2024 FLEECE SHOW AND SALE

Sponsored by Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers

WINNERS 2024 WOOL SHOW

Fine Wool 1st Gerry Oliver, Spirit Sands Shepherds

2nd Graham Rannie, GRannie Rambouillets

Medium / Down 1st Leah Bouchard, Green Pastures Farm

2nd Ingrid and Remko Stalman, Sandy Ridge Sheep

Long Wool 1st Gerry Oliver, Spirit Sands Shepherds

2nd Gerry Oliver, Spirit Sands Shepherds

Specialty 1st Shirley Harvey, White Spruce Heritage Farm

2nd Shirley Harvey, White Spruce Heritage Far

Grand Champion Shirley Harvey, White Spruce Heritage Farm

Reserve Champion Gerry Oliver, Spirit Sands Shepherds

RESOURCES FOR PRODUCERS ENTERING THE WOOL SHOW

Fleece Show Entry Form

Fleece ID Form

Sale Only Entry Form

Please fill out an overall entry form; and include an ID form for each fleece entered. Thanks!

Submitting a Fleece

Fleeces submitted must be from this year’s clip, placed in a CLEAR PLASTIC BAG. The fleeces should be well skirted and not heavily contaminated with vegetable matter. Please include a Fleece ID Form with each fleece; and also submit an overall Fleece Show Entry Form.

Mail In – August 15 – September 1, 2024 Fleeces can be mailed to Manitoba Fibre Festival, 441 Lariviere Street, Winnipeg MB, R2H 1A5

Drop Off – Thursday September 5 12:00 – 4:00 pm; and Friday September 8 10:00 - 11:00 am. Red River Exhibition Place, 3977 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

Judging Entry Fee: $10.00 per fleece. Payment can be made via cash or cheque. Please do not send cash in the mail.

Sale Only Entry Fee: $5.00 per fleece. ‘Sale Only’ fleeces will not be judged.

UNSOLD FLEECES MUST BE COLLECTED ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Wool Show Information

Fleeces are judged as a handspinner/artisan show and are assessed for soundness, cleanliness including yield, as well as handle, staple length, crimp style and uniformity characteristic to the breed.

Wool Classes: (All classes include miscellaneous crossbred wools)

White Wool:

1 – Fine: ex. – Cormo, Polwarth, Rambouillet, Targhee

2 – Medium/Down ex. – Arcott, Cheviot, Corriedale, Dorset, Clun Forest, Suffolk

3 – Long: ex. – BFL, Cotswold, Lincoln, Romney,

Coloured Wool:

4- – Fine: ex. Finn, Polwarth

5 – Medium/Down: – ex. Black Welsh, Columbia, Corriedale, Hampshire

6 – Long: ex. Border Leicester, Coopworth, Gotland, Romney

Specialty Wool:

7 – Double coated and dual coloured fleeces such as Jacob, Icelandic, Romanov, Soay or Shetland for example.

Angora Fibre: 10 – Fleeces from angora goats