Collegiate Livestock Judging Contest Rules
Sponsored by DRIVE Magazine
General Rules
- Entry Procedure:
- All entries must be made on the special entry form provided online and submitted with a credit card, school purchase order number information, or a check made payable to Nationwide Barrow Battle.
Please mail entry form and payment to:
Oklahomashowpigs.com
c/o Julie Milligan
PO Box 842
Perry, OK 73077
No entries will be accepted after January 10, 2013. - Entry fees for the Senior College Livestock and Junior College Livestock Contests will be one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per team, plus twenty-five dollars ($25) per individuals. Entry fees must be submitted with the entry form prior to December 15, 2012. We do accept both MasterCard and Visa payments. Make all checks payable to: Nationwide Barrow Battle.
- All entries must be made on the special entry form provided online and submitted with a credit card, school purchase order number information, or a check made payable to Nationwide Barrow Battle.
- Each contestant must be presently enrolled at the institution they represent or must have previously completed a livestock evaluation, selection and/or judging course at the institution they represent.
- Each collegiate livestock coach and institution shall be responsible for certifying the eligibility of the students representing their institution.
- Only officials and contestants of the contest will be allowed on the floor of the arena of each contest. All others are required to have permission from the Superintendent to enter the contest arena.
- While the contest is in progress, there shall be no conferring between contestants or between contestants and anyone else, except as directed by the group leader, the Superintendent or his representative. Any violation of this rule will be cause for immediate expulsion of offenders from the contest. During the livestock contest, no alternates or coaches will be allowed to observe the contest below the pedestrian walk through area.
- Contestants may carry only plain paper and pencils or pens into any contest. No contestants will be allowed to hold paper, card or device that will assist in giving reasons before the judge.
- Contestants are not allowed to have a cellular phone, pager, PDA, or any other electronic device in their possession during any of the Nationwide Barrow Battle judging contests. If contestants are in possession of or observed using an electronic device of any type during a the judging contest, they will be disqualified.
- Each team (Senior College Livestock and Junior College Livestock) will consist of five (5) members. All five (5) scores will be used to determine the team total.
- Each class will consist of 4 animals in the livestock contests. Animals or pens within a class will be designated by back numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- In case of a tie or ties, the reason score(s) in the respective category(s) will be used to break the tie(s). If an additional measure is needed, numbers will be drawn from a hat. If ties occur in selecting high individual in swine reasons, they will be broken by the lowest placing on swine reasons classes. If an additional measure is needed, numbers will be drawn from a hat.
- The Nationwide Barrow Battle Judging Contest, sponsored by DRIVE MAGAZINE will consist of eight (8) classes of swine, along with four (4) sets of reasons.
- Each team represented, along with their coaches and alternates will receive tickets to the Show-Rite Feeds Customer Appreciation Dinner and Banquet to be held on Saturday evening.
- The Judging Contest and Dinner Banquet dress code will be Western Casual for both judging teams and coaches.