28-07-2025
Biggest Lamb Champs comes to Loftus
The search for the best lamb in South Africa brought 7 000 people to Loftus Stadium this week as the annual Lamb Champs competition took place.
Music, food, and enjoyment with friends and family were the order of the day, all centred around mouth-watering lamb meat. Artists like Ricus Nel, Jan Jan Jan, and Ichnus had feet tapping, while the smell of lamb on the spit kept everyone anticipating the feast that was coming.
This is the fourth time that this annual event has taken place, and CEO of The Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI), Francois Rossouw, says that this past weekend was the largest they've ever held.
Some were brave enough to enter the ice competition, and 40 entrants even took to the stage to eat a sheep's head.
'It's about what the consumer thinks about the lamb, how they experience and what the taste is like. So, we invite farmers from all nine provinces to come showcase their lamb.
'We invite the public as well because we want to shorten the value chain, and we want to introduce the consumer to the farmer.
'We don't have this connection any more between the consumer, who has someone who has stayed on a farm or knows someone who owns a farm.
'We want them to meet the farmers who produce the meat we enjoy on the braai on a Saturday,' Rossouw said.
JP Nel of the Enkelbos Farm, in the Stella district, North West, emerged as the winner of Lamb Champs Pretoria 2025 with his Blackhead Dorper. His lamb impressed the judges and earned him first place.
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