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Saturday 13th December 2008.
We have just got back from a lovely weekend in Fareham (thanks Jayne, Julie and Richard!!)
We really enjoyed the show, it was nice to see people and catch up with a natter...
Our piggies did very well and we were proud to show them, here are our results....

Pink Lady (on her last show, she now has a boyfriend!!) ~ 1st in her class out of 3, 3rd in the Longhaired Challenge AA out of 23, 2nd in the Non-self Grand Challenge Ad out of 62 and 3rd in the Grand Challenge Ad out of 86.
Pearl ~ 3rd in her class out of 5.
Raven ~ 1st in her class out of 5 and 2nd in the Non-self Grand Challenge u/5 out of 48.
Sunset Meadow ~ 2nd in her class out of 3 and 3rd in the Satin Challenge AA out of 5.
Newton Pipkin ~ 3rd in his class out of 3.

Sunday 23rd November 2008.
After travelling through the snow to Chiltern's we enjoyed a lovely day with friends at this well run show.
Raven ~ 2nd in her class.
Pearl ~ 1st in her class, 2d in the Rough/Longhair Challenge out of 11, 3rd in the Rough/Longhair Challenge AA out of 34, 3rd in the Non-Self Challenge AV AA out of 57, 3rd in the Non-Self Members Points AA out of 30 and 2nd in the Challenge AV U5 out of 23. Pearl was placed 5th Best In Show.
Pink Lady ~ 2nd in her class.
Newton Pipkin ~ 1st in his class, 3nd in the Rough/Longhair Challenge 5/8 out of 16, 2nd in the Challenge AV 5/8 out of 27 and 2nd in the Boar Challenge AA AV out of 24.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Rough/Longhair Challenge Ad out of 7, 1st in the Rough/Longhair Challenge AA out of 34, 1st in the Non-Self Challenge AV AA out of 57, 1st in the Non-Self Members Points AA out of 30, 2nd in the Challenge AV AD out of 31, 2nd in the Sow Challenge AV AA out of 57 and 2nd in the Grand Challenge AV AA out of 81. Sunset Meadow was placed Reserve Best In Show. She won two trophies and three rosettes.

Sunset Meadow was also placed in the Rare Varieties Stock Show but unfortunatley cards were not available so we have to wait for them to be posted to us before we know how well she did!!!

Sunday 16th November 2008.
Another good day for the Manor piggies! This time we travelled to Hassocks and although the journey there and back isn't that great we still enjoyed our day...

Sunset Meadow ~3rd in her class and 2rd in the Challenge Satin Ad out of 6.
Raven ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Challenge Longhair U5 out of 5 and 2nd in the Challenge Non-Self U5 out of 27.
Pink Lady ~ 2nd in her class, 2nd in the Challenge Longhair out of 4, 2nd in the Non-Self Challenge 5/8 out of 35 and 3rd in the Challenge Non-Self AA out of 105. Pink Lady was also 5th Best in Show.
Newton Pipkin ~ 1st in his class, 1st in the Challenge Longhair 5/8 out of 4, 1st in the Non-Self Challenge 5/8 out of 35, 1st in the Challenge Non-Self AA out of 105, 1st in the Boar Challenge AVAA out of 76 and 1st in the Grand Challenge AVAA out of 145. Newton won several rosettes and three beautiful trophy's.

Sunday 9th November 2008.
Today was the Kent Coast show and we had a lovely day with great results...

Newton Pipkin ~ 2nd in his class, 2nd in the Challenge Longhair 5/8 and 3rd in the Challenge Longhair AA out of 5.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Challenge Satin Ad, 1st in the Challenge Satin AA, 2nd in the Challenge Coated AA out of 56, 2nd in the Non-Self Challenge Ad out of 42, 3rd in the Non-Self Challenge AA out of 110. Sunset Meadow was also in the Best in Show line up and was placed 3rd. Sunset won a trophy for Best Satin and was also 3rd Best Sow.
Raven ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Challenge Longhair U5, 2nd in the Challenge Longhair AA -out of 5 and 1st in the Non-Self Challenge U5 out of 31, 4th in the Non-Self Challenge AA out of 110 and also made it to the Best in Show line up and was placed 4th Best Sow.
Pink Lady ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Challenge Longhair 5/8, 1st in the Challenge Longhair AA, 1st in the Challenge Coated AA out of 56, 1st in the Non-Self Challenge 5/8 out of 37, 1st in the Non-Self Challenge AA out of 110, Best Sow AA out of 73 and 1st in the Grand Challenge AA out of 147. Pink Lady won several rosettes and trophys for Best in Show, Best 5/8 in show, Best Non-Self, Best Longhair and Best Sow!

Sunday 26th October 2008.
We went to the Essex show today, we took three piggies today and all were placed.

Newton Pipkin ~ 2nd in his class and 2nd in the Longhair AA Challenge out of 2!
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class and 1st in the Satin AA Challenge out of 5.
Pink Lady ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Longhair AA Challenge out of 2, 1sr in the Non-Self 5/8 Challenge out of 28, 2nd in the Non-Self Challenge AA out of 65, 1st in the Grand Challenge AV 5/8 out of 34. Pink Lady went on to be 4th Best in Show....

(What is the fascination our pigs have with 4th place????)

Saturday 25th October 2008.
Heavenly has done it again!!! Today she littered and presented three adorable babies. One black and white boar, one silver agouti and white boar and one silver agouti and white sow. Needless to say, we are thrilled!!

Friday 10th October 2008
Today we were thrilled to find that Autumn had littered. She is now proud mummy to a huge golden agouti boar who we have named Henry.

Sunday 5th October 2008
Today we had a nice time at the Epsom show.
We only took 3 piggies and all did amazingly well...

Pink Lady ~2nd in her class and 3rd in the Non-Self Rough/Longhaired Challenge 5/8 out of 13.
Newton Pipkin ~ 1st in his class, 1st in the Non-Self Rough/Longhaired Challenge 5/8 out of 13, 1st in the Challenge Non-Self 5/8 AV out of 36 and 3rd in the Challenge Non-Self AV AA out of 96 (rossette). Newton also won Best Alpaca (rossette), Best Longhair (trophy) and was placed 4th Best In Show.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Challenge Non-Self Marked/Ticked AV Ad out of 17 and 3rd in the Challenge Non-Self Ad AV out of 33. Sunset also won Best Satin (rossette).

Sunday 28th September 2008.
It was a great day. Lots of laughs and plenty of friendly chatter. We only took 3 pigs and they all did really well but the best result today was picking up a wonderful trio of alpacas from Sally Nye.
Thank you Sally, they are all stunning. They are lovely big chunky piggies who have settled in well to their new home....
Also when we arrived home we found that Mollie has littered, producing one huge healthy golden agouti merino boar...

Anyway, here are our results....

Newton Pipkin ~ 2nd in his class and 3rd in the Longhair Challenge out of 9.
Pink Lady ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Longhair Challenge out of 9, 3rd in the Coated Challenge out of 74, 1st in the Non Self Challenge 5/8 out of 43. Pink Lady also won the Best Longhair trophy.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Satin Challenge out of 13, 2nd in the Coated Challenge out of 74, 2nd in the Non Self Challenge Ad out of 63 and 2nd in the Non Self Challenge AA out of 139. Sunset Meadow was 4th BIS and won the Best Satin trophy.

Saturday 27th September 2008.
We had a lovely day at Chiltern catching up on all the cavy news with friends...
It was a small show but most enjoyable. BIG congratulations to Jayne on her wins and also to everyone else who showed...

Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class out of 2
Pink Lady ~ Unplaced
Newton Pipkin ~ 3rd in his class out of 4
Gracie ~ 1st in her class and 2nd in the Challenge out of 3.

Sunday 14th September 2008.
Today we enjoyed a busy day at the Essex show....

Newton Pipkin ~ 1st in his class out of 3, 1st in the Longhair Challenge out of 4, 2nd in the Non-Self Challenge 5/8 out of 32 and Best Boar out of 38. Newton won a rossette for Best of Breed Alpaca and Best Boar.
Pink Lady ~ 2nd in her class out of 3 and 2nd in the Longhair Challenge out of 4.
Scrumpy Jack ~ 3rd in his class out of 3 and 3rd in the Longhair Challenge out of 4.
Sunset Meadow ~ 2nd in her class out of 3 and 2nd in the Satin Challenge out of 8.

Saturday 6th September 2008.
Today was the 2008 London Championship show. We have visited this show for the last two years and this year we were finally brave enough to put an entry in! We took along 4 piggies and are astounded and thrilled with their results.

Sunset Meadow ~ 2nd in her class out of 5.
Pink Lady ~ Unplaced.
Scrumpy Jack ~ Unplaced.
Newton Pipkin ~ 1st in his class out of 6, 1st in the L/H Challenge U5 out of 16, 1st in the Non-Self Challenge AV U5 out of 92, 1st in the Challenge AV U5 out of 125, 2nd Boar AV AA out of 143, 2nd best L/H in show and.....4TH BEST IN SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Newton Pipkin also took home 3 lovely rosettes.

Peruvian Varieties Cavy Club
Pink Lady ~ 2nd in her class out of 2.
Scrumpy Jack ~ Unplaced.
Newton Pipkin ~ 2nd in his class out of 5 and 3rd in the Alpaca Challenge out of 7. Newton also won 3rd in the Novice Alpaca AA out of 5.

Rare Varieties Cavy Club
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class, 2nd in the Solid Satin AA Challenge out of 9, 2nd in the full standard Ad Challenge out of 31 and 3rd in the full standard AA Challenge out of 65.

All in all a very good day for us and many of our friends. Lindsey did very well with her Aby and Beth took Best Juv. Well done everyone.

Sunday 24th August 2008.
We enjoyed a great day at Dorking today...

Lara ~ 2nd in her class out of 4
Libby ~ 2nd
in her class out of 5
Scrumpy Jack ~ 1st in his class and 3rs in the Coated/LH Challenge out of 20
Newton Pipkin ~ 1st in his class out of 3
Pink Lady ~ 2nd in her class out of 3
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class out of 4

Thursday 14th August 2008.
After a long wait, Mae finally littered and had 4 gorgeous bubs, three sows and one boar. All are adorable......

Sunday 10th August 2008.
We travelled all the way down to Fareham today to take part in both the SCC and NCC shows.
The pigs did us proud today, especially the alpacas we met with some stiff competition from some of the top longhair exhibitors.

SCC
Lara ~ Unplaced
Sunset Meadow ~ 2nd in her class out of 4
Newton Pipkin ~ Unplaced.
Pink Lady ~ 2nd in her class out of 9
Scrumpy Jack ~ 2nd in his class out of 3

NCC
Lara ~ Unplaced
Sunset Meadow ~ 2nd in her class out of 2 and 2nd in the Ad Satin Challenge out of 3
Newton Pipkin ~ 3rd in his class out of 7
Pink Lady ~ 2nd in her class out of 7 and 2nd in the U5 Longhair Challenge out of 18.
Scrumpy Jack ~ 2nd in his class out of 3

Sunday 3rd August 2008.
Exciting news! Puzzle littered today but not one himi alpaca in sight! Instead she had two cream and white bubs and one tri colour. Puzzle is happily snuggled up with her babies....

Friday 25th July 2008.
Magic littred today, presenting two alpacas. One boar and one sow. These are very special babies as they signal the start of the 3rd generation of 'Guinea Pig Manor' alpacas...

Sunday 20th July 2008.
Today was one of our favourite shows, Epsom...
The pigs did well and the new additions to the show team did extremely well as they results show...

Purebreeds
Lara ~ Unplaced
Lexi ~ 1st in her class out of 5.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class out of 5.
Newton Pipkin ~ 2nd in his class out of 4, 2nd in the U5 challenge rough/longhaired out of 25 and 3rd U5 non-self out of 35.
Pink Lady ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the U5 challenge rough/longhaired out of 25 and 1st U5 non-self out of 35. Pink Lady also took Best of Breed Alpaca. (Rosette)
Fletcher ~ 2nd in his class out of 3.

Pets
King Tut ~ 3rd in his class.
Pavlova ~ 2nd in her class out of 6.
Cheesecake ~ Unplaced.

Friday 11th July 2008.
Exciting news!! Heavenly littered today and we are sooo pleased, she has had two gorgeous lunkarya sows. One silver agouti and white and the other black, white and silver agouti. Heavenly seems to be coping very well for a first time mum. Well done Heavenly!!

Sunday 1st June 2008.
We enjoyed a lovely day at Marsh Farm, Essex. The entry was up on last years show and we welcomed some new faces to the show scene. Thanks Ted for a good day...

Purebreeds
Lara ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the PEW/C/PEG/BLK Challenge AA, 1st in the Self Challenge Ad, 1st in the Self Challenge AA, 2nd Best Sow out of 40, 3rd in the Challenge AV Ad out of 40, 3rd in the Grand Challenge AV, AA out of 87 and finally 3rd in the Members Points class out of 79. Lara was placed 3rd Best in Show! (BEST OF BREED Rosette and BEST SELF Rosette).
Logan ~ 3rd in his class out of 3.
Libby ~ 3rd in her class and 3rd in the Self Challenge 5/8 out of 3.
Lexi ~ 2nd in her class and 2nd in the Self Challenge U5 out of 4.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class, 2nd in the Satin Challenge AA out of 5, 1st in the Non Self Challenge 5/8 out of 26, 3rd in the Non Self Challenge AA out of 57 and 1st in the Challenge AV 5/8 out of 26. Sunset Meadow was also placed 5th Best in Show!
New Rose ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Longhair Challenge AA out of 7, 2nd in the Non Self Challenge 5/8 out of 26 and 2nd in the Challenge AV 5/8 out of 26. New Rose was also placed 6th Best in Show. (BEST OF BREED Rosette).

Sunday 25th May 2008.
It was our local show at Higham today. It was a lovely day seeing piggy friends and we enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere. There was a good mix in the entries today and we were pleased with our placings.

Purebreeds
Lara ~ Unplaced
Libby ~ 2nd in her class.
Lexi ~ 1st in her class, 2nd in the Challenge PEW/CR/B/PEG U5 and 2nd in the Self Challenge AC U5 out of 10.
New Rose ~ 3rd in her class.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Challenge Satin 5/8, 1st in the Challenge Satin AA and 3rd in the Challenge Coated AA out of 67. (BEST OF BREED, Rosette).

Pets
Cheesecake ~ 3rd in her class.
Pavlova ~ 1st in her class and 3rd in the Challenge Pet U5 out of 16. (Rosette)

Sunday 18th May 2008.
Today we travelled to Reading for the 4 Points Animal Show. Although a small show, it is all was a good day out and gives you chance to catch up with fellow fanciers.
Our pigs all did well today.....

Purebreeds
Lara ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the W/CR Challenge and 2nd in the Grand Challenge out of 21!(RESERVE BEST IN SHOW).
Logan ~ Unplaced :(
Libby ~ 1st in her class, 2nd in the 5/8 W/CR Challenge.
Lexi ~1st in her class.
Something Always ~ 2nd in his class.
New Rose ~ 1st in her class, 2nd in the 5/8 Non-Self Challenge.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the 5/8 Non-Self Challenge, 1st in the AA Non-Self Challenge and 1st in the Grand Challenge out of 21!! (BEST IN SHOW).

Friday 10th May 2008.
Sylvie littered today. She is now the busy mum of three lunks. Two boars and a sow. We are very excited that one of the boars in White and Silver Agouti which is the colour that we are planning to specialise in as our breeding programme progresses.

Monday 5th May 2008.
We travelled to North Somerset today, to visit the argicultural show and to see some piggy people! It was a great day, lots to see and do and most importantly we finally picked up our new boar from Nikki Matthews. Thanks Nikki, Oscar has settled in really well!!

Sunday 20th April 2008.
Today was the Epsom show. We had a great day catching up with piggy friends and enjoying the judging. Our piggies results are as follows....

Purebreeds
Lara~ 1st in her class, 1st in the PEW/CR/BK/PEG AD challenge out of 9 and 3rd in the Self challenge AC AD out of 13. (BEST OF BREED)
Libby ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the PEW/CR/BK/PEG U5 challenge out of 6 and 2nd in the Self challenge AC U5 out of 9.
Lexi ~ 2nd in her class out of 3.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class, 3rd in the Marked/Ticked AOV 5/8 challenge out of 14.
Something Always ~ 1st in his class out of 1.
Hot Fudge ~ 2nd in his class out of 2.
New Rose ~ 1st in her class, 2nd in the Rough/Longhaired U5 challenge out of 11 and 3rd in the Non Self AV U5 out of 19. (BEST OF BREED)

Pets
Guylian ~ 3rd in his class out of 9.
Tink ~ 2nd in her class out of 7.
Freckle ~1st in her class out of 5, unplaced in the challenge.

Friday 18th April 2008.
Mollie had her first litter today and is now nursing a huge black, white and strawberry roaned merino boar.

Tuesday 1st April 2008.
Shadow littered today and gave us three beautiful lunkarya boars. We are delighted with them all but especially pleased with the pure black bub who we have named April Fool!!!!

Sunday 30th March 2008.
It was the Higham show today. It was a good turn out and good to see lots of new faces amongst the regulars!

Purebreeds
Lara ~ 1st in her class and 3rd in the PEW/C/B/PEG AD Challenge out of 12.
Libby ~ 2nd in her class out of 4.
Something Always ~ 2nd in his class out of 3.
New Rose ~ 3rd in her class out of 3!
Sunset Meadow ~ 2nd in her class and 2nd in the challenge out of 3.

New & Emerging
Heavenly ~ 2nd in her class out of 10 and 3rd in the New & Emerging AA Challenge out of 23.

Pets
Unchie ~ 3rd in his class out of 6.

Sunday 16th March 2008.
Today we entered Essex show in Writtle. This was a lovely friendly show, well run and enjoyable.
Again, we were thrilled with pur results...

Purebreeds
Lara ~3rd in her class.
Libby ~ 3rd in her class.
Sunset Meadow ~ 1st in her class and 3rd in the Satin Challenge AA.
Something Always ~ 2nd in his class and 2nd in the Longhair Challenge.
New Rose ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the Longhair Challenge, 2nd in the Non-Self Challenge AV U/5 and 2nd in the Grand Challenge AV U/5. New Rose also won the Best Longhair Rosette and a trophy.

New & Emerging
Heavenly ~ 3rd in her class.

Sunday 2nd March 2008.
It was our local show at Boughton today. We enjoyed a lovely day, the show was very relaxed and everyone seemd to enjoy the friendly atmosphere. It was the first show for two of our home bred alapaca's, they did really well aqnd we were pleased with their results as well as thos of our other piggies....

Purebreeds
Libby~1st in her class, 1st in the U5 Challenge PEW/C/B/PEG and 1st in the U5 Self Challenge AC.
Lara~1st in her class.
Logan~3rd in his class and 3rd in the U5 Challenge PEW/C/B/PEG.
New Rose~2nd in her class, 2nd in the U5 Challenge Longhair and 2nd in the AA Challenge Longhair.
Something Always~1st in his class, 1st in the U5 Challenge Longhair, 1st in the AA Challenge Longhair, 3rd in the AA Challenge Coated, 2nd in the U5 Non Self Challenge and 2nd AA Best Boar. Always also got a rossette for best Longhair.
Sunset Meadow~1st in her class and 2nd 5/8 Satin Solid Colour.

New & Emerging
Heavenly~2nd in her class and 4th in the AA New & Emerging Challenge.

Tuesday 12th February 2008.
Ruby Tuesday littered today. She had one baby, a huge black & tan alpaca sow. Well done Ruby!

Sunday 10th February 2008.
Today we enjoyed a fun filled day at the Dorking show.
We only took a few piggies and were thrilled with their results...

Purebreeds
Lara ~ 3rd in her class and 3rd in the W/C/G/B Challenge 5/8.
Libby ~ 1st in her class, 1st in the W/C/G/B Challenge U5, 1st in the Self Grand Challenge U5 and 3rd in the Grand Challenge AV U5.
Sunset Meadow ~ 3rd in her class.

Pets
Unchie ~ 1st in his class, 1st in the Challenge Pet and 1st in the Challenge Pet AV. Unchie won Best Pet and two rosettes.
Mollie ~ 1st in her class and 2nd in the Challenge Pet. Mollie was placed 5th Best Pet.

New & Emerging
Heavenly ~ Unplaced :(

Friday 1st February 2008
Eden has littered!!! She is now the proud mummy to two darling bubs, a boar and a sow!

Sunday 27th January 2008
A busy day today as we travelled to the Chiltern show.
We were very pleased with our results and especially with Heavenly Girl who was got best new and emerging. Sadly she didn't get a rosette as this show doesnlt present them for this class.... :(

Friday 25th January 2008
Autumn littered today and is now a mummy to three lunkarya boars...

Tuesday 22nd January 2008
Phoebe littered today and she now has three delightful babies snuggled up with her., two merinos and a texel. Once again, Phoebe has produced some stunning colours....

Monday 21st January 2008
This morning we opened up the shed just in time to find Freckle in labour. We watched her give birth to two cute coronets...

Tuesday 15th January 2008
Today Celeste littered for the first time. She is now a proud mummy to three lovely tri colour shelties.

Tuesday 8th January 2008
We came home from work to find Charmed in labour!! She has given birth to two healthy boars, a coronet and a sheltie. Both and good sizes and seem very content snuggled up to their mummy.....

Sunday 6th January 2008
Today was the Epsom show and our first show if the new year.
It was good to get back to showing and to catch up with our piggy friends.

We took our Lunkarya's Heavenly Girl and Unchie out for the first time and were extremely excited when Heavenly came second out of 12 pigs in the New and Emerging Breeds class. We hadn't expected either of the Lunks to get placed at all.

We were also pleased with our other results......

Purebreeds
Lara ~ 1st in her class and 2nd in the 5/8 Challenge. She also got a rosette for Best of Breed PEW.
Golden Sunset ~ 1st in her class, 2nd in the Challenge and 3rd in the U5 Non-Self Challenge.
Pharoah ~ 1st in his class and 3rd in the coated Challenge. He also got a rosette for Best of Breed Merino.

31st December 2007
Ribbons littered today and is now the proud mummy to three little alpaca's. Two sow's and a boar. Pictures have been added to the nursery page...

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