Newsletter August 2017

A big hello to everyone all over New Zealand, I trust winter has been kind to you. I can sense it is beginning to weaken and the warmer weather this week should hopefully be testament to the coming of spring. But do not reduce your vigilance in regard to the weather,...

Canterbury A&P Show Convenor’s Report

Convenors Report Several key changes to the llama compound as well as attendance rules were important elements of this year’s Christchurch show. The new larger judging area was an important improvement, especially as the old judging area had been changed into an...

Christchurch Show 2016

Wonderful here at the show after the rain. We are having a llama information day with lots of visitors coming through, so many children! As soon as people come in, they start smiling. The public are loving the llamas. There is a Monarch butterfly hanging around.

Get Ready for the Christchurch Show Part 4

Well, here is our final notification about this year’s show, it is shaping up to be a cracker and not one to be missed!  We will have an improved llama compound, new attendance rules which will result in less stress for you and your llamas and I even have it on good...

Get Ready for the Christchurch Show Part 3

It will sneak up on you, heck it is almost September already! Remember your entries must be in by September 24th. Today we’ll look at the Performance Classes, all of which will be judged on the Friday of the Show, November 11th. PUBLIC RELATIONS The first of these is...

Get Ready for the Christchurch Show Part 2

Time to start thinking about which llamas you will show this year, which classes you will  enter them into and what training you will need to conduct to prepare them. The afternoon of November 10th (Thursday) will be a busy one with judging of Conformation and Progeny...