NEW YORK RABBIT & CAVY STATE BANQUET

YOUTH WINNERS 2011
Lord: Isaac Bell 1st runner up: Caleb Bell 2nd runner up: Owen Dorr
Lady: Elly Vroman 1st runner up: Ella Murdock 2nd runner up: Alyse Thomas
Prince: Garrett Boelens 1st runner up: Eric Witherow 2nd runner up: Tyler Vroman
Princess: Casey Hill 1st runner up: Elizabeth Frey 2nd runner up: Sieanna Barber
Duke: Dylan Hill 1st runner up: Jacob Weber 2nd runner up: Jonathan Coyle
Dutchess: Marie Coyle 1st runner up: Amanda Biavati 2nd runner up: Hailey Boelens
King: James Amels 1st runner up: Erik Jorgensen
Queen: Danielle VanSlyke 1st runner up: Kaitlyn Smith 2nd runner up: Natasha Panzironi
Written Test high scores
under 9: Owen Dorr 9-11: Garrett Boelens 12-14: Melanie Lyons 15-18: James Amels
Breed ID high scores
under 9: Owen Dorr 9-11: Garrett Boelens 12-14: Hailey Boelens 15-18: Erik Jorgensen
Judging high scores
12-14: Jacob Weber and Brandon Earnest 15-18: James Amels
Showmanship high scores
under 9: Caleb Bell 9-11: Garrett Boelens
Educational contest: Best Arts: Hailey Boelens
Best Woodworking: Melanie Lyons
Best Poster: Dylan Hill
Best Sewing: Nicole Washburn
Best Photography: Casey HIll
Overall Winner: Melanie Lyons

COMMITTEES
Youth Committee
The Youth Committee was formed to support our youth breeders with the hopes of continuing their interest through adulthood. The committee sponsors contests and fun events throughout the show season. These events are meant to test rabbit knowledge and provide additional support to those wishing to compete at a national level in State Teams or for the honor of ARBA "Rabbit King", "Rabbit Duke", "Rabbit Dutchess", "Rabbit Princess", "Cavy Duke" or "Cavy Lady"
YOUTH COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON Paula Schutz Paula is a member of the Catskill Region R&CBA and club Leader of the Orange County Hare Raisers 4H club for 10 years. Paula has 2 children, Morgan and Alex. She is also a member of ARBA for approximately 10 years. Paula's family raises Tans (all varieties), American Fuzzy Lops, a few Californians and a few pet Mini Rex, with approximately 75 rabbits. They also have a couple of American and Texel cavies. For more information about the Youth Committee, please contact Paula at eyedocgoshen@frontiernet.net
CONGRATULATIONS to winners at convention! 3rd place senior judging team: James Amels, Erik Jorgensen, Kaitlyn Smith, Danielle VanSlyke Melanie Lyons: District 7 Achievement and District 7 Management winner NY STATE 2011 ARBA CONVENTION TEAMS Novice Breed ID: Tyler Vroman, Eric Witherow, Elizabeth Frey, Garrett Boelens Alt: Elly Vroman Novice Quiz Bowl: Tyler Vroman, Eric Witherow, Elizabeth Frey, Garrett Boelens Alt: Elly Vroman Intermediate Breed ID team A: Melanie Lyons, Hailey Boelens, Caitlin Damoth, Jacob Vroman 1st Alt: Dylan Hill, 2nd Alt: Sydney Hunter Intermediate Breed ID team B: Dylan Hill, Sydney Hunter, Emma Buckley, Amanda Biavati Intermediate Judging: Dylan Hill, Jacob Vroman, Melanie Lyons, Hailey Boelens Alt: Emma Buckley Senior Breed ID: Erik Jorgensen, James Amels, Danielle VanSlyke, Kaitlyn Smith Senior Judging: Erik Jorgensen, James Amels, Danielle VanSlyke, Kaitlyn Smith Please congratulate and support these youth members as they compete, as they are the future of the rabbit hobby in New York! NY STATE YOUTH COMPETITION WINNERS Front row (left to right): Caleb Bell, Isaac Bell Second row (left to right): Sydney Hunter, Brandon Earnest, Tyler Vroman, Garrett Boelens, Casey Hill, Elly Vroman, Sieanna Barber Back rows (left to right): Melanie Lyons, Hailey Boelens, Jacob Weber, James Amels, Danielle VanSlyke, Erik Case-Barber, Natasha Panzironi, Eric Witherow
YOUTH WINNERS 2011 Lord: Isaac Bell 1st runner up: Caleb Bell 2nd runner up: Owen Dorr Lady: Elly Vroman 1st runner up: Ella Murdock 2nd runner up: Alyse Thomas Prince: Garrett Boelens 1st runner up: Eric Witherow 2nd runner up: Tyler Vroman Princess: Casey Hill 1st runner up: Elizabeth Frey 2nd runner up: Sieanna Barber Duke: Dylan Hill 1st runner up: Jacob Weber 2nd runner up: Jonathan Coyle Dutchess: Marie Coyle 1st runner up: Amanda Biavati 2nd runner up: Hailey Boelens King: James Amels 1st runner up: Erik Jorgensen Queen: Danielle VanSlyke 1st runner up: Kaitlyn Smith 2nd runner up: Natasha Panzironi Written Test high scores under 9: Owen Dorr 9-11: Garrett Boelens 12-14: Melanie Lyons 15-18: James Amels Breed ID high scores under 9: Owen Dorr 9-11: Garrett Boelens 12-14: Hailey Boelens 15-18: Erik Jorgensen Judging high scores 12-14: Jacob Weber and Brandon Earnest 15-18: James Amels Showmanship high scores under 9: Caleb Bell 9-11: Garrett Boelens Educational contest: Best Arts: Hailey Boelens Best Woodworking: Melanie Lyons Best Poster: Dylan Hill Best Sewing: Nicole Washburn Best Photography: Casey HIll Overall Winner: Melanie Lyons
Aug. 2011 ARBA TEAMS ANNOUNCED Our NYRCBA Youth Chairperson has had our youth working hard all summer with questions, tests, etc. Thanks, Paula, for all your hard work and time..... The teams are formed and are making final prep for convention with more presentations at shows, more study, etc. Paula has announced the following teams to represent NY: Novice Breed ID: Tyler Vroman, Eric Witherow, Elizabeth Frey, Garrett Boelens Alt: Elly Vroman ~~~~~ Novice Quiz Bowl: Tyler Vroman, Eric Witherow, Elizabeth Frey, Garrett Boelens Alt: Elly Vroman ~~~~~ Intermediate Breed ID team A: Melanie Lyons, Hailey Boelens, Caitlin Damoth, Jacob Vroman 1st Alt: Dylan Hill, 2nd Alt: Sydney Hunter ~~~~~ Intermediate Breed ID team B: Dylan Hill, Sydney Hunter, Emma Buckley, Amanda Biavati ~~~~~ If anyone from the ID team A is unable to attend, we will pull the first or second alternates for this team, but team B will then be forfeited. ~~~~~ Intermediate Judging: Dylan Hill, Jacob Vroman, Melanie Lyons, Hailey Boelens Alt: Emma Buckley ~~~~~ Senior Breed ID: Erik Jorgensen, James Amels, Danielle VanSlyke, Kaitlyn Smith ~~~~~ Senior Judging: Erik Jorgensen, James Amels, Danielle VanSlyke, Kaitlyn Smith ~~~~~ Congratulations to all for their hard work that won them a place on these teams, and keep up the good work! Roger Cota NYRCBA President ARBA District 7 Director CONGRATULATIONS to winners at convention!** 3rd place senior judging team: James Amels, Erik Jorgensen, Kaitlyn Smith, Danielle VanSlyke Melanie Lyons: District 7 Achievement and District 7 Management winner
2008 ARBA Convention - Louisville KY New York Breed ID and Breed Judging Teams
Front Row: Erik Jorgenson, Star Granning, and Kaitlyn Smith. Back row, Aaron Dillon, Carly Cazer, Morgan Kissinger, Raven Dillon, and Chas Hardin. Missing was Harold Smith.
The Senior Breed ID and Judging team: Front row: Kaitlyn Smith, Star Granning. Back Row: Aaron Dillon, Harold Smith, Morgan Kissinger.
The Intermediate team members doing the judging contest.
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Outreach Committee Please contact Barbara Downing for information regarding Outreach Committee presentations.
NYRCBA’s Outreach Committee was formed in 2000 with the purpose of promoting rabbit education and showmanship to interested parties, especially youth. The committee is available for presentations, displays, hands-on demonstrations and speaking engagements. They provide literature and ARBA affiliated club information upon request. The committee consists of three dedicated individuals with various backgrounds in rabbit management. NYR&CBA OUTREACH AT THE 2009 STATE FAIR. . CLICK HERE FOR DISPLAY PHOTOS! To view more photos of Outreach activities, click here. For some of the Projects I have done during Outreach events, click here.

OUTREACH COORDINATOR
Barbara Downing has raised rabbits both as a teen and as an adult and has competitively shown rabbits for the past 15 years. Although employed full time as a Sr. Utility Business Analyst, she still has found time to belong to several local and national clubs and sits on the State's 4-H Rabbit Advisory Committee for Cornell Cooperative Extension. She is an ANDRC charter breeder and has placed rabbits in both ARBA and ANDRC National Conventions. Her specialty is raising orange and fawn Netherland Dwarfs and more recently Blue-Eyed-Whites (BEW's). Barbara works in the rabbit department at the New York State Fair and therefore has a great deal of interaction with the general public. This led to her desire to form the Outreach Committee for the NYR&CBA in the year 2000. In 2001 she was the proud recipient of the NY State Rabbit Breeders "Person Of The Year" award for website design and Outreach Committee involvement. In 2003 she received a 4H Helping Hands award and in 2004 Barbara received another award by the Old Timers Club in recognition for her years of service at the New York State Fair.	Outreach Coordinator Barbara Downing Snowshoebunny@yahoo.com


Youth Scholarship Committee

By unanimous vote in the year 2000 a Youth Scholarship Fund was established by the NYR&CBA. The committee administers the fund, plans fund-raisers throughout the show season and provides information to interested scholarship applicants at shows around the State. A scholarship is awarded once a year to a youth who has been active for at least 3 years in an NYRCBA member club and has shown outstanding rabbit management skills and personal achievement.	Youth Scholarship Committee Please contact Soren Johnson at AlecofAvalon@aol.com
Applications due by SEPTEMBER 15th of each year. Requirements for Receiving a Scholarship : A. The recipient must have been a member of a NYSRCBA Club for at least three (3) years prior to submitting an application. B. The applicant must be a graduating high school senior. C. The scholarship will be paid to the recipient and the school upon proof of completion of one semester in an accredited two or four-year college/university or vocational school. D. Finalist will be required to interview with at least two (2) members of the Youth Scholarship Committee at a Rabbit & Cavy Show or an affiliated club meeting.
CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM.
Also please note. . . Agriculture Scholarship Opportunity for students who plan to pursue higher education in agriculture or related field offered by the NYS Association of Agricultural Fairs. For more information on the scholarship and its requirements call 487-7711 ext. 1335 or visit www.nyfairs.org/scholarship.htm.