Pleasant Nook Jerseys has great showing at Summer Show

LINDSAY — A Waterloo region Jersey farm was one of the big winners at the On­tario Summer Jersey Show on July 26 at Lindsay in East-Central Ontario.

Pleasant Nook Jerseys, owned by Rob and Julie Eby at Ayr, Ont. bred and owned the reserve and honourable mention grand champions, and also took home top-place awards for premier breeder, premier exhibitor and breeders herd.

The farm is an annual winner at shows, taking home five awards at last year’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and was named premier Jersey breeder at the World Dairy Expo the last two years.

Here are some of the winners from the Jersey Summer Show:
Grand champion: Avonlea Premier Choco­late Chip, bred and owned by Andrew, Jennifer, Taylor and Will Vander Meulen, and Jim and Liz Livock of Avonlea Genet­ics Inc., Brighton, Ont.
Reserve: Pleasant Nook Apple Dumpling, bred and owned by Rob and Julie Eby of Pleasant Nook Jer­seys at Ayr, Ont.
Honourable mention: Pleasant Nook Premier Miss Me, bred and owned by Pleasant Nook Jerseys
Junior champion: South Mountain Premier Sophee, owned by Riven­dale Farms at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Reserve: Beslea Velocty Lion, owned by Rivendale Farms
Intermediate Cham­pion: Pleasant Nook Apple Dumpling
Reserve Intermediate champion: Pleasant Nook Premier Jellyroll, bred and owned by Pleasant Nook Jerseys
Junior Champion of 4-H Show: Drentex Gizmo’s Galaxy, bred by Michael & Monique Bols of Drentex Jerseys at Rus­sell, Ont. and Jenna James at Russell, Ont., owned by Cybil Fisher at Green Bay, Wisconsin and Taylor Vander Meulen
Reserve: Hollylane Vi­ral Shania, bred by Rog­er and Diane Jarrell Ray of Hollylane Jerseys at Corbyville, Ont., owned by Dani Karn of Oxford County, Ont.
Junior Breeders Herd: Drentex Jerseys
Reserve: Chris & Bri­anne Brown, of Beslea Farms at Yarker, Ont.
Breeders herd: Pleas­ant Nook Jerseys
Reserve: Avonlea Ge­netics Inc.
Premier breeder: Pleasant Nook Jerseys
Premier exhibitor: Pleasant Nook Jerseys