820-Lancaater Fanning, Saturday, October 3, 1998
Lampeter Sheep Show
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LAMPETER (Lancaster Co.)
When April Leaman clutched
trophies for showmanship and the
grand champion 4-H market lamb
at the Lampeter Fair, her competi
tors knew she had earned the
awards in an unusual and challeng
ing show.
Poised and articulate. April
explained the difference between
this show and other county shows.
She said, “The difference was in
application. Today the judge was
testing for knowledge not only
manual application.
Lamb exhibitors at the Lampe
ter Fair Sheep Show were
intrigued by the different style of
judging done by Barbara Herr
Bambury, who owns B&B Sheep
with 2,000 commercial ewes in
Ohio.
Bambury individually ques
tioned each exhibitor about mat
ters pertaining to sheep care. From
their answers during the showman
Kevin Boyer shows the FF A champion market lamb at the
Lampeter Fair.
‘Zimmermans’ Dominate
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PAIR OF BREEDING 1 Alexandra Lauffer 2
Jonn-Mane Lauffer, 3 Alexandra Lauffer
FLOCK f Alexandra Lauffer
SOUTHDOWN
YEARLING RAMS CHAMPION Jennifer
Calhoun
EWE LAMBS CHAMPION 1 Jen Zimmerman
EWE LAMBS 2 Jay Zimmerman 3 Samantha
Dissmger
YEARLING EWES RESERVE CHAMPION Jan
Zimmerman
YEARLING EWES 2 Jay Zimmerman, 3 Jay
Zimmerman
AGED EWES I Jen Zimmerman 2 Jay
Zimmerman
PAIR OF BREEDING 1 Jen Zimmerman, 2 Jay
Zimmerman, 3 Jay Zimmerman
SUFFOLK
RAM LAMBS CHAMPION Andrew Gerhart
RAM LAMBS 2 Andrew Gerhart
EWE LAMBS 1 Andrew Gerhart 2 Andrew
Gerhart
YEARLING EWES CHAMPION Andrew
Gerhart
AGED EWES RESERVE CHAMPION Andrew
Gerhart
PAIR OF BREEDING 1 Andrew Gerhart, 2
Andrew Gerhart
FLOCK 1 Andrew Gerhart
BREEDERS YOUNG 1 Andrew Gerhart
OTHER HORNED
RAM LAMBS CHAMPION Jen Zimmerman
YEARLING EWES CHAMPION Jen Zimerman
YEARLING EWES RESERVE CHAMPION Jen
Zimmerman
AGED EWES 1 Jen Zimmerman
PAIR OF BREEDING 1 Jen Zimmerman
ship competition, Hamburg
selected April, who is IS years old,
and Tiffany Dean, 11, and asked
impromptu questions, which they
needed to answer in the micro
phone for the audience to hear.
Both girls answered clearly and
calmly. April was selected as the
champion in showmanship and
Tiffany as the reserve showman
ship and the champion in fitting.
Bambury said, “One of the
aspects of showmanship is public
speaking. I think kids should be
able to answer questions off the top
of their heads. They should know
what they are feeding their sheep.
They should know how to set up a
lamb to show off its best angle.”
When the judge asked April to
set up her lamb to show off its best
angle, she immediately said the
lamb’s big, heavy, muscular leg
was its most outstanding feature
and set it up accordingly.
With a practiced eye, Bambury
quickly selected the outstanding
market lambs in both 4-H and FFA
OTHER JACOBS
EWE LAMBS 1 Amy Haines
OTHER LINCOLN
RAM LAMBS 1 Gabriel Bowman
EWE LAMBS 1 Gabnel Bowman
AGED EWES 1 Gabriel Bowman
PAIR OF BREEDING 1 Gabriel Bowman
OTHER NATURAL COLOR
YEARLING RAMS 1 Gabriel Bowman
EWE LAMBS 1 Ryan Donough, 2 Gabriel
Bowman, 3 Gabriel Bowman
YEARLING EWES 1 Gabriel Bowman
AGED EWES 1 Gabriel Bowman
FLOCK 1 Gabriel Bowman
PAIR OF BREEDING 1 Gabriel Bowman, 2
Chuckle Bowman
OTHER OXFORD
EWE LAMBS CHAMPION 1 Joelynn Donough
OTHER POLYPAY
RAM LAMBS CHAMPION 1 Dallassa Bowman,
2 Kelsey Bowm n
EWE LAMBS 1 Kelsey Bowman. 2 Dallassa
Bowman, 3 Kelsey Bowman
YEARLING EWES CHAMPION Kelsey
Bowman
YEARLING EWES 2 Oallassa Bowman
AGED EWES RESERVE CHAMPION Kelsey
Bowman
PAIR OF BREEDING 1 Kelsey Bowman 2
Oallassa Bowman
BREEDERS YOUNG 1 Kelsey Bowman
YEARLING EWES CHAMPION Derick
Bollinger
YEARLING EWES 2 Derick Bollinger
AGED EWES RESERVE CHAMPION Derick
Bollinger
PAIR OF BREEDING 1 Derick Bollinger
Requires ‘Articulate’ Showmanship
competitions, which are held sepa
rately at Lampeter.
From 22 4-H entries, April’s
homebred lamb, named “Piggy."
captured the judge’s eye.
“It has thickness throughout, is
firm with a square dock and is
heavily muscle! When you get
your hands on it, you appreciate
how it handles,” Bambury said.
April and her brother Brad Lea
man have been showing in 4-H
since they were eight-years-old.
Their parents, David and Jackie
Leaman, had purchased a few
sheep years ago for something
pretty to look at and mow the grass
on their Willow Street property.
When April entered 4-H, the fami
ly selected Suffolks, and have con
tinued to upgrade the flock through
breeding.
The Leamans are pleased to
report that they have never bought
a market lamb but always bred
their own to show. They also
showed champion pairs this year.
April and Brad take turns picking
the lambs they want to show and
split the winnings, except for
showmanship, between them.
The championship was a toss-up
between April’s and Tiffany’s
market lamb. Tiffany’s “stylish”
iamb was conditioned just right
and handled tremendously,
according to Bambury, who
expressed disappointment that she
could not select two champions.
In FFA competition, Kevin
Boyer, 19, showed the champion
market lamb, which was the mid
dleweight champion.
“It’s ideally conditioned, and
puts together the prettiest pack
age.” Bambury said of the 20 FFA
entries.
The purebred Hampshire was a
Dinsmore lamb.
Boyer was 16 years old before
he started showing sheep. His
sheep raising has influenced him to
become a farmer. Since he was
graduated from Penn Manor High
School, Boyer works full time on a
farm and hopes to own his own
farm someday.
Bambury has beginning roots in
Narvon, Lancaster County. Her
parents. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Herr,
introduced her and her siblings to
sheep showing at a young age.
They went on to cam many state
championships and several
siblings continue to show sheep.
Since 1993, B&B has shown the
champion market lamb at the Ohio
State Fair in addition to hundreds
of the lambs they sell throughout
the states.
Here is a partial listing of show
results:
FFA MARKET LAMBS
LIGHT 1 Mike Hess, 2 Kristen Hollmger, 3
Emily Hubbs
LIGHT MEDIUM 1 Tyler Swanson, 2 Kristen
Hollmger, 3 Jessica Neff
MEDIUM 1 Kevin Boyer, 2 Tyler Swanson, 3
Ryan Nelson
LIGHT HEAVY 1 Kevin Boyer, 2 Jeremy
Sheep, Wool Growers
CENTER MORELAND
(Wyoming Co.) The Wyoming
County Sheep and Wool
Producers Association will con
duct its annual meeting and
roast lamb dinner here at the
United Methodist Church, at
6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9.
In recent years the associa
tion has opened reservations to
the public on a first-received,
first-accepted basis until the
dining room capacity is filled
Reservations must be accompa
nied by payment of $ll per per
son, postmarked no later than
Saturday, Oct. 3, and addressed
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Judge Barbara Herr Bambury selects April Leaman, right,
as champion in showmanship and Tiffany Dean as reserve
champion showman and champion fitter. Bambury tested
exhibitors’ public speaking skills as well as manual
application.
With the help of her brother Brad, April Leaman shows off
the 4-H champion market lamb, a homebred Suffolk.
Railing, 3 Ruth Frey
HEAVY 1 Dan McMichael, 2 Garrett Nett, 3
Garrett Neff
CHAMP FFA Kevin Boyer
4-H MARKET LAMBS
LIGHT 1 Loren Hershey, 2 Ben Myers, 3 Eliza
Funk,
LIGHT MEDIUM 1 Tiffany Dean, 2 Tiffany
to Victor Decker, 1119 Sugar
Hollow Road, Tunkhannock, PA
18657. Hand-delivered reserva
tions will be accepted by any
association director as late as
Monday, Oct. 5. Directors who
can provide additional informa
tion and accept reservations are:
Victor Decker, (717) 833-2486;
Mark McCain, (717) 836-4890;
Richard Dymond, (717) 388-
6736; Richard Wenner, (717)
788-2915; Michael Joyce, (717)
Where's your mustache? “
Dean, 3 Allison Hughes
MEDIUM 1 April Leaman, 2 Brad Leaman, 3
Anna Myers
IT HEAVY 1 Brad Leaman, 2 Ashley Funk, 3
Abigail Funk
HEAVY 1 Apnl Leaman, 2 Amber Funk, 3
Jaymi McMichael
CHAMP Apnl Lehman
To Meet
256-3346; and Peter Dragon,
(717) 639-5477.
The dinner hour will be fol
lowed by an educational pro
gram and a short business meet
ing. Mark Madden, regional
Penn State Extension agrono
mist, will be the featured speak
er. He will address the subject,
“Identification and Control of
Pasture Weeds.” Non-members
who attend the dinner will be
welcomed but not obligated to
attend the program.
MILK
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