THE Euroa Agricultural Society is seeing the next generation step into leadership roles, with three young women – Tegan Kubeil, Emily Peck and Carlie Mackelmann – organising this year’s Euroa Autumn Beef Cattle Show.
Ms Kubeil, a 19-year-old from Euroa, is the main organiser, with assistance from Ms Peck and Ms Mackelmann, who are from Invergordon, with family connections to Euroa.
Ms Kubeil said she stepped into the role about three weeks before the 2023 Euroa Show, after the lady who previously organised the Euroa Show’s cattle section and the Autumn cattle show “left them quite high and dry”.
“I was a part of a small committee with the marketing team, so I put my hand up and said, ‘yep, I'll give it a go’,” she said.
She said organising the cattle show has involved contacting sponsors, talking to entrants, and getting entries, trade spaces, and ribbons.
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“It’s been a fair bit of work,” she admitted.
Asked if she had advice for other young people considering getting involved in agricultural shows, Ms Kubeil said: “Just give it a crack.”
“You don't have to know what you're doing – I had no background in cattle whatsoever other than knowledge from family,” she said.
“But I’ve jumped in, I’ve given it a crack and here we are, we’re running it.”
The Euroa Autumn Beef Cattle Show will be on March 2 and 3 at the Euroa Showgrounds.
