1913

1913

BARTHOLOMEUS JACOBUS VAN AARDT  -  was a horse breeder and trainer and only moved to small stock after more than 300  of his brood mares  were confiscated by the British Forces during the Anglo Boer War.

CAROLUS JOHANNES VAN AARDT founded the Fairworld Merino Stud on the 23rd of October 1913 on pure Bundemar Strains

1914

1915

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

The first few bales of Merino Wool were loaded at Cookhouse Station to John Daverin & Co in Algoa Bay.

BUNDEMAR blood lines from Australia were introduced for the first time in 1915.

1922

1924

Fairworld broke the S.A. record price

for merino wool the first time. This feat was repeated on numerous occasions in the years to follow.

The wool broker John Bowen described the Fairworld clip as ” DEEP GROWN, SUPER FINE IN QUALITY, SOUND IN STAPLE AND BEING VERY MUCH ADMIRED BY THE BUYERS”

1925

1936

ACTON VAN AARDT

He had a predilection for the merino and was an astute judge of fine wool. He made his mark among the higher echelons of wool producers

A fleece from Fairworld was selected to represent S.A. – in the first ever world championship in Bradford, England.

1957

1976

FARMERS WEEKLY AWARD & GOLD MEDAL

was awarded to Fairworld for the best wool in S.A.

WILLEM VAN AARDT, the present and forth generation owner of Fairworld  immediately started selecting for fertility and long stapled free growing fine wool after the stud was divided in 1976

1978

1988

The beginning of an uninterrupted reign of 22 years as

S.A. FINE and/or  SUPER FINE WOOL CHAMPION.

THE FAIRWORLD LOGO

Designed by George Latsky. Today this logo is a well known symbol of HIGH QUALITY GENETIC FINE WOOL.

1989

1990

FIRST FAIRWORLD RAM SALE

Mr. Cornelius Greyling of Wakkerstroom paid the highest price of R18,000.00.

FAIRWORLD’S FINEST MOMENT

World champion -  we defeated the best from Australia and New Zealand.

1992

1994

S.A. RECORD PRICE FOR MERINO Foreign Agent was sold for R56,000.00 to Boontjieskraal Landgoed, Vaalplaas

L.Fick and H.J. Lotter of Caledon.

REWARD IN SHEARING SHED

We were rewarded for our efforts in the shearing shed as one of the best classed wool clips in S.A.

2000

2001

MILLENNIUM CHAMPION 2000   UNDEFEATED FOR 22 YEARS

Fairworld showed the Champion Group of 3 Fleeces as well as the Champion Fine Wool ewe fleece

FAIRWORLD / PFIZER PROJECT

The influence of blankets on the quality

of wool were tested for the first time in S.A.

2001

2001

ACTON VAN AARDT

Acton joined Fairworld as a fifth generation member involved with fine wool breeding.

POLL SIRE IMPORTED

“Lukis” a 6 tooth Poll ram measuring 15.3µ, was

acquired from the Grange Stud  in Western Australia. Lukis is the finest micron ram ever to be imported to S.A.

2002

2002

BLUP at FAIRWORLD: In future all animals at Fairworld will be accompanied with BLUP (best linear unbiased predictions) predicted breeding values

THE FAIRWORLD BLUP GRAPH revealed excellent figures compared to the breed average

2003

2003

2003

2004

HIGHEST PRICE in S.A. for 2003 - Nielbert van Heerden & Gerhard Kitching of Tarkastad  paid R54,000.00  for this superb Fine Wool  Sire.

COUNT ZEGNA VA CHALLENGE 2004 – Fairworld was the proud runner up for this prestige award. The Fairworld entry scored 91.9% and measuring 15.4µ

2004

2007

THE FIRST GROENBEK OMEGA ever to be sold in S.A. went to Pyp Lombaard of Adelaide & Jannie Venter of  Volksrust.

THE MOST PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A SUPER FINE WOOL SIRE. P.T. Merino’s from Kokstad paid R30,000.00 for this 16.5µ micron ram.

2008

2009

HIGHEST PRICE IN S.A. THIS SEASON  – R56,000.00  Jeff Hobson, Francois van Niekerk & Pyp Lombaard bought this superb 17.8µ sire for a price that equaled Fairworld’s own previous S.A. record

HIGHEST PRICE AT 21st BIRTHDAY SALE  – R26,000.00  Roekie le Roux from Witkrans, Carolina purchased this very well balanced high quality 18.2µ sire.

2009

2010

SHEEP FARMER OF THE YEAR FINALIST

We were proud to be elected as one of the three finalist for the 2009 Voermol National Sheep Farmer of the Year Competition.

CEASAR – Best of the Best.

HIGHEST PRICE AT 22 SALE  – R26,000.00  Johan Greeff from Graaff Reinet purchased one of the best proven sires ever to be auctioned in this country.

2010