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Pre-season Sale

Our Pre-season Sale proved to be a very enjoyable day. Good weather, good company, good South American wine and coffee, not to mention alpaca products and of course the alpacas themselves.

There was a wide range of alpacas for sale, both huacayas and suris. Some of the females were pregnant and some already had crias at foot. We also offered family groups, as well as pet alpacas.

The Alliance studs were on display and bookings were taken for this season matings.
There was also a lot of interest and significant bookings for our Alpaca Experience course.

Everyone seemed to have a good time whether they were there with a view to buy or simply interested in the alpacas and the informative talks, given by Alliance Members.

The author and journalist Brian Viner kindly drew the raffle and made an impromptu speech. He has subsequently written an amusing article, in the Independent, concerning his visit

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20080514/ai_n25422733

Many thanks to our visitors and their generous donations which were presented to St. Michael’s Hospice, Hereford.


Show update-

2008 has proved to be another difficult year for showing, due to the BT zones.
However, members of the Zarza Alliance are pleased to celebrate their successes at the Three Counties Show in June this year.

Westcroft Alpacas, owned by Rose and Mike Dukes, had five 1st. places-
• Westcroft Cloud 1st Senior White Male (hua)
• Westcroft Bright Little Daisy 1st Adult White Female (hua)
• Westcroft Nimbus 1st Intermediate White Female (hua)
• Westcroft Saturn 1st Intermediate Brown Male (hua)
• Westcroft Blue 1st Adult Black Female (hua) and also Black Champion

Zarza Alpacas, owned by Hilary Shenton-
• Zarza Tiago 1st Intermediate White Male (hua)
• Zarza Marley-Rizardo 2nd Intermediate Black Male (hua)

Marches Alpacas, owned by Pam Smith-
• Marches Salsa 1st Adult Fawn Female (hua)
• Marches Harry Hotspur 1st Intermediate fawn Male (hua)
• Marches Cadfael 3rd Junior Fawn Male (hua)

Westcroft Cloud is one of the excellent studs that the Alliance has available for mating.
Zarza Marley-Rizardo is the son of Zarza Rizardo, a Black Champion Huacaya stud, also available for matings.

At the Bath and West Show, earlier this season, Alham Valley Alpacas, owned by Arish and Sue Turle, won a 1st place with Erasmus in the Huacaya Fawn Fleece (24-48mths) section and Little Roxanne won 2nd place in Huacaya Adult Female Grey class.





NorWEFT

Now that the shearing season is well underway, have you considered what to do with this year’s fleece?
Alliance members Michael and Celia Berry specialise in processing both alpaca fleece and fleece from other rare breeds.
They receive the raw fleece and then process it to your specifications, returning it to you for spinning or felting, as yarn ready to knit or weave, or even in the form of a garment.
Find out more about NorWEFT- http://www.norweft.co.uk/index.html

Perilla Products

Have you discovered Perilla?
Zarza Alpacas provide the fleece for these exquisite socks-“a treat for your feet”. A perfect gift for Christmas!
Find out more- http://www.perilla.co.uk/index.html