The All Season’s 4-H Club hosted a pre-fair practice show Aug. 16 at the Taylor Rodeo Grounds.
Recently All Season’s 4-H Club, with members from Taylor, Snowflake, Pinetop, White Mountain Lakes, Lakeside and Show Low, was revamped and now offers a wide array of projects ranging from livestock to poultry and archery, cooking and sewing.
The Pre-Fair Show offered classes in all animal categories, including rabbit, cavy, poultry, dairy goat, pack goat, market goat, market swine, market beef and breeding, and market sheep.
All members showed in confirmation classes, then competed in showmanship in either the senior, junior or novice categories to prepare them for the Navajo County Fair. There were entries in each category, but the largest number of entries was the sheep show in the market division with 20.
“Exhibitors have been working very hard training their animals, feeding and grooming them to get them ready to show and practice for the Navajo County Fair,” said Heather Scott.
“All exhibitors learned a lot and are going to work hard to prepare for the Navajo County Small Stock Show.”
Results of the shows follow. The members’ town is listed for those not living in Snowflake and Taylor.
Results of the show in rabbit and poultry included: Brandee Wadlow, Champion Senior Rabbit Showman; Broghan Hanson, Reserve Champion Senior Rabbit Showman; Kylie Griffin, Champion Novice Rabbit Showman; Dalton DeLisle, Champion Senior Poultry Showman; Broghan Hanson, Reserve Champion Senior Poultry Showman; Elaine Everingham, Champion Junior Poultry Showman; Skylar Butler, Reserve Champion Junior Poultry Showman; and Rebecca Scott, Champion Novice Poultry Showman.
Results of the swine show included: Kylee Wilbanks, Market Swine Champion; Cameron Wilbanks of Winslow, Reserve Champion Market Swine and Champion Junior Swine Showman; Kylee Wilbanks of Winslow, Reserve Champion Junior Swine Showman.
Results of the steer show included: Levi Lewis, Champion Market Steer; Kayden Wilkens of Round Valley, Reserve Champion Market Steer; Kayden Wilkens, Champion Senior Beef Showman; Ben Lewis, Reserve Champion Senior Beef Showman; Denilson Wilkens, Champion Junior Beef Showman; Dallin Lewis, Reserve Champion Junior Beef Showman; Kenna Lewis, Champion Novice Beef Showman; and Mariah Mae Dyson, Reserve Champion Novice Beef Showman.
Results of the ewe show included: Rebecca Scott, Champion Breeding Ewe; Connor Scott, Reserve Champion Breeding Ewe; Connor Scott, Champion and Reserve Champion Feeder Lambs; Karlie Ramage, Champion Market Lamp; Gabe Neff of the Gilbert area, Reserve Champion Market Lamb; Kayden Wilkens of Round Valley, Champion Senior Sheep Showman; Allison Duffy, Reserve Champion Senior Sheep Showman; Nathaniel Owen, Champion Junior Sheep Showman; Karlie Ramage, Reserve Champion Junior Sheep Showman; Megan Lawler of Lakeside, Champion Novice Sheep Showman; and Brett McCollough, Reserve Champion Novice Sheep Showman.
Results of the goat show included: Rebecca Scott, Champion Breeding Boer Goat; Alex Bulter of Lakeside, Reserve Champion Breeding Boer Goat; Rebecca Scott, Champion and Reserve Champion Market Boer; Alexis Butler of Lakeside, Champion Pack Goat Senior; Kenzie Gose of Winslow, Champion Pack Goat Junior; Nathaniel Owen, Champion Dairy Goat; Hazel McGuffin, Reserve Champion and Champion Senior Dairy Goat Showman; Nathaniel Owen, Champion Junior Dairy Goat Showman; and Skylar Butler, Reserve Champion Junior Dairy Goat Showman.
Nina Taylor judged the rabbit show; Leia Webster, the poultry, dairy goat and pack goat show; and Payten Peterson, along with Tianna Vallero of the Marana High School FFA Chapter, the livestock show.
“All judges did a great job and all of the exhibitors learned a lot from their showmanship clinics afterwards,” said Scott.
The small stock awards were donated by Kris DeLisle, Valerie Butler and Heather Scott. The tack awards for all of the showmanship participants were donated by Heather Scott, Valley Vet Supply of Marysville, Kan., Valarie Butler and Cindy Owen. Each showman went home with something.
“We are so excited that all of the exhibitors enjoyed the show, and we want to thank them for supporting our efforts. We will work on having another show next year. We are truly trying to use the 4-H motto: To make the best better,” said Scott.
The Navajo County Fair will be held Sept. 10-14 at the fairgrounds in Holbrook.
