Department: Round Robin Showmanship (County Only)

Premiums: No premiums will be paid for this event.

Purpose: 

Department Rules:

1. The Round Robin Showmanship contest will begin immediately after the Beef Show on Friday.  There will be a short break to allow time for set-up and for 4-H/FFA members to prepare for the contest. The time of this event will be determined by when the Beef Show is finished.   All qualifiers must be present at the start of the contest to compete. The winner will have their name engraved on a plaque kept at the Extension Office. 
2. The participants for the Round Robin will be selected as follows:
   1. The Grand Champion Senior Showman from Beef, Horse, Sheep, Goat and Swine will participate in the contest.
   2. If, for any reason the Grand Champion exhibitor within a species does not wish to or cannot participate in the contest, the exhibitor placing next will be selected to compete, and accordingly until the position is filled.
   3. In the event of a multiple Grand Champion exhibitor (ex. One 4-H/FFA member winning Beef and Sheep Showmanship), the exhibitor will be given the option of which species he/she would like to participate in the Round Robin contest.  Then another exhibitor in the species not selected will be allowed the opportunity to participate.
3. Other guidelines applying to the contest other than specific rules the judge may have are:
   1. The animals used for this competition will be chosen by the Livestock superintendents from the beef, sheep, horse, goat, and swine. Contestants and livestock will be matched by a draw.
   2. Each species will be shown separately, and a pen set up for confinement of the swine.
   3. The contestants will rotate animals with the aid of the ring stewards.
   4. The basis of the contest will be on the actual showing of the different species and questions that the judge will ask during the competition, not on grooming.