Fall 2023

The Official Newsletter of the National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club: Fall 2023

National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club National Breed SHow Youth Best of Breed - Cody Landis

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President’s Report Secretary’s Report Treasurer’s Report 5 District One Report NJWRC Committees 6 District Two Report 7 District Three Report Important Dates 8 District Four Report Advertising Rates 9 District Five Report 10 District Seven Report NJWRC Online Contacts 11 NJWRC Events at Convention 12 NJWRC 2024 National Show 13 NJWRC 2023 National Show Youth BOB 14 District Eight Report 16 District Nine Report 18 NJWRC 2023 National Show Youth BOS 19 Sweepstakes Report 20-32 Open Sweepstakes 33-42 Youth Sweepstakes 43-45 Treasurer’s Report 46 Editor’s Report 47 NJWRC Membership Application

Meet the NJWRC Board President Cheryl Loesch momdeplume@comcast.net Vice President Douglas Brown doug.brown1982.db@gmail.com Secretary Alex Williams zcharmed@msn.com Treasurer Brenda Reilly NJRWCLUB@gmail.com District One Bethany Roberston bethanyrobertsongm@gmail.com District Two Lori Robascotti dogznkids@hotmail.com District Three Izzy Bukovich izzybuk18@gmail.com District Four Michael Wolfe 2002michaelwolfe@gmail.com District Five Brenda Kneir mobunniesrabbitry@yahoo.com District Six Kirsten Taylor flyinghooffarms@yahoo.com District Seven Mae Swan maeswan@gmail.com

District Eight Julie Aversa jtaversa@gmail.com District Nine Michelle Landis roughnecksm@verizon.net

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President Cheryl Loesch momdeplume@comcast.net It is with some sadness, and with great gratitude, that we say goodbye to our editor, Jordan Hobbs, who is stepping down due to health issues. Jordan has edited the FLUFF for a bit over two years.

She came into the job raring to go, and just continued to turn out nice FLUFF editions for us. I think we all agree she’s done a wonderful job. I’m most grateful to Jordan for all that she’s done for the club.

And on another note, I’m pleased to introduce our new editor, Pam Schmidt. Pam has been a long-time editor for the AMLRC. We will continue to be in capable hands! Please join me in welcoming Pam to our Wooly world. hank you, Pam for stepping right into the fray and taking on an issue immediately! We have been so fortunate to find people who love to work on publications and who are excellent at what they do.

Other than that, it’s been Convention, Convention, Convention! The planning continues, and we are now at a stage where you can see some of the work coming to fruition. We’ve already finished out the Award Sponsorships, and you’ve all come through on that in less than 24 hours! Many thanks to Izzy Bukovich for taking on the challenge, and completing it in record time! We’ve secured many donations toward booth hospitality, thanks to Julie Aversa for her cheery and tireless efforts toward that.

Julie is also in charge of booth décor, and she’s been working on making many nice items for that, and for our banquet.

Speaking of the banquet, Alex has been busy planning a banquet that will have ample social opportunity in a very charming historic setting. The banquet will be held on Tuesday evening, October 10, starting at 5 pm. Please RSVP to Alex by September 10, and pay via Paypal at njwrclubtreasuerer@gmail.com . The venue for our banquet gives us ample space to give out Convention show awards, have corn hole games set up in the garden, and have a silent auction. The silent action is in lieu of a raffle, and in keeping with our theme of celebrating 35 years of the club, it harkens back to early days when it was the norm to auction off baskets at Convention. Please consider donating - you can go together with other people to make a basket, make one yourself, or even donate a single nice item. And be sure to join the fun of bidding, too.

The Golden Fleece Auction (GFA) is also well along in planning. Many of our top breeders are donating very nice animals for you to bid on. The GFA is a great place to bring in some new genetics to your herd. Michelle Landis, our very capable solicitor, will have a catalog out before convention so you can see the lovely animals that will be on our auction. There will also be a Trio Raffle, as usual. We will have more information in the coming weeks, so watch our Facebook group, NJWRC Members, for that.

And of course, there are myriad opportunities to volunteer at Convention. The club has so much going on, and we need your help to be successful. e will need people to staff our booth. Sign up with a friend, or go by yourself and meet a new one! It’s always a great place to talk Woolies with old friends and new afficionados, and, a big bonus at Convention, you get a place to sit down for a while. We will also need everyone to help out at the show tables by running rabbits from their coops up to the table to be judged. The more hands, the better! Join us at 7:30 a.m. on show day at the our assigned table for information and instructions on running rabbits.

Whatever you volunteer at, you can be sure that your help is very much appreciated!

One last thing that I want to touch on in this report is a way to memorialize those of our friends who have passed. This year, we have had quite a few breeders pass away who were well known in earlier years of the club. I’d like to start a short memorial column to remember those folks in Winter issue each year. We can’t all know each individual, but we all know people in our own area. IF you know of a breeder who has passed, please let me know so that we can mention them in the memorial.

I thank you all for reading this all the way through, and I am so looking forward to seeing you at Convention!

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Secretary Alex Williams NJWRCsecretary@gmail.com zcharmed@msn.com

Hello, fellow Wooly lovers! I hope this issue finds you well.

Are you as excited as I am that the 100th ARBA Convention is right around the corner? There is so much to do and plan that it often seems overwhelming!

If this is your first time at the Convention, things just seem to be so confusing. Breathe! It’s just another rabbit show and once you get into the swing of things, I promise it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3! Just be sure to pack extra goodies to snack on and a comfortable pair of walking shoes, because, I promise you, you’ll get those steps in! Be sure to stop by our breed booth to say hello and check out the Golden Fleece Auction. , If you have time, we are always looking for volunteers at the booth and help getting rabbits to and from the table on show day.

I look forward to seeing you all there!

Vice President Doug Brown doug.brown1982db@gmail.com Hello members of the NJWRC! I hope this article finds you all well.

ARBA convention is fast approaching as I sit here and write this article. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend due to some health issues in my family this past year. But I am sure that a good time had by all. With the extremely odd weather that we have, I had nothing would have been in coat for us to show anyway, but I will still miss my rabbit friends.

There is nothing like the close camaraderie that you find in this breed. I have had many different breeds over the years. Our wooly folks definitely stand out from the crowd in that regard, and it is something that we all need to take pride in.

I had the opportunity to talk with a youth in my area last night who is contemplating her first trip to Convention to show woolies. It warms my heart knowing that our future is still going strong.

Thats all for me for today--my abilities to type are kinda limited at this time.

Thanks for listening.

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District One Bethany Robertson bethanyrobertsongm@gmail.com Representing: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, Yukon Territory, and Japan Hello District 1 members! I hope everyone has had a safe, successful summer breeding and showing season.

As we all know, with summer comes more shows, such as county and state fairs, as well as heat waves and the stress of keeping our animals cool. Thankfully, we have many resources available to us to help us along with these events. These resources can be found online through web searches or Facebook groups, in our guide books, or simply by reaching out to other breeders within the hobby.

For some of our newer members, finding resources you can trust is not always an easy task. I believe it is an important aspect to remember, in order to keep our hobby alive and thriving, that everyone was a beginner at some point! I would like to encourage you to think of being a mentor to a youth or new breeder and, of course, invite them to join our breed club!

I have been in this hobby for most of my life and I still want to learn more. Even if you are not able to be a mentor, let me know if you have any tips or tricks that you would like to share.

As we move in to fall and gear up for National Convention, I would like to wish all NJWRC members good luck and safe travels!

Please send photos of your wins to be featured in the next Fluff to bethanyrobertsongm@gmail.com

Newsletter Pam Schmidt dpschmidt8@gmail.com

Website Brittany Moorse blmoorse@gmail.com

Constitution and By Laws Doug Brown - Chair

Sweepstakes Scoring Nicole Schmitt njwrcsweeps@gmail.com

Awards Alex Williams Youth Coordinator Lindsay Aversa

Historian Bethany Robertson bethanyrobertsongm@gmail.com

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Standards Committee Julie Aversa Steven Buell Tracey Freeman Amber Henderson Bethany Robertson Cheryl Loesch - Chair

Lori Robasciotti dogznkidz@hotmail.com Representing: Arizona, California, Hawai’i, Nevada, Utah, and Mexico

Greetings from District 2! It has been a very quiet Summer here. I know of only one show where there were Woolies exhibited.

On June 3rd, The Central Coast Rabbit and Cavy Club held a triple rabbit show in Santa Maria, California. Michaeline McConnell drove up and back from Julian in one day for this show. That was at least 11 to 12 hours drive time for her - true dedication! I also had rabbits entered and, just for fun, decided to show my dog at a venue 2 hours away as well. I dropped off rabbits the night before and did a quick fluff early the next morning before I left for the dog show. My enabler, Michaeline, put up my bunnies for me in show A. I showed my dog and drove back just in time to put the Woolies up for show B. No, I’m not crazy (wink, wink). I was lucky enough to win BOB and BOSB in show A with a Shaded Sr Doe and an Agouti Sr Buck. Show B and C, Michaeline took home BOB with a darling Broken Jr Doe and very handsome Agouti Jr Buck. I was awarded BOSB with an AOV Sr Buck and AOV Jr Doe. Long but fun day for both of us and I couldn’t have done it without my fellow Wooly Cult member.

Now, let’s talk about quickly approaching Convention. There will be four of us driving out together from California to Kentucky. We are very fortunate to have the use of a very comfortable tow vehicle and a cargo trailer with a roof fan plus temperature monitoring in the trailer. We will be watching the temperature to determine the route we will take. Also, we plan to go through the high heat areas during the coolest times of the day.

Of course, we’ll take plenty of water and everything else that is necessary for the rabbits. Taking cheap Dollar Store plastic table cloths are great to use when cleaning carriers. Place the table cloth on the ground and put your carrier on it. This prevents your carrier from picking up any nasty stuff like RHD. When you’re done, just throw it away by folding /wadding it up with the ground side to the inside so you don’t touch any possible contaminates.

This trip will take us three days, driving approximately 800+ miles each day. With 4 drivers, this will be a breeze and fun too! I hope I will see you all in October. I’m looking forward to some great visits with some great people. Safe travels and see you soon.

Lori

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Izzy Bukovich izzybuk18@gmail.com Representing: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin I hope everyone has had a wonderful summer this year! With fall and Convention steadily approaching, I know I am personally starting to get ready to do my last deep clean of the year before it gets cold out. I'd like to share one of the easiest things I do to help keep things clean and keep rabbits healthy- cleaning crocks!

In the warmer months, I advise cleaning crocks out, at the very least, every month, more frequently if they're really gross! To clean them, I fill a bucket full of water, add a small splash of bleach, and then let the crocks soak for a few minutes before I start scrubbing. The bleach works wonders! It not only disinfects and prevents microbial growth for a little bit, but if allowed to soak, it makes scrubbing a breeze! Once they're clean, I rinse them and let them dry before putting them back in the cages. I hope this advice helps!

As a reminder, any D3 wins can be emailed to me at izzybuk18@gmail.com so they can be included in our next Fluff edition!

-Izzy Bukovich

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Michael Wolfe 2002michaelwolfe@gmail.com Representing: Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas I hope everyone reading this “Fluff of Fancy” is beating the heat. Here, in district four, we have had some record breaking heat, and, unfortunately, that has put a damper on things some.

I would like to point some things out for our members who do not have climate-controlled barns.

The coats on our jersey woolies act as insulation for the animals and help them maintain a consistent body temperature. I would strongly recommend against shearing, or clipping coats down on animals this time of year unless they are felted. Another tidbit of information that may help you out is to make sure there is constant air movement for your animals. Air movement is very important in this heat as it helps circulate the cool air in and the warm air out (Please do not forget heat rises.).

We have had a wonderful turnout at the few shows we’ve had this summer, with lots of participation from our youth membership. I have also really enjoyed seeing everyone work on a variety of colors down here. We have both open and youth exhibitors working on various colors, but the one that has seemed to take everyone's interest is the oranges. I am excited to so see what ends up on the show tables here in Winter of 2024. I am super proud of the Snider family in achieving a “Best in Show” at the Wichita Falls show we had in June with a homegrown animal.

This upcoming show season is going to be starting strong with us kicking it off with ARBA Convention, and it is the 100th anniversary. I would like to encourage all exhibitors to attend this event if possible and meet some of the other wooly folk from across the country. Please do not forget to remain courteous to all the other exhibitors when you are at a show. These rabbit shows are just that, rabbit shows, and they are here for all of us to enjoy and take part in. If anyone has any questions, or issues with anything please feel free to reach out to me.

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Brenda Kneir mobunniesrabbitry@yahoo.com Representing: Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri

Hello District 5!

It’s been a long, hot summer for most of us! We have not made it out to any shows since Nationals. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at Convention! If this is your first convention, don’t be afraid to reach out to your fellow breeders for advice on what you need to bring. It can be overwhelming! Put a smile on and have a good time! I know several from District 5 are planning to be there. So, that being said, see you all in Louisville!

Brenda

Best in Show! Sharon Moore Iroquois RBA, Melvin IL

BOSG Open Shaded - Nationals Gayle Beriau - RH’s Happy Dance

Our newest youth member, Jordan Tucker, BOB & BOS Ozark Empire Fair, Springfield MO

Eleanor Lefevre - Youth BOB Pleasant Hill MO 9

Mae Swan maeswan@gmail.com Representing: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont Hi all!

I usually only breed from late winter to early summer but extended my season a bit this year. My litters were smaller than what is typical, usually only 2 or 3 per litter, versus the 5 to 6 my girls usually have, but the pairings are very compatible, so I'm hopeful about these offspring.

I've been putting extra focus on hindquarters. Most of my herd was solid in this regard a few years ago. I compromised a bit when struggling to shorten midsections. I've noticed definite improvements in the kits from this year's spring litters, in both length and in the HQs that I previously let slip; this is exciting.

Hindquarter is one of those features that is so easy to lose and hard to regain. I would not recommend letting attention to hindquarters lessen in favor of other attributes unless you're willing to sacrifice several future seasons regaining lost ground.

This will be my last D7 report. I've been honored to have this position. Wooly people are an amazing bunch, and I appreciated meeting and talking to everyone over the past few years. Best wishes to the future D7 director and all D7 members. May your nest boxes be full of Grand Champions!

Find the NJWRC

Sweepstakes: Website: Facebook:

njwrcsweeps@gmail.com www.njwrcsweeps.com www.jerseywooly.org NJWRC Members 10

NJWRC Events and Happenings at the 100th ARBA Convention NJWRC Club Events at Convention *Subject to change. Keep checking the NJWRC Members group on Facebook, and the NJWRC Booth at Convention for up-to-date Info.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023 6:00 PM - SHOWROOM OPEN to accept animals until Midnight. NO ANIMALS ACCEPTED BEFORE 6:00 PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2023 7:00 AM - SHOWROOM OPEN to accept animals until Midnight.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2023 6:00 AM - SHOWROOM OPEN to accept animals until 3 PM. 11:30 AM Board meeting (executive session) 3:00 PM - Entries close Check-in closes. All packets must be picked up and all substitutions made.

9:00 PM - Animals must be cooped. SHOWROOM CLOSES. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2023 6:00 AM - Showrooms open 7:30 AM exhibitors gather at show tables for instructions. Clerks and Ramrods, please be in position.

8:00 AM Judging Begins – Open (West Wing) 9:00 AM - Judging Begins - Youth (West Wing) 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Booth Contest Judging 10:00 PM - Showrooms close MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2023 6:00 AM - Showrooms open 7:00 AM - Judging begins (West Wing) 8:00 AM NJWRC Membership meeting in room W1 12:30 PM - Cavy BEST IN SHOW JUDGING -- Youth & Open 11:00 GFA animals lined up for DQ inspection. DQ inspection closed to public 11:30 GFA inspection opens 12:00- GFA starts 2:00 PM - Rabbit BEST IN SHOW JUDGING - Youth & Open 6:00 PM - Showrooms close TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2023 7:00 AM - Showrooms open 5:00-9:00 PM - NJWRC BANQUET at the Country Cottage 6:00 PM - Showrooms close WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2023 6:00AM - Showrooms open 7:00 AM - Release of animals 2:00 PM - Showrooms close. ALL RABBITS AND CAVIES MUST BE OUT OF COOPS.

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Here’s the fluff on the 2024 National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club National Show!

WHERE:

Ike Hamilton Expo 501 Mane Street West Monroe, Louisiana

WHEN:

Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 8:00 a.m.

JUDGES:

Dakota Manning - Josh Humphries Joey Martin - Stacy Martin

SHOW SECRETARY:

Kirsten Taylor - flyinghooffarms@yahoo.com

TENTATIVE ENTRY FEE:

$7.00 per Wooly

HOTEL:

Hilton Garden Inn 400 Mane Street West Monroe LA 71291 Phone: 318-398-0653 Price: $119 per night Pet friendly with a charge Right across from the Expo Center

BANQUET:

Catfish Charlies (tentative) 2329 Louisville Avenue Monroe LA Saturday, February 17 at 6:30 p.m.

Located approximately 7.5 miles from the Expo Center

This show is in conjunction with the Fluffy Butt Rabbit Club that is hosting a Friday night all-breed show and a double all-breed show on Saturday.

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National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club National Breed SHow

Youth Best of Breed When my mom sent me the Snapchat that Panda won Youth Best of Breed, I was so surprised and proud of Panda! I was also very sad that I couldn’t be there to see him win and celebrate. I was planning to go to JW Nationals, but at the last moment my migraines decided otherwise. I wish that I could have been there to see all of my friends. I missed seeing everyone. I am really looking forward to seeing all of you at convention!!

AFB’s Panda Bear has been my dream rabbit from the moment that he was born. He lives to be snuggled, cuddled, to chew holes in my clothes, and to show off on the show table. He also is a very prolific breeder and has passed on quite a bit of himself to his offspring. It seems like he is in almost all of the rabbits in our barn. At 4 years old, he still has great type, head, ear, wool, and bone. He currently has 58 legs and is still looking great. I jokingly told him that I wasn’t going to take him to convention in Louisville this year unless his coat was perfect. Well, I guess he took that personally and is on track to hopefully have a perfect coat in Lousiville, if he doesn’t decide to molt again before then.

I wanted to say a HUGE Thank you to Jocelyn Byers for putting my rabbits up on the show table at JW Nationals since I couldn’t be there. It was really nice of you! And congratulations on winning Youth BOSB at Nationals!

I want to congratulate all of the other winners at Nationals. Everyone always has such great Jersey Woolies and it is a huge honor to have had my rabbit picked as Youth Best of Breed.

Cody Landis

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Julie Aversa jtaversa@gmal.com Representing: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Manitoba, and Ontario Well, I hope everyone survived the heat of this summer. I know, here in Michigan, we were hot and humid and had a lot of rain. And all of the above spells out no coats for Jersey Woolies. I hope that we can find a few that will be in coat for Convention. I am looking forward to the celebration of 35 years of Jersey Woolies and the 100th year of the ARBA convention. Fall is my favorite time of year.

The crisp feel to the cool air, the beautiful colors the trees change to. I hope you take the time to enjoy the change of season this year.

So, the last group that we have left to discuss is the Tan group. Our SOP says the following: All varieties are to have “Tan Pattern Markings” in the following areas, nostril, eye circles, jowls, inside of the ears, belly, insides of legs, and underside of the tail. All other areas are to be as described in each variety. The belly and insides of the legs are to have a complementary under color. Lap marks are permissible. Faults are ticking on the face and ears. Disqualification if lack of eye circles or nostril markings.

Our acceptable colors are: Black otter, blue otter, chocolate otter, lilac otter, sable martin, silver martin, smoke pearl martin.

Black Otter: The main color is to be that described for the corresponding variety. Dividing line between the body color and the belly color is to be orange. Tan pattern markings are to be silver, and shall be accentuated with orange to tan coloration. The triangle is to be orange. Orange tipped guard hairs are to be interspersed on the chest, forward of the shoulders. Orange ticking is to extend well up into the body color along the sides, flanks, and rump. The belly under color shall be slate. Eyes are brown.

Blue Otter: The main color is to be that described for the blue variety. Dividing line between the body color and belly color is to be fawn. Tan pattern markings are to be silver, and shall be accentuated with fawn coloration. The triangle is to be fawn. Fawn tipped guard hairs are to be interspersed on the chest, forward of the shoulders. Fawn ticking is to extend well up into the body color along the sides, flanks, and rump. The belly under color shall be slate. Eyes are blue gray.

Chocolate otter and Lilac otter will be included in the next sop once ARBA has supplied them to us.

Sable Marten: The main color is to be that described for the Siamese Sable. Tan pattern markings are to be silver white. The triangle is to be silver. Silver tipped guard hairs are to extend well up into the body color along the sides, flanks, and rump. The belly under color shall be light sepia. Eyes are brown, ruby cast is permissible.

Silver Marten (Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac}: The main color is to be that described for the self variety. Tan pattern markings are to be silver white. The triangle is to be silver. Silver tipped guard hairs are to be interspersed on the chest, forward of the shoulders. Silver ticking is to extend will up into the body color along the sides, flanks and rump. The belly under color of black or blue should be slate or white. The belly under color of chocolate should be dove gray or white. The belly under color of the lilac should be light dove gray or white. Eyes are to be as described in the self-variety.

Smoke Pearl Marten: The main color is to be that described for the Smoke Pearl. Tan pattern markings are to be silver white. The triangle is to be silver. Silver tipped guard hairs are to be interspersed on the chest, forward of the shoulders. Silver ticking is to extend well up into the body color along the sides, flanks and rump. The belly under color shall be light smoke. Eyes are blue gray with a ruby cast permissible.

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District 8 - Aversa continued. . .

Some of the faults I have seen over the years I have seen in Otters and Martens are: stray white hairs, no belly undercolor, white nails, blue eyes on Black Silver Martens, high rufus ticking on face giving a mealy appearance on face, and faded color on Tan Pattern Markings. Most of these faults need to be culled out if we want to eradicate these faults from our breed. White hairs, white spots, or white nails cannot be bred out. No belly under color is usually from the wide band gene and needs to be culled out if we do not want to see it everywhere. High rufus ticking is a fault and can be used to raise the rufus on your tans. Faded color on the tan pattern markings are usually shaded carriers, and will eventually need to be bred to a higher rufus tan to keep the markings correct color.

I hope to see you at convention. I would love to see some discussions on Facebook, and in person, about our SOP and breeding.

I hope your nest boxes are full.

Best of Breed at Lima - B & B Mimosa

Gail More and Grace Anderson

Julie Aversa District 8 Representative

Best in Show Higher Expectations Dolly Parton Kylie Estrella

Reserve in Show - Higher Expectations Blue Belle - Kylie Estrella Tioga County Fair ARBA All-breed Show 15

District Nine Michelle Landis roughnecksm@verizon.net Representing: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, and all other foreign regions I hope that this all finds you enjoying a beautiful fall day.

As summer winds to a close, I am enjoying looking back on all of our members’ pictures of their 4H, FFA and local fairs. Fair time is such a magical experience full of fun, friends, laughs, and lots of memories. Kids learn so much throughout the year while working on their projects. The projects not only teach them about their chosen topic, but also teach them responsibility, time management, scheduling, bookkeeping, working well with others, and often public speaking/educating the public. Plus, the kids have the opportunity to educate the public about rabbits and their proper care. So many wonderful life skills are learned throughout each year.

Here in District 9 I was excited to see that we had an awesome highlight this summer among our D9 youth. Nikolai Mock won Best in Show at his 4H Rabbit Club Show at the Montgomery County MD Ag Fair in August. He won with his Jersey Wooly Junior Buck named Raven’s Woods Rabbitry Spice Cake. Congratulations, Nikolai and Spice Cake!

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Nikolai Mock winning Best in Show with Spice Cake at his 4H show in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Nikolai Mock winning 1st Reserve in Show with Mysterio at the Open NCRBA show.

Frosted Moon, Cody Landis' Jersey Wooly doe, decided that his shoulder was the best vantage point to view the crowds of people stopping by at the petting table at the Middletown Grange Fair.

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National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club National Breed SHow

Youth Best Opposite Sex I had a fun weekend at Nationals this year, and I want to thank the Ohio Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club for putting on a great show. I got to see and feel a lot of great Jersey Woolies in one place.

While putting my rabbits on the table, I also helped put Cody Ladis’s rabbits up as, unfortunately, he was sick. What a wonderful broken buck he has.

Our self doe, Cotton, is homegrown, out of Byers’s Frosty, a REW buck, and Charolette, a Smoke Pearl doe. Cotton has never let us down on the show table. At home, loves to self-pose, but we can never get her to be like that at shows. Case in point, last year’s Nationals in Minnesota, she lost out to Makayla Wallock’s AOV doe for best in breed. Cotton makes up for that throughout her great type and has taught me what to look for in my woolies.

Thank you again and I hope everyone’s nest boxes are full. I can’t wait to see everyone at the next show.

Jocelyn Byers

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Sweepstakes Nicole Schmitt njwrcsweeps@gmail.com www.njwrcsweeps.com

Hello NJWRC Members!

Whew! Another season in the books! It was hard-fought to get to the finish line on this one, and a huge THANK YOU is owed to our NJWRC Secretary, Alex Williams, for stepping in & taking over completion of another club’s reports – they were the last 6 I needed!

And, a warm welcome to Pam Schmidt, our new Fluff Editor. Hi Pam! Just some fun facts & I’m going to keep this short.

I issued the 1st NJWRC sanction on October 9th, 2014 & have been doing this for 107 months! I’ve made 261 bank deposits as I write this.

Seasonal Fun Facts! In open, NJWRC members won BOB/BOS with exactly 400 unique ear numbers, and in youth, with 212! There were 701 open shows that took place with a total of 16,732 Woolies shown. In youth, 5,447 Woolies were shown in 398 shows – totaling 22,179 Woolies shown in 1,099 shows! These numbers are up from the 21/22 season. Youth transfers from open took place in 224 shows total (wowza!), with BOB/BOS wins being transferred a total of 109 times (go kids!), 47 white wool & 50 colored wool transfers. And those are all my fun facts for now!

Regarding 2023/2024 points – the season just began on 7/1, and July isn’t a big show month, so points for the 23/24 season won’t be posted for a while.

Nicole

Some of the Sweeps Reports may be truncated due to space constraints in The Fluff. The full Sweeps Reports can be viewed on the NJWRC Sweeps website: www.njwrcsweeps.com.

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Open Overall Sweepstakes 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh

1 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 2 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 3 Sherlock, Barb - PA 4 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 5 Edder, Deidre - SC 6 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 7 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 8 Mezyk, Karen - IL 9 Landis, Michelle - PA 10 Lovely, Tara - ME 11 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 12 Beirau, Gayle - IL 13 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 14 More, Gail - OH 15 Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 16 Hobbs, Jordan - IN 17 Kuyoth, Daniel - RI 18 Vara, Emily - WI 19 Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 20 Kneir, Brenda - MO 21 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 22 Anderson, Grace - KY 23 Boarts, Becky - MI 24 Neveu, Heather - WI 25 Arnold, Dave - OH 26 Milton, Jackie - TX 27 Freeman, Tracey & Tyrone - LA 28 Collins, Judy - OH 29 Jusko, Tayler - NY 30 Roman, Casey - NY 31 McConnell, Michaeline - CA 32 Achgill, Helene - IN 33 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 34 Henderson, Amber - CA 35 Austin / Hillery, Chase & Kathy - TX 36 Wassom, Claudia - SD 37 Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI

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7 8 9 9 9 4 8 5 9 7 8 5 2 8 8 8 7 3 9 5 8 8 8 3 8 4 6 8 7 7 2 8 4 2 4 3 3

# Shown: 16,732 # of Shows: 701 ShowC Sweeps Pts 69 52 49 35 63 54 46 31 29 35 50 25 28 47 29 23 9 16 21 30 18 31 19 28 24 34 18 42 24 21 27 31 14 12 19 16 27

19436 12972 12034 10471 8004 7493 7111 7098 6364 6186 6075 5299 5250 5134 4770 4767 3862 3415 3247 3166 3074 2888 2610 2584 2552 2344 2189 2186 1958 1885 1834 1761 1555 1544 1531 1529 1519

Open Overall Sweepstakes 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 38 Garsow, Lori - MN 39 Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN 40 Loesch, Cheryl - MN 41 Moore, Sharon - IL 42 Becker, Conner - MN 43 Evans, Abigail - GA 44 Maki, Sarah & Shane - CA 45 Medo, William - WI 46 Sheets, Angi - IN 47 McCullough, Jan - WA 48 Summers, Andrea - WY 49 Brehm, Ryan - NY 50 Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ 51 Olson, Robin - NC 52 Hammond, Sara - MI 53 McKie, Helen - NC 54 Neveu, Rachelle - MI 55 Stoeckl, Sophia - OK 56 Robertson, Bethany - OR 57 Daniel, Evan - MS 58 Dinsmore, Paige - VA 59 Williams, Alexandra - PA 60 Wood, Laurie - OH 61 Stone, Kaitlyn - ME 62 Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassidy - CO 63 Wallace, Shannon - CO 64 Longdo, Michelle - WI 65 Olmstead, Rebecca - WA 66 Kelly, Janelle - OR 67 Bell, Lisa - OH 68 Taylor, Kirsten - LA 69 Roe, Deborah - MI 70 Grady, Rob & Paula - CO 71 Jones, Sue - IN 72 Lyons, Melanie & Yvonne - NY 73 Pienta, Mallory - WI 74 Andrus, Alicia - AK 75 Pridgen, Stacey - MD

# Shown: 16,732 # of Shows: 701 Dist ShowC Sweeps Pts 3 3 3 5 3 6 2 3 8 1 1 7 9 9 8 9 8 4 1 6 9 9 8 7 4 4 3 1 1 8 6 8 4 8 7 3 1 9

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11 12 16 14 16 17 5 17 18 23 10 14 13 15 22 8 15 11 1 18 22 27 7 15 10 12 17 20 7 26 16 9 6 11 1 6 3 16

1429 1409 1347 1313 1242 1228 1177 1120 1114 1004 984 983 934 893 871 846 819 789 697 646 596 565 548 546 494 481 479 460 450 422 419 391 381 368 361 345 327 297

Open District Sweepstakes 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh D1: 1 McCullough, Jan - WA 2 Summers, Andrea - WY 3 Robertson, Bethany - OR 4 Olmstead, Rebecca - WA 5 Kelly, Janelle - OR 6 Andrus, Alicia - AK 7 Sultan / Robertson, Meadow & Bethany - OR 8 Hammond, Becky - AK 9 Olmstead, Chuck - WA 10 Born, Annette - AK 11 Taliaferro, Jessica - WY D2: 1 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 2 McConnell, Michaeline - CA 3 Henderson, Amber - CA 4 Maki, Sarah & Shane - CA 5 Robasciotti, Lori & Gillian - CA 6 Robasciotti, Gillian - CA 7 LeSage, Angel - CA D3: 1 Vara, Emily - WI 2 Neveu, Heather - WI 3 Wassom, Claudia - SD 4 Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI 5 Garsow, Lori - MN 6 Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN 7 Loesch, Cheryl - MN 8 Becker, Conner - MN 9 Medo, William - WI 10 Longdo, Michelle - WI 11 Pienta, Mallory - WI 12 Brown, Doug - WI 13 Cartwright, Rebecca - MN 14 Bukovich, Izzy - MN 15 Hatt, Janice - WI 16 Moorse, Brittany - MN 17 Ziner, Dale - MN 18 Langreck, Jennifer - IA

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# Shown: 16,732 # of Shows: 701 ShowC Sweeps Pts

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

23 10 1 20 7 3 8 6 13 2 2

1004 984 697 460 450 327 268 227 191 56 6

2 2 2 2 2 2 2

28 27 12 5 11 14 3

5250 1834 1544 1177 220 199 102

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

16 28 16 27 11 12 16 16 17 17 6 4 5 17 8 6 3 2

3415 2584 1529 1519 1429 1409 1347 1242 1120 479 345 270 266 262 134 127 81 53

Open District Sweepstakes 2022-2023 Final Report D4: 1 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 2 Milton, Jackie - TX 3 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 4 Austin / Hillery, Chase & Kathy - TX 5 Stoeckl, Sophia - OK 6 Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassidy - CO 7 Wallace, Shannon - CO 8 Grady, Rob & Paula - CO 9 Martin, Kira - TX 10 Wolfe, Michael - OK 11 Younggreen, Kellyjo - CO 12 Ledesma, Bailey - TX 13 Reeves, Tonya - OK 14 Knecht, Cleva - OK 15 Snider, Joanna - TX D5: 1 Mezyk, Karen - IL 2 Beirau, Gayle - IL 3 Kneir, Brenda - MO 4 Moore, Sharon - IL 5 Oldham, Christina - IL 6 McGrath, Janet - IL D6: 1 Freeman, Tracey & Tyrone - LA 2 Evans, Abigail - GA 3 Daniel, Evan - MS 4 Taylor, Kirsten - LA 5 Reynolds, Lisa - AL 6 Taylor, Brandon - LA D7: 1 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 2 Lovely, Tara - ME 3 Kuyoth, Daniel - RI 4 Jusko, Tayler - NY 5 Roman, Casey - NY 6 Brehm, Ryan - NY 7 Stone, Kaitlyn - ME 8 Lyons, Melanie & Yvonne - NY 9 DeVito, Amanda - NH 10 Buell, Steven - NY 11 Manger, Cassie - CT 12 Forward, Connie - NY Gebelein, Sharon - MA 23

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

54 34 14 19 11 10 12 6 6 16 2 2 4 4 4

7493 2344 1555 1531 789 494 481 381 276 254 253 185 121 108 6

5 5 5 5 5 5

31 25 30 14 5 8

7098 5299 3166 1313 198 188

6 6 6 6 6 6

18 17 18 16 2 3

2189 1228 646 419 68 37

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

69 35 9 24 21 14 15 1 10 19 3 4 2

19436 6186 3862 1958 1885 983 546 361 284 197 110 30 30

Open District Sweepstakes 2022-2023 Final Report D8: 1 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 2 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 3 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 4 More, Gail - OH 5 Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 6 Hobbs, Jordan - IN 7 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 8 Anderson, Grace - KY 9 Boarts, Becky - MI 10 Arnold, Dave - OH 11 Collins, Judy - OH 12 Achgill, Helene - IN 13 Sheets, Angi - IN 14 Hammond, Sara - MI 15 Neveu, Rachelle - MI 16 Wood, Laurie - OH 17 Bell, Lisa - OH 18 Roe, Deborah - MI 19 Jones, Sue - IN 20 Hanchar, Nancy - MI 21 David, Corrie - OH 22 OBrien, Teresa & Skeeter - IN 23 Anderson, Larry - KY 24 Sterner, Teresa - OH 25 Verschure, Emmaline - MI D9: 1 Sherlock, Barb - PA 2 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 3 Edder, Deidre - SC 4 Landis, Michelle - PA 5 Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 6 Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ 7 Olson, Robin - NC 8 McKie, Helen - NC 9 Dinsmore, Paige - VA 10 Williams, Alexandra - PA 11 Pridgen, Stacey - MD 12 Deer, Terri - NC 13 Perkins, Rebekah - PA 14 Schmidt, Rachel - MD Underwood, Echo - MD

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8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

52 46 50 47 29 23 18 31 19 24 42 31 18 22 15 7 26 9 11 8 2 3 3 3 2

12972 7111 6075 5134 4770 4767 3074 2888 2610 2552 2186 1761 1114 871 819 548 422 391 368 87 58 46 32 24 22

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

49 35 63 29 21 13 15 8 22 27 16 2 18 1 2

12034 10471 8004 6364 3247 934 893 846 596 565 297 270 168 36 36

Open Award of Excellence 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 1 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 2 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 3 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 4 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 5 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 6 Mezyk, Karen - IL 7 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 8 Lovely, Tara - ME 9 Sherlock, Barb - PA 10 Landis, Michelle - PA 11 Edder, Deidre - SC 12 More, Gail - OH 13 Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 14 Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 15 Hobbs, Jordan - IN 16 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 17 Beirau, Gayle - IL 18 Loesch, Cheryl - MN 19 Boarts, Becky - MI 20 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 21 Anderson, Grace - KY 22 Vara, Emily - WI 23 Kuyoth, Daniel - RI 24 Kneir, Brenda - MO 25 Henderson, Amber - CA 26 Wassom, Claudia - SD 27 Arnold, Dave - OH 28 Neveu, Heather - WI 29 McConnell, Michaeline - CA 30 Medo, William - WI 31 McCullough, Jan - WA 32 Daniel, Evan - MS 33 Becker, Conner - MN 34 Milton, Jackie - TX 35 Freeman, Tracey & Tyrone - LA 36 Olson, Robin - NC 37 Brehm, Ryan - NY 38 Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN 39 Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassidy - CO

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# Shown: # of Shows: ShowC 46 69 35 54 52 31 50 35 49 29 63 47 21 29 23 28 25 16 19 18 31 16 9 30 12 16 24 28 27 17 23 18 16 34 18 15 14 12 10

16,732 701 Bonus Pts 1432 1355 1323 1204 1143 1025 877 707 700 683 637 592 556 506 442 432 368 350 338 330 290 267 263 259 225 214 207 195 194 181 173 172 169 167 165 160 130 125 112

Open Award of Excellence 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh

Dist

# Shown: # of Shows: ShowC

40 Collins, Judy - OH 41 Garsow, Lori - MN 42 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 43 Achgill, Helene - IN 44 Austin / Hillery, Chase & Kathy - TX 45 Pienta, Mallory - WI 46 Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI 47 Evans, Abigail - GA 48 Roman, Casey - NY 49 Moore, Sharon - IL 50 Olmstead, Rebecca - WA 51 Bukovich, Izzy - MN 52 Sultan / Robertson, Meadow & Bethany - OR 53 Kelly, Janelle - OR 54 Summers, Andrea - WY 55 Neveu, Rachelle - MI 56 McKie, Helen - NC 57 Taylor, Kirsten - LA 58 Maki, Sarah & Shane - CA 59 Andrus, Alicia - AK 60 DeVito, Amanda - NH Jusko, Tayler - NY 62 Dinsmore, Paige - VA Roe, Deborah - MI 64 Wallace, Shannon - CO Younggreen, Kellyjo - CO 66 Hammond, Becky - AK 67 Deer, Terri - NC Jones, Sue - IN 69 Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ 70 Born, Annette - AK Moorse, Brittany - MN 72 Bell, Lisa - OH 73 Stoeckl, Sophia - OK 74 Pridgen, Stacey - MD Robasciotti, Gillian - CA 76 Hanchar, Nancy - MI

8 3 4 8 4 3 3 6 7 5 1 3 1 1 1 8 9 6 2 1 7 7 9 8 4 4 1 9 8 9 1 3 8 4 9 2 8

42 11 14 31 19 6 27 17 21 14 20 17 8 7 10 15 8 16 5 3 10 24 22 9 12 2 6 2 11 13 2 6 26 11 16 14 8

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16,732 701 Bonus Pts 111 109 97 93 86 85 81 78 70 68 63 53 52 50 48 47 38 32 30 29 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 24 24 23 20 20 17 14 13 13 12

Open Rabbit of the Year 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Ear # 1 B9 2 53B 3 W244 4 M606 5 BC1 6 W228 7 CS1 8 X2 9 BB316 10 WIT TX1 12 BM 13 AF606 TT282 15 AF503 16 3B100 17 BZB 18 S04 19 CHINA JL 21 AF569 22 RA 23 PP 24 KT 25 GW4 26 TT269 27 YBU2 28 MIM 29 CAM 30 AF448 31 T2 32 MC1 33 RIZ 34 WP 35 AF506 36 AVA 37 AL4 38 BB453 39 AR

Variety/Class Bkn D Bkn D Bkn D Self D Ag B Ag D Self D Bkn B Self D Self D Bkn B Bkn D Ag D Shad B Self B Self D Bkn D Self D Bkn D Bkn B Bkn B Self B Self D Bkn D Bkn D Shad D AOV D Self D Tan B Bkn D Ag B Self D Bkn D Bkn B Self B Self D Ag D Shad B Tan D

# Shown: #of Shows:

16,732 701

Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Dist Sho Herdsman Pts DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 8 32 21 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 9 20 10 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 7 46 24 More, Gail - OH 8 21 13 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 8 18 12 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 7 12 7 Mezyk, Karen - IL 5 15 16 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 20 11 Sherlock, Barb - PA 9 15 8 Loesch, Cheryl - MN 3 2 1 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 18 12 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 8 5 Boarts, Becky - MI 8 2 2 Kuyoth, Daniel - RI 7 4 3 Landis, Michelle - PA 9 10 8 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 9 11 6 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 8 9 5 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 13 8 Edder, Deidre - SC 9 15 9 Henderson, Amber - CA 2 6 5 Landis, Michelle - PA 9 7 4 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 9 6 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 8 5 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 8 13 7 Neveu, Heather - WI 3 6 3 Lovely, Tara - ME 7 5 3 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 2 17 9 Anderson, Grace - KY 8 9 8 Lovely, Tara - ME 7 7 5 Landis, Michelle - PA 9 5 3 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 7 14 15 Mezyk, Karen - IL 5 10 5 Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 8 8 4 Arnold, Dave - OH 8 6 4 Mezyk, Karen - IL 5 6 5 Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 8 9 6 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 8 3 2 Sherlock, Barb - PA 9 4 3 Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 9 7 5

ROTY Pts 1238 869 659 535 409 369 357 356 320 283 283 262 243 243 236 208 204 188 180 180 177 174 171 165 162 158 152 148 147 145 142 138 135 133 129 120 115 114 112

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Open Rabbit of the Year 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Ear # 40 MER 41 MISS 42 CI 43 SAS 44 AF576 45 CM TX1 47 FW 48 MT 49 BB339 TS4 51 PERS 52 RD TP 54 SR 55 YP 56 AH 57 3B77 BB511 59 HIS SKY 61 PFB 62 WA 63 HWF SPA AF586 66 1RD W218 3BAF 69 DORA H51 71 HT2 JH1 STAR V246 75 BT 76 DOC CL6

Variety/Class Self D Bkn D Tan B Bkn D Self D Bkn B Bkn B Self D Shad B Shad B Ag D Tann B Tan D Bkn D Self D Ag D Bkn B Tan B Shad D Bkn D Ag D Bkn B AOV D Ag B Shad D Shad D Bkn D Bkn D Bkn D AOV D Self B Tan B Tan D Bkn D Tan D Self D Self B Tan D

# Shown: #of Shows:

16,732 701

Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Sho Shows/Exh Dist wC Herdsman Pts Lovely, Tara - ME 7 5 3 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 7 4 Kneir, Brenda - MO 5 5 3 Milton, Jackie - TX 4 7 5 Landis, Michelle - PA 9 4 2 Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 9 5 3 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 8 5 4 Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassidy - CO 4 10 7 Medo, William - WI 3 7 5 Collins, Judy - OH 8 3 2 Freeman, Tracey & Tyrone - LA 6 5 3 Edder, Deidre - SC 9 12 10 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 3 2 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 2 1 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 4 2 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 3 3 Hobbs, Jordan - IN 8 4 3 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 9 3 3 Sherlock, Barb - PA 9 3 2 Medo, William - WI 3 4 3 Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 8 4 2 Mezyk, Karen - IL 5 4 5 Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 9 6 3 Edder, Deidre - SC 9 9 7 Lovely, Tara - ME 7 3 4 Mezyk, Karen - IL 5 4 2 Beirau, Gayle - IL 5 4 2 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 7 2 1 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 9 4 3 Brehm, Ryan - NY 7 4 2 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI 8 6 6 Beirau, Gayle - IL 5 3 2 Hobbs, Jordan - IN 8 3 3 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 6 4 Vara, Emily - WI 3 3 2 Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 9 4 2 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 8 2 1 Beirau, Gayle - IL 5 3 2

ROTY Pts 110 108 107 104 102 99 99 98 96 93 93 90 89 89 88 82 81 77 77 75 75 74 71 70 70 70 69 69 69 68 68 67 67 67 67 66 65 65

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Open Herdsman 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 1 Edder, Deidre - SC 2 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 3 Moerbe, Kathy - TX 4 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 5 Lovely, Tara - ME Mezyk, Karen - IL 7 Deer, Steve & Terri - NC 8 Ayers, Laura & Kevin - OH 9 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 10 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 11 Hobbs, Jordan - IN Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH 13 Daniel, Evan - MS 14 Sherlock, Barb - PA 15 Anderson, Grace - KY Landis, Michelle - PA 17 Wassom, Claudia - SD 18 Beirau, Gayle - IL 19 McConnell, Michaeline - CA 20 DeSelm, Madelyn - MI McCullough, Jan - WA 22 Kneir, Brenda - MO 23 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI Vara, Emily - WI 25 Milton, Jackie - TX 26 Garsow, Lori - MN 27 Henderson, Amber - CA Medo, William - WI Olmstead, Rebecca - WA Olson, Robin - NC 31 Becker, Conner - MN Deling, Kelsey & Carmen - MN Loesch, Cheryl - MN 34 Freeman, Tracey & Tyrone - LA Kelly, Janelle - OR Reilly / Ringelstetter, Brenda & Christi - WI Roman, Casey - NY

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# Shown: 16,732 # of Shows: 701 Dist Herdsman Pts 9 41 8 39 4 38 2 34 7 32 5 32 9 31 8 27 9 25 7 24 8 23 8 23 6 22 9 21 8 20 9 20 3 19 5 17 2 16 8 15 1 15 5 14 8 13 3 13 4 12 3 11 2 10 3 10 1 10 9 10 3 9 3 9 3 9 6 8 1 8 3 8 7 8

Open Herdsman 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 38 Arnold, Dave - OH Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX More, Gail - OH Neveu, Heather - WI 42 Austin / Hillery, Chase & Kathy - TX Brehm, Ryan - NY Evans, Abigail - GA Sultan / Robertson, Meadow & Bethany - OR Summers, Andrea - WY Younggreen, Kellyjo & Cassidy - CO 48 Boarts, Becky - MI Bukovich, Izzy - MN Kuyoth, Daniel - RI Pienta, Mallory - WI Wallace, Shannon - CO Younggreen, Kellyjo - CO 54 Achgill, Helene - IN Andrus, Alicia - AK Born, Annette - AK Collins, Judy - OH Hammond, Becky - AK Neveu, Rachelle - MI 60 Jusko, Tayler - NY Moore, Sharon - IL Moorse, Brittany - MN Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ 64 Deer, Terri - NC DeVito, Amanda - NH McKie, Helen - NC Olmstead, Chuck - WA 68 Bell, Lisa - OH Grady, Rob & Paula - CO Hammond, Sara - MI Hanchar, Nancy - MI Jones, Sue - IN Martin, Kira - TX Robasciotti, Gillian - CA Robasciotti, Lori & Gillian - CA Stoeckl, Sophia - OK Taylor, Brandon - LA Taylor, Kirsten - LA 30

# Shown: 16,732 # of Shows: 701 Dist Herdsman Pts 8 7 4 7 8 7 3 7 4 6 7 6 6 6 1 6 1 6 4 6 8 5 3 5 7 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 8 4 1 4 1 4 8 4 1 4 8 4 7 3 5 3 3 3 9 3 9 2 7 2 9 2 1 2 8 1 4 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 6 1 6 1

Open White Wool 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 1 Robasciotti, Lori - CA 2 Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY 3 Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI 4 Sherlock, Barb - PA 5 Brehm, Ryan - NY 6 Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA 7 Achgill, Helene - IN 8 McCullough, Jan - WA 9 Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI 10 Longdo, Michelle - WI 11 Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX 12 Olmstead, Rebecca - WA 13 McKie, Helen - NC 14 Lyons, Melanie & Yvonne - NY 15 Garsow, Lori - MN Henderson, Amber - CA Landis, Michelle - PA 18 Lovely, Tara - ME 19 Buell, Steven - NY Dinsmore, Paige - VA

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Dist 2 7 8 9 7 9 8 1 8 3 4 1 9 7 3 2 9 7 7 9

# Shown (W):

324

# of Shows ShowC 22 13 8 36 6 13 4 1 1 16 4 5 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1

143 White Pts 1046 913 863 414 342 318 215 128 104 96 80 36 27 16 12 12 12 9 8 8

Open Colored Wool 2022-2023 Final Report Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27

Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh Buell / Forward, Steven & Connie - NY Aversa, Lindsay & Julie - MI Turley, Rose-Marie - NJ Przybylowski, Christy & Katrina - PA Boulier, DeAnn & Niles - MI Robasciotti, Lori - CA Henderson, Amber - CA Olmstead, Rebecca - WA Ledesma, Ava-Lynn - TX Olmstead, Chuck - WA Anderson, Grace - KY Arnold, Dave - OH Sherlock, Barb - PA Dinsmore, Paige - VA Landis, Michelle - PA Pienta, Mallory - WI Sefcik, April & Kaitlyn - OH McKie, Helen - NC Longdo, Michelle - WI Vara, Emily - WI Pridgen, Stacey - MD Kneir, Brenda - MO Olson, Robin - NC Buell, Steven - NY Verschure, Emmaline - MI Garsow, Lori - MN Lovely, Tara - ME

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Dist 7 8 9 9 8 2 2 1 4 1 8 8 9 9 9 3 8 9 3 3 9 5 9 7 8 3 7

# Shown (C): 906 # of Shows (C): 155 ShowC Colored Pts 16 5585 7 875 12 779 8 729 2 720 20 715 9 686 12 584 6 476 10 329 2 238 2 218 23 200 3 114 2 109 1 105 3 91 1 85 12 78 1 68 2 40 1 34 1 34 1 30 2 26 2 12 1 11

Youth Overall Sweepstakes 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 1 Boling, Carlie - TX 2 Landis, Cody - PA 3 Withrich, Addison - MO 4 Anderson, John Harris - TX 5 Wood, Carlie - OH 6 Bloomer, Amelia - OH 7 Wallock, Makayla - WI 8 Estrella, Kylie - NY 9 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 10 Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 11 Reker, Carson - MO 12 Coston, Katelynn - TX 13 Ashton, William - OH 14 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 15 Anderson, Owen - TX 16 Floyd, Keely - TX 17 Jean, Keira - TX 18 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 19 Jacobson, Hannah - WI 20 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 21 Dotts, Cora - OH 22 Walkup, Rachael - PA 23 Benjamin, Brenna - FL 24 Hammond, Lottie - IN 25 Brown, Lauren - IN 26 DeVito, Angelina - NH 27 Che, Izel - TN 28 Manger, Ashlynn - CT 29 Summers, Leif - WY 30 Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 31 Perkins, Karen - PA 32 Enfield, Colson - MO 33 Pieffle, Molly - WI 34 Carey, Megan - OH 35 Ketterman, Bristal - MD 36 Ryan, Levi - OH

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Dist 4 9 5 4 8 8 3 7 8 4 5 4 8 9 4 4 4 1 3 1 8 9 6 8 8 7 6 7 1 5 9 5 3 8 9 8

# Shown: 5,447 # of Shows: 398 ShowC Sweeps Pts 7309 49 5940 33 5599 43 4426 29 4187 28 4087 51 3907 45 3613 59 2760 27 2384 23 2160 27 2002 24 1956 42 1860 15 1705 26 1697 31 1517 27 1497 26 1493 28 1380 35 1350 19 1199 18 1115 11 978 16 859 13 707 22 634 18 628 15 607 10 547 11 509 18 486 8 443 7 438 18 401 10 378 12

Youth Overall Sweepstakes 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 37 Curletto, Bettina - CA 38 Floyd, Kali - TX 39 Floyd, Karley - TX 40 Callicoat, Elaina - OH 41 Burrell, Stella - OH 42 Schwartz, Arianna - PA 43 McCloskey, Franny - PA 44 Jankowski, Katie - PA 45 Early, Darwin - OH 46 Tetzlaff, Bryan - MI 47 Archabal, Dana - ID Tillery, Haley - KS 49 Reker, Kainen - MO 50 Gordon, Jeremy - MD 51 Taliaferro, Justin - WY 52 Ponsano, Ezra - CA 53 Stouffer, Bella - WA 54 Benjamin, Lynlee - FL Verschure, Emmaline - MI 56 Nash, Baelynn - TX 57 Benjamin, Abriella - FL 58 Kelly, Cheyanna - OR 59 David, Ryah-Grace - OH 60 DeSelm, Sophie - MI 61 Kyser, Rhys - OH 62 Mack, Joshua - OH 63 Fox, Pason - MI Gordon, Maddox - MD 65 Saunders, Gabrielle - OH

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Dist 2 4 4 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 1 5 5 9 1 2 1 6 8 4 6 1 8 8 8 8 8 9 8

# Shown: 5,447 # of Shows: 398 ShowC Sweeps Pts 324 1 311 20 252 22 248 7 222 10 205 11 196 12 128 5 116 10 112 6 83 1 83 4 78 3 77 3 76 3 63 1 59 4 58 4 58 2 53 4 50 4 48 4 47 4 42 4 32 1 28 4 12 2 12 1 8 1

Youth District Sweepstakes 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh D1: 1 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 2 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 3 Summers, Leif - WY 4 Archabal, Dana - ID 5 Taliaferro, Justin - WY 6 Stouffer, Bella - WA 7 Kelly, Cheyanna - OR D2: 1 Curletto, Bettina - CA 2 Ponsano, Ezra - CA D3: 1 Wallock, Makayla - WI 2 Jacobson, Hannah - WI 3 Pieffle, Molly - WI D4: 1 Boling, Carlie - TX 2 Anderson, John Harris - TX 3 Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 4 Coston, Katelynn - TX 5 Anderson, Owen - TX 6 Floyd, Keely - TX 7 Jean, Keira - TX 8 Floyd, Kali - TX 9 Floyd, Karley - TX 10 Nash, Baelynn - TX D5: 1 Withrich, Addison - MO 2 Reker, Carson - MO 3 Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 4 Enfield, Colson - MO 5 Tillery, Haley - KS 6 Reker, Kainen - MO D6: 1 Benjamin, Brenna - FL 2 Che, Izel - TN 3 Benjamin, Lynlee - FL 4 Benjamin, Abriella - FL

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# Shown: 5,447 # of Shows: 398 Dist ShowC Sweeps Pts 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

26 35 10 1 3 4 4

1497 1380 607 83 76 59 48

2 2

1 1

324 63

3 3 3

45 28 7

3907 1493 443

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

49 29 23 24 26 31 27 20 22 4

7309 4426 2384 2002 1705 1697 1517 311 252 53

5 5 5 5 5 5

43 27 11 8 4 3

5599 2160 547 486 83 78

6 6 6 6

11 18 4 4

1115 634 58 50

Youth District Sweepstakes 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh D7: 1 Estrella, Kylie - NY 2 DeVito, Angelina - NH 3 Manger, Ashlynn - CT D8: 1 Wood, Carlie - OH 2 Bloomer, Amelia - OH 3 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 4 Ashton, William - OH 5 Dotts, Cora - OH 6 Hammond, Lottie - IN 7 Brown, Lauren - IN 8 Carey, Megan - OH 9 Ryan, Levi - OH 10 Callicoat, Elaina - OH 11 Burrell, Stella - OH 12 Early, Darwin - OH 13 Tetzlaff, Bryan - MI 14 Verschure, Emmaline - MI 15 David, Ryah-Grace - OH 16 DeSelm, Sophie - MI 17 Kyser, Rhys - OH 18 Mack, Joshua - OH 19 Fox, Pason - MI 20 Saunders, Gabrielle - OH D9: 1 Landis, Cody - PA 2 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 3 Walkup, Rachael - PA 4 Perkins, Karen - PA 5 Ketterman, Bristal - MD 6 Schwartz, Arianna - PA 7 McCloskey, Franny - PA 8 Jankowski, Katie - PA 9 Gordon, Jeremy - MD 10 Gordon, Maddox - MD

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# Shown: 5,447 # of Shows: 398 Dist ShowC Sweeps Pts

7 7 7

59 22 15

3613 707 628

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

28 51 27 42 19 16 13 18 12 7 10 10 6 2 4 4 1 4 2 1

4187 4087 2760 1956 1350 978 859 438 378 248 222 116 112 58 47 42 32 28 12 8

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

33 15 18 18 10 11 12 5 3 1

5940 1860 1199 509 401 205 196 128 77 12

Youth Award of Excellence 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 1 Boling, Carlie - TX 2 Landis, Cody - PA 3 Bloomer, Amelia - OH 4 Reker, Carson - MO 5 Anderson, John Harris - TX 6 Withrich, Addison - MO 7 Estrella, Kylie - NY 8 Wallock, Makayla - WI 9 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 10 Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 11 Wood, Carlie - OH 12 Ashton, William - OH 13 Coston, Katelynn - TX 14 Floyd, Keely - TX 15 Anderson, Owen - TX 16 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 17 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 18 Benjamin, Brenna - FL 19 Jacobson, Hannah - WI 20 Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 21 Walkup, Rachael - PA 22 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 23 Summers, Leif - WY 24 Callicoat, Elaina - OH 25 Dotts, Cora - OH 26 Che, Izel - TN 27 DeVito, Angelina - NH 28 Perkins, Karen - PA 29 Ketterman, Bristal - MD 30 Carey, Megan - OH 31 Hammond, Lottie - IN Ryan, Levi - OH 33 Jean, Keira - TX 34 Manger, Ashlynn - CT 35 Brown, Lauren - IN 36 Floyd, Kali - TX 37 Floyd, Karley - TX 38 Gordon, Jeremy - MD Stouffer, Bella - WA 37

Dist 4 9 8 5 4 5 7 3 8 4 8 8 4 4 4 1 9 6 3 5 9 1 1 8 8 6 7 9 9 8 8 8 4 7 8 4 4 9 1

#Shown: # of Shows: ShowC 49 33 51 27 29 43 59 45 27 23 28 42 24 31 26 26 15 11 28 11 18 35 10 7 19 18 22 18 10 18 16 12 27 15 13 20 22 3 4

5,447 398 Bonus Pts 951 804 792 561 542 517 500 498 487 404 345 253 243 224 199 166 161 144 131 129 127 107 90 71 70 64 60 54 52 44 42 42 40 36 30 29 20 15 15

Youth Rabbit of the Year 2022-2023 Final Report # Shown: # of Shows:

5,447 398

Rank Ear # Variety/Class Exhibitor Name - State - District - # Dist Show Herdsman Pts 1 AF387 Bkn B Landis, Cody - PA 9 27 16 2 M535 Self B Bloomer, Amelia - OH 8 39 26 3 NAL AOV D Wallock, Makayla - WI 3 35 22 4 DO Bkn B Reker, Carson - MO 5 20 14 5 BB229 Shad D Boling, Carlie - TX 4 13 7 6 BB207 Self D Coston, Katelynn - TX 4 10 5 7 B30 Bkn B Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 8 6 10 8 BX7 Bkn B Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 4 9 5 9 W17 Ag B Wood, Carlie - OH 8 14 8 10 2RD Bkn D Anderson, John Harris - TX 4 8 7 11 HTB Tan B Anderson, John Harris - TX 4 10 7 12 SWISS Shad D Withrich, Addison - MO 5 11 7 13 B18 Self D Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 8 4 7 14 3RFW Shad D Bloomer, Amelia - OH 8 13 9 15 KA2 Bkn D Ashton, William - OH 8 14 9 16 J14 Tan D Withrich, Addison - MO 5 7 7 17 PM2 Bkn D Estrella, Kylie - NY 7 14 8 18 AF578 Shad B Landis, Cody - PA 9 9 6 19 DQ5 Bkn D Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 4 4 2 20 BMY Shad B Boling, Carlie - TX 4 5 3 21 M607 Self D Reker, Carson - MO 5 11 10 22 BB218 Ag B Boling, Carlie - TX 4 6 4 23 HEDOLLY Tan D Estrella, Kylie - NY 7 9 19 24 BB97 Self D Boling, Carlie - TX 4 5 4 25 SBSC Self D Wood, Carlie - OH 8 7 5 26 JAM Tan B Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 5 6 3 27 K4FROG Tan D Floyd, Keely - TX 4 11 6 28 3ROV Bkn B Bloomer, Amelia - OH 8 4 4 29 AF428 Bkn B Estrella, Kylie - NY 7 1 10 30 BLU Bkn D Callicoat, Elaina - OH 8 4 4 KV Self D Dotts, Cora - OH 8 2 2 32 HEBB Self D Estrella, Kylie - NY 7 4 6 RJ11 Ag B Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 1 11 8 34 LOVER Shad B Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 8 5 4 35 BB302 Bkn B Boling, Carlie - TX 4 5 3

ROTY Pts 604 536 353 341 297 191 178 167 162 160 158 156 153 150 147 127 123 121 111 110 104 103 96 94 93 86 83 75 71 70 70 67 67 66 64

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Youth Rabbit of the Year 2022-2023 Final Report # Shown: # of Shows: Exhibitor Name - State - District - # Show Rank Ear # Variety/Class of Shows/Exh Dist C Herdsman Pts 36 AL4 Ag D Ashton, William - OH 8 2 1 37 RDX Ag D Anderson, Owen - TX 4 4 3 38 VICUNA AOV D Boling, Carlie - TX 4 2 2 39 TBBB2 Shad B Summers, Leif - WY 1 6 6 40 JBR13 Self B Anderson, John Harris - TX 4 2 1 41 BB220 Bkn B Anderson, John Harris - TX 4 4 2 BB320 Self B Boling, Carlie - TX 4 3 2 TACM Bkn B Withrich, Addison - MO 5 3 3 44 AM47 Self D Anderson, Owen - TX 4 2 1 IRISH Tan D Perkins, Karen - PA 9 7 5 46 AF395 Self D Landis, Cody - PA 9 5 4 K4BLACK47 IE Self D Floyd, Keely - TX 4 7 6 AM60 Self B Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 4 2 1 49 DB Bkn B Boling, Carlie - TX 4 2 2 50 B11 Self D Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 8 4 2 51 MYS Bkn D Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 9 0 2 M588 Self B Ryan, Levi - OH 8 4 2 KNB Bkn B Wallock, Makayla - WI 3 3 7 54 BB01 Tan D Boling, Carlie - TX 4 2 1 TODD Shad B Che, Izel - TN 6 10 7 56 CS1 AOV B Benjamin, Brenna - FL 6 3 3 WVAN Bkn D Reker, Carson - MO 5 2 2 58 BB38 Tan B Boling, Carlie - TX 4 2 2 AE Ag D Carey, Megan - OH 8 5 3 C1 Tan B Reker, Carson - MO 5 1 4 TAUFO Self D Withrich, Addison - MO 5 4 3 62 ACE Bkn D Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 9 3 3 63 BB83 Ag B Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 1 3 2 TS3 Ag B Reker, Carson - MO 5 5 4 65 POLAR Shad B Manger, Ashlynn - CT 7 3 4 66 DH3 Bkn B Coston, Katelynn - TX 4 2 3 MOPC2 Ag B Walkup, Rachael - PA 9 5 3 JRDD Bkn B Withrich, Addison - MO 5 2 1 69 PECAN Ag D Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 1 2 2 LHL AOV B Walkup, Rachael - PA 9 4 2 71 AF590 Ag B Jacobson, Hannah - WI 3 3 3

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5,447 398 ROTY Pts 59 58 57 56 55 52 52 52 51 51 48 47 47 45 43 42 42 42 41 41 40 40 39 39 39 39 38 37 37 36 35 35 35 33 33 32

Youth Herdsman 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 1 Boling, Carlie - TX 2 Withrich, Addison - MO 3 Estrella, Kylie - NY 4 Anderson, John Harris - TX 5 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 6 Floyd, Keely - TX Reker, Carson - MO 8 Landis, Cody - PA Walkup, Rachael - PA Wood, Carlie - OH 11 Bloomer, Amelia - OH Wallock, Makayla - WI 13 Jacobson, Hannah - WI 14 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA Williams, Autumn Marie - TX 16 Ashton, William - OH 17 Anderson, Owen - TX 18 Benjamin, Brenna - FL 19 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA Summers, Leif - WY 22 Coston, Katelynn - TX 23 Che, Izel - TN Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 25 Hammond, Lottie - IN 26 Carey, Megan - OH Perkins, Karen - PA 28 Callicoat, Elaina - OH Floyd, Kali - TX Ketterman, Bristal - MD Ryan, Levi - OH 32 Jean, Keira - TX Manger, Ashlynn - CT 34 DeVito, Angelina - NH Dotts, Cora - OH Floyd, Karley - TX Gordon, Jeremy - MD Kyser, Rhys - OH 39 Benjamin, Lynlee - FL Schwartz, Arianna - PA 40

# Shown: 5,447 # of Shows: 398 Dist Herdsman Pts 4 41 5 27 7 25 4 24 8 20 4 18 5 18 9 17 9 17 8 17 8 16 3 16 3 15 1 14 4 14 8 13 4 12 6 11 9 9 1 9 1 9 4 8 6 7 5 7 8 6 8 5 9 5 8 4 4 4 9 4 8 4 4 3 7 3 7 2 8 2 4 2 7 2 8 2 6 1 9 1

Youth White Wool 2022-2023 Final Report Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11

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Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA Wood, Carlie - OH Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN Reker, Carson - MO Withrich, Addison - MO Walkup, Rachael - PA Wallock, Makayla - WI Olmstead, Carolynn - WA Archabal, Dana - ID Brown, Lauren - IN Anderson, John Harris - TX DeVito, Angelina - NH Hammond, Lottie - IN Anderson, Owen - TX Estrella, Kylie - NY Fox, Pason - MI Jankowski, Katie - PA

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Dist 1 8 8 5 5 9 3 1 1 8 4 7 8 4 7 8 9

# Shown (W):

82

# of Shows ShowC 30 17 7 2 2 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2

43 White Pts 438 361 192 156 112 110 110 80 64 50 20 20 20 12 12 12 12

Youth Colored Wool 2022-2023 Final Report Rank Exhibitor Name - State - District - # of Shows/Exh 1 Olmstead, Carolynn - WA 2 Lautzenhiser, Mara - WA 3 Wood, Carlie - OH 4 Anderson, John Harris - TX 5 Landis, Cody - PA 6 Withrich, Addison - MO 7 Lefebvre, Eleanor - MO 8 Estrella, Kylie - NY 9 Byers, Max & Jocelyn - IN 10 Curletto, Bettina - CA 11 Anderson, Owen - TX 12 Summers, Leif - WY 13 Hammond, Lottie - IN 14 Reker, Carson - MO 15 Boling, Carlie - TX 16 Brown, Lauren - IN 17 Wallock, Makayla - WI 18 Kalinin, Nikolai - MD 19 DeVito, Angelina - NH 20 Floyd, Keely - TX 21 Verschure, Emmaline - MI

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# Shown (C): 325 # of Shows (C): 103 Dist ShowC Colored Pts 1 23 1986 1 35 895 8 19 754 4 16 630 9 2 570 5 9 503 5 7 425 7 19 411 8 5 299 2 1 288 4 6 275 1 1 256 8 1 231 5 2 162 4 2 120 8 1 105 3 2 40 9 2 26 7 1 20 4 1 15 8 2 12

Treasurer Brenda Reilly hhhhrabbit@aol.com

The Budget report submitted by our Treasurer, Brenda Reilly, is a projected budget for the coming year using estimates based on prior years’ income and spending. We use the Budget as a planning tool. The numbers for the checking and savings accounts are the club’s current holdings.

NJWRC Budget for planning purposes Estimated Income:

Amount

July1,2023 thru Aug,21, 2023

Memberships Sanction Sales Golden Fleece Auction Scholarship Boutique Convention Awards Trio Raffle Booth Raffle Banquet Auctions Misc.

Total income: Expenses:

$4,200.00 $ $10,500.00 $ $2,500.00 $2,000.00 $300.00 $1,100.00 $ $1,100.00 $300.00 $

34.00 1,065.00

$

470.00

ARBA Charter Bank Service Charges Bond Corp. Fees Election Audit Guidebooks Hall of fame Nationals Scholarship recipient Total Misc. Expenses:

$30.00 $150.00 $190.00 $85.00 $300.00 $300.00 $300.00 $150.00 $1,200.00 $2,000.00 $ $4,705.00

500.00

117.00

$22,000.00

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2,000.00

NJWRC Projected Budget continued. . .

Convention: Booth Decorations & Hospitality Banquet Favors/exhibitor bags Judges stipend Judges gifts/ lunch Booth rental Supplies / hospitality other events Banquet expenses Start Up Golden Fleece Member Buttons Presentation Exp.

$500.00 $100.00 $450.00 $150.00 $600.00 $100.00 $

600.00

$100.00 1/2 what came in 1/2 entry fees

Total Conv and Booth:

$2,000.00

Conv. Awards Y & O up to Placement 1-3 Tabulation (Best Display) Shipping/postage Total Awards:

$2,000.00 $750.00 $50.00

Sweepstakes Awards, O&Y up to Pins Postage Total sweepstakes

$2,500.00 $ $1,200.00 $400.00 $4,100.00

1,371.00

Sweeps Tabulation Sweeps Bonus Sweeps Totals:

$3,000.00 $ $200.00 $ $3,200.00

182.50 200.00

Fluff Newsletter: Editor stipend, $350.00 issue Software support Total Newsletter:

$1,400.00 $150.00 $1,550.00

President stipend President Total:

$1,000.00 $1,000.00

$2,800.00

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NJWRC Proposed Budget continued. . .

Secretary: Secretary Stipend Office Supplies Postage Total Secretary

$450.00 $125.00 $250.00 $825.00

Treasurer: Treasurer Stipend Office supplies Postage Bank service charges PayPal Fees Total Treasurer

$

150.00

$

63.00

$ $ $

17,645.05 14,063.61 31,708.00

$450.00 $100.00 $75.00 $50.00 $200.00 $875.00

Website: Webmaster- $500.00 every 6 mos.

Hosting Software Total Website

$1,000.00 $150.00 $150.00 $1,300.00

Boutique Exp Total Boutique: Misc. Expense: Special Election Birthday cards Misc.

Total Misc.

$400.00

$400.00

Total Expenses

$22,755.00

Estimated: Total Income: -Total Expenses Totals

$22,000.00 $22,755.00 -$755.00

Current Account Balances: Checking: Savings Total

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Pam Schmidt dpschmidt80@gmail.com

Hello to all of the National Jersey Wooly Rabbit Club Members!

I have recently accepted the club’s offer to step into the role of Editor for The Fluff. I have some big shoes to fill as Jordan steps down. All the best to you Jordan, and thank you for your assistance in getting me up and running with all things Fluff!

Here is a bit about me, just in case you are curious! I am currently the Editor of the American Mini Lop Rabbit Club Gazette. I have done so, on and off, since the club was chartered in 2011. I am certain my name was dropped to the NJWRC President via the club’s beloved Sweeps person, Nicole Schmitt. I have known Nik (and Ellis, too) for more than 20 years, meeting both of them when we started in Mini Lops many moons ago. These two are family for sure!

My husband, Dale, raises and shows Mini Lops. He is currently the Treasurer for the AMLRC. We started with rabbits when our daughter, Emily, was 9 and starting 4H; she is now 34, so it’s been a while!

Emily started showing Mini Lops in her annual 4H show. She liked it, and we liked it, so it was time to get better rabbits and check out the things called ARBA-sanctioned shows. Once we got better Mini Lops, purchased from reputable breeders, we were hooked! It wasn’t long before the rabbits took over two bays of our three car garage. We found rabbit showing a great family hobby. We all helped with chores, discussed breedings, and attended shows, lots and lots of shows!

We did a number of ARBA Conventions, starting with Peoria IL. Since we are from Illinois, we thought a convention in our back yard was fabulous! Through the years we have ventured to Providence RI, Indianapolis IN, Louisville KY, Dallas-Fort Worth TX, Wichita KS, Harrisburg PA, West Springfield MA, and San Diego CA. Our daughter stopped showing when she headed off to college. Dale and I started showing together, and for the last several years it’s been all Dale.

Dale and I are both retired; him from the State of IL and me from banking. When we retired we always knew we wanted to move closer to our daughter, who now lives in Indianapolis. So we bought 1.5 acres outside of Marshall IL, a little town in southeastern IL just across the boarder from Terre Haute. The plan, to build a house there. First things first, in 2022 we built the new bunny barn on the property. In July of this year we sold our house in northern IL, put a 5th wheel next to the new bunny barn, stored all of our worldly possessions in the shop area of the barn, and took a leap of faith! The house is under construction and two months ahead of schedule. Can I get a WOO HOO!!?

We are hoping to be in by spring.

We are enjoying the MUCH shorter drive to Indy to visit our daughter; 1hr 15min versus 4.5 hours! Can I get another WOO HOO!!? And we are surviving life in a 5th wheel with 2 large dogs and 2 house cats!

So, that’s me in a nutshell. I look forward to working with the NJWRC Officers and Directors to keep Jersey Wooly news available to the membership. You are welcome to email me with questions or ideas.

Enjoy the remainder of summer and that beautiful thing we call fall. . .ahhhhh! I love fall!

Pam Schmidt

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National Jersey Wooly Club Membership Application ____________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA# ____________________________________________________________________________________ For Family membership List names of all family members that wish to join and who currently live at the same address: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA#(if available) Youth DOB required (month & year) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA#(if available) Youth DOB required (month & year) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA#(if available) Youth DOB required (month & year) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Name ARBA#(if available) Youth DOB required (month & year) Address ______________________________________________________________________________________ Number &Street City State Zip County Phone # __________________ Email:________________________________________________________________________________ Membership includes an email version of the newsletter and one FREE guidebook “Guide to the Jersey Wooly” to new members.

Adult New Membership* Adult Renewal

1 year $15 or 3 years $35 1 year $12 or 3 years $25

$___________ $___________

Youth New Membership* Youth Renewal

1 year $12 1 year $9

$___________ $___________

Family Membership 1 year $25 or 3 years $60 $___________ 2 adults and any children under the age of 19 legally residing at the same address Life Membership $125 one-time payment $____________ Any member in good standing who has held continuous membership for a minimum of 3 years and has reached the age of 45 years.

Total Due

$___________

Send check or money order payable to NJWRC along with the application to: NJWRC Secretary, Alex Williams 932 Bentleyville Road, Charleroi PA 15022 NJWRCsecretary@gmail.com Or: PayPal: (if paying by PayPal, make sure to type YOUR NAME and a list of ALL MEMBERS included on this application in the PayPal Notes section.)

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