From The Horse’s Mouth
On February 7, 2009 the Malone FFA and Sneads FFA participated in the Horse Judging Competition in conjunction with the Florida State Fair. FFA and 4-H horse judging teams travel to Tampa, FL each year to test their equine knowledge and hopefully progress to the state level competition.
This year in the middle school division 192 students composed 48 teams. The Malone middle school team was Nikki Ferguson, Sara Newsom, and Brett Henry. Nikki finished as 3rd high individual, Sara was 14th high individual and Brett was 100th high individual and the Malone middle school team finished 8th place out of the 48 teams.
In the high school competition 336 students composed 84 teams. Only the top 15 teams may advance to the finals for the state competition. Representing the Malone High School team was Cailyn Haight, Katie May, and Emily Stephens. Cailyn won 1st high individual, Katie was 105th high individual and Emily was 193th high individual. Malone High School team placed 15th and will advance to the finals. Representing Sneads High School was Ariel White, Alan Toole, Christen Howell, and Alex Ward. Ariel was 7th high individual, Alan was 42nd high individual, Christen was 54th high individual and Alex was 115th high individual. Sneads High School team placed 4th and will advance to the finals.
Finals of the Florida Horse judging competition will be held March 7, 2009 in Gainesville, FL. The winner will advance to national competition held October in Indiana.
Shawna Ferguson, team coach and Kim Barber, FFA Advisor, lead last year’s team to win the Florida State Championship and place 31st at the national competition. Coach Ferguson is looking for a repeat win in Florida and to make another run for a national title.
It is an honor for me personally to know and work with this group of students. They dedicate a vast amount of their personal after school time to be competitive in this event as does coach Ferguson. In addition to all of this work and dedication, funding for this and other FFA programs are supported in part by Strawberry sales. Each year the Malone FFA students and staff sell Fresh Florida Strawberries to support their program. I encourage everyone to support this hard working group students by purchasing strawberries. Strawberries will be in March 4, 2009 and they are taking orders now. Please call FFA Advisor Kim Barber @ 850-482-9900, extension 234 to place your order. Strawberries are $15.00 per flat.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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