Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Champs information and rules
2nd August 2017
Boys and Girls Agricultural Club
Canterbury Rural Schools
Re: Synlait Milk Ltd Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Championship Day
Canterbury A&P Association invites your school to participate in the Synlait Milk Ltd Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Championship Day to be held at the Canterbury Agricultural Park on Thursday 23 November 2017 at 10am – please present your animals on the Cattle Lawns by the Show Office.
To qualify for this day the participants will need to have attended a school pet parade day and an Area/Group day within their Region. Classes will include calves, lambs, goats, pigs, poultry, alpacas and llamas. The classes will be split into two age group sections: Juniors being years 1-4, and Seniors years 5-8.
All children that qualify to attend the Championship Day will need to have completed a full project on the care, handling and rearing of the pet. These project books will need to be handed into the office of the Canterbury A&P Association at Canterbury Agricultural Park, Curletts Road, Christchurch by Friday 10 November 2017.
Important - Please label your project with your full name, school, year and category you will be competing in i.e. Dairy Calves.
We hope you will give consideration and encouragement to your pupils to attend this day which in the past has been very successful.
Yours faithfully
Peter Gilbert
President
Canterbury A&P Association
Boys and Girls Agricultural Club
Canterbury Rural Schools
Re: Synlait Milk Ltd Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Championship Day
Canterbury A&P Association invites your school to participate in the Synlait Milk Ltd Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Championship Day to be held at the Canterbury Agricultural Park on Thursday 23 November 2017 at 10am – please present your animals on the Cattle Lawns by the Show Office.
To qualify for this day the participants will need to have attended a school pet parade day and an Area/Group day within their Region. Classes will include calves, lambs, goats, pigs, poultry, alpacas and llamas. The classes will be split into two age group sections: Juniors being years 1-4, and Seniors years 5-8.
All children that qualify to attend the Championship Day will need to have completed a full project on the care, handling and rearing of the pet. These project books will need to be handed into the office of the Canterbury A&P Association at Canterbury Agricultural Park, Curletts Road, Christchurch by Friday 10 November 2017.
Important - Please label your project with your full name, school, year and category you will be competing in i.e. Dairy Calves.
We hope you will give consideration and encouragement to your pupils to attend this day which in the past has been very successful.
Yours faithfully
Peter Gilbert
President
Canterbury A&P Association
Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Championship Day Rules
Qualifications
Participants will need to have attended a school pet parade day and an Area/Group day within their Region.
Classes will include dairy and beef calves, lambs, goats, pigs, poultry, alpacas and llamas. Please note that date of birth for poultry is on or after 1st July.
The classes will be split into two age group sections: Juniors being years 1-4, and Seniors years 5-8.
All children that qualify to attend the Championship Day will need to have completed a full project on the care, handling and rearing of the pet. These project books will need to be handed into the office of the Canterbury A&P Association at Canterbury Agricultural Park, Curletts Road, Christchurch by the specified date included in the notice to schools (approximately two weeks before judging date).
Two animals in different sections can be entered by the same child, provided that both animals have qualified i.e. project book, attended area group day etc.
Project Book
Important - Please label your project with your full name, school, year and category you will be competing in i.e. John Smith, Year 3, Springston School, Dairy Calves.
Commitment: Responsibility of the animal carer (a log or diary might help). It is expected that this is a shared and educational task within the family, but evidence of pupil involvement is essential.
Knowledge: Hopefully this is a learning experience. An extension showing interest, say, in the future of the animal once it leaves the farm or particular foods that are appropriate or features that are relevant to your animal.
Presentation: Some presentations are done with a computer and that is just fine, but as primary school is the only place and time where writing is taught, a well presented hand written document is equally as acceptable.
Judging
The judging date will be the Thursday following the Canterbury A&P Show annually, commencing at approximately 10am.
Venue will be Canterbury Agricultural Park, either adjacent to the stables or on the Cattle Lawns as notified in the notice to schools or on the day. Access off Curletts Road only.
Participants must locate the event office and receive their judging number for the day.
Participants will be asked to parade animals in their ring (where applicable) before being interviewed individually by the judge.
The animal that is being judged must be the animals the project book is completed on unless the animal is unable to attend due to illness. Another animal may be substituted at the judges’ discretion. Please advise prior to the event if the animal you are bringing differs to the animal the project book was completed on.
School Uniform is appropriate dress for this event.
At the completion of judging the scores from the following will be tallied:
Sections
Care & Attention (40)
Leading & Handling (30)
Project Book (30)
Type (dairy calves only) (20)
Presentation of Awards
The first three place getters of each section and age group will be awarded ribbons, and Champion and Reserve of each class and age group receiving sashes.
Cups won the previous year must be returned, cleaned and engraved before or on the day of judging.
The following cups will be awarded:
Springston Trophy – Junior Champion Lamb
WL Dawber Trophy – Senior Champion Lamb
Tai Tapu Cup – Senior Dairy Calf
CFM (Canterbury Frozen Meat) – Senior Beef Calf
Jarvis Family Cup – Junior Champion Beef Calf
Qualifications
Participants will need to have attended a school pet parade day and an Area/Group day within their Region.
Classes will include dairy and beef calves, lambs, goats, pigs, poultry, alpacas and llamas. Please note that date of birth for poultry is on or after 1st July.
The classes will be split into two age group sections: Juniors being years 1-4, and Seniors years 5-8.
All children that qualify to attend the Championship Day will need to have completed a full project on the care, handling and rearing of the pet. These project books will need to be handed into the office of the Canterbury A&P Association at Canterbury Agricultural Park, Curletts Road, Christchurch by the specified date included in the notice to schools (approximately two weeks before judging date).
Two animals in different sections can be entered by the same child, provided that both animals have qualified i.e. project book, attended area group day etc.
Project Book
Important - Please label your project with your full name, school, year and category you will be competing in i.e. John Smith, Year 3, Springston School, Dairy Calves.
Commitment: Responsibility of the animal carer (a log or diary might help). It is expected that this is a shared and educational task within the family, but evidence of pupil involvement is essential.
Knowledge: Hopefully this is a learning experience. An extension showing interest, say, in the future of the animal once it leaves the farm or particular foods that are appropriate or features that are relevant to your animal.
Presentation: Some presentations are done with a computer and that is just fine, but as primary school is the only place and time where writing is taught, a well presented hand written document is equally as acceptable.
Judging
The judging date will be the Thursday following the Canterbury A&P Show annually, commencing at approximately 10am.
Venue will be Canterbury Agricultural Park, either adjacent to the stables or on the Cattle Lawns as notified in the notice to schools or on the day. Access off Curletts Road only.
Participants must locate the event office and receive their judging number for the day.
Participants will be asked to parade animals in their ring (where applicable) before being interviewed individually by the judge.
The animal that is being judged must be the animals the project book is completed on unless the animal is unable to attend due to illness. Another animal may be substituted at the judges’ discretion. Please advise prior to the event if the animal you are bringing differs to the animal the project book was completed on.
School Uniform is appropriate dress for this event.
At the completion of judging the scores from the following will be tallied:
Sections
Care & Attention (40)
Leading & Handling (30)
Project Book (30)
Type (dairy calves only) (20)
Presentation of Awards
The first three place getters of each section and age group will be awarded ribbons, and Champion and Reserve of each class and age group receiving sashes.
Cups won the previous year must be returned, cleaned and engraved before or on the day of judging.
The following cups will be awarded:
Springston Trophy – Junior Champion Lamb
WL Dawber Trophy – Senior Champion Lamb
Tai Tapu Cup – Senior Dairy Calf
CFM (Canterbury Frozen Meat) – Senior Beef Calf
Jarvis Family Cup – Junior Champion Beef Calf