Australian Young Farmer Challenge
2024 Expressions of Interest Open
Nominate your team HERE to compete at the 2024 Melbourne Royal Australian Young Farmer Challenge State Finals.
To express your interest in competing, complete the form with details of; your team, your primary contact, an emergency contact, your team captain, your team members and contact information for all. Please note that due to time constraints, there is a limit to the number of teams that are able to compete in 2024. Completion of this form does not guarantee you a spot and is an expression on interest only. Teams will be selected at the discretion of Melbourne Royal.
2024 State and National Finals
Melbourne Royal is proud to be host of the Australian Young Farmer Challenge National Finals in addition to our Victorian State Event.
2024 AYFC State and Nationals Quiz
3:00pm, Saturday October 5th, 2024
Entertainment Stage, Melbourne Royal Show
2024 AYFC State and Nationals Challenge
5:00pm, Saturday October 5th, 2024
Main Arena, Melbourne Royal Show
2023 State Final
2023’s State Final created a spectacle on the Horses in Action Arena at the Melbourne Royal Showgrounds on Saturday 23 September.
With eight teams competing from across Victoria, competitors battled it out in a series of challenges including extinguishing a fire, building an irrigation system, drafting 20 sheep, driving an ATV, weighing the industry standard of strawberries, calibrating a drench gun and leading an alpaca.
The victors were; Jenny Redpath, Darcy Gervasoni, Lily Carnes, Mitchell Hepburn from Clunes, with the Reserve Champion’s being Louise Hobbs, Emily Peck, Hayley Grigg and Edwin Van Ravesteyn; a team made up of State National Rural Ambassador finalists and friends.
2023 National Final - Royal Adelaide Show
As part of their prize, Melbourne Royal supported Victoria’s State Finalists from 2022 to travel to Adelaide in April, to compete in the National Young Farmer’s Challenge
With the quiz and challenges highlighted on the grand stage, the competitors were thrown into fire fighting, hay bale rolling and team work challenges among others. It was an exciting and close finish our Victorian team emerged as Reserve Champions, by mere seconds!
Congratulations to Darcy Wade, Quinn Wade, Mackinley Glover and Michael Orchard as the reigning National Reserve Champions!
