Lots of Kids

  The second biggest animal show day at the Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair is the second Saturday with the livestock shows.  We start as the fair opens with the lamb shows and move on to find the beef.  This year we had almost 30 youth with 53 lambs participating in this year's competition.

  As is common with the animal shows we started with the cloverbuds, our 5-* year olds who are not competing against each other, rather gaining experience in the ring.  Showing their stuff of in this category were; Hunter Mercer, Shane Kendall, Colbey Matthis, and Tate Naylor.  Each showman took home a trophy and $5.  

  In our next category of 9-10 year old showmen Chasen Matthis took home the white ribbon, Roxie Long came in second, and Wyatt Kendall took home the blue ribbon.  Hannah Long rounded off this division taking home a participation ribbon for her work.  In the 11-13 year old age division there were two showmen.  Hannah Carter came in second, and Robeson County's own Benjamin Herndon came in first place.  The senior division was fraught with competition.  When it was said and done Dalton sells came in first place, Samantha Naylor took home the red ribbon, and Tanner Riegel placed third.  Rounding out the age division with participant ribbons were Emmerald Layton, Brittany Truesdale, and Cole Mullis.

  After the 4-H showmanship competition is the 4-H market lamb show.  In this division the lambs are divided into divisions by weight.  This year the lightweight division was 73-117 pounds, and we had 11 competitors.  the division looked like this when we got done:

Last Name                   First Name                       Lamb Name                             Weight     Place

Long	Hannah		Lily		73	9
Long	Roxie		Dillinger		90	8
Matthis	Chasen		Spiderman		108	5
Truesdale	Brittany		Wanda		110	4
Kendall	Wyatt		Tweety		111	2
Layton	Emmerald		Betty Sue		112	6
Riegel	Tanner		Cash		113	1
Sells	Dalton		Flossie		116	3
Carter	Hannah		Mattie		117	7

After the lightweight division we moved on to the middle weight division.  This year there were nine competitors with lambs weighing from 118 pounds up to 128 pounds.  When the judge was done, this is what this division looked like.

Last Name                   First Name                       Lamb Name                           Weight        Place

Mathis	Chasen		Batman		118	9
Sells	Dalton		Darel		118	2
Layton	Emerald		Lane		119	6
Kendall	Wyatt		Stomper		120	1
Carter	Hannah		Bolt		121	5
Mullis	Cole		Wade		122	3
Riegel	Tanner		Earl		127	8
Kendall	Wyatt		Skittles		127	4
Truesdale	Brittany		Tuff		128	7

There is only one division left and it was made up of our largest lambs.  This year there were nine  competitors in the heavy weight division where the range of weights is from 118 to 128 pounds.  When the judge was done with this tough division the rankings looked like this;

Last Name                   First Name                      Lamb Name                            Weight       Place

Naylor	Samantha		369		130	1
Truesdale	Brittany		Ellie		130	5
Carter	Hannah		Candie		131	8
Herndon	Benjamin		Betsy		133	3
Herndon	Benjamin		Alcibiades		135	6
Naylor	Tate		6		136	7
Kendall	Shane (CB)		Mario		139	2
Riegel	Tanner		Sallie		146	4
Layton	Emerald		Callie		152	9

After the heavy weight division it was time to chose grand and reserve champion.  To do this the judge brings the first place winner from each division into the ring and chooses Grand Champion.  In the ring were Tanner Reigel with Cash, Kendall Wyatt with Stomper, Samantha Naylor with 369.  Walking away with the Grand Champion trophy was Wyatt Kendall with Stomper.  Stepping into the ring was Dalton Sells with Darel to compete for reserve champion.  When the judge took a good look at all the the lambs Samanth Naylor with 369 walked away with the trophy and $50 prize.