Members of the MLMC Young Farmers club have competed at both the Ballarat and Lilydale agricultural shows in the past couple of weeks. Our students placed strongly in the sheep show on the Saturday of the Lilydale Show, and then followed this up with successfully hosting the goat show.
Winning the Champion Non-Merino Fleece and Champion Senior Doe classes, with a number of other notable placings, the College’s livestock showed their quality. The students also tasted success, with many placings in the handlers division, with Danielle Greene (Year 9 Green) placing third in the goat handlers event and Abbey Wheeler (Year 9 Silver) and Bella Green (Year 10 White) placing first and second in the sheep event, out of a field of over 20 handlers.
At the recent Ballarat Show, senior Young Farmers members Jeremy Gilligan (Year 12 Red) and Molly Henderson (Year 11 White) combined with former students Emily Corbett (Class of 2017) and Tristan Heffernan (Class of 2015) to pull out a remarkable second place finish in the state Young Farmers Challenge. This competition, attended by Young Farmers Clubs from Colleges around the state, offers the opportunity for international travel for the winning team. The team is already strategising for next year’s event!
Yarra Valley Young Farmers is a club for anyone aged 13-33. Based at MLMC, the club is open to members from the community and offers many wonderful opportunities each year. The blue branded shirts pictured in Ballarat (long sleeves) are the Victorian Young Farmers uniform. MLMC students can join the Victorian Young Farmers for as little as $40 a year and membership offers a range of advantages, including increased access to state-wide events.
