Youth Contest Displays at the Reno ARBA Convention 2022

At the Reno ARBA convention 2022 there is a display of the youth contests.  The material are well done, here are photos of the knowledge projects, art, photography, fiber, ...   We are all very proud of our talented youth exhibitors.

 

More Scenes during the Chestnut Giant Angora Presentation at Reno

The success of the chestnut Giant Angora is such a happy event, many photos were taken during the wait.   These photos are taken by Casey.    It's fun to see how supportive the Angora community is.  

 

Laurie and Rachel Penterman, Mother and Daughter Team

Rachel frequently appears on our blog sharing her journey from a youth 4H exhibitor to becoming a licensed ARBA judge.   If you put "Rachel" on the upper left search box, you'll see numerous posts about her as far back as in 2016.    

She has shown Giant Angora and French Angora for many years but now focused on French Angora.  Her white senior doe and white senior buck are the BOV and BOSV winners at the Reno ARBA convention this year.

Betty in between Rachel and Laurie who is the NARBC secretary and the supporting mom to Rachel.

Laurie has her own breed, the Satin Angora.   Her Satin Angora is the winner of the BOSB at the Reno convention.   

You are looking at the current Domestic Rabbits columnist and the new Domestic Rabbits columnist starting 2023.   Betty has been writing the column for 13 years, will be writing the last one in 2022.  The baton is passing to Rachel who will take over the columnist job in 2023.  Rachel has a great article in the current issue of Domestic Rabbits, it's worth reading more than once.

 

NARBC Workers at Reno ARBA Convention 2022

Lynn Galbraith-Wilson, Kellyjo Younggreen and Casey.   Lynn is the NARBC president, Kellyjo is in charge of the NARBC booth at this convention and Casey is our district 4 director of NARBC.

Casey Jones and Nichole Wilson.   Nichole is the newsletter editor and merchandise chair of NARBC.  

Lynn, Betty and Casey.   Betty writes the Domestic Rabbits column for NARBC and also serves on the standards committee and color genetics committee.   

 

Casey and Betty, we see each other often but still love to have a picture together at the convention.

Youth Best In Show Judging at the Reno

There are 2790 youth rabbits shown.  The following are some of the judging moments.

Group 1 judging by Randy Shumaker.

Another group 1 judging by Randy Shumaker.

Group 3 judging by Melissa Magee, on the table is a Giant Angora.

Group 4 judging by Dakota Manning, on the table is a Britannia Petite.

 

Best In Show judging by Misty Polasik, on the table is the group 1 winner Californian. 

Another scene of Best In Show judging by Misty Polasik, on the table is the Group 4 winner Britannia Petite. 

The youth Best In Show winner is a Rex.  

Open Best In Show Judging at Reno ARBA Convention 2022

There are 9177 rabbits shown in the open show.  Group 1 winner is a Havana, Group 2 a Rex, Group 3 a Mini Lop and Group 4 a Britannia Petite.

Scott Rodriquez has 4 group winners to pick from.  This one is the Group 1 winner Havana. 

This one is the Group 2 winner Rex.

Scott is handling the Group 4 winner Britannia Petite to make pose.

The Britannia Petite is very showy, holds on to its pose for quite a long time.   

 

Open Best In Show winner Britannia Petite shown by Randy Shumaker and Maddie Pratt, judged by Scott Rodriquez. 

Nice checks for the Best In Show winner!

Cover of the Results Book that shows photos of the big winners.  

Mini Rex Presentation by Doug King

Doug King and his rabbit partner Jeremy Watmuff (not shown in the photo) present two new colors in Mini Rex, this group of rabbits are the Sable Marten that is the first try of the 3rd showing.    

These are the Smoke Pearl Marten, first try at the 2nd showing.  

 

As we can see from the board, both of Doug's presentation passed.  Both have become a new variety.  Congratulations to Doug King and Jeremy Watmuff (not shown in the photo).