Dalmally Agricultural Show

18/10/2026

Could Kathryn MacDonald please get in touch with me regarding your trophies 🏆
Unfortunately, mobile number written down appears to not work.
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Either DM or call me 07749896436

26/09/2026

🏆Trophies and Special Prizes Awards - Livestock🏆

Highland Cattle

•T6 - Perpetual Challenge Cup for best animal in Highland Section presented by the late Sir James Denby Roberts, Bt of Strathallan, Auchterarder
- Balrownie Farm, Brechin

•T7 - Crunachy Challenge Cup for best Highland bull Stirk bred by exhibitor presented by the late John Mercer, Crunachy
- Lord Denham, Dunach Estate, Oban

•T8 - Glenogle Perpetual Cup for best heifer presented by the late Ewen Cameron Esq OBE
- Mrs J. H. Strickland - Cladich Fold, Dalmally

•T9 - Brig R W L Fellowes Memorial Perpetual Challenge Cup for Reserve Champion presented by his family
- Mrs J. H. Strickland - Cladich Fold, Dalmally

•T10 - Achnacloich Perpetual Challenge Trophy for the best group of Highland Cattle, 3 animals presented by the late Mrs J Y Nelson of Achnacloich
- Mrs J. H. Strickland - Cladich Fold, Dalmally

•T72 - Glenstrae Perpetual Challenge Quaich for best animal in the confined classes
- Mrs J. H. Strickland - Cladich Fold, Dalmally

•T83 - The Ashdon Perpetual Trophy, presented by Mrs Gail Cameron, North Connel for Young Handler in the Highland Cattle Section
- Isla MacKay – Glenstrae, Dalmally

•Highland Cattle Confined Champion
- J. H. Strickland, Cladich Fold, Dalmally

•Highland Cattle Confined Reserve Champion – - Isla MacKay, Glenstrae, Dalmally

•Highland Cattle Open Champion
- Balrownie Farm, Brechin

•Highland Cattle Open Reserve Champion
- Mrs J. H. Strickland, Cladich Fold, Dalmally

Commercial Beef Cattle

•T3 - Challenge Cup for best cross-bred calf presented by the late V W Huntington Esq of Bonawe for best Cross Bred Calf
- S. Underwood - Tom-Na-Coille, Dalmally

•T4 - The Balure Trophy for best bullock in show presented by the late Mr C MacLean
- S. Underwood - Tom-Na-Coille, Dalmally

•T11 - Perpetual Challenge Cup for Best Native Cattle Animal in section, presented by Messer’s Hepburn and Ross
- E. Campbell - 72 Camaghael, Fort William

•T13 - The Lescraigie Perpetual Challenge Cup for Champion in Confined Section presented by Mrs Steer and the late Mr R Steer
- S. Underwood - Tom-Na-Coille, Dalmally

•T14 - The Ormsary Perpetual Challenge Trophy for Best Animal in Commercial Beef presented by Sir William J Lithgow, Bt of Ormsary
- E. McGillivray - Barcaldine Home Farm, Barcaldine

•T15 - Challenge Cup for best calf in class 24 (confined section), presented by DAS
- S. Underwood - Tom-Na-Coille, Dalmally

•T16 - Challenge cup for Best Pair of Animals bred by the exhibitor in the commercial beef cattle section
- S. Underwood - Tom-Na-Coille, Dalmally

•T62 - The Calum McDonald Memorial Trophy, this year awarded to the best exhibit in the Commercial Cattle section
- E. McGillivray - Barcaldine Home Farm, Barcaldine

•T69 - The Bidwell Shield for Reserve Champion in commercial Beef section
- E. Campbell - 72 Camaghael, Fort William

•T73 - The McCallum Cup for the Reserve Champion in the confined section, presented by Mr R Malcolm of Poltalloch
- S. Underwood - Tom-Na-Coille, Dalmally

•Commercial Cattle Confined Champion
- S. Underwood - Tom-Na-Coille, Dalmally

•Commercial Cattle Confined Reserve Champion
- S. Underwood - Tom-Na-Coille, Dalmally

•Commercial Cattle Open Champion
- E. McGillivray - Barcaldine Home Farm, Barcaldine

•Commercial Cattle Open Reserve Champion – - E. Campbell - 72 Camaghael, Fort William Galloway Cattle

•T12 - The Portsonachan Hotel Cup for best Galloway exhibit.
- S. MacKillop – Blarghour Farm

Cattle - Overall

•T1 - The Craig Perpetual Challenge Cup presented by the late Captain R A Oldham of Craig for Overall Champion
- Balrownie Farm, Brechin

•T2 - The Captain R A Oldham Memorial Perpetual Challenge Cup presented by DAS for Reserve Champion
- E. MacGillivray – Barcaldine Home Farm, Barcaldine

•T5 - Challenge Cup for best animal bred by a crofter, shepherd or stalker in the confined classes, presented by the late Mr G Knight, Elgin
- S. Underwood - Tom-Na-Coille, Dalmally

•T79 - The Dunach Cup for Young Handler presented by Lady Denham of Dunach (any led cattle)
- Isla MacKay – Glenstrae, Dalmally

•Overall Cattle Open Champion
- Balrownie Farm, Brechin

•Overall Cattle Open Reserve Champion
- E. MacGillivray – Barcaldine Home Farm, Barcaldine

Blackface Sheep

Confined Trophies
•T17 - Perpetual Challenge Cup for best male sheep, presented by the late Major Sir Duncan McCallum, M.C, M.P. (confined)
-Messrs MacPherson - Balliemeanoch, Dalmally

•T18 - Perpetual Challenge cup for best female sheep, presented by the late Mr Henry Tyson, Achnacarron (confined)
- Messrs MacPherson - Balliemeanoch, Dalmally

•T19 - Anderson Memorial perpetual challenge cup for best female group of ewe, gimmer and ewe lamb, presented by the late Mr & Mrs J Robertson, Doune of Glendouglas (confined)
- Messrs MacPherson - Balliemeanoch, Dalmally

•T20 - The Duncan Sinclair memorial perpetual challenge Rosebowl for champion confined sheep, presented by the late Mr Hugh Sinclair
- Messrs MacPherson - Balliemeanoch, Dalmally

•T21 - The John McConnachie perpetual challenge trophy for the exhibitor with the most points in the confined section, presented by the late Mr J McConnachie
- Messrs MacPherson - Balliemeanoch, Dalmally

Open Trophies

•T22 - The Balliemeanoch perpetual challenge Quaich for overall blackface female champion, presented by the Macpherson family (Open)
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•T23 - The Blarghour perpetual challenge Quaich for overall blackface male champion, presented by the late Mr Ernest Crawford (open)
- Messrs McLarty - Littleport, St. Fillans

•T24 - Royal Bank of Scotland perpetual challenge trophy for exhibitor with most points in open section
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•T25 - Perpetual challenge cup for champion sheep in show (Open)
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•T26 - Perpetual challenge tankard for best sheep, any age, of opposite s*x to the champion, presented by the late Capt. R A Oldham of Craig (Open)
- Messrs McLarty - Littleport, St. Fillans

•T27 - Trophy for best ram lamb bred by exhibitor, presented by the late Mr Henry Tyson (Open)
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•T28 - Perpetual challenge cup for best female group of ewe, gimmer and ewe lamb, presented by the late Capt. Coutts, Woodburn Farm, Crieff (Open)
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•T63 - The perpetual challenge trophy for the best animal in young farmers’ classes, presented by the late Mr D Fellowes
- Roan & Luke McVicar - Lephinchapel, Strathlachlan

•A rosette presented by the Blackface Sheep Breeders Association for Champion Blackface Sheep (Open)
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•SP – The Overall Sheep Champion awarded a Sash and in addition £100 kindly presents by Scottish Woodlands Ltd
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•SP – The Duncan Wylie Memorial Prize for most points in classes 47-64
- Messrs MacPherson - Balliemeanoch, Dalmally

•Blackface Open Champion
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•Blackface Open Reserve Champion
- J. Jackson – Pole, Lochgoilhead

•Blackface Confined Champion
- Messrs MacPherson - Balliemeanoch, Dalmally

•Blackface Confined Reserve Champion
- Messrs MacPherson - Balliemeanoch, Dalmally

•Young Farmer Champion
- Roan & Luke McVicar - Lephinchapel, Strathlachlan

•Young Farmer Reserve Champion
- Jake Campbell - Balliemeanoch, Dalmally

Any Other Breed or Crossbreed of Sheep

•T80 - The Achnagoull Trophy for overall winner of the native, cheviot, continental and cross sheep classes.
- F. Ronald - Fidden, Fionnphort, Isle of Mull

•Overall AOB Champion
- F. Ronald – Fidden, Fionnphort, Isle of Mull

•Overall AOB Reserve Champion
- N. Milton - 4 Kiel Crofts, Benderloch

•Native Breed Champion
- N. Milton - 4 Kiel Crofts, Benderloch

•Native Breed Reserve Champion
- N. Milton - 4 Kiel Crofts, Benderloch

•Continental Breed Champion
- F. Ronald – Fidden, Fionnphort, Isle of Mull

•Continental Breed Reserve Champion
- D & J MacKenzie - Saddell Glen, Campbeltown

•Cheviot Breed Champion
- D. Malcolm – Duror, Appin

•Cheviot Breed Reserve Champion
- S. MacGregor - Burnbank, Oban

•Cross Breed Champion
- R. MacCallum – Putechan, Campbeltown

•Cross Breed Reserve Champion
- P. Ferguson - 13 Kiel Crofts, Benderloch

Sheep – Overall

•T81 - The Bodach's perpetual cup, for overall sheep champion, with £100, in memory of the late Mr Iain Cameron, presented by the shepherds who knew him
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•Overall Sheep Champion
- G. Van Dyck - Lurgan, Aberfeldy

•Overall Sheep Reserve Champion
- F. Ronald – Fidden, Fionnphort, Isle of Mull

Horse and Pony

•Champion
- A. Bowman with Hufflepuffle of Park View

•Reserve Champion
- F. Shaw with Ruadh Ramsey

26/09/2026

26/09/2026

A glimpse into a great day! If anyone has pictures they would like to share please send them on.

26/09/2026

Now that we have all recovered from this year's show we've had time to pull together a little round up. We had our doubts going into the weekend about the weather and if we would even be able to go head with the day at all but despite the downpours on the Friday our committee worked tirelessly to get everything up and running and on the Saturday we were blessed with a fine day and the sun even made an appearance too🌞

🐎The horses were very successful in their inaugural year with 29 entries, we received numerous messages aftwerwards from competitors saying how much they enjoyed their day. The champion was Alison Bowman with Hufflepuffle of Park View and reserve champion was Fiona Shaw with Ruadh Ramsey.

🐏🐂There was a large entry in the livestock categories this year and some very high quality stock on show. We had 200 entries in the sheep classes. In the cattle classes this year there were 65 entries. Taking home the overall cattle champion this year was a Highlander from Balrownie Farm, Brechin and taking home the overall sheep champion was a Blackface ewe from Lurgan farm, Aberfeldy.

Kicking of the events down on the field were the children's races which have been such a hit since being introduced a few years ago.

There was a strong turnout of 10 teams for this year's under 12's Shinty and what a fantastic tournament it was with great commitment and skill shown by all who took part. The final tie was a thriller between St Columba's and Rockfield with St Columba's securing the win for the second year on the bounce. We look forward to welcoming back all the teams next year to do it all again.

🎪Entires in the main tent we're brilliant as ever with a fine show of veg, baking, preserves and handcrafts. The crooks and sticks were incredible woth around 100 entries - we have exhibitors coming from far and wide to show their work and for that we are so grateful. There were over 130 entries in the photography section this year, it just seems to grow in popularity year on year📷

Our Farmyard tent was as ever popular for all, there were 3 day old chicks to hold and a range of different chickens. Friends of the show kindly brought in a calf and various breeds of sheep.

🚒The local fire brigade were back again with their new engine which always proves to be a hit! This year we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming the Taynuilt Youth Pipe Band who put on a fantastic performance. It was great to welcome back the classic car club again and in addition we also had a fantastic display of vintage tractors, the parade around the ring was quite a sight as was the tractor balancing and obstacle challenge🚜!

🐕‍🦺The dog show once again had a very large entry with some beautiful dogs on display, the terrier race as always was keenly contested and is always a great watch.

It's a Knock-Out returned for 2026. The event was once again full of the unexpected thrills and spills, teams were very evenly matched again this year, all teams and helpers entered into the spirit of the event and was very much enjoyed by thr crowd. This year's tables toppers by just one point in it were the Dalmally Fire Brigade closely followed by Glengarry Shinty Club. The one point seperating them was the bonus point for the Santa dash!

🎶The day was brought to it's end by the Calamity Crofters giving us a fantastic performance from D & J Campbells curtain side trailer.

We are ever so grateful to the food vendors, crafters and traders who come year after year and really help to make the day great!

The show would not be possible without our great committee that we have, the volunteers who help out on show day and of course our generous sponsors across the show. And last but by no means least everyone who attends and exhitibits on the day to make future shows possible. Thanks again to everyone and we look forward to seeing you all again next year.🌟

22/09/2026

Could the recipients of trophies 🏆 in 2025
T64 - The Pat Chrystal Memorial Cup
T65 - The Ian Black Memorial Cup

Both are from the Children’s Shinty…..please contact me either by PM on here or call me on 07749896436

These trophies have not been returned yet for engraving.
Thank you

08/09/2026

08/09/2026

A great day of shinty was had on Saturday at the Dalmally Show! 10 teams and over 80 kids participated in their Sixes competition with St Columba's Primary School coming out on top! Thanks to Joe MacVicar and Karen Mackinnon for running things on the day! Well done to all involved!

07/09/2026