Halter Show

On-line Alpaca Entry Form On-line Registration Remittance Form Show rules & guidelines On-line Youth Showmanship Entry

Tips What is a Composite Show Registration letter english Registration letter french Press release

Please note:
We are pleased to offer online entry for alpacas and/or fleeces and online registration for all entries, pens, sponsorship, marketing opportunities and advertising. Registration is complete only when remittance form with payment and required documentation is received by due date.

2010 NFAS Registration process:
1. submit alpaca on-line entry form
2. submit completed on-line registration form
3. mail completed remittance form with payment, required documentation and fleece sample by due date

Entries must have CLAA registration.
Entries with pending registration status are not accepted.
Percentage purebred alpacas with CLAA certificates of registration are eligible to show. Please mark these entries with BP.
All animals (huacaya and suri) are shorn with re-growth not exceeding 2".
Please make sure microchips are in place and will respond at check-in. Check-in for all alpacas is on Thursday between 2-6pm.
For multi coloured alpacas please send a photo with your online registration.
(Multi defined as: exhibits two or more colours that are distinct and immediately visible and are situated on the alpaca below the head and above the knees.  Example: As per the colour divisions in Section 2d, a medium fawn alpaca with a dark fawn spot would not be a multi.  A white alpaca with a brown spot would be a multi.  If an alpaca has a single spot at skin level less than 3 cm in diameter below the head and above the knees, the alpaca will go into its predominant colour class).

Youth Showmanship Class 
Young exhibitors between the ages of 6-12 are invited to compete in this class. Judging is based on the ability of the young exhibitor to showcase his/her junior or yearling alpaca, and not on the animal. This is a free event. Please complete and submit the online entry form by latest July 15, 2010.

Overnight stabling on the premises for out of town alpacas .
Alpacas will be housed in tents east of the arena available as of August 11 for out-of-town breeders bringing alpacas to the show. If you intend to bring alpacas ahead of time, please contact Committee members to make arrangements.  Supervision of the tents will be available.

Entry fees:
Halter entry:
$45 (first entry), $35 (all other) for registration by July 1, 2010
$70 (first entry), $50 (all other) for registration between July 1-15, 2010

Pen:
$45 for registration by July 1, 2010
$70 for registration between July 1-15, 2010

Final deadline for registration is July 15, 2010 (no refund after this date)

Marketing opportunities:

Farm Showcase: available at ring side. . Showcases include a pen (10x5) and a table (3x6)
$125 for Registration by July 1, 2010
$175 for registration between July 1 -July 15, 2010

Herdsire Showcase:
$125 for registration by July 1, 2010
$175 for registration between July 1-July 15, 2010

Farm and Herdsire Showcase:
$200 for registration by July 1, 2010
$250 for registration between July 1 - July 15, 2010

Final deadline for registration is July 15, 2010 (no refund after this date)

Our judge in 2010 is Wade Gease, USA

Wade Gease is an AOBA certified alpaca judge, judge trainer, presenter and consultant.  Wade has judged & presented throughout the United States and Canada.   He is one of the few alpaca judge trainers in all areas of halter, fleece and performance.  Wade is also a certified Camelid Fibre Sorter from Olds College Natural Fibre Centre, Canada.  Presently he serves on the board for the Great Lakes Alpaca Association and AFCNA, Alpaca Fiber Cooperative of North America. He has been co-owner of LondonDairy Alpacas and Alpaca Threads gift store since 1997.  Wade has been honored to be so involved with many different activities in the alpaca world: speaking for educational events, consulting for auctions, evaluating for private alpaca breeders and organizing eight past private trips to Peru. 
Wade has worked to produce several blends of Alpaca & Bamboo fabrics.  This has led to developments into the fashion industry and has become a broker of bamboo for blending with alpaca.  Further exploration into making alpaca products a household name is underway.  Wade is consulting with our nations fiber coop and has engaged national shopping magazines to possibly cultivate a National recognition of Alpaca products.    
In his past he has been a certified flight instructor, chemistry instructor, co-owner of a retail gift store and has worked for pharmaceutical companies.  Wade has earned an Associate’s Degree in Aeronautical Science, a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry & a Masters Degree in Biochemistry.  
Wade likes to bring a personal teaching perspective to his judging because of his past passion of showing and professional educating.  As a judge, Wade enjoys giving breeders informative feedback through his halter class oral reasons and all other educational engagements.

Wade Gease, un juge d'alpagas certifié sous l’AOBA, est aussi juge formateur, animateur et expert-conseil. Il a été juge et a fait des présentations à travers les États-Unis et le Canada. Il est l'un des rares formateurs de juges pour alpagas qui forme dans tous les domaines, soit le licou, la toison et la performance. Wade est également certifié comme trieur de fibre de camélidés du « Olds College Natural Fibre Centre » de l’Alberta. Il siège présentement au conseil d'administration de l'Association des alpagas des Grands lacs et de « l’AFCNA », coopérative de fibre d'alpaga de l'Amérique du Nord. Il est co-propriétaire depuis 1997 de la ferme « LondonDairy Alpacas » et de la boutique cadeaux, « Alpaca Threads. » Wade se sent privilégié d'être aussi engagé dans autant d’activités différentes reliées au monde des alpagas: présentations à des séances éducatives, consultation pour enchères, évaluations privées pour éleveurs d'alpagas, et organisation de huit voyages privés au Pérou.

Wade a travaillé à la production de divers tissus fabriqués à partir de fibres d’alpaga et bambou, ce qui a mené à certaines transformations dans l'industrie de la mode.  Il est même devenu représentant de bambou pour pouvoir faire les mélanges avec la fibre d'alpaga.  Des études plus poussées sont en cours afin de développer une marque de fabrication reliée aux produits en alpaga. Wade est en consultation avec d’autres coopératives de fibre d'alpaga et a retenu l’attention de revues commerciales nationales afin d’assurer une reconnaissance nationale éventuelle des produits en alpaga.

Dans le passé, Wade a été instructeur de vol certifié, professeur de chimie, co-propriétaire d'une boutique cadeaux et a travaillé pour des compagnies pharmaceutiques. Il détient un diplôme en science aéronautique, un baccalauréat en chimie et une maîtrise en biochimie.

Wade aime bien apporter une perspective d'enseignement à sa façon de juger à cause de sa passion passée pour les compétitions et l’enseignement. Il aime donner aux éleveurs d’alpagas une rétroaction constructive, que ce soit dans les compétitions sur licou ou dans des séances éducatives.

 

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Show Guidelines and Rules:

The Navan Fair Alpaca Show 2010 is sanctioned as..... under the Alpaca Canada Show System.

Rules and Regulations

Alpaca exhibitors must provide proof of one million dollar liability with their registration or entries may be refused.

All animals must be registered with CLAA entered in the name of the person/farm owning the animal.  A copy of the registration certificate and proof of BVD negative PI test must be available at registration time. All animals must be in good health, with inoculations up-to-date. 

All alpacas will be checked for a microchip matching registration. If no chip is found, a chip will be inserted at the show, and the required documentation will be sent to the CLRC by the show management, or the alpaca may be disqualified. Relevant fees to be paid by the alpaca owner.

No alpacas under six (6) months of age may compete in the show.

Judge’s decision shall be final.

No ranch, farm, person or alpaca logo or name shall be exhibited on the alpaca or handler during the class presentation. Black show halter and lead without adornment is recommended.

Dress code is black pants and white shirt.  No open-toed shoes are allowed in the ring.

No children under 12 may handle adult alpacas in the show ring.

Show Management reserves the right to determine any point not covered above, which may be deemed necessary for the best interest of the show.

Youth Showmanship: 6-12 years of age; judging based on ability of the young exhibitor to showcase his junior or yearling alpaca

Check-in for ALL alpacas will be Thursday between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm to allow for health, colour and microchip check.

Class Divisions – Halter Show (Huacaya and Suri);

Juniors  - 6 months to under 12 months
Yearlings – 12 months to under 24 months
Two year olds – 24 months to under 36 months
Mature – 36 months and over 
                                                                                  
Colour Divisions (Same for Halter and Fleece Shows):

White
Light- (includes beige, light fawn)
Fawn- (includes medium fawn, dark fawn)
Brown- (includes light brown, medium brown, dark brown)
Black- (bay black and black)
Grey- (rose grey, silver grey)
Multi

Entry Fees for Composite Show and Fleece Show:

Registration by July 1, 2010
$45 for the first animal or fleece
$35 for each other animal /or fleece per class (Halter/Fleece show)
$45 for pen

Registration between July 1-July 15, 2010
$70 for the first animal or fleece
$50 for each other animal or fleece )
$70 for pen

No registration, changes or refunds after deadline date of July 15, 2010
All required forms to be send to Brabant Alpaca Ranch , 12870 Ormond Rd. Winchester, ON, K0C 2K0 and received by July 15, 2010

Awards
Classes of 13 entries or less shall be judged as a single class; separate classes for males and females for the halter show only.

Ribbons will be awarded to fourth place. 1st and 2nd place winners will compete for Colour Champions. Colour Champions will compete for Female Supreme and Male Supreme Champion or Best of Show depending on the level of show.

Prize Money for halter show is incumbent upon income received from sale of stud services and other sponsorships.

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What is a Composite Show?
Composite shows allow shorn animals to compete in the show ring. The growth of fleece on these animals must not exceed 2".

Alpacas will be evaluated in a combined fleece and shorn conformation class.
Fleece will be submitted to fleece stewards prior to entry into the ring.
The fleeces will be presented as a skirted blanket fleece in the same way it would be presented at a fleece show.
The judge evaluates the fleece and the alpaca together in the ring, at the same time.
The fleeces are placed on tables in the ring with the exhibitor number and the number of months' growth visible to the judge and in the same order as the alpacas enter the ring.
The judge assesses the fleece using the same criteria as would be used in a full fleece halter class. The fleeces are judged on a comparative basis within the class.
The judge assesses the alpaca in the ring using the same criteria as for full fleece halter class (i.e. general conformation, soundness and balance). Conformation is judged on a comparative basis within the class.
The judge then places the alpacas using the comparative method of 40% conformation and 60% fleece.
Exhibitors shall pick up their alpaca's fleece upon exiting the ring. Exhibitors are responsible for returning the appropriate fleece for championship classes.
The fleece shown must be from the most recent shearing of the alpaca entered.

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Showing your alpacas
Participating in shows has many advantages: it is a rewarding social experience; it is an excellent marketing tool to promote both yourself as the breeder and the industry as a whole; and it is a learning tool to help understand the judging system.

Selecting animals:
Animals choosen represent your breeding program

Grooming and final touches:
Hand pick the larger pieces of vegetation out of fleece without disturbing the natural layer of fibre.
Don't over groom fleeces
Trim toes
Touch up top knots
Ensure proper fitting halter

At the show:
Familiarize your animals with the ring by walking them around it
Avoid too much stress
Keep pens clean

In the ring:
Animals have good and bad days
Show with pride
Avoid backing up, always square up with a forward movement in a circular fashion
Head should be high and alert
Hand should be close to halter
Don't drag the animal
Avoid interfering with other animals and avoid holding conversations with fellow breeders
If animal wants to relieve itself let it do so
If you are behind an animal that has stopped, walk past it on the inside
Stay calm and poised

Items to bring:
Have CLAA registration certificate ready for display
Tack box (show halter, extra halter and lead, safety pins, pens)
Water bucket and grain bin
Grain, hay, hay bin
Wire, twine, clip to tie water bucket
Shovel, rake, broom
Tool Box

Check Show Catalogue for:
Show schedule
Rules and regulations
Categories and age breaks
Make sure not to miss the championship rounds, should your animal place 1st or 2nd in individual classes.

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Show Results 2005: Judge Tim Lavan of USA

Female Juvenile	BAR Petunia	Brabant Alpaca Ranch
Female Junior	Alaskan Sunrise ARM	Rosedale Meadow Alpacas
Female Junior Reserve	FCF Stella	Ferme Camino Farm
Female Adult	BAR Misty	Brabant Alpaca Ranch
Male Juvenile	MAA Diaz	Ferme Camino Farm
Male Juvenile Reserve	FCF Dreyfuss	Ferme Camino Farm
Male Junior	SCA Monty	Silver Cloud Alpacas
Male Junior Reserve	DPO Lexus	Domaine Pre d'Or
Male Adult	High Plains Hansol	Sandy Ridge Alpacas
Male Adult Reserve	Elson	Scorry Breck Alpaca
Grand Champion Female	BAR Petunia	Brabant Alpaca Ranch
Reserve Champion Fem.	Alaskan Sunrise ARM	Rosedale Meadows Alpacas
Grand Champion Male	High Plains Hansol	Sandy Ridge Alpacas
Reserve Champion Male	SCA Monty	Silver Cloud Alpacas

Prize money was given to 1st, 2nd, 3rd in each class, Best of Age and Championship classes for a total of $ 1,260.