Cattle club has success

Brisbane Water Secondary College Cattle Club students competed successfully at the Maitland Show on February 16, placing consistently in every age group parading the show cattle.

Two students also qualified for the Sydney Royal Easter Show, winning the steer judging competition award of champion steer, a "very exciting and rewarding result", according to campus principal Mr Franck Gasper.

Students also competed at the Canberra Royal Show on February 26, achieving a placing in a strong field.

Outstanding results were also achieved at the Gresford Show in the upper Hunter Valley shortly thereafter, with four of the five cattle receiving ribbons, including Champion, while four students were called up to speak in the judging finals.

This year has seen the Cattle Club grow as new Year 7 students get involved in the farm activities, said Mr Gasper.

"The farm continues to be a hive of activity and attracts a large, dedicated group of students to many diverse activities including cattle work, vegetable production, horticulture pursuits, sheep, pig and poultry production and general farm duties," he said.

Long standing relationships and sponsorship with well-respected breeders had provided the campus with the opportunity to prepare elite Limousin stud cattle that place at national level, he said.

Newsletter, 7 May 2010 Frank Gasper, BWSC Umina Campus