Charolais Breeders New Zealand AGM to be held on Tuesday 15th at 5pm in the Boardroom at PBB Dinner to follow at KR's cafe 32 Ferguson St. at 7pm  read more...

The weights from the weigh session on 16th April 2012 have been posted on the Bull Trial Page

 

    

"Kaitoke Extreme" Champion Charolais

also   Supreme Champion  of the allbreeds    Champion of Champions  2011

at the    beef+lamb  Beef Expo     held on the 17th May 2011

  The Charolais Beef Expo sale was a solid one, with six bulls and five females selling for a gross of $44,300 and the bulls averaging $6083, an increase over 2010 of $2,000.

The excitement of the sale for Charolais breeders was Kaitoke Extreme being judged the Champion of Champions at the Expo event. Extreme was bred by Noel and Liz Gwillim of Feilding and sold for $8,000 to the Fisher family’s Silverstream stud from Canterbury.

Kaitoke Edition, also bred by the Gwillims sold for $7,000 to the Chambers family of Kuwau stud, Raetihi

Other highlights from the event were two members that were placed in the Steak of Origin.

Rob & Mary-Ann Burrows from the Beechwood Stud took out 1st placing in the European section with a Charolais heifer.

Kate & Paula Jordan were placed 2nd in the Crossbred section with a Charolais/Jersey cross animal.

Photo below: President; Brent Fisher, Liz & Noel Gwillim, Rob Burrows, Kate&Paula Jordan