The 74th annual North Battleford Regional 4-H Show was a great success.
The weather was perfect, competition friendly, and the sponsors were top notch. Helping organize the event were show chair Erin Cooper, vice-chair Charlene Chapman, secretary Janice Fendelet, meals Michelle Atchenym, fundraising Darcy Yasieniuk, light horse Carrie Nesseth, archery Jade Boyko and multiple Karla Yarrow.
The day began with a horse show at 9 a.m. BJ Wolf was the light horse judge and ring stewards were Codie Yasieniuk and Kaitlyn Nesbitt. The gate man was Daniel Blais and the announcer Linda Hebert. The multiple show also opened at 9 a.m. and entries were taken by Karla in the Agrivilla. The archery shoot began at 10 a.m. and the judge for the shoot was Riley Yasieniuk.
The gymkhana was at the end of the light horse show. It was finished at around 4 p.m. and everyone was then ready for a good home-cooked meal served in the Agrivilla.
Before the awards there was an interesting presentation by a veteran from The Ride Across Canada. He talked about how his oldest daughter was in light horse for nine years and how that experience gave her the ability to manage their six horses’ health and feed for the nine-month trail ride. It was very interesting and made us all think about what others have done for us.
Archery results were: Cloverbud - first place Carter Prystupa; junior - first McKenna Mitchell, second Ryder Loewen; intermediate - first Bryan Toews, second Dallyn Loewen. Bryan Toews was high point archer with 302 points.
Earning the light horse show high-point buckles were: Cloverbud - performance and gymkhana Zaydee Chapman; junior performance Jaden Navarro, gymkhana McKenzie L'Heureaux; intermediate - performance Cody Somers, gymkhana Rayna Yasieniuk; senior - performance Megan Shwark, gymkhana Keeley-Shae Somers.
Then the multiple barn had awards to hand out. A beautiful plaque was donated and presented by Tom and Joyce Patterson in memory of their daughter, Arlene. It went to the person with the highest record book mark. This year there was a tie between Keeley Shae Somers and Sonora Moore
The last award was "peoples choice." This is for a display in the mutiple barn that had the highest number of votes. The winner was Rayna Yasieniuk with her equine massage display.
