The Sunshine Crew 4-H club is a livestock club with members who just completed exhibiting their animals at the Baker County Fair, the Northeast Florida Fair and the Greater Jacksonville Fair.
The exhibitors prepared their animals for show by halter breaking, grooming and competing with their animal in a showmanship class. The Clover are 5-7 years of age and all the other members are 8-18 years of age. All of the 4-H’ers had worked very hard on their projects, and are judged in showmanship, where the judge places the youth according to how well they show their animal during the class. The judge places the animals by breed characteristics.
Results from the dairy show at the Baker County Fair in Macclenny were as follows:
Megan Barrera, first place senior showmanship, first place blue for “Maybelle” and second place blue for “Annabelle,” her registered Holsteins. Annabelle is a bred by exhibitor calf.
Maureen Bair, second place junior showman, first place blue for her grade Holstein “Harleen,” second place blue for her grade Jersey, “Fireball.”
Carter Higginbotham, first place intermediate showmanship, first place blue for his Holstein “Maple,” who was also grand champion, first place blue ribbon for his registered Holstein, “Shamrock,” who is also a bred by exhibitor. She was the reserve champion Holstein. Carter also exhibited his Santa Gertrudis bull, “Sampson,” in the youth beef show. He received a blue ribbon and first place beef showman.
Madison Maynard second place intermediate showmanship, first place blue for her Jersey, “Daisy.” She also placed first in the grade Holstein class with “Ella.”
Jacob Maynard was third place in junior showmanship. His Jersey, “Bella,” was first place and reserve champion. His grade Holstein, “Maggie,” received a first place blue award.
At the Northeast Florida Fair in Callahan, results were as follows:
Barrera earned first place senior showman and first place blue ribbons for “Annabelle” and “Maybelle.”
Bair was third place junior showmanship, Fireball was first place grade jersey and “Harleen” was first place grade Holstein.
Tucker Higginbotham was the first place pee-wee show man with “Darla.”
Carter Higginbotham was second place intermediate showman. He won a first place blue ribbon with his Brown Swiss “Darla,” who was Grand Champion, second place blue for his registered Holstein “Maple” and third place blue for his bred by exhibitor registered Holstein, “Shamrock.” In the beef show, Higginbotham also won first place blue with his Santa Gertrudis bull “Sampson” and first place beef showman.
In the dairy show, Haley Horton was fourth place senior showman and received a second place blue ribbon with her grade Holstein, “Prissy.”
Riley Horton won first place intermediate showman, first place blue ribbon and grand champion grade Holstein with “Macy.”
The Sunshine Crew won the first place dairy herdsmen award and received a plaque and a premium.
Results from the Greater Jacksonville Fair:
Bair was third place in dairy showmanship, first place grade jersey reserve junior champion and first place grade Holstein.
Barrera was third place senior showman, second place blue for registered Holstein “Maybelle” and first place blue for “Annabelle.”
Carter Higginbotham was first place intermediate showman and first place blue ribbon registered Holstein and grand champion “Maple.” He was second place blue with his registered Holstein and bred by exhibitor “Shamrock.”
Madison Maynard was second place in junior showmanship, first place blue and grand champion Jersey “Daisy,” second place blue ribbon for her registered Holstein, “Ella.”
Jacob Maynard was fourth place junior showman. first place grade jersey “Bella” and first place grade Holstein, “Maggie.”
Carter Higginbotham also participated in the youth and open beef show with his registered bull, “Sampson.” He was first place in intermediate showmanship and first place blue in the youth show. In the open beef show, he received a first place blue and was overall reserve Grand Champion Santa Gertrudis.
The 4-H’ers also received the first place dairy award for herdsmen.