
Block & Bridle Club at Virginia Tech

Contests/Clinics




Meats Judging Contest
​​The annual meats contest involves meat identification, judging classes of beef, pork, and lamb carcasses, primal and retail cuts. Contestants are also presented with questions on certain classes and must give oral reasons. A written quiz, yield grading/quality grading is given to assess the contestant's familiarity with the breakdown of all three species.
Committee Chair:
Ken Matthews 2014
Grace Ott 2015




Livestock Judging Contest
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This is a contest for students to test their knowledge and judging ability for eight classes of livestock. The classes include cattle, pigs, sheep, and sometimes even goats.
Committee Chair:
Emily Dyer & Amanda Memoli 2014
Aldyn Abell 2015
Block and Bridle's traditional contests and clinics put on through the years.



Stockmens Contest 2014


2013



2013




Youth Swine Day
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Committee Chair:
Cassella Slater 2014
Charley Maxwell 2015
Stockmen's Contest
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4-H and FFA members from across the state compete to earn the coveted high point individual and team awards. The students face tough quizzes, live animal judging, equipment identification, feed identification, and breed identification of multiple species.
Committee Chair:
Emma Helm 2014
Rebekah Slabach & Emily Hill 2015
Horse Judging Clinic
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Committee Chairs:
Jordan White 2013
Hannah McDonald 2014
