Beef Bonanza

A team of Kempsey High students competed in the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Competition during the recent Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza.  The on-the-hook competition includes light and heavy domestic beef carcass judging, primal identification and beef short loin identification.

In the oral judging, which requires students to describe and judge cattle, Ayla Holmes was 3^rdin the 14 years, Rachael Bednarz was 5^thin the 15 years and Josh Heuston was 5^thin the 16 years. Kempsey High won the prize among the 32 school entrants for adding the most weight to our steer. Over 126 days, Scone put on 211kg or the equivalent of 1.67kg. / day.

We would like to thank Joy Kirkpatrick, Waverley Station, Osmond & Dowling Builders and Lance & Tanya Byrne for donating steers.  Thanks also to Robert & Maureen Osmond for their donation of hay and Coal & Allied for donating one tonne of feed.