Cattle Team Successes at Sydney Royal Easter Show
The Scots All Saints College Cattle Team has had another year of extraordinary results at the Sydney Royal Easter Show’s Purebred and Trade Steer Competitions.
A strong contingent of 34 students ranging from Year 9 to Year 12, two staff and 24 cattle headed to the Show for six days of intense preparation and competition. After a string of early morning starts and long days, the College’s Cattle Team won Champion School Steer and the prized Grand Champion Steer, with a steer bred by L & C Kirk of Wilworril Limousins, prepared by students Patrick McKiernan and Fraser Wythes. In addition to these early results, the College was awarded Champion Trade Animal with a Limousin Square Meater cross steer, paraded by student Marcus Wythes, bred by L & C Kirk, and Reserve Champion Lightweight Steer with a steer again bred by the Kirk family.
Year 12 student Lily Moore’s experience came to the fore as she showed great composure to win Reserve Champion Parader in the NSW State Final competition.
‘Our Cattle Team students have worked hard in the lead-up to and during the Royal Easter Show, by learning the competition requirements along with training and preparing the animals,’ says Head of College, Mr Richard Ford.
‘Each year we see students gain confidence as well as leadership and team work skills from their participation in the Royal Agricultural Shows and it is an added thrill to see them be rewarded for their efforts with these impressive results.’
The College’s Cattle Team is looking forward to the upcoming Bathurst Royal Show, with animals entered in several sections. In addition, many of the students have entered in the Young Rural Achievers Award, a program run by Bathurst Agricultural, Horticultural and Pastoral Association, that aims to foster an interest in agricultural shows and country life, and rural community building.
