Judging is a skill encouraged for all 4-H members regardless of their livestock background. Members from across Saskatchewan can choose a region to participate in Regional Judging no matter what 4-H project they participate in.
Local 4-H clubs sent 50 competitors aged six to 21 to the Regional 4-H Judging hosted by Weyburn Ag Society on July 3 during the Weyburn Fair. This year there were also 10 members from Ontario through a 4-H youth exchange program in attendance with this event.
Members judged bred heifers, bull calves, light horses, alpacas, and a mystery class of fitted calves. Official judges for this event were Diana Sambrook-Tosczak, who judged bred heifers, Calli Benko who judged light horses, Wacey McCaw who judged bull calves, Glenda Shotter who judged alpacas, and Chance Jackson, who judged the fitted calves.
Beef stock were supplied by volunteers attending the Weyburn fair. Light horses were supplied by Sandy Stewart and Janet Guest, and alpacas were supplied by Glenda Shotter.
Top competitors of their age group and winning gift cards, were: Kaitlyn Stepp (Lomond Multiple-Cloverbud), Heidi Fradette (Lomond Multiple-Junior), Paige Freitag (Alameda Beef-Intermediate), and Alexis Ashworth (Lomond Multiple-Senior). Volunteers for this event were Janice Ashworth, Charlene Wimmer and Melodi Hawkesford-Lee, who finished all the paperwork in the office.
The top eight competitors of the competition were Alexis Ashworth (Lomond Multiple), Mackenzie Perras (Fillmore/Francis Beef), Alex Perras (Fillmore/Francis Beef), Shelby Robinson (Lomond Multiple), Dylan Thackeray (Lomond Multiple), Paige Freitag (Alemeda Beef), Jesse Procyk (Fillmore/Francis Beef), and Shaelynn Walls (Alameda Beef).
The members who were able to move on and represent the Weyburn region at Prince Albert Provincials each received a jacket, and the team consisted of Alexis Ashworth (Lomond Multiple), Mackenzie Perras (Fillmore/Francis Beef), Alex Perras (Fillmore/Francis Beef), Shelby Robinson (Lomond Multiple), Dylan Thackeray (Lomond Multiple), Jesse Procyk (Fillmore/Francis Beef), Gregg Weins (Weyburn Beef), Crystal Muhr (Fillmore/Francis Beef). The group was chaperoned by Kim Weins (Weyburn Beef).
The alternates who attended but did not get to advance to provincials were Remi Mitchell (Fillmore/Francis Beef), Aaron Chapman (Alameda Beef), Josey Robinson (Lomond Multiple), Clayton Hooper (Weyburn Beef), Nolan Thackeray (Lomond Multiple) and Tori Chapman (Alameda Beef).
