ARBA Junior Member Page

Junior Members

Welcome to the ARBA Junior page - dedicated to our enthusiastic young members!

The ARBA mission statement for youth is

"To encourage youth to care and maintain Romney sheep as a way of learning responsibility. To encourage youth to join with other Romney youth to learn sportsmanship, enhance social skills, ethical behavior, leardership traits and a better understanding of success and failure."

For more information on Romneys for youth, see:

Romneys for Youth Booklet (1.8 MB PDF)

Romneys for Youth Brochure (0.5 MB PDF)

Above: Brady Clark, New Hampshire, July 2007, NEYSS

Junior Album - 2007

Below: Photos from the 2007 NAILE Junior Show

Above left: Ashton Shea, Champion Ram. Above right: Past President Sue Barker with Sean Pence and Champion 323. Right: Rachel Dey and Sean Pence. Bottom left: President Sue Barker with Rachel Dey. Bottom right: Windy Oaks Farm.


Below: Washington State Juniors at the 2007 Puyallup Fair. Left to right: Samantha Douge with her Reserve Champion NC Romney Ewe; Ciera Pedroni with her Champion NC Romney Ewe and Adrian Voelker with her Champion Ram and Supreme Ram.


Below: Michala Brown, at the 2007 Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival with Penelope and judge Marin Dally. Penelope won 1st Place in her Class, Reserve Champion in her Division, Best Fleece in her Division. She went on the next day to Win the Morris Culver Diamond Award for Best Fleece of the entire show.


At right: 2007 Middletown Grange Fair, Bucks County, PA. Back row: - Henry Green III, Ethan Green, Justin Andress, Brett Poorman Front row: - Ryan Coleman; Rachel Dey
Below: Junior member Taylor Loehner, WA, at the 2007 Clark County WA Fair with "Annie"

ARBA Juniors that attended the July 2007 NEYSS: Brady Clark, NH - Sarah-Jean Griffin, CT - Colby Clark, NH - Leslie Lupien, CT - Taylor Clark, NH Sadie Moore, NH - Amber Corliss, VT - Emma Morton, RI - Haley Corliss, VT - Lindsey Roush, VT - Rachel Dey, NJ - Abigail Foster, NY





		ARBA Juniors that attended the July 2007 NEYSS: Brady Clark, NH - Sarah-Jean Griffin, CT - Colby Clark, NH - Leslie Lupien, CT - Taylor Clark, NH Sadie Moore, NH - Amber Corliss, VT - Emma Morton, RI - Haley Corliss, VT - Lindsey Roush, VT - Rachel Dey, NJ - Abigail Foster, NY

Beauty Is Not Everything

A Story about Sheep in New Zealand

By Sadie Moore age 9

In New Zealand you don’t breed sheep because you think they are cute. It doesn’t matter if they are cute or not because they just have to be tough. Actually some of the sheep they breed are kind of ugly. I know that everyone likes different types of sheep except some of the farmers don’t even like the looks of the sheep they are breeding. For example, the Texels are used a lot. Some farmers don’t like the look of the Texels but they bred with them so they get lambs that will grow, be strong, get a lot of meat and live. Lucky for some farmers, they like the look of the Texels so it is a win - win situation for them because they get to have the kind of sheep they think are “cute” and they are tough.

A lot of people in NZ have Romneys and Texels. They also use Border Leicester rams on Romney ewes (which makes a Coopworth) and sometimes Cheviots on Romneys (Perendales). But most people don’t like the craziness of these. Almost everybody has Romneys because they are easy to get along with, can survive in the environment, have nice wool and grow nice lambs. The farmers try lots of combinations with their Romneys.

Basically, if you are in NZ you have to have a tough, meaty and self reliant sheep! Beauty is just a bonus. (I learned this on my trip to New Zealand, 2007)

Here's a file photo of Sadie from 2005 with a diapered amb to at her school.

The results and photos above are not meant to leave anybody out! They are just the ones that have been submitted for 2007. Photos from prior years are here: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Last Updated 2/11/2008

All membership questions and Association business should be sent to the ARBA Secretary, Jean Kamenicky, at secretary@americanromney.org. This includes any comments on this web site or suggestions for content.