Every year the South Australian Young Judges and Paraders State Championships are held at the Royal Adelaide Show. In 2023 we received over 550 entries in 11 competitions to find the state’s best young judges and paraders. This year we held our second Soil Young Judges Competition, it was great to have three of our regular young judge competitors give this competition a go and prove that anyone can do it!
2023 saw record numbers in the Dairy Handlers (126 entries) and Merino Sheep (132 entries) and Merino Fleece (97) competitions. We are working on putting systems in to place to make these competitions run smoothly at our state level and are also looking into ways that will allow our interstate and international visitors to compete, whilst still finding the best South Australians to represent us at the Agricultural Shows of Australia National Competitions.
It was great to see past competitors return to compete again, as well as having some of our competitions won by people that have never entered in the State Finals before taking out the top title.
Congratulations to all our winners and chosen State Representatives.
Alpaca Young Judges:
Senior Winner: Victoria Clark
State Representative: Juliana Brookes
Beef Cattle Young Judges:
Junior Winner: Olivia Hassell
Senior Winner & State Representative: Chelsea Harrop
Beef Cattle Young Paraders:
Overall Champion & Sub Junior Winner: Elle Davies
Junior Winner: Maddison Hann
Intermediate Winner: Shayla Lepse
Senior Winner & State Representative: Lucy Newman
Dairy Cattle Young Handlers:
Sub Junior Winner: Lucy Mason
Junior Winner: Shae Tweddle
Intermediate Winner: Tess Newman
Overall Champion, Senior Winner & State Representative: Lucy Newman
Dairy Cattle Young Judges:
Junior Winner: Chelsea Schultz
Senior Winner & State Representative: Bridget Liebelt
Grain Young Judges:
Overall Champion: Emily Chambers
Meat Sheep Young Judges:
Senior Winner & State Representative: Elise Johnson
Merino Fleece Young Judges:
Junior Winner: Asha Rowe
Senior Winner & State Representative: Alison West
Merino Sheep Young Judges:
Junior Winner: Charli Vandeleur
Senior Winner & State Representative: Beau Maddern
Poultry Young Judges
Winner & State Representative: Edward Lock
Soil Young Judges
Winner: Charlotte Poker
We look forward to seeing the Grain and Soil Competitions grow around the country and join the National Young Judges and Paraders Championships.
Jacqueline Francis
SA Country Shows
Youth Competitions Coordinator
