The ERGS ABP Angus Youth Challenge Team learned of their success via a YouTube video news bulletin commissioned by the meat processor ABP and the Northern Ireland Angus Producer Group. This was in response to the impact of not being able to hold a live event due to the need for ‘social distancing’ because of the Coronavirus.
The team of four, Anna and Aaron Flanagan, Thomas Kerr and James Ritchie entered the ABP Angus Youth Challenge in 2017 and made it on to the finalists’ skills development programme in April 2018. Since then they have been competing against three other finalist teams from Belfast Royal Academy, Rainey Endowed and St Louis Grammar, Ballymena.
The programme saw the team rear five Aberdeen Angus cross calves through to beef; sell them for financial reward and complete a research assignment on the role of Aberdeen Angus in ensuring sustainability of farming in Co. Fermanagh.
Unfortunately, the ERGS team was ‘pipped at the post’ by St Louis Grammar, to whom the team extend sincere congratulations.
A sincere thank you to the whole ERGS community who have fully supported the team throughout the competition. The team are indebted to their sponsors and the Fermanagh Protestant Board of Education and Vaughan Trust for their financial assistance throughout the competition.
Congratulations Anna Flanagan, Aaron Flanagan, Thomas Kerr and James Ritchie!
