2019 State 4-H Roundup Competition NEW Guidelines are UP

A copy of the Texas 4-H Roundup Guide can be downloaded from https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/events/roundup/.  This is an awesome opportunity to go through and start planning for the County/District competitions that will be held in the spring.

Contest Rules will also be posted at https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/events/roundup/. We will notify everyone when they are uploaded

2019 Texas 4-H Roundup Guide

Changes, Reminders and Clarifications for 2018-2019 4-H Year

CHANGES

•  Food Challenge Teams will consist of team of 3 – 4 members.
• Food Show categories will be Main Dish, Fruits & Vegetables, Breads & Cereal, and Nutritious Snacks
• Quiz bowl teams will be made up of 4 team members.
• Updated Quiz Bowl Contest Rules and resources will be released by September 1, 2019
• Educational Presentations will consist of Individuals or Teams of 2.
• Categories for Educational Presentations (See Roundup Guide for category descriptions)

1.       Agricultural Technology & Farm Safety

2.       Animal Science

3.       Beef

4.       Horse

5.       Health & Wellness

6.       Open Agriculture & Natural Resources

7.       Open Family & Consumer Sciences 

8.       Safety & Injury Prevention

9.       Promote 4-H

10.   Open

• Soil and Poultry Judging Contest Rules are in review and will be updated.

REMINDERS

• Specific contest rules will be posted in the Fall 2018. Our goal is to have all Qualifying Contest rules posted by September 1, 2018.
• Soil Judging will remain Invitational for 2019.
• Entomology Identification will remain Invitational for 2019.
• Dairy Judging - Texas 4-H does not coordinate a state level contest. The Texas 4-H utilizes the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Contest as our contest to determine who will represent Texas 4-H at the national contest opportunities.
• Youth MAY NOT participate in more than one contest in a day. A schedule has been posted which outlines what day each contest will be held. A schedule with time/locations will be posted in April with the registration information.

CLARIFICATION

Substitutions (Page 3)

• Only the number of 4-H members who qualify at district will qualify for state.
• Substitutions are allowed in the event of an emergency or unexpected circumstance and a team member can no longer compete at state.
• The purpose of making a substitution is to keep the original number of team members that competed at District eligible to compete at State.
• Substitutes must be 4-H members from the same county and certified as having competed at the district level in another 4-H contest.
• *NEW* The deadline for requesting any substitutions, except for an emergency, is the close of the regular Roundup Registration deadline. If substitutions occur during the late fee period, additional fees may be accessed.

MAXIMUM SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED BASED ON TEAM SIZE

       1 member            No Substitutions Allowed
             2 or 3                  1 member
             4 or 5                  2 members
             6 or more            3 members

Substitutions of team members may involve a monetary fee depending on the time of substitution.

Intermediates participating as seniors in Invitationals (page 6)

Intermediate Age youth can compete as a Senior to complete a team for SOME Invitational Contests. Those choosing to do so, will be eligible for awards in that level only. Intermediates moving up would be considered as Seniors for ranking. This will NOT be allowed for the following contests: Hippology, Healthy Lifestyles, Livestock Skill-A-Thon, Poultry Judging, and Soil Judging as these contests allow for national competition open to Seniors aged youth only.