NSA Scotsheep 2021 cancelled due to Covid uncertainties
27 January 2021 |
NSA Scotsheep has been postponed until summer 2022 due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis
This year s NSA Scotsheep event which was due to take place in late May has been cancelled because of the uncertainties and restrictions caused by Covid-19.
The National Sheep Association s (NSA) Scottish executive committee announced that the event will now be rescheduled to 1 June 2022.
Organisers believe that restrictions on social distancing and mass gatherings will still be in force for the considerable future .
Jennifer Craig, NSA Scotland chair said: “We are really disappointed to have to postpone NSA Scotsheep until next June, as plans for the event were well advanced.
Sheep event cancelled for a second time due to the coronavirus By Gordon Calder
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Updated: 17:01, 26 January 2021
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The NSA Sheep event has been postponed because of the coronavirus.
A MAJOR event in the farming calendar has been postponed for the second time because of the coronavirus pandemic.
NSA Scotsheep, which covers all aspects of sheep production, from husbandry, nutrition and health to marketing and the promotion of the finished product, did not go ahead last year because of the Covid19 restrictions. The organisers, the National Sheep Association, hoped the event would be held on May 27 this year but following a remote meeting of its executive, has decided it would be unsafe to let it proceed due to the continued uncertainties and restrictions caused by Covid-19. The event is now due to take place on Wednesday June 1, 2022 by permission of Robert and