The Trinity Catholic College Sheep Show Team were announced as Grand Champions of the School Exhibit at the 2021 Sydney Royal Easter Show with their Corriedale Ewe, Trinity Dixie.

The team spent months before the show preparing their Corriedales for competition, feeding, tracking, shedding them when it rained and training them to be led and stand in the ring without a halter.

The Trinity Corriedales originate from the Prell family’s Gundowringa bloodlines. The Prell family established a Corriedale stud farm at Gundowringa near Crookwell in 1904.

“At the show, final preparations included washing their faces, a little fleece clip and removing any straw from their fleece,” said Trinity student, Hannah Smith.

Trinity Dixie won the 'Champion Schools Ewe', the 'Grand Champion School Exhibit' and the 'Terry Goldrick Memorial Prize'. The College also won the Schools Interbreed Competition for the best pair of Ewes featuring, Trinity Dixie and another Corriedale called Trinity Delta.

Trinity’s Agricultural Teacher, Rachel Smith, said the Trinity Corriedales shone in the Schools Interbreed Ring. “The judges were impressed, describing Trinity Dixie as the complete package and an excellent example of what the industry is looking for,” she said.

The team also had continued success in the Corriedale ring exhibiting for Trinity College and Glen Esk Corriedale Studs.

“The students worked so well together to ensure that the sheep looked their best both in and out of the ring,” said Rachel. “I could not be prouder of them all.”