FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 13, 2008
CONTACT:
Melissa Oliver
Colorado State 4-H Office
970-491-0246 (office)
970-491-5108 (fax)
YOUTH ATTEND NATIONAL 4-H/FFA ROUNDUP
Denver, Colorado—More than eight hundred youth from more than thirty states along with Alberta, Canada participated in the Western National Roundup Conference January 9-13 2008 in Denver, CO. The Conference, now in its 88th year, is held annually in early January, coinciding with the National Western Stock Show.
4-H and FFA members between the ages of 14 and 19 qualify for the conference either by winning their home state’s contest or being chosen as a state delegate. The competitions held at Western National Roundup include horse and livestock judging, hippology, horse demonstrations and public speaking, parliamentary procedure, family consumer sciences presentations and bowl, consumer decision making, public speaking prepared and impromptu, parliamentary procedure and meats judging. Workshops offered throughout the week provide a learning experience for the youth exposing them to topics ranging from G.P.S training to leadership development.
Youth participants develop a mastery of their respective subject matters, but more importantly, gain life-long skills. Such skills as public speaking, professionalism, and good sportsmanship along with the memories and new friendships will outlast the trophies and ribbons won this weekend.
Below is a list of the top two in each contest. Full results will be posted soon on the website at www.westernnationalroundup.org.
Consumer Decision Making
1st Minnesota
2nd Tennessee
Family and Consumer Sciences Bowl
1st Colorado
2nd New Mexico
Family and Consumer Sciences Presentations
1st New Mexico
2nd Utah
Parliamentary Procedure
1st New Mexico
2nd Montana
Prepared Public Speaking
1st Colter Brown - Montana
2nd Summer Lucky – Mississippi
Impromptu Public Speaking
1st Gwendloyn Thomson, Utah
2nd Meghan Wooldridge, Colorado
4-H Livestock Judging
1st Indiana
2nd Colorado
FFA Livestock Judging
1st Indiana
2nd Missouri
4-H Meats Judging
1st Colorado
2nd Texas
FFA Meats Judging
1st Oklahoma
2nd Minnesota
Horse Public Speaking
1st Kaitlin Hornig – Colorado
2nd Chelsea Campbell – Texas
Horse Demonstrations Individual
1st Edwin Gaffney – Colorado
2nd Kaitlen Lawton – California
Horse Demonstrations Team
1st Minnesota
2nd Utah
Horse Bowl
1st South Dakota
2nd Oregon
Hippology
1st South Dakota
2nd Colorado
Horse Judging
1st Colorado
2nd Idaho
For further information about Western National Roundup, please see the main conference website at http://www.westernnationalroundup.org/.
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