Hero's stunning fleece
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| SURILANA'S SUCCESS AT THE 2011 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SHOW |
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What an exciting week it was in Sydney at the 2011 National Show. Our show team of 20 suris did us proud and our results far exceeded our expectations, especially as there was a very strong and competive line up in the suris at this year's National Show. We were particuarly thrilled with our junior coloured suris, taking out Champion Junior Female and Male, as well as Reserve Champion Junior Male. The highlight was winning National Supreme Suri Champion, with our Intermediate female, Surilana Illinois. Surilana suris then won 5 out of the 6 coloured Championships.
We were really happy with the fact that our successful show team were sired by a large range of our males, (including Surilana Qechuan Kid, Jolimont Kentor, Surilana Mendoza, Pinjarra El Nino, Surilana Piccolo, Surilana Omar, Somerset Stirling Moss and Surilana Jolly Roger). This shows the depth that our herd has in all colours.
I will post photos as soon as they are available and our full results can be found in the show results section of our web page.
Congratulations to Paul Haslin and his team for organising such a great show in a terrific venue. Thankyou also to the group of breeders who helped us organise and exhibit our show team. We certainly could not have done it without you.
OUR 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS:
- Junior Female Champion Suri
- Junior Male Champion Suri
- Reserve Champion Junior Male Suri
- Intermediate Female Suri Champion
- Reserve Intermediate Female Suri Champion
- Adult Female Suri Champion
- Reserve Adult Female Suri Champion
- Reserve Adult Male Suri Champion
- Champion Sires Progeny
- Champion Dam's Progeny
- Best White Suri
- Best Light Fawn Suri
- Best Medium/Dark Fawn Suri
- Best Brown Suri
- Best Grey Suri
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| Ian and Angela with the 2011 National Supreme Suri, Surilana Illinois. |
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| 2011 National Junior Female Suri Champion |
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Surilana Magazine Madonna
Sire: Surilana Qechuan Kid
Dam: Gold Coast Madona
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| 2011 National Junior Male Suri Champion |
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Surilana Islander
Sire: Jolimont Kentor
Dam: Surilana Isla ET
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Islander's fleece
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| 2011 National Reserve Junior Male Suri Champion |
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Surilana Condamine ET
Sire: Pinjarra El Nino
Dam: Pinjarra Condaleesa
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| 2011 National Intermediate Female Champion and SUPREME SURI CHAMPION |
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Surilana Illinois
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Jolimont Ilka
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Illinois's fleece
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| 2011 National Reserve Intermediate Female Suri Champion |
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Surilana Japonica
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Jolimont Jani
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| 2011 National Intermediate Male Suri Champion |
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Surilana Macusani Hero ET
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Macusani Miss
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| 2011 National Reserve Intermediate Male Suri Champion |
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Surilana Jetstream
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Jupiter Jess
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| 2011 National Adult Female Suri Champion |
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Surilana Leisurely
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Lady Of Allianza
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| 2011 National Reserve Adult Suri Female Champion |
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Surilana Seraphim
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Silky Serena
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| 2011 National Reserve Adult Suri Male Champion |
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Surilana Octane
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Octavia
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| 2011 National Champion White Suri |
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Surilana Illinois
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Ilka
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| 2011 National Champion Light Fawn Suri |
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Surilana Octane
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Octavia
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| 2011 National Champion Medium/Dark Fawn Suri |
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Surilana Islander:
Sire: Jolimont Kentor
Sire: Surilana Isla ET
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| 2011 National Champion Brown Suri |
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Surilana Madolo
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Gold Coast Madona
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| 2011 National Champion Grey Suri |
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Surilana Tattersall
Sire: Somerset Stirling Moss
Dam: Arequipa Tatiana
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| Suris Sires Progeny Champion |
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Surilana Piccolo
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| Suri Dam's Progeny Champions |
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Gold Coast Madona
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| VICTORIAN ALPACA COLOURBRATION SHOW 2011 |
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| Ian and Angela with four out of their five Supreme Colour Champions. (photo courtesy of the Weekly Times)
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Due to judging and other commitments, this was the first show which we have actually exhibited at in 2011. It was a wonderful way to start the year!!
The Victorian Alpaca Colourbration Show is the 3rd largest alpaca show in Australia, with about 480 alpacas entered, including about 100 suris. It is a wonderful show in which alpacas only compete against other alpacas in their own colour. There is a Male and Female Champion awarded in each colour and ultimately a Supreme Champion in each colour.
We competed in five of the six suri colour shows and won Supreme Champion in each of the five classes which we were entered.
There was a terrific depth of quality in the suris entered. We really enjoyed the showing and also the opportunity to talk with other suri breeders and look at lots and lots of suris.
Awards won by Surilana suris:
WHITE SURI SHOW
Champion White Suri Female
Reserve Champion White Suri Female
Champion White Suri Male
Reserve Champion White Suri Male
SUPREME CHAMPION WHITE SURI
LIGHT FAWN SURI SHOW
Champion Light Fawn Suri Female
Reserve Champion Light Fawn Suri Female
Champion Light Fawn Suri Male
Reserve Champion Light Fawn Suri Male
SUPREME CHAMPION LIGHT FAWN SURI
MEDIUM / DARK FAWN SURI SHOW
Champion Medium/Dark Fawn Suri Female
Reserve Champion Medium/Dark Fawn Suri Female
Champion Medium/Dark Fawn Suri Male
Reserve Champion Medium/Dark Fawn Suri Male
SUPREME MEDIUM/DARK FAWN SURI
BROWN SURI SHOW
Champion Brown Suri Male
Reserve Champion Brown Suri Male
SUPREME CHAMPION BROWN SURI
GREY SURI SHOW
Champion Grey Suri Female
SUPREME CHAMPION GREY SURI
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| OUR WHITE SURIS AT THE 2011 COLOURBRATION SHOW |
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Surilana Macusani Hero ET
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION CHAMPION WHITE SURI MALE
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SUPREME CHAMPION WHITE SURI
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Macusani Hero's stunning fleece
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Surilana Jetstream
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION RESERVE CHAMPION WHITE SURI MALE
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Surilana Leisurely
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION CHAMPION WHITE SURI FEMALE
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Leisurely's fleece
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Surilana Illinois
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION RESERVE CHAMPION WHITE SURI FEMALE
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| OUR LIGHT FAWN SURIS AT THE 2011 COLOURBRATION SHOW |
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Surilana Octane
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION CHAMPION LIGHT FAWN SURI MALE
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Surilana Missile ET
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION RESERVE CHAMPION LIGHT FAWN SURI MALE
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SURILANA JAPONICA
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION CHAMPION LIGHT FAWN SURI FEMALE
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SUPREME LIGHT FAWN SURI
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Japonica's fleece
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Surilana Seraphim
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION RESERVE CHAMPION LIGHT FAWN SURI FEMALE
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| OUR MEDIUM/DARK FAWN SURIS AT THE 2011 COLOURBRATION SHOW |
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Surilana Condamine ET
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION CHAMPION MEDIUM/DARK FAWN SURI MALE
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CONDAMINE ET'S FLEECE
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Surilana Islander
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION RESERVE CHAMPION MEDIUM/DARK FAWN SURI MALE
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Surilana Maddomar
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION CHAMPION MEDIUM/DARK FAWN SURI FEMALE
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SUPREME MEDIUM/DARK FAWN SURI
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Maddomar's fleece
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Surilana Confetti
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION RESERVE CHAMPION MEDIUM/DARK FAWN SURI FEMALE
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| OUR BROWN SURIS AT THE 2011 COLOURBRATION SHOW |
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Surilana Madolo
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION CHAMPION BROWN SURI MALE
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SUPREME CHAMPION BROWN SURI
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Madolo's fleece
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Surilana Dreamtime
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION RESERVE CHAMPION BROWN SURI MALE
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| OUR GREY SURI AT THE 2011 COLOURBRATION SHOW |
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Surilana Tattersall
2011 VICTORIAN COLOURBRATION CHAMPION GREY SURI FEMALE
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SUPREME CHAMPION GREY SURI
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Tattersall's fleece
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We thoroughly enjoyed our weekend at the Victorian Alpaca Colourbration Show. Our show team performed very well and many other exhibitor's suris who were ribbon winners also had Surilana genetics.
Thankyou to the convenors for organising such a huge and prestigious event.
Thankyou
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| JUDGING IN CANADA |
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| Angela and Kristin with the Supreme Champion at the 2011 Canadian Futurity Show |
Angela has recently co judged the Canadian Futurity with Canadian and AOBA judge Kristin Buhrmann. It was a fun show to judge, with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere and over $40,000 prize money for the exhibitors. After each class is judged, exhibitors and spectators are invited into the show ring to have a look at the alpacas who have won the ribbons.
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During the classes, the judges nominate alpacas which they feel have a beautiful handle to their fleece. Angela was then blindfolded and had to compare pairs of animals, until the process of elimination identified one alpaca with the "best handle".
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| Jill and Ian feeding out the hay on a snow sled. |
After the Canadian Futurity, Ian and Angela spent a couple of days at Jill McLeod's farm which was south of Calgary. It was great to relax and to experience a Canadian alpaca farm. Thankyou for Jill and Art for hosting us.
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| The alpacas at Jill McLeod's farm, with the beautiful Rocky Mountains in the background |
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| The town of Banff, with an amazing backdrop. |
After the Futurity, Ian and Angela spent some amazing days driving through the Rocky Mountains. The scenery seemed to get more breathtaking with every turn in the road. The Rocky Mountains are a spectacular place to visit.
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| Horse sled ride on frozen Lake Louise |
We visited Lake Louise and expected to see the beautiful blue lake that was depicted in the brochures. But it was a white frozen lake of course! We had a lovely time there however and enjoyed a horse sled ride around the lake.
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| Ian and Angela on the Columbian Glacier |
We visited the Columbian Glacier, which was very spectacular. The ice terrain vehicles took us well onto the glacier, where it was amazingly calm and warm. The frozen waterfalls were breathtaking.
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| Ian and Angela boarding the Rocky Mountaineer |
After a couple of days in Vancouver, we boarded the Rocky Mountaineer train on a 2 day trip to Calgary. The train has a glass dome roof, so that you can just sit back and enjoy the amazing scenery of the Rockies and mountain streams roll by. We even saw black bears, elk, mountain sheep and a coyote! It was a wonderful experience on the train and a great way to end our Canadian trip.
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| PICCOLO PROGENY NOW RELEASED |
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| SURILANA PICCOLO |
Surilana Piccolo, needs no introduction to suri breeders worldwide. Piccolo is a full Accoyo male, who was the only progeny of Surilana’s two most renowned Accoyo suris, (Surilana Icalon and Surilana Macusani Ma Belle). He made a clean sweep of the 2006 show circuit, culminating in being awarded Supreme Suri Champion at the 2006 Sydney and Melbourne Royals as well as 2006 Australian National Supreme Suri Champion.
Our first Piccolo progeny were entered as juniors and intermediates in the 2010 Australian National Show. They were awarded:
2010 National Junior Female Suri Champion
2010 National Junior Reserve Female Suri Champion
2010 National Junior Reserve Male Suri Champion
2010 National Intermediate Female Suri Champion
2010 National Intermediate Male Suri Champion
2010 National Intermediate Reserve Male Suri Champion
Piccolo, (now deceased) has had a short, but dramatic influence on the Surilana herd and has left us with 60 progeny, which are high quality and extremely consistent. Many of these are full Accoyo and line bred to Icalon. Even though these are very precious and unrepeatable genetics, we are willing to sell on a limited number of both male and female Piccolo progeny to other serious suri breeders world wide. Please check out our web site or contact us for a list and details.
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| 2010 - A VERY BUSY AND SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR SURILANA! |
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| The Piccolo progeny excelled at National level. Surilana has a limited number of young, Piccolo sons in white and light fawn available. They all have exceptional coverage, lustre and a beautiful "Piccolo head". |
Well, as 2010 winds down, we look back on a very busy but successful year.
The highlights of the year were taking out Supreme Champion Suri at the three most prestigious shows in Australia: the Sydney Royal, the Melbourne Royal and the Australian National Show. Both our coloured and white suris performed extremely well and we are more than pleased. At the Natonal Show, the Piccolo progeny shone out, taking out 3 of the 4 Championships which they were entered in: amongst some real quality competition. The very young group of Piccolo progeny then took out the Sires Progeny class.
Our new drop of coloured and white suri are really "head turning" and we are very impressed with their quality. We are particuarly impressed with the quality of the coloured progeny of Surilana Jolly Roger. He is throwing dark colours, with fine, fine, fleece and amazing lustre and handle. We are now looking forward to our Autumn cria and some of the new white and coloured genetics which we are introducing, along with a group of full Accoyo babies.
So now that all the shows, Angela's judging commitments and the shearing are over for 2010 - what is happening at Surilana now? (we also fitted in our daughter's wedding at Surilana in November)! Well the first tasks will be to catch up on updating the web site and a lot of other neglected jobs. Then we hope to have a break over Christmas, before the births, matings, judging and shows start up again for 2011.
Ian and Angela would like to take this opportunity to thank all our friends and clients for their support in 2010. We hope that you all have a lovely Christmas and look forward to catching up with you all in 2011.
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| SURILANA WINS NATIONAL 2010 SUPREME SURI CHAMPION AT TAMWORTH |
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| The 2010 National Supreme Suri line up |
We were extremely pleased and proud to win Supreme Suri Champion at the 2010 National Show in Tamworth. Surilana owned 4 out of the 8 suris in the Supreme line up, with our Senior male, Surilana Mendoza eventually winning Supreme. Mendoza was also awarded Supreme Suri Champion at the Melbourne Royal only three weeks prior to the Natonal Show. He is an SRS reccommended male who we value highly. He is extremely silky and dense and has a wonderful fine handle and micron.
While the weather was dismal, (apparently it never rains in October in Tamworth), we had a great time and really enjoyed the experience and the friendship of other breeders. Many thanks to Mark and Maree Hornery, Jacqui Dean, Alistair and Karen Smedley and Jenn and Rob Errey for their help with our show team. Congratulations also to Karen and Alistair Sedley of Robinwood Alpacas, who won first place with their male, Surilana Madding ET in the Adult Brown Male Suri Class.
The judges, Jude Anderson and Lyn Dickson did an excellent job and delivered some very concise and thoughtful comments, which we really appreciated.
- Our other Championship winnings are:
- Junior Female Suri Champion
- Reserve Junior Female Suri Champion
- Reserve Junior Male Suri Champion
- Intermediate Female Suri Champion
- Intermediate Male Suri Champion
- Reserve Intermediate Male Suri Champion
- Senior Suri Male Champion
- Champion Suri Sires Progeny
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| Judges Jude Anderson and Lyn Dickson awarding the trophy for Supreme Suri to Mendoza. |
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| Surilana Mendoza (35 months) National 2010 Supreme Suri Champion |
Surilana Mendoza (35 months) National 2010 Supreme Suri Champion
Dam: Surilana Donella De Mendoza
Sire: Surilana Odin
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| Mendoza's stunning fleece |
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| Surilana Seraphim, 2010 National Junior Female Suri Champion |
Surilana Seraphim, 2010 National Junior Female Suri Champion
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Silky Serena
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| Surilana Seraphim |
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| Surilana Queen Bee, 2010 National Reserve Junior Female Champion |
Surilana Queen Bee, 2010 National Reserve Junior Female Champion
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Qechuan Queen
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| Surilana Queen Bee with the trophy for National Reserve Junior Suri Female Champion |
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| Surilana Octane: 2010 National Reserve Junior Male Suri Champion |
Surilana Octane: 2010 National Reserve Junior Male Suri Champion
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Octavia
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| Surilana Octane with his trophy for National Reserve Junior Junior Suri Male Champion |
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| Surilana Magnolia: 2010 National Intermediate Suri Female Champion |
Surilana Magnolia: 2010 National Intermediate Suri Female Champion
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Magdalana ET
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| Surilana Magnolia with her trophies for National Intermediate Suri Female Champion |
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| Surilana Pythagoras, 2010 National Intermediate Suri Male Champion |
Surilana Pythagoras, 2010 National Intermediate Suri Male Champion
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Pookie
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| Surilana Pythagoras with his trophies for National Intermediate Suri Male Champion |
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| Surilana Matrix: 2010 National Reserve Intermediate Suri Male Champion |
Surilana Matrix: 2010 National Reserve Intermediate Suri Male Champion
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Macusani Mietta
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| Surilana Matrix with his trophy for National Reserve Intermediate Male Suri Champion |
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| Surilana Piccolo: 2010 Suri Sires Progeny Champion |
Surilana Piccolo: 2010 Suri Sires Progeny Champion
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
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| The Piccolo Suris Sires Progeny team with their award for National Suri Sires Progeny Champion |
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| Surilana wins Supreme Suri Champion at the 2010 Melbourne Royal Show |
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| Judges Peter Kennedy and Ron Reid with Ian and Mendoza. |
Ian took a small team of suris to the 2010 Melbourne Royal Show, while Angela was in Western Australia, co judging the Perth Royal.
We were very pleased to be awarded two Championships, three Reserve Championships and the Supreme Suri award.
The Supreme was awarded to Surilana Mendoza, who is a senior working male. Mendoza is on his second fleece and he has grown back amazingly. He is an SRS recommended male with an extremely high follicle density and we are now using him in our breeding program.
Thankyou to everyone who helped Ian at the Royal.
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| 2010 Victorian Alpaca Colourbration |
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| Surilana Magnolia, Supreme Champion Light Fawn Suri |
The Victorian Colourbration Show this year was a spectacular event, attracting over 500 entries from all over Australia. There were also many overseas Alpaca breeders who came to see the show.
We entered a small team, but were very pleased with our results, including:
- Champion Light Fawn Suri Female and Supreme Champion Light Fawn Suri.
- Reserve Champion Light Fawn Suri Female.
- Champion Light Fawn Suri Male.
- Champion Brown Suri Male and Supreme Champion Brown Suri, (owned by Robinwood Alpacas).
- Champion White Suri Male.
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| Surilana Madding ET, Champion Brown Suri Male and Supreme Champion Brown Suri |
Congratulations to Karen and Alistair Smedley of Robinwood Alpacas in NSW. Karen and Alistair purchased Surilana Madding ET after seeing him at the Sydney Royal eariler this year. Madding ET was awarded Champion Brown Suri Male and Supreme Champion Brown Suri at the 2010 Victorian Colourbration Show.
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| Madding ET has beautiful lustre and an amazing, silky soft handle. |
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| 2010 Australian Sheep And Wool Show |
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We took a team of Junior and Intermediate suris only to the Australian Sheep And Wool Show at Bendigo. We were pleased to win the Championship for both male and female in both of these age sections. There was a really top class line up of suris. Despite the freezing cold weather, we really enjoyed the show. A three day show provides plenty of time to catch up with other breeders and "talk alpaca".
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| Champion Junior Suri Female, Surilana Pixilate |
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| Champion Junior Suri Male: Surilana Octane. |
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| Champion Intermediate Suri Female: Surilana Melbourne.
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Surilana Melbourne was also the Junior Female Suri Champion at the 2009 National Show. She will be leaving for the UK in August.
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| Melbourne's stunning fleece |
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| Intermediate Suri Male Champion, Surilana Pythagoras
(Pythagoras is a son of Surilana Piccolo and is now offered for sale) |
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| Reserve Champion Intermediate Suri Male: Surilana Matrix |
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| Twins born at Surilana |
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After 13 years breeding alpacas and many hundreds of births, we had never had a set of live twins. All that changed on Sunday 9th May, when we were watching a female who seemed to have been in labour for a long time. Ian and a friend went to investigate and Ian called me on the 2 way with "Its either twins or a two headed alpaca!"
One cria had to be pushed back inside slightly so that the other could be born and then he was delivered easily. The two male cria were full term and one is just over 3kg and the other just over 4kg. The 4kg cria is walking and drinking off mum, but the smaller cria is weaker and being tube fed. He will need some extra TLC for a while. Thankfully the dam is being very calm and attentive to both of them.
After witnessing hundreds of births, it seems really strange to see these twins. It is extremely rare for twin alpacas to be carried full term and to be born alive. We are very pleased that we have been able to experience this.
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| SURILANA - DOUBLE SUPREMES AT THE 2010 SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW |
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| Ian and Angela after the judging |
The long haul to the Sydney Royal was well worth the effort. We were extremely pleased with our results, including SUPREME CHAMPION SURI and SUPREME CHAMPION SURI FLEECE. Surilana also owned 5 out of the six suris in the final Supreme line up. Surilana was also awarded THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SURI BREEDER award.
Thankyou to Debbi Patti (Esterlina Alpacas), Vice Lamond (Jimdourie Alpacas) and Jenny Errey (Errydge Alpacas) who helped us with our show team.
Congratulations to Paul Haslin and his team for putting together an excellent show. The Sydney Royal is a wonderful show, which apart from the judging, also includes a fantastic fashion parade. There is also an information session involving the children of exhibitors dressing in South American costumes and displaying alpacas, guanacos and lamas. The large crowds loved hearing about the different breeds of camelids and viewing the spectacle. There is also a kiddie's corner with children's activities, a beautiful fleece display and spinning demonstrations. Crowds entering the huge pavillion have a wonderful "alpaca experience".
Most exhibitors stay in the pavillion (see the accomodation "boxes" in the above photo), so there is a terrific social experience for everyone which culminated on the Sunday night with partying and dancing in the show ring. For those who didn't get to Sydney this year - make sure that you don't miss out next year!!
- Surilana were awarded the following Championships:
- Champion Suri Fleece 18 - 30 mths and SUPREME SURI FLEECE: Surilana Bellita ET
- Reserve Champion Suri Fleece 18- 30 mths: Surilana Belle Of The Ball ET
- Champion Junior Suri Female
- Reserve Champion Junior Suri Female
- Champion Junior Suri Male
- Reserve Champion Junior Suri Male
- Champion Intermediate Suri Female
- Reserve Champion Intermediate Suri Female
- Champion Intermediate Suri Male
- Champion Adult Suri Female
- Reserve Champion Adult Suri Female
- SUPREME SURI CHAMPION
- MOST SUCCESSFUL SURI BREEDER
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| Surilana Magnolia |
Sydney Royal 2010 Champion Junior Suri Female: Surilana Magnolia
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Magdalana ET
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| Surilana Floriade |
Sydney Royal 2010 Reserve Champion Junior Suri Female, Surilana Floriade
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Donella Florez
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| Surilana Janus |
Sydney Royal 2010 Champion Junior Suri Male, Surilana Janus
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Jolimont Jani
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| Surilana Matrix |
Sydney Royal 2010 Reserve Champion Junior Suri Male, Surilana Matrix
Sire: Surilana Piccolo
Dam: Surilana Macusani Mietta
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| Surilana Mabelline |
Sydney Royal 2010 Intermediate Female Champion: Surilana Mabelline ET
Sire: Surilana Bartok
Dam: Surilana Macusani Ma Belle
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| Surilana Melbourne |
2010 Sydney Royal Reserve Champion Intermediate Suri Female, Surilana Melbourne.
Sire: Pinjarra El Nino
Dam: Tahara Melba
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| Surilana Munchie |
2010 Sydney Royal Intermediate Suri Male Champion, Surilana Munchie
Sire: Pinjarra El Nino
Dam: Pinjarra Mucha
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| Surilana Heather |
2010 Champion Adult Suri Female and SUPREME SURI CHAMPION
Surilana Heather.
Sire: Jolimont Carlos 2
Dam: Jingana Hesta
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| Surilana Heather's fleece |
Heather has extreme density, solidity of lock and excellent nourishment in her fleece.
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| Surilana Panama |
Sydney Royal 2010 Reserve Champion Adult Suri Female, Surilana Panama.
Sire: Jolimont Carlos 2
Dam: Surilana Pandora ET
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| Fleece judge, Lynne Dickson with Angela and the Supreme Suri Fleece *photo courtesy of The Land Newspaper |
2010 Sydney Royal Supreme Champion Suri Fleece, Surilana Bellita ET.
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| The Supreme Suri Line up at the 2010 Sydney Royal Show |
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| SURILANA PERFORMS WELL AT THE 2009 NATIONAL SHOW |
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| Ian and Angela with some of their awards from the 2009 National Show |
Ian and Angela, along with a float full of suris embarked on the 11 hour drive to Adelaide to exhibit at the 2009 National Show. It was certainly worth the effort. Surilana came away with 4 Championship awards and 4 Reserve Championships. They were very proud that four of the eight suris in the Supreme line up belonged to Surilana. A full list of of their show results can be found in the "show" section of the web page.
Ian and Angela enjoyed the show and really appreciated the help of their friends Mark and Maree Hornery and Paul and Fran Haslin and their French work experience student, Claire.
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| Part of the Surilana Show team |
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| National Junior Suri Female Champion - Surilana Melbourne
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Surilana Melbourne was awarded National Junior Female Suri Champion. Melbourne is sired by Pinjarra El Nino. It was particuarly pleasing and rare to see a fawn suri win such a prestigious award.
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| National Junior Suri Male Champion - Surilana Turning Point |
Surilana Turning Point was awarded National Junior Male Suri Champion. He is sired by Pinjarra El Nino and his dam was a female selected in Peru. Another El Nino progeny, (Surilana Viking) was also awarded 3rd in the Jnr White Male Suri class.
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| National Reserve Suri Female Champion - Surilana Panama |
Surilana Panama was awarded National Reserve Intermediate Female Suri Champion. She is a beautiful suri female, who was also awarded Intermediate Female Suri Champion at the 2009 Melbourne Royal.
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| National Adult Suri Male Champion - Surilana Illuminate ET |
Surilana Illuminate ET was awarded National Adult Male Suri Champion. Last year at the 2008 National Show he was awarded Junior Male Champion - so he has been a very consistant performer at National level. He also won Supreme Suri Champion 2 weeks earlier at the 2009 Melbourne Royal Show. The judges commented that he "had no guard hair anywhere on his body". They were also very impressed with his uniformity, density and lustre.
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| National Reserve Suri Male Champion - Surilana Pavillion ET
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Surilana Pavillion ET was awarded National Adult Male Suri Champion. Pavillion ET is a very impressive male with both parents being Peruvian dark fawn suris. Congratulations to Waiheke Alpacas in New Zealand for their purchase of Pavillion ET.
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Pavillion's stunning fleece, with excellent grease and lustre.
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| National Adult Suri Female Champion - Surilana Capriole
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Surilana Capriole was awarded National Adult Suri Female Champion. Capriole is sired by Jolimont Kentor and her dam is also a dark fawn suri. She was also awarded 2008 National Reserve Junior Suri Female Champion. Congratulations to Houghton Hall UK for their purchase of Capriole.
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Capriole's amazing fleece.
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| National Reserve Adult Female Champion - Surilana Polaris |
Surilana Polaris was awarded National Reserve Adult Suri Female Champion. She is a stunning suri female sired by Surilana Omar.
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| National Reserve Champion Senior Suri Male |
Surilana Donaldo was awarded National Reserve Senior Suri Male Champion. Doanldo is sired by Surilana Odin. Donaldo is co-owned with Shangrilah Alpacas.
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| Surilana Illuminate ET wins Supreme Suri Champion at the 2009 Melbourne Royal Show. |
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| Surilana Illuminte ET, Supreme Suri Champion at the 2009 Melbourne Royal Show. Illuminate ET is an entry in the 2009 National Auction. |
We were extremely pleased with Surilana Illuminate ET winning Supreme Champion Suri at the 2009 Melbourne Royal Show. Illuminate ET is our entry in this year's National Auction. Illuminate ET has now won 2 Supremes in the past couple of months. He has been a "stand out" since being a cria. The judges were very impressed with his amazing independance of lock, beautiful lustre and density. Illuminate ET is the result of exceptional genetics. His sire is the well known Accoyo male, Surilana Zosimo and his dam, Jolimont Ilka is a Peruvian female we selected for our embryo transfer program, because of her superior qualities.
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| The Supreme Suri line up at The Melbourne Royal |
We enjoyed our few days at the Melbourne Royal and are very proud of our results. A full record of our results are included in the "show result" section on this web site.
Surilana was awarded 4 Championship ribbons and 3 Reserve Championship ribbons.
We were also awarded first place in the Suri Sires Progeny class for our stud male, Pinjarra El Nino. Ultimately, Surilana was awarded the Most Successful Suri Exhibitor award.
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| The Junior Male Suri class at the Melbourne Royal. Left to Right: Angela Preuss, Carmel Byrne, Claire Bertin and Ian Preuss. |
It can sometimes become very hectic organising animals to get into the show ring and we couldn't do this without some extra help.
We would like to thank Claire Bertin and her boyfriend Guillame, as well as Carmel Byrne and Marilyn Fletcher from Tara Hill Alpacas for assisting us greatly.
Claire is an work experience student from France, who is completing a traineeship at Surilana for 3 months. Claire is an agriculture student and she is proving to be a valuable asset at Surilana.
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| The Surilana Show Team at the 2009 Melbourne Royal |
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| Surilana Wins 4 Supreme Suri Champions at the 2009 Colourbration Show |
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| Surilana Windslip, Supreme Grey Suri. Congratulations to Azzura, Indigo, Alouera Estate and Qozqo for purchasing shares in Windslip. |
Surilana entered suris in the fawn, grey, fancy and white suri shows at the 2009 Victorian Colourbration Show and were very happy to win the following awards:
*Supreme Champion Fawn Suri
*Supreme Champion Grey Suri
*Supreme Champion Fancy Suri
*Supreme Champion White Suri
*Judges Commendation White Suri
It was an excellent show with over 440 alpacas entered. It was terrific to see such a large, quality line up of suris exhibited.
See all our results from the Colourbration Show in the "Show Result" section of our web page.
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| Windslip has magnificant lustre |
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| Surilana Illuminate ET is selected for the AAA National Auction |
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| Aug 09 |
We are very proud to have Illuminate Et selected for the 2009 AAA National Auction.
Illuminate ET is a stunning certified suri male, with a high quality Peruvian dam and an Accoyo sire.
Right from day one, this male showed the most amazing independance of lock and "knock out" lustre. He had only just turned six months of age when he was awarded Junior Male Champion at the 2008 National Show.
His locks are like shiny, satin ribbons with a luxurious handle. They uniformly carry from head to toe, with excellent density. He is probably the most independently locked suri which we have bred. His fleece is so lustrous and silky, that it just repels all vegetable matter.
His fleece stats are: Mean: 19.5 micron, SD: 3.7 micron, CV: 18.9% SF: 18.7 micron CF: 99.2%
Illuminate ET is a special suri male with exceptional qualities.
SHOW RESULTS
- Junior Suri Male Champion: 2008 National Show
- Intermediate Male Champion: 2009 Australian Sheep And Wool Show
- Intermediate Male Suri Champion and Supreme Suri Champion: 2009 NSW Southern Region Show
- Adult Male Champion and Supreme Suri Champion: 2009 Royal Melbourne Show
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| Illuminate's fleece carries extreme independance, lustre and density. |
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| IT HAS BEEN A BUSY FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR IN 2009 AT SURILANA |
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| Ian and Angela attended the British Futurity Show |
The first half of the year has been very hectic for Surilana. Angela was very busy with her judging commitments, including judging two Colourbration Shows in New Zealand. She was also honoured to have co judged the Sydney Royal.
Ian and Angela also embarked on a 3 week trip to England and Europe, attending alpaca shows and meeting alpaca breeders. In England they attended the British Futurity Show. This is a very interesting show, where points are given for winning animals and the male who has sired the most winning progeny wins prize money. After this, they attended the Offenbach and Ulm Shows in Germany. Ian and Angela enjoyed meeting alpaca breeders in Germany and England and were made very welcome at their farms.
Even though we sometimes, complain about the weather and the amount of work we put in each day, we are in admiration of German alpaca breeders. For much of the year they battle snow and freezing conditions and have to have animals locked up in sheds.
It was very interesting to see their animals and attend their shows. Even though we could not make much sense of the judge's comments, we really enjoyed the experience. We realise, despite language barriers, that alpaca breeders world wide have much in common!
When we surfaced from all the travelling, we realised that we had not exhibited in an alpaca show in 2009. We finally organised ourselves to attend the Australian Sheep And Wool Show and then the Southern NSW in two successive weekends in July. We were extremely pleased with our results, taking out many Championships at both Shows and the Supreme Champion at The NSW show. In NSW, we had five out of the six suris in the Supreme line up - so we were very pleased. See the "Show Results" section for our results.
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| Ian and Angela in England |
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| Judging at the Offenbach Show in Germany |
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| A German alpaca farm we visited |
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| Mike Safley judging at the Ulm Show in Germany |
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| SURILANA IS THRILLED TO WIN NATIONAL SUPREME SURI CHAMPION FOR THE 3RD SUCCESSIVE YEAR |
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Ian and Angela are extremely proud to receive Surilana's 3rd successive National Supreme Champion award at the 2008 National Show. Surilana entered a team of 21 suris and were thrilled to win 11 broad ribbons and have 5 out of the 8 suris in the Supreme line up. Judges, Jenny Jackson and Natasha Clark awarded the Supreme Champion to Surilana Lady Columbine ET. Lady Columbine is a stunning suri female, with a full Accoyo pedigree. She has absolutely knock out lustre and an amazing dense fleece. It was an incredible and exciting few days at the National Show.
Ian and Angela are very proud of the fact, that the last 5 years of National Supreme Suris have all been sired by a Surilana Accoyo male. T-Pito was the only Surilana Accoyo male yet to accomplish this - but now he has!!
Ian and Angela would like to sincerely thank Paul Haslin and his team for the enormous amount of work involved in organising this event. They would also like to thank Mark and Maree Hornery from Macusani Alpacas NSW and Sheryl and Lindsay Riddle from Sherlin Alpacas in New Zealand for their help in organising and exhibiting the Surilana show team.
Surilana's broad ribbons included (detailed show results are in the show result section of the web page):
- Champion Jnr Suri Female: Surilana Bellita ET
- Reserve Champion Jnr Suri Female: Surilana Capriole
- Champion Jnr Suri Male: Surilana Surilana Illuminate ET
- Champion Intermediate Suri Female AND SUPREME SURI CHAMPION: Surilana Lady Columbine ET
- Reserve Champion Intermediate Suri Female: Pinjarra Moon Shine
- Champion Intermediate Suri Male: Surilana Mister Macusani ET
- Reserve Champion Intermediate Suri Male: Pinjarra Nile River ET
- Reserve Champion Adult Suri Female: Surilana Missimo ET
- Champion Adult Suri Male: Pinjarra Trickster ET
- Reserve Champion Adult Suri Male: Pinjarra Quachano
- Suri Sires Progeny: Surilana Bosisto
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| SURILANA'S PARADE OF CHAMPIONS FROM THE 2008 NATIONAL SHOW |
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| Surilana Bellita ET: 2008 National Junior Female Suri Champion |
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| Surilana Capriole: 2008 National Reserve Junior Female Suri Champion |
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| Capriole's beautiful fleece |
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| Surilana Illuminate ET: 2008 National Junior Male Suri Champion |
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| Surilana Lady Columbine ET: 2008 National Intermediate Female Suri Champion and Supreme Suri Champion |
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| Surilana Columbine ET's dazzling lustre |
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| Pinjarra Moon Shine: 2008 National Reserve Intermediate Female Suri Champion. Congratulations to Houghton Hall Alpacas UK on their purchase of Moon Shine. |
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| Surilana Mister Macusani ET: 2008 National Intermediate Male Suri Champion. Mister Macusani has now been sold to NSW. |
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| Pinjarra Nile River ET: 2008 National Reserve Intermediate Male Suri Champion. Nile River ET is available for sale. |
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| Nile River's beautiful fleece |
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| Surilana Missimo ET (now owned by Houghton Hall Alpacas UK: 2008 National Reserve Adult Female Suri Champion |
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| Pinjarra Trickster ET: 2008 National Adult Male Suri Champion |
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| Pinjarra Quachano: 2008 National Adult Male Suri Champion. Congratulations to Houghton Hall Alpacas UK for their purchase of Quachano |
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| Surilana Bosisto: Winner of the 2008 National Suri Sires Progeny |
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| SURILANA'S TWO SURI FEMALES SOLD TO THE UK AT THE 2008 NATIONAL AUCTION. |
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| Pinjarra Moon Shine |
Surilana was proud to have two suri females selected for the 2008 National Auction. Pinjarra Moonshine was Surilana's entry into the auction. Prestige was Surilana's entry as a Gold Sponsor at the 2008 National Auction. Part of the proceeds from the sale of Prestige have gone to the Australian Alpaca association.
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| Moon Shine has outstanding lustre |
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| Surilana Prestige |
SURILANA PRESTIGE
Prestige was Surilana's entry as Gold Sponsor at the 2008 National Show.
Congratulations to Houghton Hall Alpacas UK for the purchase of Prestige.
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| Prestige has stunning lustre and fineness |
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| SURILANA WAS AWARDED THE "MOST SUCCESSFUL SURI EXHIBITOR" AT THE 2008 SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW |
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| Ian, with Surilana Lady Columbine ET
Chanpion Junior Female Suri |
Ian and Angela were very proud the recieve the Most Sucessful Suri Exhibitor award at the 2008 Syney Royal Show.
There were over 100 suris entered in an impressive line up. Renowned Canadian judge, Jill MacLeod, commented that our Australian suris were the best suris that she had ever judged. This was wonderful for Australian suri breeders to hear, especially as Jill has judged all over the world.
We were very proud to recieve the awards below. (see the full results in the show results section)
- CLASS AWARDS
- 1st: Junior White Suri Female class
- 1st: Junior Fawn Suri Female class
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd: Int White Suri Female class
- 3rd and 4th: Int White Suri Male class
- 1st: Adult Fawn Suri Male class
- 1st: Adult White Suri Female class
- CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS
- Champion Junior Suri Female
- Reserve Champion Junior Suri Female
- Champion Intermediate Suri Female
- Champion Adult Suri Female
- Reserve Champion Adult Suri Male
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| SURILANA ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THEIR RESULTS AT THE 2007 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SHOW |
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| Ian and Angela after the suri judging |
The Australian National Show was held on 20th - 22nd October in the Weekly Times Pavillion at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds. There were a record 668 entries, which included 123 suri entries from all over Australia. Ian and Angela were extremely happy to receive the awards listed below. A full record of Surilana's results can be found in the "show results" section.
The suri judging culminated with Surilana being awarded National Supreme Suri Champion, with their junior male, Surilana Mr B ET. Surilana has now been awarded this prestigious award 3 times in the past 4 years.
- SURILANA'S CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS AT THE 2007 NATIONAL SHOW ARE:
- Junior Female Suri Champion
- Junior Male Suri Champion
- Reserve Intermediate Female Suri Champion
- Intermediate Male Suri Champion
- Senior Male Suri Champion
- Reserve Senior Male Suri Champion
- {National Supreme Suri Champion}
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| 2007 Australian National Supreme Suri Champion, Surilana Mister B ET |
Mister B. ET is a young male from Surilana's embryo transfer programme. He has full Accoyo genetics. His sire is Surilana Bosisto. Mister B's dam is Surilana Macusani Ma Belle, who is also the dam of the 2006 National Champion, Surilana Piccolo and the 2007 Melbourne Royal Supreme Champion Surilana Quo Vadis ET. The judge, Jude Anderson was very impressed with his super soft handle, his terrific lustre and density.
Congratulations to Surico Alpacas in New Zealand for their purchase of Mister B. We hope that he sires many outstanding suris for Surico in the future.
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| Ian with Mister B. |
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| SURILANA IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE NEWLY FORMED AUST SURI ALLIANCE |
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| Find out more about suris at the Australian Suri Alliance web site at www.suris.com.au |
The Australian Suri Alliance was formed in 2007 when four suri breeders, based in New South Wales (Elysion, Birrong and Pacofino) and Victoria (Surilana), decided to work together to raise the profile of this magnificent animal.
Together we will be involved in the promotion of suris and educating about suris, especially to people who have not yet joined the Alpaca Industry. More information about the Australian Suri Alliance, as well as interesting articles about suris can be found on their web site at www. suris. com. au
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| SRS SURI INFORMATION DAY AT SURILANA |
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| At the SRS day, suri breeders looked through many suris of all colours |
Surilana was proud to host the first SRS (Soft Rolling Skin) day devoted to suris. About 20 suri breeders attended this day in May. The day included education by Dr Jim Watts and a lot of talking about and looking at suris. It was a very informative and enjoyable day.
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| ANGELA AND JUDGING |
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Angela is a AAA judge. So far she has judged in Qld, WA, Victoria, NSW and New Zealand. She is enjoying the experiene of seeing a large range of alpacas and meeting many alpaca breeders.
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| EMBRYO TRANSFER |
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Surilana has been involved in the relatively new procedure of embryo transfer in the last couple of years. Using natural breeding methods, each female has a maximum of one cria, (baby alpaca) per year. However, with embryo transfer, embryos can be extracted from selected females and implanted into recipient females, so that the highest quality females may have several cria in one yea
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