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100: All-Ireland Intermediate Young Shepherd/Shepherdess Championship 2025 ( Qualifier)
THE IRISH SHOWS ASSOCIATION
PRESENT
THE ALL-IRELAND INTERMEDIATE YOUNG SHEPHERD/SHEPHERDESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
12-16 YEARS OLD
Sponsored by: FBD Insurance & Irish Farmers Journal
RULES AND CONDITIONS
1. The Competition is open to girls and boys, age on the 1 st September will
determine the class each exhibitor enters.
2. One exhibitor qualifies from each qualifying show for the Final.
3. Animals can be of any Sheep breed, male, or female (pedigree or non-pedigree)
4. An exhibitor can show an animal belonging to another flock owner.
5. Intermediate exhibitors will exhibit a 2025 born lamb
6. Exhibitors may be asked for proof of their age at the final.
7. No Entries will be accepted on the day of the Qualifying Show.
THE COMPETITION WILL BE JUDGED ON CRITERIA, WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING:
1. The ability to handle and present the lamb to its best advantage in the Show Ring.
2. General knowledge about sheep, including their feeding, breeding, etc.
3. Stock Judging, the ability to judge and place a group of lambs or Hogget’s.
4. Personal presentation of stock person.
5. Presentation of the lamb.
PRIZES
1st €700 – 2nd €400 – 3rd €250 – 4th €200 - €150 - 6th to 10th €100
Entry Fee: To Qualifying Show: €10 To Final: €15
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS – SHEEP and GOATS
Identification
All sheep must be identified individually with appropriate ear tags issued in accordance with the requirements of the National Sheep Identification System (NSIS).
Movement Documentation
All consignments of sheep being moved must be accompanied by a completed dispatch document. Individual details of each sheep in the consignment must be recorded on the document. Sheep from non-restricted flocks only can be moved to shows. In the case of flocks restricted following diagnosis of scrapie, sheep possessing the ARR/ARR genotype only may be exhibited1 . The movement of these ARR/ARR genotype sheep must be accompanied by the relevant movement permit (SCR/10), which can be obtained from the local District Veterinary Office in the county where the flock is located.
AIM Notification
All movements of sheep to and from shows must be recorded on the AIM. This is done using a copy of the owners sheep dispatch document as follows:
1. The owner/keeper presents the signed and completed dispatch document to the show secretary who checks it to ensure that it is completed in full
2. The show secretary fills in the MART section of the dispatch document with (1) the show number, (2) the date of the move back to the source holding, (3) stamps it with the show stamp and (4) signs the dispatch document.
3. The show secretary than forwards the completed pink section of the dispatch document to the local DVO within 7 days of the show movement.
4. The show secretary keeps white copy for his records.
5. The source/destination keeper keeps the bottom yellow copy to enter it into their flock register. Ultimate responsibility for fulfilling this requirement lies with the Show Secretary
Flock Register
All movements of sheep to and from shows must be recorded in the keeper’s flock register.