National Contest Qualifying Entry Deadline TODAY!! July 6th.

The deadline to enter the 2020 VIRTUAL NATIONAL QUALIFYING CONTEST OPPORTUNITIES is Monday, July 6 at 11:59 pm. There will be NO LATE entries accepted because we have to prepare for the virtual contest based on the entry information.

As a reminder, as stated in the overall Contest Guidelines there are CONTEST PROCTORING REQUIREMENTS which state that Youth will compete in each contest on certain days, during a set time which varies by contest. The 4-H member will compete from a county office location and be proctored during the contest by an extension employee. 4-H volunteers will not be allowed to proctor the contests. Due to local restrictions related to COVID-19, should this be an issue, please notify your DEA as soon as possible. The Texas 4-H Office will be working with the DEAs, on a case by case basis, should youth be entered in contests which are from counties that may not be allowed into the county offices due to COVID-19 restrictions.

As a reminder the following contest will be conducted on the following dates. We realize there may be conflicts in schedule including some of our 4-H events, however for the integrity of the contest we feel the proctoring requirements are necessary. Should a 4-H member not be at their respective county and arrangements be made with another county office to facilitate the contest, then we can work on those on a case by case basis. If you have not done so already, please notify jcbarrett@ag.tamu.edu of those situations by Monday, July 6^th.   

All contest specific details are posted with the exception of those noted below. We apologize for the delay. The contest will mirror to the best of our ability a typical contest, therefore the modifications should not impact the 4-H members decision to participate. Remember, everyone will be in the same situation as we move to a virtual delivery for contest content.

SCHEDULE:

Consumer Decision Making – July 14 (contest rules will be posted today)

Fashion Show – July 15

Open FCH Educational Presentation – July 16

Public Speaking – July 16

Horse Educational Presentation – July 16

Leaders 4 Life – July 17

Healthy Lifestyles Invitational – July 23

FCH Quiz Bowl -  July 24

Hippology – July 28 (contest rules will be posted today)

Horse Judging – July 29 (contest rules will be posted early next week)

Livestock Judging – July 29

Meat Judging & ID – July 29 (contest rules will be posted early next week)

Livestock Skill-a-thon – July 30

Livestock Quiz Bowl – July 31

Horse Quiz Bowl – July 31

Check out the link to learn more https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/events/qualifier/