Jersey club celebrates centenary

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Jersey club celebrates centenary

Jersey passion: Chris and Callum Moscript with their heifer, Elegant, which is entered in the Devondale 100 Years of Jersey Excellence Sale.

ONE hundred years of the South Gippsland Jersey Breeder’s Club will be celebrated over four days of events next week.
Plans for the club’s centenary have been in the works for a number of years now, with past members travelling from all over the country to attend.
The celebrations begin on Monday with the Devondale 100 Years of Jersey Excellence Sale held at the Stony Creek Racecourse.
Members of Jersey Australia will be showing off their cattle in the pre-sale parade held at 11.30am, and auctioneer Brian Leslie from the Dairy Livestock Service will commence the sale at 1pm.
Lunch will be available throughout the day and an afternoon tea sponsored by Genetics Australia will be held once the auction is over.
Club president Keith Kuhne said on Tuesday at 9am, the Jersey Australia Annual Meeting will be held at the Inverloch RACV Resort.
“The meeting is held right throughout the country, and this year is coming to South Gippsland just to coincide with our celebrations,” he said, adding anyone is welcome to attend.
The main event for the Jersey club is also on Tuesday, with the 100 Year Celebration Lunch to be held at the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club.
“We have an overseas speaker, Sherie Bayer from America Jerseys coming, and there’ll be a guest speaker from the club giving us a brief history, as well as identifying significant people who are attending,” Mr Kuhne said.
The club’s centenary book, 100 Years of Jersey History: 1912-2012 South Gippsland Jersey Breeders Club, will also be launched at the event.
Put together by the club’s history booklet subcommittee, many months of research and effort have been put into collecting and recording historical documents and photos from the club.
On Tuesday night around 5pm, the Victorian Branch of Jersey Australia will also be holding their annual meeting at the RACV Resort.
Following the meeting will be the Rabobank Jersey Industry dinner at the Workmen’s Club at Wonthaggi.
Beginning at 6.30pm, both national and international industry guest speakers will be attending and giving presentations throughout the night.
Both visitors and locals can enjoy a tour of the local farming area on Wednesday morning with a bus tour leaving the RACV Resort and heading to Yarram.
Around 100 people will visit four Jersey Stud farms in the Yarram area, and another on the way back towards Inverloch, as well as enjoy general sightseeing along the way.
A Jersey Australia dinner will be held on Wednesday evening at the Workmen’s Club, and will include presentations of achievement awards and life memberships, as well as live entertainment.
The celebrations will come to an end with a social breakfast at the RACV Resort on Thursday morning.
Mr Kuhne said every event has an open invitation, but bookings were required as soon as possible.
“This is the last chance for anyone to book for any of the functions,” he said.
Any bookings or enquiries can be made by calling Ian and Joy Richards on 5664 1248.

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