Kilcoy Global Foods named ICMJ champion meat judging team 2023

In the half-yearly ICMJ championships for meat judging, the Kilcoy Global Foods team took out the winning title.

Individual awards were also handed out at the competition, with UQ’s Sarah Hamblin winning the 2023 Northern Champion meat judging title, followed by runner up, Katja Zapf.

Kilcoy Global Foods has grabbed the winning title in the ICMJ Northern Conference’s meat judging contest, narrowly defeating runners-up, Signature OnFarm.

Held in Rockhampton, the three-day long competition consisted of judging across several classes, including retail cut identification, overall questions, overall placings, commercial evaluation and beef judging.

The competition also crowned Queensland University as the leading university team alongside the industry winner Kilcoy Global Food.

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The Rockhampton conference was one of the two major events hosted by the ICMJ annually, with the second conference scheduled to be in Wagga Wagga from July 4-9, 2023.

“There was a record 130 delegates which have come from every state across Australia,” ICMJ Northern Conference chair Ethan Mooney said.

Ethan Mooney: “With an increasing participation by the agribusiness community in the conference trade expo and careers fair, this event keeps going from strength to strength.”

The rest of the 2023 ICMJ Northern Beef Conference Competition Results include:

2023 Northern Champion Meat Judging Individual

Champion individual

Winner – Sarah Hamblin, University of Queensland

Runner Up – Katja Zapf, AACo

2023 Northern Champion Meat Judging Team

Champion team – University

Winner: University of Queensland

Harry FitzGerald, Sarah Hamblin, Holly Johnson, Amber Whibley

Runner Up: Charles Sturt University

Angus Bartter, Gab Goldsworthy, Bonnie Mitchell, Angus Pilmore

Champion team – Industry

Winner: Kilcoy Global Foods

Madalyn Bignell, Macklin Emmett, Anna Johnston, Jessica Winther

Runner Up: Signature OnFarm

Cheynne Meldrum, Emily Miles, Greta Stonier, Patrick Sullivan

Most Outstanding industry individual (selected by the Committee)

Winner: Angus Creedon, ABBA

RETAIL CUTS AND SALEABLE ITEMS ID

Individual Awards – University

Winner: Mitchell Lollback, Marcus Oldham College

Runner Up: Harry FitzGerald, University of Queensland

Individual Awards – Industry

Winner: Katja Zapf, AACo

Runner Up: Emily Miles, Signature Onfarm

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Team Awards

Winner: The University of Queensland

Harry FitzGerald, Sarah Hamblin, Holly Johnson, Amber Whibley

Runner Up: Signature OnFarm

Cheynne Meldrum, Emily Miles, Greta Stonier, Patrick Sullivan

OVERALL QUESTIONS

Individual Awards – University

Winner: Sarah Hamblin, University of Queensland – tie breaker

Runner Up: Angus Bartter, Charles Sturt University – tie breaker

Individual Awards – Industry

Winner: Madalyn Bignell, Kilcoy Global Foods – tie breaker

Runner Up: Katja Zapf, AACo – tie breaker

Team Awards

Winner: Marcus Oldham College

Sam Palmer, Mitchell Lollback, Nina Keene, Angus Crossing

Runner Up: The University of Queensland

Harry FitzGerald, Sarah Hamblin, Holly Johnson, Amber Whibley

OVERALL PLACINGS

Individual Awards – University

Winner: Amber Whibley, University of Queensland

Runner Up: Tahlia Morgan, University of New England

Individual Awards – Industry

Winner: Alysia Turner, JBS

Runner Up: Henry Sharp, AACo

Team Awards

Winner: University of Queensland

Harry FitzGerald, Sarah Hamblin, Holly Johnson, Amber Whibley

Runner Up: University of New England

Angus Macdonald, Tahlia Morgan, Matilda Paesler, Rowan Vallance

COMMERCIAL EVALUATION

Individual Awards – University

Winner: Angus Macdonald, University of New England

Runner Up: Phillipa Ireson, Marcus Oldham College

Individual Awards – Industry

Winner: Henry Sharp, AACo

Runner Up: Megan Crawley, JBS

Team Awards

Winner: Kilcoy Global Foods

Madalyn Bignell, Macklin Emmett, Anna Johnston, Jessica Winther

Runner Up: The University of Queensland

Harry FitzGerald, Sarah Hamblin, Holly Johnson, Amber Whibley

BEEF JUDGING

Individual Awards – University

Winner: Angus Bartter, Charles Sturt University

Runner Up: Jack Waters, Marcus Oldham College

Individual Awards – Industry

Winner: Katja Zapf, AACo

Runner Up: Angus Creedon, ABBA

Team Awards

Winner: Charles Sturt University

Angus Bartter, Gab Goldsworthy, Bonnie Mitchell, Angus Pilmore

Runner Up: University of Queensland

Harry FitzGerald, Sarah Hamblin, Holly Johnson, Amber Whibley