Venue: Barrons Agri, Causeway (location)

Hosted by Kerry HFC

Purpose: To select people for the IHFA Judges Panel. All IHFA judging competitions and shows use the Judges Panel to select master judges for their events.

To maintain your place on the judges panel or be included on the panel for the first time you must partake in the judges conference – this is for the benefit of everyone wishing to gain experience as a judge and to help our local and national shows find fresh faces as well as experienced hands to judge their events!

Who is it for:

• Everyone who would like to qualify for the Judges Panel
• Current members of the Judges Panel. Attendance & performance required to continue as a member of the Panel
• Everyone who would like to participate in the open judging competition
• Everyone who wants to learn about judging, preparing cattle for shows/sales/photography
• Individuals interested in a discussion on breed standards in terms of conformation relative to modern dairy farming

Friday May 26^th

• YMA show preparation practical workshop

Saturday May 27^th

Main Ring

10.00 – 10.30am              Registration

10.45am              “How to approach dairy cattle Judging” masterclass with our master Judges

11.00am              Judging & Reason giving competition

1.00pm                Lunch

2.00pm                Judging & Reason giving competition continues

4pm                      Finish

11am-4pm          Open Stock Judging Competition

Saturday May 27^th

YMA Ring

11.00am              Judging workshop

12.00pm              Showmanship workshop

Master Judges selected from European Judges Panel. Gary Jones, Gary Hurley, Victor Jackson

Current Judges panel: