The Graham sisters from Hindon clearly know a thing or two about sheep. In Christchurch, the competition involved looking at a line-up of four wool breed sheep and four meat breed sheep, placing them in order and explaining the reasons for doing so. The Graham family has a Texel stud, as well as Perendales, on their farm but neither breed was in the line-up. Sarah judged Dorpers and merino in Christchurch and, in Canberra, she was associate judge for the black and coloured sheep and white Suffolks, and helped judge the school competition. Elizabeth had to judge Cheviots and South Suffolks at Christchurch and in Canberra was associate judge for a few different breeds.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 11, 2018 16:07 UTC