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 2023
We are excited to have AOA Certified Judges Jude Anderson and Cheryl Gehly  judging the Regular Fleece Show. Neither of these judges need introduction, for they have been part of judging Suri alpacas for many years.  Our Fiber Arts and Skeins Judge is Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Macedo will be our Spin-Off Judge!

Champion and Special Award winning fleece entrants
will receive photos suitable for use in advertising
their alpacas and farms for free! 

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, Best Lock, and Best Luster
  
• Judges Choice
• Spirit of the Fiber Industry
• Bred and Owned in each color group

IMPORTANT FLEECE SHOW DATES:

March 25, 2023: Fleece show sponsorships are available

April 1, 2023: Show registration begins for Fleece, Spin-Off, Skein and Fiber Arts competitions

July 7, 2023: Fleece, Spin-Off, Skein and Fiber Arts competition registration closes

July 10, 2023: Refunds no longer given

July 14, 2023: Deadline for fleeces be delivered to Judy Schroeder or Boone County Extension Facility

July 14, 2023: 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 17, 2023: Show set up

July 18 & 19, 2023: Show judging

July 20, 2023: Show wrap and up pack up

Show Superintendent for 2023:

This is a mail in fleece show that will be judged immediately after the AOA National Fleece Show on July 18th and 19th 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 Dawn Browning
703 Fort Hill Road
Maysville, KY 41056

or

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

PLEASE CONSIDER
SPONSORING THE 2023 SURI NETWORK FLEECE SHOW
TO SPONSOR

Noodling Your Fleece is
Strongly Encouraged
(and very helpful)!
Bag information is provided below.

A HUGE THANK-YOU
to our 2023 Sponsors!

The 2023 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)