ALISON Hunter from the Scotland Holstein Young Breeders Club has been chosen as part of the team to represent Holstein UK at The Open Junior Show in Cremona in Italy later this month.

The annual Open Junior Show takes place from Wednesday 24 to Saturday 27 this month, with international recognition for its clipping, showmanship and stock judging competitions. Over 40 competitors from across Europe will travel to Cremona to demonstrate their skills and knowledge whilst competing on an international stage.

A competitor in the senior team, Alison has been involved with Scotland HYB for 11 years and her greatest HYB achievements include being placed second in 2017, first and reserve champion handler at the All Breeds All Britain Calf Show 2014, along with being part of the very successful UK team at the previous European Holstein Show in Colmar, 2016.

Alison works for Semex at their head office where she has recently become more involved in coloured breed proofs and providing customers with equipment for carrying out Elevate genomic testing. She lives in Ayrshire with her partner, who milks 500 predominantly pedigree Ayrshire cows between two farms. They have also started registering Holsteins using the Arranview prefix and hope to continue developing the herd for the future.

Head of events and marketing for Holstein UK, Hannah Williams, commented:“It is fantastic to yet again have a UK team being represented on the European stage at Cremona in Italy. The four team members have excelled across all areas of HYB throughout recent events and are a credit to Holstein Young Breeders. We wish them all the very best of luck in the competition and Holstein UK will be sharing team updates and results on the social media platforms whilst they are competing at Cremona.”