THE WOOLERY SPONSORS SPIN-OFF AND FIBER ARTS PRIZES!
The Suri Network is very pleased The Woolery is going to provide gift certificates for the top finishers of our Spin-Off and Fiber Arts competitions. Their store is located in Frankfort, Kentucky and you can view all they have to offer at: www.woolery.com 

LOCATION
Our mail in fleece show this year will follow the AOA National Education and Fiber Conference Fleece Show in Burlington, KY using the same facility.  We are very pleased to be taking advantage of the wonderful Boone County Cooperative Extension Campus at  6028 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington, Kentucky 41005. Please do not mail your fleeces to this location. Use the address provided below.

JUDGES FOR 2022
We are excited to have AOA Certified Judges Arturo Pena (judging males) and Stephanie Glyptis (judging females) judging the Regular Fleece Show. Neither of these judges need introduction, for they have been part of judging Suri alpacas for many years, both in the halter ring and in the fleece room.

Champion and Special Award winning fleece entrants
will receive photos suitable for use in advertising their alpacas and farms for free! (similar to the one below)

Special Awards
The Suri Network will award the following special awards:       

• 1st to 6th place ribbons awarded for each color group in each gender
• Color and Reserve Color Champion in each gender will be awarded in classes with 8 or more entries
• Breeder Cup Awards
• First Time Fleece Show Award
• Best Hand
• Judges Choice
• Best Lock
• Best Luster
• Spirit of the Fiber Industry
• Bred and Owned in each color group

IMPORTANT FLEECE SHOW DATES:

March 25, 2022: Fleece show sponsorships are available

April 1, 2022: Show registration begins for Fleece, Spin Off, Skein and Fiber Arts competitions

July 7, 2022: Fleece, Spin Off, Skein and Fiber Arts competition registration closes

July 10, 2022: Refunds no longer given

July 15, 2022: Fleeces must be delivered to Judy Schroeder or Boone County Extension Facility

July 15, 2002: Spin Off, Skein and Fiber Arts entries must be delivered to Dawn Browning (July 17th if being dropped off at AOA Show in Burlington, KY)

July 18, 2022: Show set up

July 19 & 20, 2022: Show judging

July 21, 2022: Show wrap and up pack up

Show Superintendent for 2022:

This is a mail in fleece show that will be judged immediately after the AOA National Fleece Show on July 19th and 20th at the Boone County Cooperative Extension Facility 6028 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington, KY 41005.

Fleeces must be mailed to:
Suri Network Fleece Show
c/o Judy Schroeder
1453 Dominion Trail
Hebron, KY 41048

FLEECE SHOW FEES:

Regular Fleece Show Entries per fleece: 
              Member: $45
              Non-Member: $55
Production Classes (Get of Sire and Produce of Dam)
              Member: $32
              Non-member: $42
AOA Fleece Show Membership Fee: $60
AOA Show Fee for non AOA members: $80

Fleece Return Postage: $20 for first fleece and $6 for additional fleeces

The 2022 AOA Show System Handbook details the requirements for each kind of competition in the AOA Show System. The entire book is downloadable as a PDF. Specific sections apply to various fleece competitions, and you may wish to pay close attention to the following:

Chapter 5: Getting the Fleece Ready for the Fleece Show (p. 9-10)
Chapter 21:  Fleece Competitions (p. 57-62)

Suri fleeces should be placed on the plastic sheet CUT SIDE IN, on an AOA approved clear plastic bag that has been sliced along its longest dimension and opened up.

Bags should be 30–33 gallons, 1 mil or less, and clear.

AOA Shopping Cart      Sold in quantities of 25 for $15.

U-Line — 1 mil poly bags  SKU S-10920 — 36" x 42" — 1.5 oz

COSTCO sells 0.9 MIL POLY BAGS that are 32 1/2" x 37 1/2" — 1.3 oz

The method and materials used to noodle a fleece MUST meet  AOA requirements as specified in the 2022 AOA Show System Handbook. Using only one plastic sheet of the mandatory allowed plastic bags (listed above) is permitted if the fleece is entered in a noodle presentation. A fleece improperly noodled in any material other than the specified clear plastic sheet may be disqualified from the show. 

Noodling your fleece is strongly encouraged
(and very helpful)!

A HUGE THANK-YOU
to our 2022 Sponsors!