The South Bruce Dairy 4-H Club held its final meeting on Aug. 20 at the Teeswater Fall Fair.
The members gathered at the Huron Bay Co-op to receive instructions for the photo scavenger hunt. Once on the fairgrounds, everyone split up into groups and began the hunt.
Members had to find and photograph different attractions at the fair, and find the answers to a few questions such as, to take a selfie with a camper and find out where they are from or to take a picture of a beef calf and name the breed.
After an hour of searching, the club reassembled to review their findings.
The biggest finding was that some of the things on the list were not yet at the fair, such as the ambassador — she was still in the parade — or horse drawn rides, which were not coming till noon.
Overall the day was a lot of fun.
Every 4-H club finishes with an achievement day. In livestock clubs, it is usually a show held at the local fall fair. This year the club achievement day was held at the Mildmay Fall Fair on Sept. 10.
Unlike other 4-H and breed shows that the club members have competed at this year, the achievement day show is only open to the members of the South Bruce Dairy Club, which allows members to compete directly against each other.
The show started with a joint beef and dairy future showman class, in which kids under the age of nine gave showing a try. Each competitor received a red ribbon and $5 for their hard work.
The main show started at 11 a.m. with the novice showmanship class. There were four novice showmen, for many of the showmen this was their first year showing and for some this was their very first show. The four young members’ hard work paid off as they did very well in the ring.
Next came the intermediate showmanship class, as there was only one member in this class, the judge was informed that the class would be joined with the senior showmanship class — it’s no fun to show alone.
Unlike the novice class, all of these showmen have been showing for years so it is a much tougher competition.
Following the senior class was the champion showman class in which the top two showmen from each class competed against each other for the titles of grand champion, reserve champion, and honourable mention. Read More
South Bruce 4-H Dairy Club wraps up final meeting of 2022
