4-H regional & state Project Bowls

The second most attended event during the 4-H year is the Project Bowl competition. Patterned after the golden-oldie television show "College Bowl", it challenges teams of 3-6 youth on their knowledge of 4-H project areas: Dairy, Dog, General Livestock, Horse, Poultry, Rabbit and Wildlife.

There are four regional Project Bowls, followed by the state Project Bowl. Each has two divisions: Junior (grades 3 - 8) and Senior (grades 9 - 4-H graduation). Regional winners advance to the state Project Bowl and state winners in dairy, general livestock, horse, and poultry go on to national contests.

Get your friends together, recruit a coach, study hard, and ... most of all HAVE FUN during the Project Bowl season!

Regional Project Bowls

• March 3, 2012 - Foley
• March 10, 2012 - Hastings
• March 17, 2012 - Grand Rapids
• March 17, 2012 - Redwood Falls
• March 24, 2012 - Snow date (in case of cancellations)

2012 Rules (86 K PDF)

Regional Registration Form and Project Bowl Behavioral Contract (24 K PDF)

• Regional Registration Due - postmarked no later than February 2, 2012
• Mail the forms to the host regional office for your site - see list below

Reminder: if your team qualifies for the state Project Bowl, you must register BEFORE you leave the regional Project Bowl. If you do not register before you leave the regional Project Bowl site, you will forfeit your state trip.

Date	Host regional office	Site
March 3	Extension Regional Office- Brainerd 322 Laurel Street Suite 21 Brainerd MN 56401 1-218-828-2386 Coordinators: Marcia Woeste and Eric Sonnek	Foley High School 621 Penn Street Foley 56329
March 10	Extension Regional Office- Farmington Dakota County Extension & Conservation Center 4100 220th Street W - Suite 101 Farmington MN 55024 1-651-480-7788 Coordinators: Mary Duncomb, Ann Quigley and Anja Johnson	Hastings High School 200 General Sieben Dr Hastings 55033
March 17	Extension Regional Office- Grand Rapids & Center for Youth Development 1861 E US Hwy 169 Grand Rapids MN 55744 1-218-285-0962 1-612-624-8198 Coordinator: Jan Derdowski and Amber Runke	Robert J Elkington Middle School 1000 NE 8th Ave Grand Rapids 55744
March 17	Extension Regional Office- Marshall 1424 E College Dr. Suite 100 Marshall MN 56258 1-320-583-3185 Coordinator: Kim Asche	Redwood Falls Public School 100 George Ramseth Dr Redwood Falls 56283
March 24	Snow date

 

Forms & references

• Dairy
• Dog
• General livestock
• Horse
• Poultry
• Rabbit
• Wildlife

2012 State 4-H Project Bowl committee (35 K PDF)

New Coach? Here is some help to get started and sample questions.

Event helper job descriptions

Project Bowl coach instructions (67 K PDF)
Scorekeeper (7 K PDF)
Scoresheet (30 K PDF)
Timer (6 K PDF)
Runner (5K PDF)
Judge (68 K PDF)
Moderator (69 K PDF)

Results

State Project Bowl

• April 21, 2012 - Foley

Team registration: 8:30-9 a.m.
Team orientation: 9 a.m.
Bowls commence: 9:30 a.m. (approx.)

Location address:

Foley High School
621 Penn Street
Foley 56329

Confirmation letter for teams

Confirmation letters will be given to all coaches of qualifying teams when they register for the state contest.

T-Shirts & sweatshirts

Back this year - T-shirts and sweatshirts will be available for sale at the state 4-H Project Bowl! The official design is being still being drafted by Northwest Designs, but at previous state 4-H Project Bowls, 4-H members were able to have their names on the back of the shirts with a star by their name. Bring some extra money ... you may want to buy a shirt!

Reminder: if your team qualifies for the state Project Bowl, you must register BEFORE you leave the regional Project Bowl. If you do not register before you leave the regional Project Bowl site, you will forfeit your state trip.

Winners of the state Project Bowl in dairy, general livestock, horse, and poultry will advance to the national contests.

Tentative future Project Bowl dates

2013

March 2 Regional
March 9 Regional
March 16 Regional
March 23 Snow date
April 20 State Project Bowl