RBST Combined Flock Book
Available Now to Download

Printed copies of the RBST Combined Flock Book have now been distributed to those members who applied for them.  We have now sold out and are looking forward to producing Volume 50 next year !

Copies of each breed sections are available to download off the Grassroots Online Registry.  

Go to

• www.grassroots.co.uk/cfb.html
• Select your breed
• Type in your Combined Flock Book Memb.no. (the leading zeros are important.  NB this is not the same as your RBST membership number)
• and your password / access code (please email registry@grassroots.co.uk if you have mislaid your password)
•  In the central panel of the landing page, you will find the instruction and all the sections.  The Rules and Regulations sections includes an interesting review of the changes in the inbreeding coefficient for each breed since we introduced the kinship tools, ten years ago. 
• click on  ‘Download CFB pages’
• select your breed and following the instructions to download the document

If you are having difficulty or would like us to send you a pdf copy of your breed section by  email please let us know at  registry@grassroots.co.uk  (The office will be closed from Friday 23rd until 3rd January)

Thank you for your continued support of your breed and best wishes for a very Happy Christmas and peaceful and healthy New Year.

Libby Henson and the team at Grassroots Systems Ltd, PO Box 251, Exeter, EX2 8WX
Libby, Margaret, Carolyn, Helen, Sally, Ursula, Terry and Saffron 

AGM 2022

Melton Mowbray Market 9th & 10th September

Full catalogue for our breeds on this link:

SOAY AND BORERAY SHEEP SOCIETY S&S 2022

18^th Traditional & Native Breeds Show and Sale (our official show and sale)
Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray LE13 1JY – holding number 22/296/8000 (livestock access off Nottingham Road – LE13 0NP)  Tel:  01664 562971

10^th & 11^th September 2021, held at Melton Mowbray market (show held on the 10^th and sale on the 11^th)

Online entries now open – closing date 5^th August

Entries are done via the Manage My Animals section, via the Grassroots online website.  There is an extra menu option – sale entries.  It is only open to fully paid-up members of the RBST and The Soay and Boreray Breed Society.  Only registered sheep can be entered.  Please register your sheep with Grassroots, before you try to enter them in the sale.  Select the animal, the class to be entered and enter individual comments about the animal or group of animals (at the bottom).  Click submit.  Link to paper copy of the entry form below, but it is much easier for everyone if you can enter online.

http://meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/SHEEP-AND-GOATS-ENTRY-FORM.pdf

Maximum of two males per vendor.

Minimum upset prices:-

Soay – ram 50gns, ram lamb 30gns, ewe 40gns, ewe lamb 30gns

Boreray – ram 60gns, ram lamb 40gns, ewe 50gns, ewe lamb 40gns

We do urge you to set your own reserves.

Entry fees:  £10/sheep (including VAT) – pay the market directly via bacs and inform them via email when you have paid, with your reference (I suggest surname & breed if possible).  sales@meltonmowbraymarket.co.uk

Melton Mowbray Market – Sort Code:  20-63-66 – Account number:  13632741 or send a cheque to Melton Mowbray Market (address above)

Any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me – Suzannah (zannah24@gmail.com)

Looking forward to lots of entries and a great show and sale – as I have mentioned before this is your flock’s shop window, so please bring good quality sheep.