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Last Updated: 5th of August 2010

August 1-3rd.2010 Hamilton Sheepvention is a great place to go as there is so much to see and do as well as show alpacas. AMBLESIDE ANDEAN SILKWOOD was awarded Champion junior and then he took out SUPREME Suri which was very exciting. Micolitta was awarded first and reserve Champion junior and Aztec was First and Champion Adult male. Our Hucauya Chantilly was pulled out into the front line which was very pleasing as she was in short fleece and a very strong line up. All in all a very successful show.

July 25th 2010 Ballarat Show was an enjoyable show. It was not sooooooooo cold though we did get a downpour in the afternoon with hail!!!! Our Accoyo Aztec was awarded first and Champion Adult male which was very pleasing. The judge and suri breeder from NSW[ Wendy Billington] examined Aztec thoroughly and said he was a very good male.. Great bone and lustre, a consistent flat lock style and micron that was very uniform SEE photo in Gallery Section. Ambleside Micholitta is being consistent being placed First and Reseve Champion. Great lustre and uniformity of lock but a little small. And Ambleside Andean Silkwood was placed second.
Accoyo Aztec under went his certification test with Denis Ryan last Friday. Aztec passed with flying colours and will start stud duties this Spring



June 25th 2010 Western Region Agfest: 340 animals were entered and 117 fleeces. The two judges Ron Reid[ WA and Kate Manders {New Zealand] were very complimentary re Micholitta and Aztec. Regarding Aztec Kate said he had excellent bone, lustre very evident and uniform locking that was returning very well. Aztec had 9 months regrowth and was placed 3rd in Adult male section behind 2 animlas in full fleece. Micholitta was Reserve Champion Junior Suri female and Silkwood was awarded second in the junior male category

June 15th 2010-- News from a satisfied sheep stud client Sue P. emailed me this recently re her herd quards " I gladly recommend alpaca quards... The boys have been sensational, with not one lamb lost and every ewe who is not a maiden having twins. They[the boys] seem to be with the ewe with the youngest lambs at all times and are very watchful. The shooters went through the creek area last week and shoot 7 foxes so they certainly are about. I am looking at at least 150% lambs and am confident they will all make it to weaning..... Sue runs a Dorper Stud near Camperdown Western Victoria




May 25th 2010.

Ambleside Alpacas attended the First Glemormiston Show in the Western District of Victoria------ in the heart of fine wool farms-----
Aztec continued his winning streak with being awarded fisrt and Champion Adult male white Suri.
This is his third Championship from 3 shows.
In the junior white Suris Ambleside Micholitta was awarder First place and Reserve Championship and Ambleside Andean Silkwood was awarded a second behind the Supreme
Pictures and full results will be going up on the Show page.

Ambleside Saffire was awarded Supreme Hucauya from a very strong line of contenders. Congrats to her owners.





May 19th 2010

Ambleside Alpacas web site has been intergrated with Alpaca Sellers and information is currently being down loaded by me!!! [Barbara] so hopefully this works well!

Brief news to date: Our last drop of ET cria have all arrived successfully. Six females and two males so we were very pleased. NOTE: all cria were born between 7am and 1.15 pm. Very civilised!!!. All developing well and we are currently involved in another ET program which is including one of our top Hucauyas "In The Stars". Her last win was at Canberra Royal Show this year where she was awarded--- Champion Mature female







Bendigo Wool and Sheep Show Results:
Junior Fawn 6-12 mths: Ambleside Anastasia First Place
Intermediate Male 12-18mths Fawn: Ambleside Gold Sovereign First Place

Royal Melbourne Show Sept. 2006:
Suri fleece 9-18mths 2nd Ambleside Gold Sovereign Fineness&Handle 18/20, Lustre 13.5/15, CFW 18.5/20, Lock style 8.5/10 Gold Sovereign's micron tested at 16mths 18.8u,SD 3.9,CV 20.7 CF 99.3 SF 18.3 CRV 13.5


Ambleside Pastoral Company has just finished marking their 2006 merino fine wool lamb drop-93%. Our lambing has increased with the use of Alpaca wethers. We now have some for sale. Please see our for sale list

This years National Show will see our first ET cria. We are delighted with the results of the programme and will continue. It has been an interesting experience and much has been learnt.


National Results 2006:
Junior female SURI white 6-9mths: AMBLESIDE GOLD ALEXII ET Third Place Judge Di Condon commented on her soft silky handling fleece.
Suri fleece 18 to 30 months: AMBLESIDE SUNITA Second Place. Fineness&Handle 19/20, Lustre 12/15, Lock Style 8/10, Uniformity of Micron 6/8.
Ambleside Alpacas would like to congratulate Malaki and Ambleside Sapphire on winning Champion Adult Female Huacaya.

Ambleside is now MN3 VA 2121 Q-Alpaca 06/0200

Ambleside Alpacas are very pleased to announce the sale of a half share in their full Accoyo male AMBLESIDE GOLD SOVEREIGN to Birrong Alpaca Stud in N.S.W. Gold Sovereign is being certified now and will start duties in March at Ambleside. He will only be used in house for the first year

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2007 has started very well for AMBLESIDE. We are very pleased with how our breeding /ET programmes are going. Many of our animals now have fleece with incredible lustre with a beautifull soft/ silky handle, great histograms and 100% comfort factor. Judge Di Condon at Canberra recommended people come and feel the fleece of AMBLESIDE ICOLETTA [13mths of age] Also Our MALE AMBLESIDE MAGESTIC is producing his first Champion Progeny-- AMBLESIDE MAESTRO [Jnr male Canberra]
AMBLESIDE MAGESTIC is now going to be used in our next ET programme starting March 2007


SHOW RESULTS FOR 2007 CANBERRA ROYAL SHOW FEB 2007

SURI RESULTS
1st and CHAMPION Jrn Male white 6-12mths AMBLESIDE ANDEAN MAESTRO 17.8m sd 3.3 cv 18.4 cf 99.8
2nd and RESERVE CHAMPION Jnr Male white 6-12mths AMBLESIDE DREAMCATCHER ET
1st and RESERVE CHAMPION Jnr Female white 6-12 mths Kurrawa Just a Dream ET
2nd Jnr female white 6-12 mths AMBLESIDE GOLD ALEXII ET
1st and Intermediate Female CHAMPION white 12-18 mths AMBLESIDE ICOLETTA 17.4m sd 3.7 cv 21.5 cf 100
3rd Intermediate white 12-18 mths AMBLESIDE NUTMEG

HUCAUYA RESULTS
1st and Intermediate Reserve CHAMPION white 12-18 mths AMBLESIDE FABERGE

AMBLESIDE MAESTRO continues winning Champoinships with Champion Jnr Suri at Wodonga[there were 28 junior entries] ,SUPREME Suri at RedHills and CHAMPION JRN MALE at SYDNEY ROYAL at Easter with AMBLESIDE DREAM CATCHER always RESERVE.
AMBLESIDE GOLD ALEXII was awarded CHAMPION Junior Female at SYDNEY ROYAL.

It took 13 hours to arrive at Sydney Royal but it was worth it. It was great to get to know other breeders and the show was very well run.





AMBLESIDE ICE BREAKER was awarded First place at CHARLES LEDGER 2007 ALPACA FLEECE SHOW. NSW
No championships were awarded because of low Suri fleece numbers HOWEVER Ice Breaker was awarded the only FIRST


WODONGA SHOW MARCH 2007
Ist Jrn, Male White and CHAMPION JRN.SURI AMBLESIDE MAESTRO [progeny of AMBLESIDE MAGESTIC]
2nd Jrn. Male White AMBLESIDE DREAM CATCHER ET
1st Jrn. FAWN Female AMBLESIDE SILK BOBBINS [progeny of AMBLESIDE MAGESTIC]

RED HILLS SHOW MARCH 2007

We were delighted to receive SUPREME SURI with our own junior male AMBLESIDE MAESTRO. Our team of 6 animals all received ribbons.

"BANDICOOT GUARDS"--------
DONATION to the NATION TRUST PROPERTY-- MOORAMONG-- SKIPTON VIC.

In May Ambleside Alpacas donated 2 white Huacaya alpacas to the National trust property Mooramong ,Skipton in the Western District of Victoria. Rascals and Penultimate have the job of helping to keep the foxes away from the Bandicoot population. Both boys had been herd guards the year before with Ambleside ewes.

ADELAIDE ROYAL SHOW September 2007 Results; GRAND CHAMPION SURI AMBLESIDE MAESTRO

Two other progeny of Ambleside Magestic won prizes Ambleside Silk Bobbins First Intermediate white/fawn
Ambleside Ambition Fleece 2nd with score 87/100

Adelaide was a great show. It was well run and every one was friendly and helpful. Thank you


AAA National 2007
Unfortunately Ambleside withdrew from the National because of a family concern. We trust the show went very well for all.

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RED HILLS SHOW MARCH 2007

SUPREME CHAMPOIN SURI AMBLESIDE MAESTRO