| Rebecca
Wiltshire appointed Murray Grey Youth Co-Ordinator (Posted
11/09/06)
Well known South Australian
breeder, and former Murray Grey Youth member, Rebecca Wiltshire
has recently been appointed as Youth Co-Ordinator.
With her wealth of knowledge,
Rebecca's primary task will be to assist the Murray
Grey Youth organisation with their operations and provide its
members with some additional leadership, enabling MGY to better
focus on the many events that are staged each year.
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| Junior
Cattle Handlers Exposition set for Chinchilla (Posted
11/09/06)
In conjunction with the 2007
Chinchilla Show on 25th & 26th of May next year, there will be
a Junior Cattle Handlers Exposition, open to everyone under 25 yrs
of age.
The event will be held on
Friday, the first day of the show and will include the Led Steer
Judging. Each competitor must have a led steer to be eligible to
compete. If they do not have one, one will be found for them. The
program will include: individual breed talks about the
characteristics of each breed, explanations on the different cuts
of meat, practical talks on cattle handling, judging and paraders
competitions, Herdsman’s competitions, Encouragement awards,
Young cattlemen & women awards. The parader’s competition
will be held during the led steer judging. The normal Stud Cattle
events will be held on the second day of the show. The senior
participants will be associate judges during the Stud Cattle
Judging..
For further details please CLICK
HERE.
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Carly
Lyon named National Youth Ambassador for 2006
(Posted 24/05/06)
| Fifteen keen Murray
Grey Youth members participated in the 2006 National Ambassador
Competition, which was staged in conjunction with the Murray
Grey National Show and Sale held at Wodonga, where young
Tasmanian Murray Grey breeder, Carly Lyon, 22, was named as the
winner of this years competition.
Participants were observed in a
variety of situations including field trips, junior judging
classes, bull inspections and public speaking, providing them
with the opportunity to expand their knowledge about the beef
industry and invaluable experience.
For her efforts Carly earned
herself a six week study tour to New Zealand. The runner-up
in this years competition, Melinda Denny, was also from
Tasmania, earning herself a trip to the four day Tocal Beef
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In the Junior section
of the Ambassador competition, David Hogan of Strathfieldsaye in
Victoria was named Junior Ambassador, while the Runner-up was
Nicole Powe, from Oakville, NSW.
The
Murray Grey Youth would like to thank all their sponsors and supporters,
guest speakers, competitors
and breeders for their support of this year’s event.
Congratulations
to all that participated and we hope to see you next year!!
We
would like to say a special thankyou to our Sponsors:
Arki, Baroona Park,
Breelong Farms, Bundaleer, Mr & Mrs Burnside, Cudgeong Park,
Eylwarra Sands, Keighlians, Lindsay, Malparra, Mr & Mrs McRae,
Quindalup, Rogialyn,
The Glen, Torrisdale NZ, Wallawong.
Photo courtesy of Tasmanian Country Newspaper (Click
Here).
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Beef
Australia 2006 putting young people first through the Rabobank
Young Ambassador Awards & Youth Forum
Young
people aged between 18 and 26 who plan on attending Beef Australia
2006 in Rockhampton between 1 May and 7 May are encouraged to
enter the Rabobank Young Ambassador Awards. Time is running
out for entrants to test their beef industry skills and knowledge
against their peers and be in the running for a once in a lifetime
opportunity to visit the Houston Livestock Show in the
United States
and participate in a beef study tour to
New Zealand
.
Rabobank
Young Ambassador Entrant Natalie Quinn jumped at the chance to
travel to the States and
New Zealand
when she learnt about the Awards while visiting the Beef Australia
website. Entering was straight forward she says.
“All
I had to do was prepare a marketing brief that promoted Beef
Australia 2006 and the wider beef industry to various groups in my
local Charleville community. It was fun pulling it together,
not hard. My parents are commercial cattle producers and I
work for Elders so I have a background in beef production and
general rural industry but I learnt as I went along. It’s
a fairly short presentation on a big, interesting topic so it came
together really easily. “
“Even
if I’m not a finalist I’ll be at the Expo. I have a desire to
learn about the industry and the people in it as it exists today.
I want to know how it is going to develop into the future and
where the youth of the industry fit into this equation.
I’ll get that at Beef Australia 2006. It’s an opportunity too
good to miss.”
Geoff
Murphy, Beef
Australia
2006 Chair said he was encouraged by the interest shown in the
awards to date. ”It’s a great competition and one that we are
proud to partner with Rabobank on. It’s a great social and
networking opportunity for finalists. They attend social and
official functions, meet and greet our international and special
guests and assist with the official opening. Over the week
finalists are also interviewed by a panel of judges. They
are also required to research and prepare a five-minute
presentation on a specific topic relevant to the beef industry at
the Beef 2006 Rabobank Young Ambassador Youth Forum.”
The
Forum will commence at 8.30am on Wednesday 3 May in the James
Lawrence Pavilion Room at the Rockhampton Showgrounds and will be
an action packed four hours. In addition to finalists
presentations there will be a discussion about careers in the beef
industry featuring a panel of speakers from major pastoral
companies and agricultural training providers. Forum
attendees will be able to meet potential employers and contribute
to the discussion on what the future employment needs of the beef
industry will be.
For
further information please do not hesitate to contact Melanie
Kirk, Beef
Australia
on 07 4922 2989 |
