Jas. Martin & Co.

- Chartered Surveyors Land Agents & Valuers -

 

 

 

 

EIGHTH YEAR OF  CONSERVATION AWARD FOR LINCOLNSHIRE

 

P Needham & Son are the 2011 Winners

of this Prestigious Trophy

 

 

 

P Needham & Son of Coleby are the 2011 winners.

 

The Jas. Martin & Co. Lincolnshire Grey Partridge Trophy was awarded for the eighth time at 11am on the CLA stand at the Lincolnshire Show on Wednesday 22nd June.

 

In 2011, 41 participating estates, farms and shoots throughout Lincolnshire submitted spring counts of English (or Grey) Partridges to the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust and thus became eligible to win the Trophy.  These were then short-listed to three finalists which were inspected by the three judges:  Alex Butler, Regional Advisor for the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Graham Rowles Nicholson from Coates Hall Farm (last year’s winner) and Dermot Spurrier, Partner of Jas. Martin & Co., the county based land agents who are sponsoring the competition.

 

Following the inspections the judges agreed unanimously that this year’s winner should be – P Needham & Son of Manor Farm Coleby, represented by Mr Gerald Needham. The Trophy - an English Partridge modelled in silver - together with the certificates for the two runners-up were presented by the President of the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society, Professor David Chiddick.

 

 

The runners-up are, in no particular order, Ian Clark of Manor Farm, Great Sturton, and Stewart Thorpe of Ryland Grange Farm, Fulbeck Heath.

 

The Jas Martin & Co. Lincolnshire Grey Partridge Trophy is awarded annually to recognise the estate farm or shoot that has done the most for grey partridges and to encourage more farmers and land owners to actively conserve grey partridges and to count the bird.  Whilst P Needham & Son are the winners of the trophy it was decided by the judges that a special award should be made to Stewart Thorpe in recognition of his outstanding efforts in organising the South Lincolnshire Grey Partridge Group.  A bronze statue of a pair of partridges in flight was presented to him by Professor David Chiddick.       

 

                                           

 

Jas. Martin & Co. partners pictured left to right:

Andrew Inglis, Dermot Spurrier, Andrew Carter & Robin Battle 

 

For further information contact:-

 

R D Spurrier, Jas. Martin & Co.   01522 510234

Alex Butler, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust  01572 718763

previous winners

8 Bank Street, Lincoln LN2 1DS

Telephone: 01522 510234  Fax: 01522 511274

Email:  mailbox@jasmartin.co.uk