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This past weekend, nine members of the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus Judging team travelled to Guelph, Ontario for their third judging competition of the year. Two teams and one individual represented Dal AC at the 32^nd Annual Canadian Intercollegiate Judging Competition (CIJC) with teams competing from Macdonald Campus (McGill University), Université Laval and University of Guelph.

The competition consisted of placing and giving reasons to ten classes and completing 4 quizzes throughout the day. The morning events were homemaking and crops related classes, consisting of Canola, Bread, Honey, Quilts and TMR as well as an Insect ID and Crops Quiz. During the afternoon competition, the teams competed in livestock classes which were Jersey Heifers (Dairy), Charolais Heifers (Beef), Saanen Dairy Goats, Meat Rabbits and Modena Pigeons as well as a Meat Cut ID and Animal Nutrition Quiz.

The competition ended with an evening banquet where Dal AC took top honours of the competition as well as winning multiple team and individual awards for the classes. The Dal AC Judging team had a successful year with Dal 2 remaining undefeated for the season!

Results

Dal 2 – Andrew Greene, Kayla Graham, Hannah Jamieson & Kamryn Findlay

·         Top Overall Team

·         Top Livestock Team

·         Top Placing’s Team

·         Top Special Team

·          2^nd Reasons Team

·         Top Goat, Rabbit, Pigeon & Quilts Team

·         2^nd Crop Quiz Team

·         3^rd TMR Team

Dal 1 – Kait Berkvens, Janessa Henry, Emily Sutherland & Mikaela Marr

·         3^rd Special Team

·         2^nd Insect ID Quiz Team

·         3^rd Rabbit & Pigeon Team

Individual

Kamryn Findlay – Top Quiz, 3^rd Overall Judge, 3^rd Livestock Judge, 3^rd Nutrition Quiz

Kayla Graham – 2^nd Special Judge, 2^nd Pigeon Judge, 2^nd Honey Judge, Top Quilts Judge

Andrew Greene – Top Special Judge, 2^nd Rabbit Judge, Top Pigeon Judge, 3^rd Crop Quiz Judge

Hannah Jamieson – Top Goat Judge, 3^rd Canola Judge

(Back L to R) Andrew Greene, Kayla Graham, Kait Berkvens, Hannah Jamieson, Emily Sutherland, Mikaela Marr

(Front L to R) Kamryn Findlay, Janessa Henry, Emily Walsh