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If anyone else has some more photos to share, please email them to the webmaster and they will be included. It is so nice for those of us who can't attend to get to see some scenes of the Tunis events around the nation. |
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Wooster, OhioNational Tunis Show/Sale & Wool Show(In conjunction with the Great Lakes Show & Sale)Friday, May 22 The 2009 BOD meeting of NTSRI was held at 3 pm in the Fair Office Building
Saturday, May 23 - Click each to see photos and reports: 9:00 am 1st Annual NTSRI Tunis Wool Contest link! 11:00 am National Tunis Sale judging link! 6:30 pm Dinner at the Amish Door Restaurant Thanks Kathy Niese for coordinating the banquet . link! THE NATIONAL TUNIS YOUTH COMMITTEE held an exciting AUCTION after the dinner at the Amish Door to benefit the National Youth Program. Kelly Stumpe was the auctioneer and the youth helped display the baskets of treats, wine, gardening bucket, wool vest, Tunis popcorn treats, and more. Over $1400 was raised for the Youth Fund for scholarships and other worthy youth causes. Sunday, May 24 9:30 am General Membership Meeting in the Sun Pavilion next to the show arena 12:00 pm National Tunis Sale link! There were 109 head shown at the National Sale/Show at Wooster this weekend. The classes were big enough that they even split out the yearling rams into 2 classes.The champion ram was a yearling owned by Mom's Tunis...Barbara Cassell and the reserve was a fall ram lamb owned by RQL Farm....Sandra and David Rock.Barbara Cassell won one of the yearling ewe classes also and that ewe went on to be Grand Champion ewe and Kelly Stumpe had the Reserve Champion Ewe. The ewes sold very nicely with animals in all price ranges...even had 2 yearling ewes with lambs on them! There were some great bargains in the rams.....The meal at the Amish Door on Saturday night was a great time and again, a terrific meal. The Ohio Tunis and friends provided a complimentary meal on Friday night and Sunday noon. And complimentary coffee and donuts were provided on Sunday. Jacci Erwin's yearling ewe that was raffled off...was won by a very nice family just starting out with Tunis. The 3 free youth buyers credits were given out before the sale and promptly used!Make
plans now to come next year!
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Grand Champion RamYearling Ram...Mom's TunisReserve Grand Champion RamFall Ram Lamb....RQL Tunis |
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Grand Champion EweYearling Ewe....Mom's TunisReserve Grand Champion EweYearling Ewe .....Stumpe Tunis |
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Premier ExhibitorMom’s
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Premier Tunis FleeceKim and Dave Day |
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YOUTH SALES CREDITS
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2009
National Tunis Show and Sale
