This morning started off with our team being divided. Chad
and Stacey went to the World Angus Secretariat meeting to present on our Canadian Junior
programs while Breanna and Sean went to the barns to start prepping the heifers
for showmanship. We had the opportunity to meet the owners of our stud
Kakahu Farms. Gerald and Sue Hargreaves met us at the barns this morning to
meet us and watch us work on their heifers. After working with the heifers we
attended a demonstration on how to build fence. There are some differences
between how we fence and how they do, but we think we should be prepared for
tomorrow's events.
In the afternoon, we started showmanship. Here, classes lasted
up to 50 minutes with a very different routine in the ring. First off, we
weren’t allowed to bring combs into the ring, and then we had to do two laps
around the ring then individually bring heifers diagonally and set them up for
the judge to look at individually. For all the differences the Canadians did
very well with Erika, Sean, and Patrick advancing into the champion class (Sean
and Patrick made it to top 5) and Matt receiving 3rd in class and
Michael getting 4th in class. We then heard the results of the
judging competition. Matt Bates was second overall and the Canadian B SquarED
team was first team! Overall it was a great day for the Canadians. We
finished by meeting up with the rest of the Forum delegates at the Energy
Center for supper. It has been a great day and we are looking forward to the
Agrimodules tomorrow!
Posted by Stacey Domolewski
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