{"id":3588,"date":"2017-12-11T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2017-12-11T07:00:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:00:39","slug":"best-beef-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/best-beef-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Best beef on show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Royal Geelong Show once again attracted farmers from around the region for both on hoof and hook competition for the best beef carcase.<\/p>\n<p>Show president and beef carcase superintendent Sheree Seiffert said that the quality of the beef presented to the competition was some of the best she had seen so far.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy weight class had the largest amount of entries in a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>The judges had a tough decision with splitting the top five head of animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarmers in our region produce some of the best beef in the world,\u201d Mrs Seiffert said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are clean and green with most cattle grazed predominately on pasture with some supplementing, and this shows through in quality of the end product.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith beef on the up and up over the last few years, farmers are finally being rewarded at the end point for their efforts after 10 years of stagnant prices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Light Yearling on hoof class:<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Barry Lugg<br \/>\n2nd Shayne Kelly<br \/>\n3rd G &#038; H Perkins<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medium Yearling on hoof:<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Don Nash<br \/>\n2nd Jess Parker<br \/>\n3rd P &#038; K Briscoe<br \/>\nHighly Commended Don Nash<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heavy Yearling on hoof:<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Don Nash<br \/>\n2nd Elsham Infrastructure<br \/>\n3rd Trevor Nash<br \/>\nHighly Commended Sharyn Beel<br \/>\nHighly Commended Ryan Cooke<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grand Champion on hoof:<\/strong><br \/>\nDon Nash<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reserve Champion on hoof:<\/strong><br \/>\nElsham Infrastructure<\/p>\n<p><strong>Light Yearling on hook:<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Barry Lugg<br \/>\n2nd Ray Goodman<br \/>\n3rd G &#038; H Perkins<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medium Yearling on hook:<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Don Nash<br \/>\n2nd Don Nash<br \/>\n3rd P &#038; K Briscoe<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heavy Yearling on hook:<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Celine Mason<br \/>\n2nd P &#038; K Briscoe<br \/>\n3rd Ryan Cooke<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grand Champion on Hook:<\/strong><br \/>\nDon Nash<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reserve Champion on Hook:<\/strong><br \/>\nBarry Lugg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fred Herd AM Memorial Trophy awarded to P &#038; K Briscoe<\/p>\n<p>Highest Point Scorer 80 points and over awarded to Don Nash<\/p>\n<p>Ord Whitcroft memorial for most improved awarded to Celine Mason<\/p>\n<p>Ernie Buxton Memorial Trophy for highest retail yield awarded to Sergio &#038; Gail Beani<\/p>\n<p>Highest Marbled Exhibit awarded to Don Nash<\/p>\n<p>Highest points scored by a purebred exhibit awarded to Tippetts Glengyron with a Shorthorn Steer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Best-beef-on-show-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Best-beef-on-show-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"174\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Best-beef-on-show-2.jpg 418w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Best-beef-on-show-2-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Best-beef-on-show-2-220x92.jpg 220w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Best-beef-on-show-2-24x10.jpg 24w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Best-beef-on-show-2-36x15.jpg 36w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/Best-beef-on-show-2-48x20.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Royal Geelong Show once again attracted farmers from around the region for both on hoof and hook competition for the best beef carcase. 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