More lucky winners tackling shepherding tasks with ease thanks to NSA 2025 prize giveaway

The National Sheep Association (NSA) is delighted to announce the next winners of its ongoing 2025 prize draw, each receiving a Lanati Astron cord free handpiece kit, worth more than £450, kindly provided by Rurtec Ltd.

The latest lucky sheep farmers to benefit from receiving their prizes are Paul Morley from Long Preston, near Skipton, North Yorkshire, and Emily Naylor from Leintwardine, Herefordshire.

Paul’s passion for sheep farming began in his teenage years while working on farms in Yorkshire. After a career in the Metropolitan Police in London, he returned to the north of England upon retirement, buying a small piece of land and starting with just a few ewes.

Over time his flock has grown. He has been an NSA member since he bought his first sheep, making the most of the organisation’s resources to help him learn from industry professionals. Paul entered the prize draw after seeing it advertised in NSA Sheep Farmer magazine and says the new clippers will be put to good use.

“I’m only a few months off 70 but still do my own shearing,” Paul says. “My back tells me I’m a silly fool for it, but I just do a few, take a couple of days off, and go again. My old shears are getting tired, so this prize will be a huge help – especially for dagging!”

The winner from the June draw, Emily, took on her smallholding in 2023,  a dream she had held since she was a young girl. She now keeps pigs, laying ducks and a growing flock of sheep, running the enterprise single-handedly alongside a full-time job.

Surrounded by sheep all her life, Emily was determined to have her own. “I’m learning everything as I go and it hasn’t always been easy,” she admits, “but I love the work and I love my flock, so it’s been worth every bruise, ache and late night.”

Emily first saw the NSA prize draw advertised while working on a trade stand at the NSA Welsh Sheep event back in May. Although not an NSA member at the time, she plans to join now that her flock is established. She says the cordless shears will be invaluable.

“It’s going to be great having the ability to trim, dag and shear without calling in help or running power across the road to the grazing fields. No need to mess around and take extra time which means my flock’s welfare will be even higher. At the end of the day, that’s all I want!”

NSA Chief Executive Phil Stocker congratulates the winners, saying: “The NSA prize draw is a way of giving back to our NSA members and other UK sheep farmers, who are at the heart of everything we do. We’re delighted for Paul and Emily, and grateful to Rurtec for their generous support in providing such a valuable and practical prize.”

NSA, alongside Rurtec Ltd, is giving away a set of the cordless clippers each month during 2025.

There are now five more chances to win this useful prize. Interested parties can learn more about the giveaway by visiting the NSA website www.nationalsheep.org.uk/draw to enter the prize draw that is open to all UK sheep farmers over the age of 16. Both NSA members and non-members can enter, but entries are limited to one per person/email address. 

Further information on the Lanati Astron cord-free handpiece can be found on the Rurtec website www.rurtec.com. 

Pictured: Paul Morley (left) and Emily Naylor (right)