Group Day!!
Group day is another agricultural day except with even more competition, and also at the end of the day there is another part which is called leading group of three. In this you have three calves in a row and they all have to try and lead together at the same pace, but I’ll tell you at the end what I got in it.
In my ring this time I had about 11 people. Once again leading was first up which I got 4th in, as a dog scared my calf which made her stop. Afterwards the judge said the if I got her going again a bit faster then I may have gotten a better placing, even though it was only 4th I still think Freckles and I did a good job because we did still beat about 7 other calves.
Up next was rearing, after getting a champion at the first day I was hoping for good results which luckily they were. The judge went around all the calves and checked over them for loose hair and specks of dirt. In this I came 2nd and so I had to wait outside the champion ring to see if the person from my ring who got first also gets the champion which they did. This means that I go into the ring to compete for reserve champion, so I went into the ring and I did end up getting reserve champion which was quite cool.
Now it was dairy type, I have never thought of freckles as an excellent calf for dairy type, but I guess she must be since she got a 2nd out of about 13 calves in her ring. This time the person that got 1st didn’t get champion and so I didn’t have to go into the champion ring.
Now was the leading group of three, in my group was me, Kezia and Caitlin, I had organised for us all to bring along our school sweatshirts so that us three would match. There were a few people before us and all of them led very well together so I was a bit worried that we wouldn’t get anything. So now it was our turn, and I thought we all led really well and none of us could wait until we got the results.
- Me, Kezia and Caitlin starting our lead.
After all the calves had led the judges decided on the results and the number they called out for first was ours 111, ‘The Emergency Team’! We were all very excited, not one of us could believe we had actually won. We each got a red first ribbon and now over the next year we will share the huge shield we won. This shield is also quite special for me as it has my grans name on it from 1944.
- The judge awarding the shield to us.
