Students exhibited both poultry and cattle at this year’s Royal Melbourne Show with remarkable success. Our cattle team comprising Ivy Ferguson-Mayer (Year 11 Jade), Bella Green (Year 10 White), Kirsten Moerth (Year 10 Blue) and Andrew Ward (Class of 2017) all spent Friday 21 September through to Tuesday 25 September working 14-hour days with their cattle.
The animals, generously supplied by Anvil Angus and Tibooburra Angus, placed in the top third of the competition. Our students’ handling skills were also on display, competing against over 100 handlers from around Australia.
This competition attracts some of the best youth in the nation, with many regional schools TAFEs and universities represented. Despite this strong competition, Ivy was awarded Reserve Champion Senior Handler. This result is remarkable and speaks not only to the talents of Ivy, but the wonderful mentoring and support she has received from Team H, our show partners.
Our Year 9 students, supported by teacher Ms Amanda Burchell, achieved second place for their poster in the school poultry competition. Their birds also did well, placing third. This is a wonderful result in a very large field of entries.
These results speak volumes about the opportunities that our students enjoy from working with the Agriculture teachers at MLMC and our vital program partners.
