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Great Lakes
Wool Festival & National
Tunis
Sale
Wooster,
OH
Sale Entry INFO: The Banner Sales Management will
send all NTSRI members entry information at the beginning of February. Sale
Entry Deadline is March 15th for the catalog.
Catalog INFO: All members will receive the Sale
catalog early in May.
SALE & SHOW TENTATIVE TIMELINE: Wooster, OH
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Friday, May 28th Sheep Move in & Free Friday
Night Dinner @ the Fairgrounds
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Saturday, May 29th NTSRI National Wool Show NTSRI
National Show
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Saturday Night Tunis Dinner & Futurity Awards
& Auction
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Sunday, May 30th Complimentary donuts &
coffee General Membership Meeting
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Used Sheep Equipment Auction NTSRI National Sale
MAKE YOUR ROOM RESERVATIONS NOW!! Ask about a sheep
show/ Tunis discount!
Camping - Linda Reichert -
330-264-9665
Rodeway Inn - 330-262-5008
Wooster Best Western -
330-264-7750
AmeriHost North -
330-345-1500
EconoLodge - 330-264-8883
Hampton Inn - 330-345-4424
Super 8 Motel -
800-800-8000
The Wooster Inn - 330-263-2661
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2nd
Annual NTSRI
Tunis
Wool Contest
Pre-Registration
Form Entry
Fee - $3.00 per fleece
SCHEDULE
(times to be announced)
Friday – Fleeces accepted
Saturday – Fleeces on display
Saturday – Fleeces judged in Show ring: first thing in the
morning
Saturday – Fleeces on display from 9 am until Sunday at 1
pm.
Posters will be made and
displayed in the other wool buildings about the availability of these
Tunis
fleeces to encourage wool show visitors to view the Tunis
wool.
COMPETITION
& PRIZES
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Two Classes "
Tunis
Ram Fleece" & "
Tunis
Ewe Fleece"
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Prizes each class
1st Place
– Rosette & $15
2nd Place
– $10
3rd Place
– $5
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Grand Prize
Supreme
Tunis
Fleece – Rosette & $20
RULES
& GUIDELINES:
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Fleeces must
be from a registered
Tunis
animal and registration numbers will be required on the entry form.
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Exhibitors
need not be members of the NTSRI.
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The fleeces
must be shorn within the past 12 months of the show date.
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The fleeces
must be displayed in clear plastic bags and not be tied.
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The fleeces
should be skirted and free of chaff, burrs, tags & second cuts.
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The judge has
the right to refuse to judge/place any fleece that has an excessive
amount of foreign material in it.
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These
factors will be considered when the fleeces are judged:
a. The quality of the fleece must be typical of the
Tunis
breed of sheep.
b. Evenness of quality among the various parts of the fleece is
very important.
c. An appropriate length and strength of staple is required for
judging.
d. The condition of the fleece will influence the placing.
e. Crimp and color of the fleece will be considered.
f.
The estimated clean weight will be a factor.
Fleeces should be marked whether they are to be sold thru a
"Private Treaty Sale", returned to the exhibitor, or other
arrangements have been made with a wool processing company.
Fleeces may be shipped to Kim Day and
must
be received by Tuesday, May 18th (see address below).
If you are delivering your fleece personally, please let Kim
know how many fleeces you are bringing so there can be enough display room
for all fleeces.
TO
ENTER:
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Fill out &
mail Pre-Registration
form to Kim Day by May 3, 2010.
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Put the
following information on a 3 x 5 index card inside an envelope:
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On the outside
of the same envelope, indicate the following information:
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Breed, sex, age, & registration # of animal
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Weight of fleece
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Months
of growth represented by fleece
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And class
Please
direct all questions to the Wool Show Committee, Laurie Andreacci (laurie@laurieslambs.com),
Debbi Brown (texastunis@yahoo.com), Kim Day (redropefarm@yahoo.com), Louise Dunham
(tunis@bright.net.) and Marianne Turcheck (marianne@rostraverfarm.com).
If
you’re shipping your fleece(s) to Kim, please include a phone number or
email so she can let you know they were received. Please send fleeces to: Kim Day, 196 Hill School Road,
Douglassville,
PA 19518.
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