Section 3 – Wool

Section of the Schedule Wool 2024

ALL ENTRIES FREE – POST ENTRIES Exhibits to be staged by 9.30 a.m. Friday 23rd August.

For all enquiries, please contact:

CHIEF STEWARD:
A. W Whyte | Ph 03 5027 0230 | 0427 270 232 | email wyndham3@bigpond.com

STEWARDS:
R. Baker, D. Barnes, M. Cooper, C. Harrington, R. Harrington, T. Hill, K. Ingram, D. Elstone, C.J. McLeod, L. Sutton

All competitors / Exhibitors are required to sign the appropriate indemnity waiver, one form covers all sections.

To be read in conjunction with the General Rules.
Fleeces must not exceed 12 months growth and a declaration to this effect may be required. The fleece to be shorn from sheep that have been at the property of the exhibitor for at least six (6) months prior to the Show. Sheep must be grazed on pastures under natural rainfall to the district from which they are brought and no exhibit shall be considered as grass fed which shall have been artificially fed in any way at any time during the year immediately preceding the Show, or kept as a pet.
Provided that any sheep fed or housed for a period not exceeding 21 days immediately previous to exhibition shall not be deemed to be artificially fed, always provided that sheep are not rugged. The use of Vitamin A is allowed.
Awards will be made on a scale of points. Same conditions as Sheep Section to apply. All fleeces to be lightly skirted by exhibitor. (No belly wool to be included.) Fleeces are from ewes and wethers. No rams’ fleeces.

OPEN SECTION
3001. ONE FINE MERINO FLEECE
PRIZE SPONSORED IN MEMORY OF MRS. AGNES BAIRD.
3002. ONE MEDIUM MERINO FLEECE
PRIZE SPONSORED BY ELDERS RURAL SERVICES.
3003. ONE STRONG MERINO FLEECE
PRIZE SPONSORED BY FOX & LILLIE RURAL

MCLEOD TROPHY
DONATED BY THE MCLEOD FAMILY, WENTWORTH.
Open to all exhibitors in the Open and Commercial Breeders Wool Section of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Annual Wentworth
Shows. First and Second Prize Ribbons will be awarded in this section.
An annual trophy will be given for the exhibitor with the greatest number of points at each of the shows, and an aggregate trophy will be given to the exhibitor with the greatest aggregate of points for the three Shows.
Points will be allotted in Classes 3001-3006 in the following manner – First Prize 10 points; Second Prize 5 points, plus 1 point for each exhibit, with a maximum of 5 exhibit points per class.

COMMERCIAL BREEDERS SECTION
Open to all commercial growers. First and Second Prize Ribbons will be awarded in this section. These fleeces will be eligible for all other awards in the Open Wool Section.
3004. ONE FINE MERINO FLEECE
PRIZE SPONSORED BY M. & D. DEACON AND FAMILY
3005. ONE MEDIUM MERINO FLEECE
PRIZE SPONSORED BY ELDERS RURAL SERVICES
MILDURA
3006. ONE STRONG MERINO FLEECE
PRIZE SPONSORED BY FOX & LILLIE RURAL

SPECIAL PRIZE
DONATED BY ELDERS REAL ESTATE (MILDURA, WENTWORTH & ROBINVALE).
Open to all exhibitors outside a 50km radius of Wentworth.
AN ANNUAL PRIZE OF $50.00 WILL BE AWARDED TO THE EXHIBITOR WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF POINTS ALLOTTED AS 1ST – 10PTS, 2ND – 5 PTS PLUS 1PT FOR EACH EXHIBIT AND AN AGGREGATE PRIZE OF $100.00 WILL BE AWARDED TO THE EXHIBITOR WITH THE GREATEST AGGREGATE OF POINTS FOR THE THREE YEARS 2022, 2023 AND 2024.

3007. LAMBSWOOL MERINO
Each sample in this Class to contain not less than 450 grams (one lb.) of wool. Each sample must be untipped and shorn from lambs, not hoggets or
weaners and be under 50mm in length. Judging will be similar to Open Fleeces, except no weight points will be involved.
W. J. HILL MEMORIAL TROPHY
PERPETUAL TROPHY AND $40 PRIZE MONEY
DONATED BY THE FAMILY OF W. J. HILL.

MAJOR AWARDS
THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP OF

TODD BRAINE AND FAMILY.
MOST ATTRACTIVE FLEECE OF THE SHOW
$150 PRIZE MONEY PROUDLY SPONSORED BY NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS MILDURA

MOST VALUABLE MERINO FLEECE FOR COMMERCIAL BREEDERS
THE ALLAN AND PORTIA FORSTER MEMORIAL PRIZE
$200 PRIZE MONEY PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
FORSTERS BULPUNGA ENTERPRISES PTY LTD

CHAMPION COMMERCIAL BREEDERS FLEECE
To be judged from Classes 3004, 3005 and 3006
$100 PRIZE MONEY PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
W&C CROZIER, “DALMORINO”, VIA POONCARIE

GRAND CHAMPION FLEECE OF SHOW
Winner to receive the Society’s Sash and a trophy to the value of $250
SPONSORED BY ELDERS RURAL SERVICES MILDURA