NSA Scottish Region celebrates with Lamb for St Andrews Day
1st December 2022
More than 60 people joined NSA Scottish Region last night for a delicious Scotch Lamb based meal to celebrate St Andrews Day.
The inaugural ‘Lamb for St Andrew’s Day’ dinner was a fantastic social evening, bringing together sheep farmers from around Scotland and further afield.
Peter Myles, NSA Scottish Region Interim Chair, says: “We enjoyed an excellent meal, with Scotch Lamb as the centrepiece, and believe that’s the best way to celebrate our national patron saint day. Scotch Lamb is particularly plentiful at this time of year and the very best meal to mark a special occasion. Lamb for St Andrew’s Day is a sentiment that NSA Scottish Region strongly believes in and encourages others to adopt.”
A special guest at the event was Harry Hamilton, representing the Hamilton family from Aikengall, Dunbar, East Lothian. NSA Scottish Region is delighted the Hamiltons will host NSA Scot Sheep on Wednesday 5th June 2024 – guaranteed to be a date not to be missed by sheep farmers.
Mr Myles continues: “It was my great pleasure to announce at the dinner that we’ve found such a fantastic venue and enthusiastic hosts for NSA Scot Sheep. But with more than 18 months to wait until the big day, I’m also excited about some smaller events we’ve got planned for 2023. We’ve historically held NSA Highland Sheep in alternating years to Scot Sheep. That won’t be the case next year, as we have plans for a series of smaller events to get to more areas of the country. Watch this space for more information.”
The Lamb for St Andrews Day dinner was held at the Macdonald Inchyra Grange at Polmont, Stirlingshire. Guests were treated to a very entertaining after-dinner speech by Ally Logan, retired auctioneer. NSA Scottish Region thanks Mr Logan, QMS for supporting the lamb component of the meal, and also British Wool, Caltech, Carrs Billington, Harbro, Macdonald Hotels, McCaskies, McCreath Simpsons Malt, Scotbeef Ltd and Slipperfield Croft for supporting the raffle.
