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Gamekeeper of the Year award

Gamekeeper of the year award winner, Kevan McCaig.

By Selena Masson

Thursday, 26 July 2007

The winner of the Farmers Weekly and CLA Gamekeeper of the Year 2007 award is Kevan McCaig, a wild partridge keeper on Northumberland Estates.

Kevan, 36, has developed a wild grey partridge shoot on intensively farmed land at Alnwick.

His efforts have radically improved habitat and increased wild grey partridge pairs from 16 to 200.

Judge William Gascoigne, of the CLA, praised Kevan's "commitment to wildlife over and above the partridge he was trying to nurture".

Kevan wins £400 and an engraved hip flask.

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Comments

Rhys McGuire

Tue, 31st Jul 2007 01:17:11

well done kevan mate, thankyou so much for training me over the last few years, if it was not for having a true friend like yourself i would not have realised i wanted to be a keeper, even tho you try to pick on me every time i come to help lol (joke people, this man is utterly legendary and really deserves the award)!!!!! well done.

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