Show Rules

Bye-Law 9 - Conditions of Entry to all Shows and Sales held under the auspices of the Society

1.1 This section covers all sales held under the auspices of the Society i.e. all National, Premier and Club Sales

1.2 All sheep to be from Maedi Visna accredited flocks and must be accompanied by the relevant documentation.

1.3 All female sheep MUST BE FULLY REGISTERED and all male sheep to be fully registered or birth notified and thereby eligible for full registration with the Texel Sheep Society

1.4 All sheep entries should clearly show whether the animal is single, twin, triplet, quad, etc. or ET and this information to be clearly shown in the Sale Catalogue.

1.5 Adult sheep entered at Shows and Sales under the auspices of the Texel Sheep Society must be bare clipped after 1st April each year.

1.6 No dressing, trimming, clipping or excessive use of dips on the fleeces of sheep will be permitted. No artificial whitening of any part of the sheep will be permitted. An inspector may be present at the sale with the authority to disqualify any sheep, which in his opinion, are below a minimum standard with regard to breed type or are found to be contravening the Society Bye-laws, right up to the point of sale. The decision of the inspector shall be final and failure to accept the inspector’s decision will result in the entire consignment being rejected.

1.7 The Society requires that all pedigree Texel sheep carry two different forms of identification, each clearly identifying the Society flock book number for that animal. Pedigree Texels can be identified with a tag plus a tattoo, two separate tags or a tag plus a bolus. Any animal with indistinct identification or only carrying one form of identification will be rejected unless the Society has been notified in advance of the inspection and a dispensation certificate accompanies the animal to the point of inspection.

1.8 The categories of sheep offered for sale will be as defined on the entry form.

1.9 If any animal offered for sale has had semen or embryo’s collected from it the number of embryo’s/amount of semen in storage must be declared at point of sale.

1.10 The purchaser shall have no right to claim damages from the vendor in respect of indirect or consequential loss such as (but not limited to) loss of profit or any other loss whatsoever.

1.11 The Texel Sheep Society reserves the right to blood sample any sheep and/or take wool samples for forensic testing.

1.12 Once inspected, an animal must remain in the sale yard until offered for sale.

1.13 All sheep will be sold in guineas. All sheep sold at Premier/National Sales will be subject to the Society’s levy amounting to 1.5% of the gross sale price, in addition to the Auctioneers standard commission of 5p in the guinea. All sheep sold at sales organised by the Society’s recognised Clubs will be subject to the Society’s levy amounting to 0.5% of the gross sale price, in addition to any levy collected by the Club and the Auctioneers Commission.

1.14 All vendors must sign the declaration, agreeing to abide by the Society’s conditions of entry and conditions of sale, on the entry form.

1.15 All sheep will be sold under the Society’s Bye-laws (Bye-law 11 Conditions of Sale)