The Club is delighted to have won the interbreed quiz with the team of chairman Janet Law, joint secretaries Maureen and Chris How and their daughter and son-in-law Alison and Garth Leese who had just returned from a year in Austrailia.  The team was joint first following all the rounds and faced a tie-breaker and emerged the proud winners of a Cup and some bottles of Australian wine. Thank you to the Derbyshire Ayrshire Club for organising a successful evening. 

The committee took the bold step to change the venue to Branston Golf and Country Club for this year’s dinner dance which was held in March. All 169 members and guests included a fabulous night with excellent food and the dance floor full to the very end. 

Tom Hill was presented with a Club Award by Holstein UK president Randolph Miller in recognition of him winning the President’s Medal. 

Following the formalities of the AGM at the end of March members were entertained by Chris ‘Sid’ Parker from Scarsdale Vets. He gave a funny and interesting talk, with illustrated slides, about how working in a vet practice has changed over the last 30 years. 

In April Staffordshire Club held a show and sale at Leek Market for the third year in conjunction with Bagshaw’s monthly pedigree sale. Sponsors for the show were Bateman’s and Alltech UK, Andrew Birkle from Whinchat judged the show and awarded the championship to Overseal Wanda 290 from J E and E M Marshall who went on to sell for £2220. While the reserve, Bentygrange Elvina Candy from G M, M E and R H Phillips stood reserve and sold for £2210.