The Round Robin Contest provides an opportunity for the Champion and Reserve Champion Showman from the 4-H/FFA divisions of the large animal species (beef, sheep, swine, dairy and horse) to compete for the best all-round senior showman honors at the fair. It is very possible that one of the reserve showman could be named as Champion Round Robin Showman.
- Each contestant will rotate from station to station, while being judged on their showmanship skills with each species of animal. Contestants will be asked three questions and awarded points on how they handle and present each respective specie. The judge will use a numerical scoring system to evaluate each individual at each station, with the winner determined by the total score over all species.
- The champion and reserve senior showman from the beef, sheep, swine, dairy and horse shows are eligible. In the event that a person wins the senior showmanship contest in more than one species in a given year, they will be entered into the Round Robin Contest in the first species they qualified in. In that show, the next highest ranking individual from the second species is eligible to compete. Exceptions will be allowed if there are no eligible showman in the other species.
- If the individual who has qualified has a conflict or otherwise chooses to not participate in the contest then the next highest ranking individual in that species will be eligible to compete. A purple ribbon is required to qualify.
- Contestants will bring the animal that they qualified in back for the Round Robin Contest. A lactating dairy cow may be the exception. These animals will be used by all contestants as they rotate from species to species.
- In the rotation, the champion showman will always rotate to the champion showman’s animal while the reserve showman will rotate to the reserve showman’s animal.
- Each individual will begin with the specie that they qualified with and then rotate to the other four species.
- The champion and reserve champion winners are eligible to win another year if they return to the contest.