Looking towards the future, Brad Cartwright, “Kempton”, Fullerton, says his goals for his self-replacing Merino flock are well on the way to being validated.
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Mr Cartwright, along with his wife Maria and son Daniel, were awarded the third annual Southern Tablelands Flock Ewe Championship on Friday with their Thalabah blood maiden ewes.
The Cartwright’s long standing history with Thalabah genetics stem to between 70 to 80 years with Brad’s father also buying Thalabah rams before he took over about 40 years ago.
This is the first time a Crookwell finalist has taken home the award.
The Cartwrights’ flock was first judged in January this year during the 10th annual Crookwell Flock Ewe Competition. At Kempton they run 1940 head of sheep on 700 acres of heavy fertilised, decomposed granite soil.
This year his sheep cut an average of 7.6 kilograms of wool, averaging 186 kilograms per bale. All three judges agreed the Kempton flock of ewes were a standout.
The seven participants were made up of the top two flocks from each of the Crookwell, Taralga, Gunning and Boorowa competitions. In total 59 flocks of maiden ewes were entered.
Voted People’s Choice on the day with their Carrabungla bloodline of maiden ewes was the second Crookwell entrant and overall winners of the Crookwell competition - Gavin, Shireen and Caspar McDonald from “Aberdeen,” Crookwell. D’Arcy Slater from Crookwell High School won the Junior Judging.
