Last updated at 16:55, Friday, 05 October 2012

Three teenage sisters held their own in the Lakes Counties Jersey Herd Competition.

Emily, Laura and Rachel Elliott from Farlam Hill Farm, near Brampton, came third in the small herd section of the competition, which attracts entries from three counties.

Rachel works at Burnetts Solicitors while 15-year-old twins Emily and Laura attend William Howard School in Brampton. They started keeping Jersey cows in 2006 and now have two milking cows and two calves.

Mum Caroline said: “As soon as Laura and Emily come home from school, they throw on their farm clothes and get straight out to work with the animals.”

Judge Charles Reader, from Northamptonshire, visited 15 herds in Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire between Monday and Thursday last week.

Results: Large herd: 1, Saxby Family, Skipton (Saxown); 2, I & S Macalpine, Clitheroe (Ribblesdale); 3, J & K Waller, Killington, Lancashire (Killington). Small herds: 1, D & M Holliday, Burgh by Sands (Monument); 2, Savage & Fleming, Appleby (Shellen); 3, R, E & L Elliott, Brampton (Cumbrian). Best homebred cow: 1, Saxby Family (Saxown Connection Heidi); 2, J & K Waller (Killington Ringmaster Dolly); 3, G M & D J Pye, Arkholme, Lancashire (Bayview Kenai Natasha 2). Non-homebred cow: 1, Messers Watson, Wigton (Clydevalley Sultan Clover); 2, G M & D J Pye (Shellen Senior Skip); 3, D & M Holliday (Whiteoaks Julian Nonette). Homebred heifer: 1, Savage & Fleming (Shellen Action March); 2, G M & D J Pye (Bayview Excitation Osprey 3); 3, J Thompson & Son, Brampton (Farlam Josephines Minnie). Group of Three: 1, Saxby Family; 2, G M & D J Pye; 3, J & K Waller. Production class: 1, G M & D J Pye (Bayview Connection Kitty 2); 2, J Thompson & Son (Farlam Coins Gem); 3, J A & Y Raven, Wigton (Skiddaw Berrata Maggie) and Saxby Family (Saxown Connection Heidi). 50,000-kg cow: 1, Saxby Family (Saxown Centurions Cash); 2, G M & D J Pye (Millcoat Twikle 23); 3, J Thompson & Son (Farlam Xcess Cicrcus). Dam & daughter: 1, GM & DJ Pye; 2, Saxby Family; 3, Messers Watson, Wigton. Progengy group: 1, G M &D J Pye (Belles Conection); 2, Saxby Family (Bridon Excitation); 3, J & K Waller (Bridon Remake Comerica).

First published at 13:57, Friday, 05 October 2012
Published by http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk