Avonmore Fair 4-H Calf Rally

Premise ID:  ON4210771 ROXBOROUGH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Saturday, July 19, 2025 (dairy)

Judge: Mike Farlinger from Morrisburg, ON

Sunday, July 20, 2025 (beef)

Judge: Doug Milne-Smith

Dairy Classes:     10:00 a.m.                               Beef Classes:      10:00 a.m.

Rules:

New in 2025: Livestock competitors at the Avonmore Fair, will be allowed to enter the fairgrounds after 1 pm on Friday July 18, 2025, to bring or set up their supplies/equipment/ animals/etc.  This includes “marking a spot” for your livestock exhibit.  If you have any questions, please contact the Roxborough Agricultural Society at info@avonmorefair.ca

   

  1. Entries are open to all 2025 4-H members. Each exhibitor must show their own 2025 4-H project.
  2. Members 9 years and older, as of January 1, 2025, will be eligible to participate. Proof of age will be required upon request.
  3. Entries are to be made at AssistExpo (https://www.assistexpo.ca/avonmorefair#)
  4. We ask that all participants register their calves by Saturday July 12, 2025. At that time, if numbers do not warrant either show proceeding, the organizing committee will review their options and all participants will be notified of any show cancellation.
  5. There will be an admission fee to enter the Fairgrounds.
  6. Exhibitors are asked to provide their own bedding.
  7. Each dairy exhibitor must be dressed in plain white and wear work boots. The traditional 4-H logo is allowed, all other logos will need to be covered before entering the ring.
  8. Each beef exhibitor must be dressed in black pants & a white shirt and wear work boots. The traditional 4-H logo is allowed, all other logos will need to be covered before entering the ring.
  9. Each participant must accept the release form online or sign the paper form, releasing Roxborough Agricultural Society from all responsibilities for the participant’s actions.
  10. All cattle coming to the show must have proper ID according to the 4-H project information sheet. All animal ID’s will be checked.  Calf registration papers may be requested at registration on the day of the show.
  11. All the general rules of the Roxborough Agricultural Society, which are applicable, will apply. Anyone failing to comply with these rules will be asked to leave the grounds and may be banned from participating in the 2025 show.
  12. Alcohol will not be allowed. Violators will be disqualified.
  13. Only active and current 4-H members shall be allowed to assist in the preparation of livestock at the Avonmore Fair 4-H Open Calf Rally. Any issues should be addressed to the Roxborough Agricultural Society Fair office located in the red building south of the show ring.  No issues will be accepted at the show ring booth.
  14. All Livestock participating in the Calf Rally should show no evidence of a contagious disease. (e.g. Ringworm)

NOTE:

  • In both the Beef and Dairy Division: classes with fewer than 3 entries, classes will be combined.
  • Show Harnesses will be used for Dairy Classes.

Age of 4-H Dairy Calves

Junior Calf                Mar 1, 2025 – younger

Intermediate Calf      Dec 1, 2024 – Feb 28, 2025

Senior Calf                Sept 1, 2024 – Nov 30, 2024

Summer Yearling      June 1, 2024 – Aug 31, 2024

Junior Yearling         Mar 1, 2024 – May 31, 2024

Age of 4-H Beef Calves

Calf                           Jan 1, 2025 – May 31, 2025

Junior Yearling          March 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024

Senior Yearling         Jan 1, 2024 – Feb. 28, 2024

Beef Steer Class

CLASS 1 (Dairy) & CLASS 32 (Beef)

Novice Showmanship – 4-H member aged 9 to 11 as of Jan 1, 2025

CLASS 2 (Dairy) & CLASS 33 (Beef)

Junior Showmanship – 4-H member aged 12 – 14 as of Jan 1, 2025

CLASS 3 (Dairy) & CLASS 34 (Beef)

Intermediate Showmanship – 4-H member aged 15 – 17 as of Jan 1, 2025

CLASS 4 (Dairy) & CLASS 35 (Beef)

Senior Showmanship – 4-H member aged 18 – 21 as of Jan 1, 2025

Showmanship Prize Money

$35, $30, $25, $20, $15 and $10 for the next six entries

Confirmation Prize Money

$25 for each worthy entry

Children’s Special: Showmanship only

Please Register at the show ring booth

Children under the age of nine (9) as of January 1, 2025, are invited to compete in this showmanship class. Regular 4-H calves will be allowed, or participants may bring a calf from home. Children are eligible to participate on Saturday in a dairy class and Sunday in a beef class.  $10 will be awarded to every worthy participant, courtesy of Finch and District Lions Club.  White clothes are not mandatory for the dairy children’s special class.

Classes:

  1. Novice Dairy Showmanship
  2. Junior Dairy Showmanship
  3. Intermediate Dairy Showmanship
  4. Senior Dairy Showmanship
  5. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Showman

(1st and 2nd prize winners in sections 1, 2, 3 and 4)

  1. Junior Holstein Calf
  2. Junior Ayrshire Calf
  3. Junior Jersey Calf
  4. Junior Brown Swiss Calf
  5. Intermediate Holstein Calf
  6. Intermediate Ayrshire Calf
  7. Intermediate Jersey Calf
  8. Intermediate Brown Swiss Calf
  9. Senior Holstein Calf
  10. Senior Ayrshire Calf
  11. Senior Jersey Calf
  12. Senior Brown Swiss Calf
  13. Summer Yearling Holstein
  14. Summer Yearling Ayrshire
  15. Summer Yearling Jersey
  16. Summer Yearling Brown Swiss
  17. Junior Yearling Holstein
  18. Junior Yearling Ayrshire
  19. Junior Yearling Jersey
  20. Junior Yearling Brown Swiss
  21. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion, Holstein Calf (1st and 2nd prize winners in

Sections 6, 10, 14, 18 and 22)

  1. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion, Ayrshire Calf

(1st and 2nd prize winners in Sections 7, 11, 15, 19 and 23)

  1. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion, Jersey Calf

(1st and 2nd prize winners in Sections 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24)

  1. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion, Brown Swiss

(1st and 2nd prize winners in Sections 9, 13, 17, 21 and 25)

  1. Interbreed Champion Dairy Calf (1st and 2nd prize winners of Classes 26, 27, 28 and 29)
  2. Group of three Dairy Calves, one entry per club/county.
  3. Novice Beef Showmanship
  4. Junior Beef Showmanship
  5. Intermediate Beef Showmanship
  6. Senior Beef Showmanship
  7. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion, Beef Showman

(1st and 2nd prize winners in Sections 32, 33, 34 and 35).

  1. Beef Calf
  2. Beef Junior Yearling
  3. Beef Senior Yearling
  4. Beef Steer Class
  5. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion, Beef Calf

(1st and 2nd prize winners in Sections 37,38 and 39).