Group Day

Yesterday, the 1st of November was Group Day. It was at Kaihere school on the field. Me and Ella had to wake up at 6:00am and I was so tired. When we had finished getting ready we made our way out to the farm and caught our calves. My calf was not that dirty but her tail was green!

When I had finished washing, everyone had arrived and caught their calves. I did a little bit of brushing and put her tail wrap on her tail. I put her on the trailer and sat in the car. On the way there we stopped at Subway and I checked the calves. Elaina’s calf was at the end of the trailer so we had to retie her.

When we finished getting our subway, we made our way to Kaihere. There were heaps of friesians and a few jerseys. When I had got my number I cleaned and worked on my calf. Then it was time to head over to the rings and get ready.

First up was leading. I had to go last so I was really annoyed about that. She did not lead very well so I got a forth. I was still happy for what I got because it was really hard competition.

Second was rearing and I still hate rearing.I knew the judge that judged me and she is really nice. She knows I do a lot of work on my calf so she gave me first place. I was really happy because this is the best year for rearing for me.

Then, I had to go into the champion ring. I was competing with Ella again and there were three judges that were judging me. They kept coming back to me and Ella’s calf. I thought Ella was going to get champion but I got Champion! Brooke came into the ring to compete but Ella got Reserve Champion.

Last was Diary Type. When I went into the ring she judged the calves very quickly and there was only one judge in the ring. It took her about five minutes to judge us. She put me in 3rd which I was quite happy about because she isn’t the best for Diary Type.

Then, there was a special event. It’s called Team of Three. There has to be the same people from your school and same breed of animal in your team. I was with Elaina and Sarah because they lead really well. We had to walk in a straight line for a few meters and your calves had to walk good. There were about seven teams and we got second. I was so happy because it was really hard to get second when there were seven teams.