leadership - 4-H Ontario
leadership - 4-H Ontario
leadership - 4-H Ontario
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FEATURES<br />
Christine Wilkinson, Rebecca Murray, Deanna Glasgow, Marie Martin (coach) and Scott Gooding representing Halton 4-H Association.<br />
TAKING HOME GOLD<br />
Halton 4-H’rs win the 2011 provincial title<br />
By Stephanie Craig<br />
Do you know how to hold a rabbit<br />
properly, when 4-H began, or how<br />
yeast works Chances are the 2011<br />
Provincial Go For The Gold (GFTG)<br />
Champions know the answers.<br />
GFTG is a trivia competition that<br />
focuses on content covered in 4-H<br />
projects and current 4-H information.<br />
Teams of four players, an alternate<br />
and one coach compete against<br />
one another at the local, regional<br />
and provincial level. The provincial<br />
competition happens every November<br />
at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair<br />
(RAWF). Here the winners of each<br />
regional competition go head to<br />
head for the chance to win the title of<br />
Provincial GFTG Champions.<br />
Many 4-H’rs dedicate their entire<br />
spring, summer and fall to studying,<br />
preparing and competing. The<br />
provincial event is the culmination of<br />
hours of dedication. It brings together<br />
Members, Volunteers and spectators<br />
from across <strong>Ontario</strong>. The excitement<br />
also brought Deborah Gray, Manager,<br />
Marketing and Communications for<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Mutuals to the provincial<br />
championships. <strong>Ontario</strong> Mutuals is<br />
the provincial sponsor of the GFTG<br />
program and also financially supports<br />
each of the six regional competitions.<br />
“<strong>Ontario</strong> Mutuals is delighted to be<br />
associated with 4-H’s Go For The Gold<br />
program. The level of commitment<br />
and excellence from the participants<br />
is very gratifying, and certainly makes<br />
our sponsorship even more important<br />
to us,” explains Deborah.<br />
Teams from Carleton, Durham East,<br />
Grey, Halton, Oxford and Temiskaming<br />
4-H Associations participated in the<br />
provincial competition at the RAWF.<br />
After five preliminary rounds, Durham-<br />
East and Halton took the lead. The<br />
championship game was a tight battle<br />
but the Halton 4-H team came out on<br />
top followed by Durham-East, Oxford,<br />
Carleton, Temiskaming and Grey.<br />
Deanna Glasgow, Scott Gooding,<br />
Rebecca Murray and Christine<br />
Wilkinson of Halton 4-H were thrilled<br />
to take home “4-H gold”.<br />
Being new to GFTG Members of<br />
the Halton team were extremely<br />
thankful to have Marie Martin, a<br />
seasoned GFTG pro, as their coach.<br />
Marie used her expertise to lead the<br />
competitors through many intense<br />
preparation sessions, including a nine<br />
hour “cram” session the day before<br />
the championships. “I just spit out<br />
random 4-H facts now,” said Christine<br />
Wilkinson. The whole team jokes they<br />
know more about sewing, wearable<br />
art, dairy cattle, bread and more, than<br />
they ever thought they would.<br />
GFTG’s success is due to generous<br />
support from sponsors, the RAWF,<br />
spectators and enthusiastic 4-H<br />
Members and dedicated 4-H<br />
Volunteers. GTFG will be running<br />
again in a few shorts months so<br />
hopeful potentials out there should be<br />
advised to start studying early if you<br />
want to be the next GFTG superstars!<br />
Leadership In Action • Winter 2011