Extended Learning
Cattle Team
Easter Show
In the last week of Term 1, the Pymble Cattle Team competed at the Royal Easter Show. The girls worked tirelessly making sure the steers were comfortable and our stands were tidy. Pymble pride was shown when informing the public about Pymble as a school and the Pymble Cattle Team.
The Pymble girls all had an amazing time at the Easter show, enjoying the rides in their breaks, getting to know other competitors, and having discussions about Pymble and the cattle. For some of the Cattle Team members this was their first Easter show, they were able to quickly adapt to the fast-paced environment and help out wherever they could.
The steers, Rugrat, Rib and Quin were competitive entrants. They all scored highly both in the ring and on the hook.
Placing for the classes:
- Rib placed 2nd in his Middleweight section
- Rugrat placed 1st in his Lightweight class
Placing for Hook:
- Quin came 6th in the trade class
- Quin won a silver medallion for his carcasses and won champion virtual taste test carcasses
- Rib came 3rd in his class on hook
- Rugrat came 1st in his class on hook
In the auction Rib and Rugrat were also extremely successful, Rugrat went for $6.10 per live weight kilograms and Rib went for $6.70 live weight kilograms. The steers did amazingly well and were major competitors at the show.
We were also able to enter three girls into the paraders class – Jemima Burney (Year 10), Safia Arslan (Year 10) competed in the RAS/ASC Beef Cattle Paraders’ Competition and Victoria Graves (Year 12) competed in the School Paraders Competition. Victoria was Highly commended in her class, Jemima and Safia coming close to placing in a highly competitive class.
Overall, the girls all had a great time getting to show off what Pymble can do in the cattle world and show what we have to offer.
Victoria Graves (Year 12)