RGS Cattle Show Team compete in junior parading events
RGS Cattle Show team members take out Age Champion first day of Beef Australia
Rockhampton
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Rockhampton Grammar School's School Cattle team were on site at the showgrounds before dawn on Monday, the opening day of Beef Australia.
The 25-strong cohort will compete for a range of parading and judging prizes throughout the week.
Head of Agriculture Hardy Manser said it was a great opportunity for the more experienced students to share their knowledge with the younger students and cheer them on.
Hayden Hansen took first place in the 16-17 years age group, parading one of the steers from his family's Brangus stud.
Tyler showed one of the Banana Station steers which the students break and run on RGS' Port Curtis farm.
Mr Manser said the team benefited from the mentorship of an industry-based trainer, Renee Rutherford, and RGS was the only school which offered its students two units of vocational qualifications through its cattle team.
"It's a very proud point of difference for the school that our cattle team links to attaining a Certificate III from the Belmont Station, and in turn can be accredited towards a CQUniversity degree," he said.
"As our team largely comes from pastoral backgrounds, we're preparing them for a future of leadership in the beef industry."
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