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Glenmore Park has been well represented at the 2023 Sydney Royal Easter Show, with local resident Bernice Mott and Caroline Chisholm College both winning competitions.

This year, Bernice took home the Frances Binnie Memorial Perpetual Trophy – the pinnacle craft award in the Sydney Royal Arts & Crafts Competition.

Exhibitors entered almost 200 craft classes this year, with the very best of the best displayed in the annual Standard of Excellence case.

The Frances Binnie Memorial Perpetual Trophy is awarded to the most meritorious craft exhibit in the Standard of Excellence case – in essence, the top craft exhibit in the Show.

Bernice’s winning exhibit was a hand-knitted white lace shawl, in 1 ply wool.
Caroline Chisholm College were the Champion School in the Sydney Royal School Meat Bird Pairs Competition.

This competition encouraged hands-on farming experience for students by asking them to raise a batch of baby chicks and record their data/progress in the lead up to the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Schools select their healthiest and heaviest chickens to be exhibited and judged at the Show, where they are judged across three categories – their live exhibit presentation, the quality of the carcase, as well as a project component detailing how their birds were raised and prepared for Show.

Caroline Chisholm College achieved second place in the female exhibit live category, first in the female carcase category, and third in their project component, to be crowned the overall champion of the competition.

The competitions of the Show showcased the efforts and skills of people from across the country in various diverse industries and niche interest areas. A total of 15,000 trophies, certificates and medals were awarded this year amongst some of the 22,400 entries.

Run by the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS), the Show provides a true taste of Australia’s vibrant culture and celebrates agricultural excellence and rural Australia.
RAS General Manager of Agriculture and the Show, Murray Wilton, said the Show this year has been an incredible success.

“Marking 200-years since the first Show, this year, we were encouraging Showgoers to come to the Show and find their happy place. Rich in fun and family traditions – we were thrilled to see people doing just that, making new memories, and celebrating everything we know and love about the Show and rural Australia,” he said.

“We shone a spotlight on the best of the best in Australian agriculture, welcoming over 6,500 livestock exhibits that represented over 480 different animal breeds, and 12 international judges across the competition who brought their world-class knowledge to the Show rings.

“For us, a key part of the Show is to give back and support our rural and regional communities, and I’m proud to share that our RAS Foundation was able to raise $56,000 for the Eugowra Community Children’s Centre to support in their rebuild following the 2022 floods, in addition to selling all their fundraising Ag Bags which contribute to the Community Futures Grant program.”

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