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WA YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARDS THE ROUNDUP’S BACK!
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Recently the 7 News Young Achiever Awards for Western Australia were held at the Golden Ballroom of the Pan Pacific Hotel Perth. The Young Achiever Awards acknowledge, encourage, and most importantly promote the positive achievements of all young people throughout Australia up to and including 29 years of age as of 31st December each year.
3-4 category finalists are selected for each award category and from the finalists, one is selected as the category award winner, with the judging panel including representatives from award sponsors, community leaders and independent expert judges. Western Australian Angus Youth member Billi Marshall (24) from Dongara, who was the 2020 Angus Australia Trans-Tasman Exchange, was a finalist for the Elders Achievement Award. Billi is a cattle breeding technician at BOS Vet and Rural in Dongara. She was pivotal in securing their accreditation as the only Bovine Embryo collection centre qualified for export in WA. Billi is one of the few in WA to hold an accreditation as a Lay pregnancy-tester for cattle. She is the Chairperson of the WA Youth Cattle Handlers Camp, an organisation that trains kids and young adults, from age 8 -25, in the skills of cattle handling and assessment. In 2020, Billi founded AdvocateAG, a social networking platform for those in agriculture, to connect, socialise and encourage conversations with like -minded people. Although she wasn’t the overall winner Billi should be very proud of being a finalist and all that she is achieving in the agricultural field. If you would like some more information please check out @AdvocateAGnetwork on Facebook. Congratulations Billi!! The Angus Youth National Roundup is back in 2022, heading to Wodonga, Victoria January 13th-16th. Angus Youth is excited to announce the formation of the Roundup Organising Committee, who will assist the Roundup Event Manager in running the national event. Chairing the newly formed committee will be Annie Pumpa. Annie resides in Tabletop, NSW where she works for ABS Australia as a sales representative for both beef and dairy. Annie comes with a long history in the beef industry, having grown up in Culcairn NSW in the Riverina on a family run mixed enterprise operation and being actively involved in the seedstock sector over the last 10 years. Joining Annie will be the following committee members: Zoe Cargill, Braidwood NSW, Lochie McLauchlan, Glenormiston North Vic, Lilli Stewart, Birregurra Vic, Jack Laurie, Moppy NSW, Monique McKinnon, Scone NSW, Aimee Bolton, Congupna Vic and Kaiti Mcgregor, Bell Qld. The Angus Youth Roundup Organising Committee provides guidance and assistance to the Angus Youth Roundup Event Manager in planning, promoting and conducting the 2022 Angus Youth National Roundup. Toni Nugent will take on the role of Roundup Event Manager and will be at the helm of running the Roundup with the Organising Committee. Members are encouraged to keep up to date via the Angus Australia website and Angus Youth social media channels for information and updates regarding entries and any news relating to Roundup 2022. For further information regarding Roundup, please contact Toni Nugent, M: 0418 974 775 or E: toninugent20@gmail.com
