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Shearing is over for another year and again we had some great help from our friends. A big thankyou to all of them. We had a new shearer this year - Noel from Condobolin - he was wonderful with the animals and we will be happy to have him back next year!

Another great show at Charles Ledger with Mr. Darcy and Drummer progeny:
2nd - Jnr. White Male - Regaleellena Hamish (sire: Drummer)
1st - Jnr. Brown Male - RH Maverick (sire: Mr. Darcy)
1st - Int. Fawn Female - RH Lolita (sire: Mr. Darcy)
2nd - Int. Fawn Male - RH Hugh Jackman (sire: Mr. Darcy)
1st - Adult Brown Female - Regalalleena Rihanna (sire: Drummer)
Charles Ledger had 320 animal entries so we are very pleased to have achieved our show success - 6 animals taken and 5 ribbons brought home!

The first lessons for Camelidynamics classes held at Regal House - an introduction to Camelidynamics with hands-on learning - was a huge success. Contact Alicia for more information on future courses- 0415 904 674. Bookings are essential for all courses.

We are so excited with the fantastic results from progeny of RH Mr. Darcy and RH Drummer!
Our own results from fleeces entered: Regalalleena Rihanna: 2nd (fleece 6-12mths brown), Regal House Moselle:
2nd & Reserve Champion (fleece 12-18mths white), Regal House Mr. Darcy: 1st (fleece 60mths & over, light fawn)
Congratulations to: Walkley Field: 4th - Walkley Field Leo (fleece 6-12mths fawn) (sire RH Drummer), and congratulations to owners of RH Mr. Darcy progeny: Coolaroo: 1st & Reserve Champion - fleece 6-12mths - Fawn; 1st & Champion - fleece 12-18mths - white; 3rd - Jnr Female - fawn; 2nd - Int. Male - white; 1st & Champ Senior Female - light fawn; Gunnamatta: 2nd - Adult Female - light fawn; Bumble Hill: 5th - fleece 30-48mths - light fawn; Ngullaminya: 2nd - fleece 30-48mths - med. fawn.
What a fabulous show!

We had a fabulous show at Camden on 9th April and Mr. Darcy's progeny were scooping the pool. We were delighted to receive:
1st - Jnr. Med. Fawn Female - RH Lolita (sire: Mr. Darcy) AND Reserve Jnr. Champ Female
1st - Jnr. Med. Fawn Male - RH Hugh Jackman (sire: Mr. Darcy) AND Reserve Jnr. Champ Male
2nd - Jnr. Med. Fawn Male - RH Macallister
1st - Int. Brown Female - Regalalleena Rihanna (sire: Drummer) AND Intermediate Champion Female
2nd - Sires Progeny (Mr Darcy)
Congratulations also to Coolaroo Alpaca Stud with their Darcy progeny:
1st - Jnr. White Male, 1st - Int. White Male AND Intermediate Champion Male, 1st - Snr. White Female AND Champion Senior Female AND
SUPREME ALPACA!

We had a great start to the show season this year at Moss Vale with both Mr. Darcy progeny and RH Drummer progeny.
1st - Jnr. Med. Fawn Female - RH Lolita (sire: Mr. Darcy)
1st - Jnr. Med. Fawn Male - RH Hugh Jackman (sire: Mr. Darcy)
2nd - Jnr. Med. Fawn Male - RH Macallister
3rd - Jnr. Med. Fawn Male - RH Royal Sovereign (sire: Mr. Darcy)
1st - Int. Brown Female - Regalalleena Rihanna (sire: Drummer)
For the Juniors this was their first show debut and even though we had to run through the mud and rain - they showed their true colours! (pun intented!).
Congratulations to other winners of Mr. Darcy progeny.

Alicia has entered the Camelidynamics Practitioner program allowing her to pass on the knowledge of working with alpacas and llamas the Camelidynamics way in a kind, trusting, fun, respectful, interesting and understanding way. If you're new to alpacas it can be daunting - knowing how to approach and handle your alpacas in a respectful and kind manner can be so rewarding for you and your alpacas! If you are an "old hand" at alpacas - do you still corner them to grab them? is it still a fight/struggle to do your husbandry chores? It doesn't have to be - and Alicia can show you how. Contact her for some lessons - small groups also catered for.

In September 2010 and June 2011 Alicia attended the Advanced Camelidynamics courses in the United States with Marty McGee Bennett. It was a fantastic experience and we are happy to report that Alicia passed with flying colours and now holds the Camelidynamics Handler Seal and is also a Camelidynamics Practitioner - which means our animals are managed and trained in a kind, respectful and understanding manner. If you would like to know more just send us an email!

Shearing is over again for another year and we would like to give a very big THANK YOU to our helpers - including Charlotte - pictured shearing her first alpaca - we start 'em young around here!

Thankyou to our alpaca friends Anne & Gordon, Jill & Ken and Joy & Allan - your help was greatly appreciated and made the day run smoothly.

At 7yrs of age Mr Darcy has proven he's still got it! Shown at the 2010 Charles Ledger show in the mature male class he was awarded a blue ribbon and then to top that he was awarded Champion Mature Male - not bad for a 7year old!

His progeny also stood up to the competition: Reserve Champ. Junior Male (22 in class), 1st in dark fawn Jnr Male and Champion Adult Female to name a few.

Show season began late for us with other commitments intervening. Sydney Royal was our first for the year and we were very pleased with our results:
Enctandar Ring Master: 1st in Fleece, 3rd in Medium Fawn Adult Male & 2nd in Class for Hawkesbury Show with a 1st in fleece
Regal House Sir Leopold: 3rd in Jnr White Male (out of a class of 16) & 3rd in Intermediate Male at Hawkesbury
Regal House Oprah: 3rd in class for Fleece

Alicia has been extremely busy in 2009, 2010 and now 2011 running steward courses around the countryside on behalf of the AAA Ltd. She is in high demand in all states with all regions having very eager participants - so there should be a lot more qualified stewards and convenors out there now.