2011 National Junior Show Rules
July 5-9, 2011 Springfield, IL
Eligibility:
 All exhibitors and participants must be members of Team Purebred.
 Exhibitors must be 21 years of age or younger as of January 1, 2011.
 There will be no gilt or barrow entries accepted at the show, entries must be postmarked by
May 28, 2011 to the Team Purebred Office.
 If an exhibitor is not present to show their barrow/gilt, the hog cannot be exhibited without prior approval from Coordinator.
Requirements:
 Gilt and barrow entries must be registered Berkshire, Chester White, Poland China, Spotted
Swine, or Hereford farrowed December 1, 2010 and after.
 Entries may be purchased animals, but must be owned by the junior exhibitor, the exhibitor’s family name, or exhibitor’s farm name (on or before April 30, 2011). Entries must be registered and/or transferred prior to the show.
 Junior exhibitors must bring their original pedigree and a copy of their pedigree to checkin . We will check the original and return it to you; however we will keep the copy to use during the shows. Substitutions will be allowed at the show.
 The earliest entries may arrive is Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 12 noon. All entries must arrive and be checked in by 11:00 AM on Wednesday, July 6, 2011.
 The earliest any junior hogs will be released from the barn is Friday, July 8 following the
Sweepstakes awards —NO EXCEPTIONS. We strongly encourage all exhibitors to stay that evening for the Sweepstakes awards and sale of the Foundation Female. Team
Purebred has the right to withhold premiums form any exhibitor who leaves the grounds early without prior permission.
 All exhibitors must allow their hogs to be used for the judging contest if selected by
Judging Officials or Team Purebred Board Members.
 Powdering, oiling, or any other show dressing other than water applied to hogs at
Team Purebred events will not be allowed.
Show officials reserve the right to disqualify any animal from competition not meeting the requirement. No clipping will be allowed in the barns at Team Purebred competitions.
Gilt Exhibitors:
 Breed classes will be broken according to farrowing dates, with class size as equal as possible.
 Gilts shown in the Junior show are eligible to be exhibited in the open shows and sold as long as they are double entered in the name of the junior exhibitor (same name for both shows). They must be entered in the open show by the entry deadline and gilt must be sold.
 All entries must meet Breed classification standards. Call for details if you’re not sure of these rules.
 Chester White breeding gilts are guaranteed to be stress free.

 Berkshire breeding gilts must be stress negative and have the negative stress status denoted on the pedigree (HAL-1843* nm).
 Females that are entered in the open show (must double enter) must meet all the requirements that are printed in the rules and regulations for that event. Example: Spotted gilts must be DNA stress identified on the pedigree.
 All junior show gilts are guaranteed to be open. Team Purebred has the right to pregnancy check any gilt. Any gilt found to be bred at the show, will forfeit all premium money and placing; and will be subject to being banned from all Team Purebred events for the next two years.
Barrow Exhibitors:
 Barrows must be farrowed Dec. 1, 2010 and after.
 This is a non-terminal show—exhibitors are responsible for their own barrows.
 Barrows will be shown by weight.
 All entries must meet Breed classification standards. Call for details if you’re not sure of these rules.
 All Berkshire barrows must be stress negative and have the negative stress status denoted on the pedigree (HAL-1843* nm).
Classification:
 All Junior Hogs will be classified by a ‘Classification Team” appointed by the respective board presidents.
 Barrows will be classified at weigh-in.
 Gilts will be classified in the show ring following barrow weigh-in. They will be called to the ring in an orderly fashion.
 Classification will be done by a chip process with each classifier receiving a red and black chip. For each hog, the classifiers will put one of the chips in a can - a black chip mean the hog meets breed standards and is ok while a red chip indicates the hog does not meet breed classification standards.
Showmanship Contest
1.
All contestants must be members of Team Purebred.
2.
Divisions will be randomly broken into classes according to entries, with no more than 20 exhibitors per class.
3.
Gilts or barrows used for the showmanship contest are required to come from a junior exhibitor or open show entry. It is the responsibility of the participant to make arrangements with another junior member or open show exhibitor to use their gilt.
4.
The divisions will be as of January 1, 2011: Senior (17-21); Intermediate (13-16); Junior (9-12) and Novice (8 and under).
5.
Any gilts/barrows that do not meet breed eligibility requirements may not be used for showmanship. All efforts will be made to help these youth find replacements to use in showmanship.
Skillathon

1.
All contestants must be members of Team Purebred.
2.
Participants will take a quiz on the swine industry.
3.
Participants will also rotate to four stations per age division where they will be asked to perform specific tasks that cover various aspects of the swine industry.
4.
The quiz will take approximately 10 minutes. Each station should take approximately 5-10 minutes. Please follow the posted schedules. Each individual is responsible for organizing their time to complete the contest.
5.
We will start the quiz portion of the skillathon at approximately 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July
6 at the Northfield Inn. (A few participants will start with the skillathon stations, and then complete the quiz).
6.
The following are examples of topics that could be used in the skillathon: Ear Notching, Swine
Breeds, Meat Cut Identification, Swine Health, Pork Quality Assurance, Animal Handling
Practices, Swine Anatomy (External, Internal or Skeletal), Equipment Identification, and
Pedigree Information.
7.
No parents or spectators are allowed in the skillathon rooms. We will have someone read the quiz to young participants. (Youth with special needs will be allowed parental help if they talk with the coordinator prior).
8.
Once a contestant completes the skillathon, they must leave the room immediately and leave the skillathon area to avoid any sharing of answers. REMEMBER: YOU HURT YOURSELF
IF YOU SHARE ANSWERS WITH OTHERS.
9.
Following the contest, the quiz and stations will be available for participants and parents to review.
Livestock Judging Contest
Contest for Senior, Intermediate and Junior divisions – Friday, July 8 – 9:00 a.m. in the Sheep Barn
(Please be there 10 minutes early and bring a pencil and notebook)
Novice Contest – Friday, July 8 – 2:00 p.m. (Please bring a pencil) Please meet in East Ring!
1.
All contestants must be members of Team Purebred.
2.
Parents are NOT allowed near the judging rings. Assistants will be available to novice or firsttime judges who may not understand how to mark their cards.
3.
Novice will have their own separate contest. (see above for time) Novice exhibitors will judge two classes with questions. A short teaching session will be held with the first class and the officials will be given immediately after their cards are turned in. Novice participants will be able to view the classes when answering the questions.
4.
Junior exhibitors will judge four classes and answer one set of questions.
5.
Intermediate exhibitors will judge four classes, give one set of reasons and answer one set of questions.
6.
Senior exhibitors will judge four classes, give two sets of reasons and answer one set of questions.
7.
All vulvas and underlines will be considered sound. Please note any differences and be prepared to talk them in oral reasons or answer questions about them.
8.
Soundness is to be judged as is unless otherwise specified on contest day.
9.
No talking at any time throughout the contest, except between the contestants and group leaders. If you are caught talking one time, you will be warned. The second time you are caught talking, your card will be taken away. The third time you are caught talking, you will be asked to leave the contest. This rule is crucial for this contest to be fair for all contestants.
10.
Ties will be broken first on reason scores, second by the number of perfect (50) scores received, and third by placing scores.

Photo Contest
1. All contestants must be members of Team Purebred.
2. Age divisions are Senior, Intermediate, Junior and Novice.
3. All photos MUST be the work of the contestant and must be taken by the contestant during the past year.
4. Each contestant may have a maximum of four entries.
5. The theme for the 2011 photography contest is “Showin USA”
6. Photos must be 5X7-inch color or black & white prints mounted on a 6X8-inch black poster board.
Place entry blank on back side, upper left-hand corner. Photos must be mounted as described above
BEFORE they are presented for entry.
7. No professional matting or formatting allowed.
8. No decoration or writing on frames or mats will be allowed.
9. Photo cannot be altered or image-enhanced.
10. When using a digital camera, contestant must print the photograph on photo paper.
11. The photos cannot have been presented for competition at a previous Team Purebred event.
12. All photos become property of Team Purebred. Photos cannot be taken home.
Sweepstakes Contest
Points will be contributed from the showmanship contest, judging contest, and skillathon (and swine issues for seniors) toward the Sweepstakes Awards. For these three (or four) contests points will be awarded as follows: 1
– 65; 9 th – 60; 10 th st place – 100 points; 2 nd – 95; 3 rd – 90; 4 th – 85; 5 th – 80; 6 th – 75; 7 th – 70; 8
– 55 and all other placing’s 50 points. You must show at least one hog to be th eligible for the Sweepstakes, however your placing in the gilt or barrow show will not factor into your overall Sweepstakes placing. Ties will be broken as follows: skillathon score, judging contest score, showmanship placing.