our return clients and it is equally pleasing to note that over 20% of our successful purchasers operated for the first time. We are confident that everyone will be pleased with their purchases & we look forward to seeing their progeny and results”
Sale Summary: 47 Hereford Bulls to $15,000 averaged $7,375, 19 Poll Hereford Bulls to $16,000 averaged $7, 342 & 9 Joined Heifers to $4,500 averaged $3,111.

March 2011

Brandon & Logan were very excited to
meet Australian cricket legend &
Elders Ambassador Glenn McGrath
at the Annual Mountain Calf Sales.

February 2011

Rob Stokes, Richon Herefords, Oxford, New Zealand visited us recently. Below are photographs he brought us of his Trail Blazer calves.

Calf by M. Trail Blazer

January 2011

Mawarra bloodlines were predominant in the first seven pens of weaner steers at the Wodonga Annual Weaner Sale on January 6th. Mike & Tom Walsh recorded the top Hereford price of $850/hd for 41 EU accredited steers. Peter was in Wodonga to see the sale and after visited a number of our clients. Photographs taken at their properties are displayed below

Arthur Trethowan's, Woomargama, NSW
Photographs taken January 2011

To view more photographs from Arthur's click here

	Solid Gold	Solid Gold	Red Rock	Ready to Rumble
Tribute	Trifecta

Gordon & Marie Paton,
Tallangatta, VIC.
Photographs taken January 2011

U-Beaut

Moorak Partnership,
Holbrook, NSW
Photographs taken January 2011

Terminator

Granite Flat Pastoral Co.
Mitta Mitta, VIC.
Photographs taken January 2011

Understand

Melbourne Show 2010 - School Steer Competition

East Gippsland TAFE team at Melbourne Royal 2010

The Hereford Team for the Borthwick Trophy

Steer bred by Keith Davies, Gelantipy. Pure Mawarra blood. Sold for $4.10/kg! A handy profit, in excess of $1,600 for the school.

37th Annual Sale

2010 National Show & Sale

Mawarra 37th Annual Sale
A shower of rain to settle the dust and then bright sunshine prevailed at Longford on Monday 29th March. More than 250 visitors made their way through the gate to inspect the Sykes Family's offering for 2010. Strong bidding from a mix of new and return buyers saw a record average of $5670 achieved for the 47 bulls sold and an average of $2,631 recorded for the 80 females purchased.

We sincerely thank all our family and friends for their help leading up to and on Sale Day.
On behalf of all our family please accept our heartfelt thanks for assisting us raise $350 for the Ovarian Cancer Reaserch Foundation in loving memory of our Mum & Nannie Susanne, Sue Davies 1951 - 2010.

Hereford National Show & Sale 2010
Following on from our very strong sale result we were humbled to be awarded the Grand Champion for the third consecutive year at the National. In front of a large crowd, which included his grandparents, Brandon showed great maturity and ability to lead Mawarra Virginian to the top honor. Following in Peter's footsteps he continued with his charge on Sale Day, leading Virginian to the sale top price of $40,000. Logan contributed behind the scenes, organising & preparing the bulls prior to show and sale.

Thank you to everyone who has sent us photographs, we love receiving them and sharing them with you.

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