On the16,17 and 18 of September GIHS Show Team attended Colin Say & Co P/L’s Beef Extravaganza at Glen Innes Showgrounds.

On Friday 16 September, all students participated in Junior Judging and Paraders competitions with Alex Wright and Toby Lamph placing first and second in Senior parading with Alex going on to be Champion Parader. Ilyssa Newbury, Lloyd Newbury, Isla McIndoe and Lily Cooke made the finals of the intermediate paraders with Ilyssa going on to place second in a very competitive final.

In the junior judging, a number of students made the finals and had to speak on the class of steers. In the seniors, Alex Wright placed 2nd and Toby Lamph 3rd. In the intermediates, Ilyssa Newbury placed 2nd and Isla McIndoe placed 3rd.

On Saturday 17 September, we had two animals compete in the Colin Say and Co Shootout and the Limousin State of Origin challenge.

Sunday 18 September saw the start of the main competition with Cracker Jack, a Speckle Angus steer from Winter Speckle Parks, competing in the unled section where he was unfortunately unplaced.

In the junior classes, we had three steers in class 12- Joey- a Murray Grey from Parson Green Murray Greys, Nigel- a Limousin steer bred by Casey and Nigel Wieck and purchased at the Potential Show Steer Sale and Aussie- a Speckle Angus steer purchased from Winter Speckle Parks who went on to be highly commended in a very strong class.

In the open section, we had Mascara- a Romagnola x Red Angus heifer bred by the Fletcher family of Tamworth and purchased from the Potential Show Steer Sale place 3rd in class 2 and Chandler- a Murray Grey Steer from Parson Green Murray Greys also placed 3rd.

It was a fabulous three days of competition and the students worked hard and represented the school with pride.

Glen Innes High Agriculture would like to thank John and Bev Winter as well as Jon Pinferi and Kate Dance for their ongoing support of our program. We would like to also thank Colin Say and Co for putting on such a great event attracting exceptional cattle. Thank you also to Claire Burgess and Scott Miller for their hard work over the three days.

Thank you to Sentry Box Murray Greys for some of the below photos.

Jody Lamph.

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