SH4: THE ALL-IRELAND JUNIOR YOUNG SHEPHERD/SHEPHERDESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 8-11 YEARS OLD
Sheep ➤ Young Shepherd / Shepherdess
Sponsored by
FBD Insurance
Irish Farmers Journal
THE IRISH SHOWS ASSOCIATION PRESENT
THE ALL-IRELAND Junior YOUNG SHEPHERD/SHEPHERDESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
8-11 YEARS OLD
Sponsored by: FBD Insurance & Irish Farmers Journal
RULES AND CONDITIONS
- The Competition is open to girls and boys, age on the 1st September will determine the class each exhibitor enters.
- One exhibitor qualifies from each qualifying show for the Final.
- Animals can be of any Sheep breed, male, or female (pedigree or non-pedigree)
- An exhibitor can show an animal belonging to another flock owner.
- Junior exhibitors will exhibit a 2025 born lamb (male or Female)
- Exhibitors may be asked for proof of their age at the final.
- No Entries will be accepted on the day of the Qualifying Show.
THE COMPETITION WILL BE JUDGED ON CRITERIA, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
- The ability to handle and present the lamb to its best advantage in the Show Ring.
- General knowledge about sheep, including their feeding, breeding, etc.
- Stock Judging, the ability to judge and place a group of lambs or Hoggets.
- Personal presentation of stock person.
- Presentation of the animal.
FINAL: ROSCOMMON SHOW SATURDAY 16th AUGUST 2025
Prizes:
1st -
€500.00 ,
2nd -
€300.00 ,
3rd -
€200.00 ,
4th -
€150.00 ,
5th -
€125.00
QUALIFYING SHOWS
Arva, Clogher Valley, Clonmel, Corofin, Fingal, Gorey, Kingdom County, Meenacross, Mullingar, Riverstown, Saintfield.
Enter the Championship Classes via the Qualifier Shows
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