Beef & Dairy Shorthorns

Down the years at the Pietermaritzburg Royal Show

1976 - 1983

Chalnella Stardust

!st heifer 12 - 18 mths

1976

Hebron Valentine 18th

3rd Cow over 5years 1976

Champion Dairy Shorthorn Bull 1976

Edina Premier's Chieftan owned by Fred Dell

Champion Beef Shorthorn Bull

Woody Hills Mark 15th owned by Steve Gawith

1976

Chalnella Captain Cook & Chalnella Casanova

Beef Shorthorns 8 - 14 months

1977

 Junior Champ & Champ Beef Shorthorn Bull

 Rozetta Billabong owned by Steve Gawith    

Res Junior & Res Champion Chalnella Captain Cook

1978

 Res Jun & Res Champion Beef Shorthorn

Chalnella Captain Cook 1978

Res.Champion Dairy Shorthorn Edina Farewell 85

1978

1979 Judging of Champion Dairy Shorthorn Bull

Champion Edina Cassius Q   (on right)

owned by Gail Beukes

 Champion Dairy Shorthorns

Edina Cassius Q & Bilmar Foggathorpe 3rd

 owned by Gail Beukes

1979

 Reserve Supreme Dual Purpose Champion

Edina Cassius Q      1980

1980

 Chalnella Foggathorpe Fireworks (roan)

Res. Junior & Champion Chalnella Fireworks (red)

1981

Champion Edina Highland Chief (roan) F.Dell

Res.Champion Chalnella Gainsborough

1983

1st Heifer 12 - 18mths

Chalnella Marchioness Lara

1983

Part of the Chalnella Herd  1981

The Chalnella herd of Shorthorns came into being around 1975 with the purchase of 3 Dairy Shorthorn cows at the dispersal sale of  Hebron Dairy Shorthorn herd. These cows were purchased on my behalf by Mr Steve Gawith of the Rozetta Shorthorn herd, whose help during my years as a breeder was of tremendous assistance and always greatly appreciated by me. In 1976, 2 animals from Chalnella competed at the Pietermaritzburg Royal Show - Chalnella Stardust a heifer and Hebron Valentine 18th, her dam. It was a great thrill when Stardust won her class and Valentine was placed 3rd in her class. Thereafter Chalnella exhibited every year at the Royal Show until sadly, due to circumstances the herd was sold. Shorthorns have been and always will be a breed I have tremendous faith in and I still feel that their worth in South Africa in particular is not fully appreciated. This is most likely due to the fact that the breed society is a very small one and little is heard  about this breed locally.