The 4-H Round Robin event is one of the crowning events of the Fair, as it gives the Showmanship winners a chance to exercise their perhaps dormant (or maybe nonexistent!) skills with other animals.  There are many kids who have started their 4-H careers with one animal and stuck with it.  But there are also a number who have moved through a number of different animals in the course of their time with 4-H.  

This year’s showmen, and therefore the Grand Champions of their respective animals, were Lyndee Nimer in the Dog Show, Kelty Thomas in the Dairy Goat Show, Maudee Leavitt in the Horse Show, Samantha Schrenk in the Lamb Show, Ira Carter in the Swine Show, Draylyn Jones in the Steer Show, and Caleb Roe in the Meat Goat Show.

Other than the glory—which I think it’s fair to say really is the main motivator—the Round Robin winner receives a traditional set of premium Show Clippers, donated by Rocky Mountain Power.  

New to this year, the Dog Show winner was added, as was a competition round involving the animals.  If you have never watched a round robin before you really should.  It’s an entertaining time for a number of reasons, but throwing dogs into the mix only adds to all of those reasons.

A very high level of skill is needed in many areas—ring awareness, animal specific judging, competitiveness, and communication/connection with an unfamiliar animal are just some of them.  

This year’s winner after the judging was done, was Samantha Schrenk.  Congratulations, Samantha!