Junior Goat Skillathon
There will be a Junior Goat Skillathon on Saturday, October 2nd at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center near Boonsboro, Maryland. The skillathon will be held in conjunction with the annual Western Maryland Goat Field Day & Sale.
The Junior Goat Skillathon is open to any youth between the ages of 8 and 18. Youth compete according to their age as of January. 1, 2010: juniors, 8-10; intermediates, 11-13; and seniors, 14-18. The skillathon will cover all aspects of goat production: meat, dairy, and fiber. It will start at 9:30 a.m.
A series of online quizzes has been developed to help youth study for livestock skillathon competitions. They can be accessed on the web at http://www.sheepandgoat.com/onlinequizzes.html.
To register for the goat skillathon, send your name, age (or birth date), and contact information to Susan Schoenian at the Western Maryland Research & Education Center, 18330 Keedysville Road, Keedysville, MD 21756; (301) 432-2767 x343; or sschoen@umd.edu.
The registration deadline is September 24.
2009 Junior Goat Skillathon
The first Junor Goat Skillathon was held October 3, 2009, at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center near Boonsboro, Maryland. The skillathon was held in conjunction with the annual Western Maryland Goat Field Day & Sale. Twenty-eight youth participated in the inaugural event.
In the junior division (8-10), Kameron Dorsey from Frederick County won first place. Maggie Goodmuth (Howard County) and Cameron Lafevre (Berkeley County) won second and third place, respectively. Tara Burner from Berkeley County was the first place intermediate (11-13). Jared Hoffman, also from Berkeley County, won second place. The third place winner was Ryan Hevner from Carroll County.
In the senior division (14-18), Ashely Butler (Berkeley County) won first place. Hannah Goodmuth from Howard County was second place and T.J. Morgan from Berkeley County was third.
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Junior winners |
Intermediate winners |
Senior winners |
The 2009 skillathon consisted of the six stations.
- Breeds
- Equipment
- Health, diseases, and management
- Forage and feed
- Written test
- "Potluck" (Anything goes!)
Study Resources for Goat Skillathons
Goat breeds (Oklahoma State University)
Equipment ID
Online quizzes
Go to Sheep & Wool Skillathon Page =>
Created or last updated
by Susan Schoenian on
27-Jul-2010.