Scottish Pig Keepers Association

any one got a sow with litter that would like to display them tomorrow at biggar show, do u know someone with pigs pedigree or not you are welcome to come and join us and have fun

Doune & Dunblane are not having pig classes this year, so the first for us is Bigger Show. Hope to see you on the day.

it has been a wee while since i kept you all up to date on fb, well there is no pig classes at Lesmahagow Show this year due to a small amount of exhibitors. We are having pig classes at Doune & Dunblane Show, and also Biggar Show and there will be sausage competitions held at the above events. I am hopeful that there could be the possibility of pig classes at the Border Union Show but need to get this clarified. I will keep you more up to date when i get clarification from the committee of the 3 shows mentioned.

a very merry christmas to all and best wishes for 2013, hope to see a lot more of you in the show ring. Take care and look forward to 2013

car bottie next sunday 7am till 1pm £10 per car £20 per commercial van com alon folks and grab yourself a barging, phone me to bpook your space address is Sibbald training, Shona's Way Blackridge West lothian EH48 3BN

SPKA has a trial run of an e newsletter. Please have a look and see what you think about it, negative comment as well as good comments are very welcome.

we are holding a car bootie on Sunday the 9th December at Sibbald traning, Blackridge, Armadale. The fee is £10 per car & £20 per big van. I will confirm the post code soon, please let me know if you wish to have a space.

Well Forfar was the last of the pig classes andc sausage competitions for 2012, a few mishaps along the way but the worst was Forfar, detains can be found on the website at www.scottishpigs.co.uk.

We as an organisation have been asked to participate in this event next year, very careful consideration will have to be given to this as the discrepancies out lined imparts greatly on the Scottish Pig Keepers Association even if they did not have a hand in any of the discrepancies... outlined. One or two could be attributed to this being a new event ,but for the amount of mistakes, hiccups or just thoughtlessness both on the organisers and who they choose to be under them, even down to the catalogue which listed exhibitors and entries was changed on the day which made it a totally shambolic event. In short had the entries been thrown in the air and the order they came down as the winners would have been more understandable. I just wonder what the sponsors of this competition would make of it once it is known what went on and appears to be a cover up by not informing entrants of all the facts. A simple hands up and honesty by the organisers about this would have reinstated faith in the ability of them to do another similar event, after all any new to the art of sausage making, how are they going to improve their ability if they do not get correct feedback from these events
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well the last of the pig classes for the SPKA was held at Forfar on the 30th September. David Chlad won the coc SPKA cup with his Duroc boar, R & L Waddell won the SPKA herd cup, the butchers cup and the SPKA young scottish pig of the year with their Hampshire Gilt.Lynne & Rachel Reese-Jones won the smallholder champion cup. Alison Stephen won the best new comer to showing, Anna Stephen won the junior handler SPKA cup and the smallholder junior handler and Eirn McGann won the SPKA senior handler. Congratulations to all who won silver wear and hope you are looking forward to a full calender of showing for 2013. Showing videos are on sale at £7.00 inc p&p, contact us through the scottish pigs website for your copy.

An update on the points table for the SPKA and are follows.
1st R & L Waddell 260 points 2nd David Chlad 173 points 3rd Lynne Rees-Jones 83 points 4th Alison Stephen 30 points
... Young handlers- Junior 1st = Anna Stephens 6 points = Lucy Stephens 6 points = Rebecca McKay 6 points
Young handlers-Seniors 1st – Erin McGann 6 points 2nd- Aiden Yule 6 points
Not long till the smallholder & grower festival on the 30th September, good luck to all who is entering and have a good time. Showing is fun and you get to make new friends.
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The Smallholder & grower festival are having a sausage comp at Forfar on the 30th September, please go to the accidental smallholder web site to down load the rules and entry forms.

On the 16th June this year we held a barn dance and raised a total of £458.00 after deductions. I wish to thank our hosts for their time, premises and donations for our event. Everyone who attended enjoyed themselves a special thanks goes to Ronnie & Bev for doing the roast spit.

less than 24 hours to go the pig racing dont be disapointed order tickets and whey can be picked up at the door

come on order your tickets to avoid disapointment you know it will be a fab night contact me through fb or our website

The SPKA are having a fund raiser event on 16th June 2012 at Foot O Green Farm Whins of Milton, Stirling, FK7 8HG with a bbq, roast spit, scottish music, raffle, pig racing. Please come and support our event, tickets are £12.00 7.30pm till late. Donation of raffle prizes will be greatly recieved. Hope to see some of you there.

Congratulations to David Chlad for winning the coc (pigs) at Lesmahagow Show yesterday, we were all heat stressed pigs and exhibitors as the temp was 26 degree, last year we had rain, hail, sleet, wind, looking forward to our next show, Robert and I set up the penning on the friday, we need more helpers so if you can spare a couple of hours to help us with this please get in touch, it is unfair for the same folk to keep doing it on there own.

please go to our website and see the latest news on the pig shows and sausage comps we are having this year, we are also having a barn dance on 16th June in Stirling, location and time to be confirmed, there will be a bbq, pig racing, fund raiser, scottish dancing, raffle/auction, donations for raffle welcome.