The AJSA had an amazing time at Jr Nationals!!
Congratualtions to Matt Wise who won 5th overall high point individual for the week!
Other Contest Results:
-The Katie Williams and Matt Wise salesmansip team won 3rd.
-Houston Hill won 4th place in the Arts & Etc. division and his promotional poster also took 4th place.
-Andy Harvill took 2nd in the Livestock jusdging contest.
-Matt Wise took 4th place in photography and 1st place in prepared speaking.
-The Caitlin Haley, LeighAnn Bridgers, Matt Wise, and Rhett Hill beef cookoff team earned 3rd place.
-Caitlin Haley got 5th in prepared speaking.
-Katie Williams took 2nd place in extemporaneous speaking.
-The Arkansas state scrapbook won 2nd place.
Luke Bolin and Catilin Haley made it to the semi-finals in their respective showmanships...and the Andy Harvill, Rhett Hill, and Katie Williams fitting team made it to the semi finals.
Class Placings:
Matt Wise: 1st in bred & owned class, 6th in purebred class
Caitlin Haley: 1st in bred & owned class, 7th in purebred class
Katie Williams: 5th in bred & owned class, 3rd in shorthorn plus class, 2nd bred & owned shorthorn plus, 7th in shorthorn plus class, 5th in purebred class
Holly Harvill: 4th in shorthorn plus class, 8th in purebred class
Braden Hill: 6th in shorthorn plus class, 4th in purebred heifer
Rhett Hill: 2nd in shorthorn plus class
LeighAnn Bridgers: 7th in purebred class, 10th in purebred class
Houston Hill: 7th in purebred class
Bodie Cotter: 6th in purebred class
Coty Bell: 12th in purebred class, 8th in purebred class, 4th in shorthorn plus class
Luke Bolin: 7th in purebred class
Landon Bolin: 10th in purebred class
Hannah Cotter: 7th in shorthorn plus class, 9th in purebred class
*All purebred classes mentioned were heifer classes.
2009-2010 Officers and Royalty:
President: Katie Williams
Vice President: Holly Harvill
Secretary: Leigh Ann Bridgers
Historian: Demi Stephens
Reporter: Coty Bell
Princess: Leigh Ann Bridgers
Queen: Caitlin Haley
Congrats to all the winners at the Field Day! Grand Champion purebred heifer went to Caitlin Haley and reserve to Braden Hill. Grand Champion shorthorn plus went to Tyler Copeland and reserve to Holly Harvill. The grand champion Bred & Owned heifer was rewarded to Caitlin Haley. Leigh Ann Bridgers won Grand Champion purebred bull and Bodie Cotter won reserve.
Showmanship placings were:
1st-Caitlin Haley
2nd-Coty Bell
3rd-Luke Bolin
4th-Holly Harvill
5th-Tyler Copeland
Mark your calendars!
The Jr. Shorthorn Field Day will be June 13th in Imboden. There will be meetings concerning new officers, Queen and Princess, and Jr. Nationals.
Jr. Nationals News
For those of you going to Jr. Nationals, we have found a hotel!!! It is the Homestyle Inn & Suites in Springfield and is about 2 miles from the fairgrounds. They have a weekly rate of $300 (about $337 with taxes). To reserve a room, call 217-522-1100. Tell them you are with the Arkansas Jr. Shorthorn Association and that you would like the weekly rate.
Also, the Bolin family will be taking care of getting the decorations and pedigree signs for this year. Please send all your cattle's information to them ASAP. You can reach either Becky or Luke through Facebook or by email at any of these: dukeman1990@yahoo.com or becky.bolin@yahoo.com .
Jr. Nationals
Shorthorn Jr. Nationals will be held in Springfield, Illinois this year, and will be the week of July 4th!!
New 800 Number
ASA Rule Changes & Updates
I would like to bring several changes in the ASA rules to everyone's attention.
- To increase compatibility between ShorthornPlus and Durham Red registries, animals from ¼ blood to 7/8 blood Shorthorn are eligible for registration in the ShorthornPlus herdbook beginning
- To be eligible for ASA-sanctioned shows beginning in the 2009/2010 PACE show season, ShorthornPlus and Durham Red animals that are registered less than ½ Shorthorn blood, must be sired by a half-blood or higher registered Shorthorn bull.
- Tattoos are limited to eight characters, including the year code if used.
- All AI sire, donor dams, and cloned animals must have a PHA genetic defect test result (in addition to the already required TH genetic defect test result and DNA genotype) on record with the ASA prior to registering progeny beginning September 1, 2008.
- ASA members may register their herd prefix (up to four characters). Preference will be given to those who first used the prefix and when applications for registering the prefix were made to the ASA. Herd prefix registration applications can be found on the ASA website or by contacting the ASA office.
If there are any further changes for Shorthorn Plus I will keep you updated, since this is a growing show in Arkansas.