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Young judges ... Cattle paraders and young judges, such as Caitlin Rhodes, of Sefton,<br />
who was aregular agegroup competitor in recent years, will be put through their paces<br />
at the show.<br />
PHOTO:FILE<br />
Young judges step up<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
New Zealand’s top young judges are set<br />
to converge on the OxfordA&P Show.<br />
The annualshow is hosting the Royal<br />
AgriculturalSociety (RAS) youngjudges<br />
and paraders competitions, which are<br />
normally held at the HawkesBay A&P<br />
Association’s Royal Show.<br />
Last October’s Hawkes Bay Royal<br />
Show was supposed to host the<br />
Australasian youngjudges and paraders<br />
finals,but it was cancelled becauseof<br />
Covid19, RAS executiveofficer Debbie<br />
Cameron says.<br />
Instead,the competition was<br />
transferred to Oxford and features the<br />
Auction aims to raise funds<br />
Asilent auctionisone of the new<br />
innovations at the Oxford A&P Show.<br />
The show committee has organiseda<br />
silentauction at the annual show on<br />
Saturday, April3,toraise funds to offset<br />
some of the losses from lastyear, when<br />
the show was axed becauseofCovid19.<br />
Show president MarieFitzPatrick<br />
says she has been overwhelmed by the<br />
support from local businesses.<br />
“We need to try to raise some money<br />
for the show becausewe’ve had to use<br />
quiteabit of our funds after cancelling<br />
last year’sshow.<br />
“We’vehad someamazing things<br />
donated from localbusinesses. We’ve<br />
got 22 items in all,from accommodation<br />
to flights,feed packs and beauty packs.<br />
“We are really grateful to the<br />
businesseswho havedonated and we<br />
look forwardtoseeing how the auction<br />
goes.”<br />
Members of the public will be able to<br />
record their bid in the hospitality<br />
marquee between 10am and 2pm,with<br />
the winning bids announced in the main<br />
1921-<strong>2021</strong> celebrating<br />
100 years in business<br />
top young judges and paraders from<br />
across New Zealand’ssix show districts.<br />
Youngjudges will compete in the beef<br />
and dairycattle,sheep and fleece<br />
judging sections overtwo days, while<br />
youngbeef and dairy cattleparaders<br />
will perform on show day.<br />
Competitions begin on Friday<br />
morning, April 2, with the beefjudging<br />
competition being heldatAndrew<br />
Stokes’ Carleton Road property, while<br />
fleece and sheep judging will take place<br />
at the Oxford Showgrounds in the<br />
afternoon.<br />
On showday there willbedairy cattle<br />
judging, along with the dairy and beef<br />
cattle paraders at work.<br />
ring after the grand parade.<br />
“It’s goingtobeagood day and now<br />
that thingshave settled down we are<br />
pretty confident it will go ahead.<br />
“We’ve got some reallyinteresting<br />
things happening this year, which is<br />
quite cool.”<br />
The barbecuetastetestinginthe<br />
hospitality marquee is sure to be a<br />
winner, along with the freestyle<br />
motorbikes, Marie says.<br />
Fellow mum SarahReed, of<br />
Culverden, is coming down to judge the<br />
baby competition and putting up some<br />
Grumpy Merino merchandise as prizes.<br />
But Marie’s newborndaughter,<br />
Margaret, will not be in the running.<br />
“Sarah’smyfriend,soitwould be a<br />
little bit biased to put Margaret in.”<br />
Marie says everything is ready to go<br />
and all the show committee needs now<br />
is some fineweather on show day.<br />
“The Oxford showwill be better than<br />
ever. There’smore entries acrossthe<br />
board and lots more activities for<br />
families.”<br />
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Oxford Area School is acornerstone school in agrowing<br />
community, educating students from Year 1-13. We are<br />
proud of our whānau atmosphere with younger and older<br />
students growing, learning and shining together.<br />
We are proud of our Agriculture programme and its links to the community.<br />
Our Agriculture students take their learning to the farm. Based in awool shed on a<br />
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We are now accepting new enrolments for <strong>2021</strong> and 2022.<br />
For more information about our school, ortoorganise aschool<br />
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