Ag students show cattle

Brisbane Water Secondary College agriculture students competed at the Brisbane Royal Show and the Central Coast Prime Beef Competition, both of which were held in August.

Two purebred limousin cattle placed sixth in the lightweight class and eighth in the middle weight class at the Brisbane Royal Show.

The two limousins were provided to the school by Mr and Mrs Tomkins of Seaham.

Allana Norris represented the school and paraded the cattle for competition.

She won first place in the Best of the Best Paraders class.

The limousin team won the Ken McDonald Trophy, a competition exclusive to Brisbane Royal where three of the highest performing steers of each breed were selected to form a team which competes against other breeds for the trophy.

Thirty students of Brisbane Water Secondary College from Years 7-10 represented the school at the Central Coast Prime Beef Competition at Gosford Showground.

Around 300 students entered the individual cattle judging competition which allowed every student on the day to compete.

Brisbane Water Secondary College had three of the top five students in the junior finals and one student in the senior finals.

Chloe Sutherland led Brisbane Water Secondary College on the Hoof Heifer to place first in the Middleweight class.

The heifer then went on to win Reserve Champion of the show.

Thirty schools from the Central Coast, Sydney and the Hunter regions attended with 70 cattle on the day.

Several other students entered their first ever Paraders Competition and reached the finals.

Newsletter, 12 Sep 2012

Frank Gasper, BWSC Umina