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Jersey Canada News Jersey Canada News
Westerner Dairy Showcase
The Westerner Dairy Showcase, held October
and KOZAK JOEL MASQUERADE, owned by Kozak
18th & 19th, saw 49 Jerseys take the ring at the
Jerseys (AB) as the Grand Champion Jersey.
Westerner Park in Red Deer, Alberta. Judge
Sterling Park (AB) took home both the Junior
Dominic Fortier (QC) selected PACIFIC CREST
Breeder and Junior Exhibitor awards while Unique
JORDAN SNEAKERS, owned by Mike Podschadly
Valleystream Genetics (AB) took home the Premier
and Brent Rocha (BC) as his Junior Champion
Breeder and Exhibitor awards.
GRAND CHAMPION
KOZAK JOEL MASQUERADE
Kozak Jerseys, New Sarepta, AB
HM INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION
ROBELLA ZIMMER VIP NAOMI
Robella & Zimmer, Balgonie, SK
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
LONE PINE NUANCE BELLINI
Lone Pine Jerseys Ltd., Didsbury, AB
JUNIOR CHAMPION
PACIFIC CREST JORDAN SNEAKERS
Mike Podschadly & Brent Rocha, Armstrong, BC
HM GRAND CHAMPION
ROBELLA ZIMMER JOEL NATALIE
Robella & Zimmer, Balgonie, SK
RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION
DU SILLON VIVALDI JAVA
Sunny Dairy Farm & Phillip Reutter, Grunthal, MB
INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION
KOZAK JOEL MASQUERADE
Kozak Jerseys, New Sarepta, AB
HM JUNIOR CHAMPION
MOSNANG BOOMERANG STARBRIGHT
Markus Hehli & Lin-Den Holsteins, Rimbey, AB
RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION
LONE PINE NUANCE BELLINI
Lone Pine Jerseys Ltd., Didsbury, AB
A “Royal” Experience
for Judge Casey Morey
Junior Champions (L-R): Audrey Labbé with
MOSNANG BOOMERANG STARBRIGHT –
Honourable Mention, Phillip Reuter with
DU SILLON VIVALDI JAVA – Reserve, Mike Podschadly with
PACIFIC CREST JORDAN SNEAKERS – Champion,
Judge Dominic Fortier.
Grand Champions (L-R): Judge Dominic Fortier, Katelyn Kozak
with KOZAK JOEL MASQUERADE – Champion, Sam Haeni with
LONE PINE NUANCE BELLINI – Reserve, Rory Timlin with
ROBELLA ZIMMER JOEL NATALIE – Honourable Mention,
Ringman Luc Normand.
Jenna Jongenotter photos
Royal Winter Fair
Jersey Show
Jersey Canada photo Ella Wright photo
Royal Showmanship Champions (L-R): Judge Casey Morey,
Jackson Kauffman – Honourable Mention, Adyson Wildeboer –
Reserve, Vanessa Birt – Champion, Bruce Sargent (Farm Boy
Productions, Sponsor), George Van Kampen (President, Jersey Canada).
Michelle Grubb, Communications Specialist,
Jersey Canada Jersey Canada has held a Jersey Youth
provided me with so much over the last
Showmanship competition at the Royal
three decades.
Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto for the
last 39 years. This competition allows youth,
ranging in ages 6-21, to refine and show off
their showmanship skills on a large stage.
This year Jersey Canada was honoured
to welcome Rochester, Alberta’s own
Casey Morey to judge the showmanship
competition on the evening of Friday,
November 8th, with 53 competitors. Jersey
Canada staff admired the time Casey took to
speak to the participants at the end of each
class, providing praise and constructive
feedback. Casey told them she “appreciated
getting feedback” when she was showing,
so she makes sure to offer the same now
that she’s in the judge’s position.
“Judging the Jersey Canada Showmanship
Competition at the Royal was a once in a
lifetime opportunity. When you start your
judging career, you’re always looking for the
next opportunity to stand in the center of
the ring, to show off your abilities as a judge,
enhance your skills and give back to the
dairy community that has given you so much
already. After all the judging opportunities
I have been given over the last four years,
being asked to judge showmanship at the
Royal was the icing on the cake. It gave me
a chance to take my experience beyond
Western Canada and give back to the Jersey
breed, a breed and association that has
“One of the many reasons I coach programs
like WCC (Western Canadian Classic), and
judge youth shows is because of how much
those programs, and the people involved
with them, gave to me when I was young. I
want to ensure that I give the youth of our
industry the same opportunities that I had.
Being able to judge a high calibre show like
at the Royal has provided me with insights
on new ways to teach my team members
and ensure they get the best possible
experience.”
Meet Casey:
Casey owns and operates Unique
Valleystream Genetics in Rochester,
Alberta, alongside her parents, brother,
sister-in-law and niece. They milk 400
purebred Jerseys, under the prefix ‘Unique’
and farm 3000 acres of crop land. Casey is
actively involved with crop and young stock
management, milking, office management,
and embryo export.
A past 4-H member and Team Alberta
WCC participant, Casey now coaches and
coordinates the Alberta WCC Team. She
is a University of Alberta graduate and
utilizes her degree as the Show Manager
for the Westerner Dairy Showcase National
Show. Casey has also had the opportunity
to judge numerous 4-H and open shows
across Western Canada.
Royal Grand Champions (L-R): Curtis McNeil (Semex), Judge Jeff Sayles,
Jamie Weeks with INTENSE JOEL DELPHIE – Champion, Blair Weeks with
LEACHLAND VIDEO MOCHA K – Reserve, Marcel Choiniere with SCOTTIERE
DAXIA VICTORIOUS – Honourable Mention, Associate Judge Richard Osborne,
George Van Kampen (President, Jersey Canada).
Bonnie Cooper
The Royal’s National Jersey Show drew
Weeksdale by Jay Ackley and Jim & Val
259 animals on November 9th with Judge
Spreng (OH). Junior Champion Jersey,
Jeff Sayles, Bridon Farms, Paris, ON,
and also the Royal’s Supreme Junior
remarking, “It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t
Champion, was PERENNIAL GETAWAY
matter who owns them, how much they
FROSTY ET, the winning Intermediate
have sold for or what they did before. What
Yearling from Clarkvalley Holsteins (ON)
matters is how they look before me today.”
and Pierre Boulet (QC). Placing in the
Not to be denied the Grand Championship
top ten in the Jersey Show for Western
was INTENSE JOEL DELPHIE ET, the
Canada owners were: CHARLYN VIP
first Mature cow from Weeksdale (PE),
VODKA, second Summer Junior 2-Year-
Hi-Calibre (NS), Rocky Allen (AU) and
Old from Lee Simanton (AB) and Charlyn
Frank & Diane Borba (CA). Reserve Grand
Jerseys (ON); PACIFIC CREST JORDAN
Champion was LEACHLAND VIDEO
SNEAKERS, third Senior Calf from Mike
MOCHA K, the first Senior 2-Year-Old
Podschadly & Brent Rocha (BC); and
and Intermediate Champion who had
KOZAK JOEL MASQUERADE, fourth
been acquired during the Royal from
Milking Intermediate Yearling from Kozak.
2025 Jersey Canada Awards
DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2025
Jersey Canada welcomes
nominations for the following
awards to be presented at
the 2025 Jersey Canada
Annual General Meeting at the
Hockley Valley Resort in Mono,
Ontario, on March 29, 2025:
YOUTH OF DISTINCTION
JERSEY YOUNG ACHIEVERS
HONOURARY LIFE MEMBER
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Nomination forms can be found on the Jersey Canada website: jerseycanada.com/
awards/ and need to be returned to info@jerseycanada.com by January 10, 2025.