Senior agricultural students across the region have set off to the big smoke for a massive week representing their schools, regions and families at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.
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Beef teams from Scone High School and St Joseph’s Aberdeen are taking part in this year’s Easter Show beef competition with the animals prepared by agricultural students at their respective schools.
A team of 13 students aged from year 8 through to year 12 were selected in the St Joseph’s Aberdeen team, which made the journey with their 10 steers to Homebush on Monday.
The children will start showing their finely manicured animals from today, the first day of the 2015 show.
The students, accompanied by their agriculture teachers Lisa Bright and Charles Mill, have prepared the seven pure bred steers and three trade steers for the two competitions – the pure bred classes and the Woolworths trade steer competition.
The range of steers varies from hereford to shorthorn, angus, black simmental and limousin, and have been sourced locally and from out of the region.
Four students also qualified to compete in the paraders competition, which Ms Bright said is a really good effort and something to be proud of.
Montana Kisi, Brooke Clinch, Kaitlyn Vincent and Chloe Atfield qualified through the zone competitions at Maitland and Tamworth Shows to compete in the event tomorrow.
Ms Bright told The Scone Advocate last week, the team were ready and she was quite happy with the preparation they have put in.
She said St Joseph’s has been taking a school team to the Sydney Show for about 15 years and they usually aim to take at least eight head, so to take 10 this year is great.
“The students have been working on the steers all term, breaking them in, washing, grooming and feeding them.
“A lot of emphasis goes into the preparation and coat presentation,” she said.
The children also benefited from a few outings in the lead up, including Maitland and Tamworth Shows in recent weeks and Muswellbrook Show last Friday.
At Maitland students placed second in the school team junior judging and seven out of eight students placed in the finals of the paraders competition.
At the Tamworth Show the school picked up third in the lightweights, a highly commended, third in the heavyweight section and second in the trade steer section, and a grand champion parade place to Montana Kisi.
Ms Bright said this year’s show team is made up of a lot of young students, but they have had good preparation with the shows and last year’s Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza.
