South Cariboo 4-H Club members did well at the 74th Annual Provincial Winter Fair at the North Thompson Fall Fair Grounds in Barriere, Sept. 21-24.
The fair is a show and sale of 4-H member projects and is the culmination of a year of hard work.
Alysha Milward of the Clinton 4-H Beef Club took first-place honours in Best 4-H Commercial or Grade Female Beef competition.
The Clinton Beef Club team of Dustin Coldwell, Milward and handler Kailey Dube took first place and the Bank of Montreal Trophy for its entry in Group of Two Steers competition.
Bryce Dube of the Clinton 4-H Club won second place in the Top Herdsman of Beef Group class.
Paige Archie of the Canim Valley 4-H Club earned second place for her entry in senior division Sheep Showmanship.
In Beef Showmanship, Milward won second place in the senior division, and Dionne Wesloski of Forest Grove was the reserve champion in Open Beef Jackpot Showmanship in the experienced division. She also had the champion Open Single Beef in the gross weight 1,209-1,265 pounds division.
The Clinton club cleaned up in the Beef Weight Class 1,004-1,132 pounds, with K. Dube taking first, Kevin Boys second and Russell Allison third.
B. Dube won third in the 1,350-1,378 pounds class and second in 2011 Fred Nichol Event.
In photography competition, Clinton club members excelled as well.
Shyla McColl earned second and Echo-Dawn Wilson was third in the junior division. In intermediate, K. Dube was first, Bacardi Zimmerlee was second and Tayler McCullough was third. Senior winner was Boys.
The Photography Showmanship championship went to K. Dube.
In the Adventures with your Camera class, Zimmerlee was first and Natasha Escobedo was second.
K. Dube took first in the Getting to know your Camera class and McCullough was second.
First place in Large Framed Photo competition went to Boys and McCullough was second.
