Black
Sheep Gathering — 2009
Wool
and Mohair Show and Sale
Rules
Applying to All Divisions
- All entries and consignments must be in
place at
their assigned times.
- The Black Sheep Gathering, Inc., is not
responsible for damage or loss while on the fairgrounds.
- All decisions of the Black Sheep Gathering
Committee are final.
- ALL sheep and goats must have Scrapie
Identification as required by the USDA. For information, contact
Victoria O’Nion at 503-399-5871 or toll free 1-866-873-2824.
- NO DOGS allowed in any building.
- Animals may not be housed in the parking
lot in
trucks or trailers.
- Mandatory livestock exhibitors’
meeting 7:45am Friday, June 20, at Show Ring A.
|
WOOL
AND MOHAIR SHOW AND SALE
Wheeler Pavilion
Rules Applying to Both the
Wool and Mohair Show and the Wool and Mohair Sale
- Fees: $4 for each wool or mohair fleece for show or
sale.
- Please use Wool and Mohair Sale
and Show Entry Form.
- All entries must be received by June 1, 2009.
For entries postmarked after June 1, 2009, fees will be $8
for each wool or mohair fleece.
- All wool and mohair fleeces must be in place by 9am
Friday, June 19, 2009.
- No refunds after June 1, 2009. All fleeces must be
entered in the name of the actual producer.
- No fleece will be accepted for display or sale
after the 9am deadline.
- Wool and mohair judging, 10am, Friday, June 19,
2009.
- There will be a one hour public viewing at the
completion
of judging. Sale will open shortly after viewing on Saturday.
- Awards: ribbons for grower awarded through 6th
place.
- Prizes will be awarded for Champion and Reserve
Champion
Natural Colored and White Fleeces. The perennial Black Sheep Cup
will be awarded to the winner of the Five Most Valuable Fleeces for
Handspinning from a Single Producer. There is a $10 entry fee to
participate in class 32.
- A 10% handling fee will be collected on
all
fleeces sold at the wool and mohair sale.
- All fleeces must be claimed by producer or designee
between 3:30pm and 5pm on Sunday, June 21, 2009.
|
| Wool and Mohair Show Rules: |
- All show fleeces will be judged on the basis of
handspinning
quality and character, stressing cleanliness, strength and uniformity.
- A fleece for show and sale must be properly
rolled and
placed in a clear
plastic bag to be presented for show. No tied fleeces.
Mohair fleeces do not have to be rolled.
No fleeces with mothballs will be
allowed in
the show. Please air your fleeces extensively, as some people are
extremely sensitive to these chemicals. The show chair reserves the
right to eliminate these fleeces from the sale and show.
The BSG Wool Show is a handspinners show.
Handspinning
characteristics of the fleece are the primary judging criteria. Judges
reserve the right to unroll, with care, fleeces entered in the
competition. Fine wool fleeces may be rolled with paper liners to
prevent sticking.
- Each entry must be tagged with a Black
Sheep
Gathering tag available at the check-in table. Clear plastic
bags will be available for sale.
- Sellers will receive a signed original receipt.
- Participants will receive a check via
mail for
their fleece sales (less 10% handling fee), within 30 days of the BSG.
Participants are required to pick up unsold fleeces and must
sign a release sheet at check out time on Sunday. If all fleeces have
been sold this may be done earlier as record keeping allows.
- Wool show judging is limited by time and space on
a first
come, first served basis. Please send entry form in as early as
possible. The show has been known to fill up!
- Number of entries: Producers may enter
up to 20
fleeces in the WOOL SHOW. There is no limit on the number of fleeces in
Class 00 (For Sale Only–not competing in the show). Entries
Per Class: Producers may enter 4 (four) fleeces per class.
- Wool and Mohair will be accepted for table sale
(Class
00). Class 00: the rule is “Buyer Beware” because
they are not judged. However, many nice fleeces are entered in this
class and the BSG would like to continue to offer this marketing
opportunity for producers. The committee chair, to maintain the
standard of the show, will pull fleeces with wool rot or other
extensive problems.
Class 00: For Sale Only Fleeces–will
begin to
be sold on Friday at 10am.
- Promotional materials may be inserted in fleeces
only
after judging .
- The wool sale will not accept mailed
fleeces. An
agent may enter and retrieve fleeces with a letter from the grower.
- Please note new classes in Mohair Show.
- BSG Wool Show Committee Chair reserves the right
to pull
fleeces from the Wool Show and Sale upon the
recommendation of the judge in order to maintain the recognized high
standards of quality, handspinning fleeces. Fleeces with wool rot,
abnormal ‘vegetation’ or other disqualifying issues
will be pulled with a note provided as to the cause. Please see the
chairperson at the registration table with fleeces that are
questionable.
- 2009 Judging—Judge’s overall
impression of each fleece will be recorded on a card for the grower.
|
WOOL AND MOHAIR SHOW
Judge: Mark Eidman of Red Bluff, California
- Solid natural colored common and braid breeds (44s
and
coarser).
- Solid natural colored long wool breeds (46s-50s).
- Solid natural colored medium wool breeds (52s-58s).
- Solid natural colored fine wool breeds (60s and
finer).
- Variegated natural colored common and braid breeds
(44s
and coarser).
- Variegated natural colored long wool breeds
(46s-50s).
- Variegated natural colored medium wool breeds
(52s-58s).
- Variegated natural colored fine wool breeds (60s
and
finer).
- Purebred colored Romney.
- Purebred colored Lincoln.
- Purebred Jacob.
- Purebred colored Corriedale.
- Purebred colored common and braid breeds (44s and
coarser).
- Purebred colored long wool breeds (46s-50s).
- Purebred colored medium wool breeds (52s-58s).
- Purebred colored fine wool breeds (60s and finer).
- White common and braid breeds (44s and coarser).
- White long wool breeds (46s-50s).
- White medium wool breeds (52s-58s).
- White fine wool breeds (60s and finer).
- Purebred white Romney.
- Purebred white Lincoln.
- Purebred white Corriedale.
- Purebred white common and braid breeds (44s and
coarser).
- Purebred white long wool breeds (46s-50s).
- Purebred white medium wool breeds (52s-58s).
- Purebred white fine wool breeds (60s and finer).
- Shetland yearling and younger.*
- Shetland mature.*
- Navajo-Churro.*
- Other Primitive or Double-Coated.*
- Purebred
Icelandic.
* The judge may combine classes with less than four or five breeders.
32. Five
Most Valuable Fleeces for Handspinning from
a Single
Producer. Each fleece
will be judged on strength,
elasticity,
uniformity, breed
characteristics, cleanliness
and spinning
quality.
Exhibitor must
indicate
by
an * in the class column, the five fleeces
entered for judging. Ten dollar
($10) entry
fee.
00. For
Sale Only. No limit on number of entries. This class is not
judged.
Fleeces
with wool rot or other extensive
problems will be
pulled by the
committee chair. |
Mohair
Judge: Mac Gilliat of Leakey,
Texas
| Note—Mohair
fleeces should be entered into classes by the grade of the
fleece, not the age
of the goat that produced it, i.e., if your three-year-old doe grows
kid mohair enter her fleece in the kid class. Samples of various mohair
grades will be available for comparison at the wool show, or bring your
fleeces to the goat barn prior to entry for consultation regarding
grade. |
- White super-fine kid (24-27 microns).
- White kid (27-30 microns).
- White yearling (31-33 microns).
- White fine adult (33-36 microns).
- White adult (36 + microns).
- Colored super-fine kid (24-27 microns).
- Colored kid (27-30 microns).
- Colored yearling (31-33 microns).
- Colored fine adult (33-36 microns).
- Colored adult (36 + microns).
|