CHAIRPERSON: Renne Higginson (604)-858-9910
JUDGE: TBA
ENTRY FORM DEADLINE: July 21, 2023
ENTRY FEE:
$7.50 (Must accompany entry form) exception
TRAVEL INCENTIVE: To encourage participation, we are offering a travel incentive to be added to the prize money as follows: To all exhibitors from Vancouver Island – $250, to all exhibitors on the mainland outside the Fraser Valley – $150.
PRIZE MONEY:
1ST – $35.00, 2ND – $30.00, 3RD – $25.00, 4TH – $20.00, 5TH – $15.00
TROPHY CLASSES:
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- Supreme Champion Ram
- Supreme Champion Ewe
- Supreme Champion Flock
- Supreme Champion Get of Sire
ARRIVAL: Can arrive as early as Thursday August 10 between 10am and 8pm but must be in place by 8 am Friday August 11.
RELEASE: Sunday August 13 at 5pm. If out of town, request can be made to office for early dismissal. Stalls must be taken down before leaving.
All General Rules and Regulations apply to this division. Please pick up your exhibitor’s package and check your entries to make sure that they are correct.
For more information or help please contact, info@chilliwackfair.com or call 604-824-8191.
RULES:
1. All sheep will be judged under one of the breed sections shown below. Any breed with less than 12 animals and 2 exhibitors in single classes will be paid only half the prize money.
2. The is no limit to the number of entries in single classes. A farm or breeding unit is only permitted only one entry in group classes.
3. As of January 1, 2004, all sheep must have an approved National ID ear tag before they leave the farm. Please make sure your animals are tagged before leaving home.
4.Release time is Sunday, August 13 at 5:00pm
5. Registration papers must be available upon arrival.
6. All sheep except Long Wool Breeds must be shown in short fleece. (Staple less than 1 inch or 2.54cm.)
7. Substitutions within the same class can be made up to the time of arrival at the Exhibition at Entry Office. ADDITIONAL ENTRY FEE: $7.50
BREEDS:
SECTION A: Dorset
SECTION B: Southdown
SECTION C: Suffolk
SECTION D: All Other Breeds
SECTION E: Special Classes – Open to any Breed
SECTION A: DORSET
CLASSES:
1. Ewe Yearling (third pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
2. Ewe Lamb (first pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
Champion & Reserve Champion Ewe
3. Ram Lamb (first pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
4. Get of Sire (born the property of the exhibitor).
A group of 3 animals by the same sire. They must have first pair of temporary incisors in place. Both sexes may be represented. Animals must have been shown in previous classes. (There is no need to put names of sheep on entry form)
5. Breeder’s Flock (bred and owned by the exhibitor) a group of 4 animals. Both sexes must be represented. Each animal in the group must have been exhibited in one of the preceding classes. All animals to be of one breed.
SECTION B: SOUTHDOWN
CLASSES:
6. Ewe Yearling (third pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
7. Ewe Lamb (first pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
Champion & Reserve Champion Ewe
8. Ram Lamb (first pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
9. Get of Sire (born the property of the exhibitor).
A group of 3 animals by the same sire. They must have first pair of temporary incisors in place. Both sexes may be represented. Animals must have been shown in previous classes. (There is no need to put names of sheep on entry form)
10. Breeder’s Flock (bred and owned by the exhibitor) a group of 4 animals. Both sexes must be represented. Each animal in the group must have been exhibited in one of the preceding classes. All animals to be of one breed.
SECTION C: SUFFOLK
CLASSES:
11. Ewe Yearling (third pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
12. Ewe Lamb (first pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
Champion & Reserve Champion Ewe
13. Ram Lamb (first pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
14. Get of Sire (born the property of the exhibitor).
A group of 3 animals by the same sire. They must have first pair of temporary incisors in place. Both sexes may be represented. Animals must have been shown in previous classes. (There is no need to put names of sheep on entry form)
15. Breeder’s Flock (bred and owned by the exhibitor) a group of 4 animals. Both sexes must be represented. Each animal in the group must have been exhibited in one of the preceding classes. All animals to be of one breed.
SECTION D: ALL OTHER BREEDS
CLASSES:
16. Ewe Yearling (third pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
17. Ewe Lamb (first pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
Champion & Reserve Champion Ewe
18. Ram Lamb (first pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
19. Get of Sire (born the property of the exhibitor).
A group of 3 animals by the same sire. They must have first pair of temporary incisors in place. Both sexes may be represented. Animals must have been shown in previous classes. (There is no need to put names of sheep on entry form).
SECTION E: SPECIAL CLASSES (open to any class):
20. Yearling Ram (third pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
21. Pair of Ewe Lambs (first pair of temporary incisors must be in place)
22. Progeny of Dam (two animals from the same dam)