RAIN, hail or shine, the show must go on.
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The heavens opened to welcome the show to Tamworth, but it did nothing to deter hundreds of the region’s students, who are on the way to making their mark on Australian agriculture.
There were more than 100 students from Calrossy Anglican School alone taking part in the junior cattle judging.
Not just a couple of days outside the classroom, the kids are grabbing the bull by the horns.
The school’s cattle team manager, Kathy de Jong, said the students are coming off weeks of preparation for the Tamworth Show.
“We head off next weekend to Sydney Royal Easter Show,” Mrs de Jong said.
“We’ve brought some cattle out that haven’t been to shows before, so we’re getting them ready to head down for 10 days at the Sydney show.”
Junior judging helps teach the kids the standards that are currently sought by the cattle industry.
“So maybe in the future they’ll go and breed their own studs, or their own steers and improve the quality of cattle in Australia,” she said.
The students are also preparing bulls for National Shorthorn Show and Sale in Dubbo later this year.
Year 11 student Piper Schillert said working with her bull, Kamilaroi Red Cloud, was a great experience.
“We have to feed them up and look after them and just get them used to being around people,” she said.
“I just love it because you get to learn so much about agriculture.
“All of this is leading up the bulls sale.”
The show committee was also raising money for Tamworth Ronald McDonald House with the inaugural school’s day event.