Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association

The Annual ICMJ competition is just around the corner. This years competition marks 20 years of the program bringing young people into the meat industry (and to the USA). Commencing in early July 2010, the jam-packed program comprises 4 days of specialised training in practical workshops, industry guest speakers, the ever succesful careers expo, small stock and large stock competitions and the special dinner. A great event to get hands on experience in the meat industry as well as meet other young enthusiastic people and mingle with potential employers. If you are succesful in the competition you may also be lucky enough to be selected as one of 5 students whom get the oportunity to travel to the USA on a meat industry tour.

Be sure to check out the new format for this year with updates to the website (as at 26/05/10) including The Competition 2010, with details on this years competition; Coaches section, with coaches information, training documents, new important ammendments to the manual and updated scorecards; and 2010 Registrations, all the information you need to register your team.

So get your team into training ready for the big event. If you need any assistance past the capicity of this website don't hesitate to Contact Us. We look forward to seeing you all pumped and ready at Armidale!

The ICMJ Team

If you have been a competitor, coach, committee member, Australian team member or assisted with the program, you have contributed to the success of the ICMJ program which is celebrating its 20th year in 2010 and we want you to join in the celebrations!

As such, a 20 year reunion is planned for Saturday 10th April 2010 in Sydney to bring together the large number of people involved in this important program and celebrate the good people and times the program has created.

The event coincides nicely with Sydney show for those of you that are heading down to the event, with partners welcome to attend. There will be canapes, a 3 course meal and drinks provided to the coat and tie evening and it will be a great chance to catch up with old friends and celebrate this milestone.

Please email us here to get your invitation and full details for the reunion. We would love to have you along! Just don't forget to RSVP by the 22nd March 2010.

Please feel free to pass this information onto others that have been involved in ICMJ. We would also appreciate any ICMJ memorabilia, including photos, that you may like to share for our special night.

The 8th Annual National Inter-School Meat Judging Competition is nearly here! Held at the Scone Showground on the 7th November 2009, don't miss your chance to get involved and learn more about beef assessment and the red meat industry. Calling all enthusiastic students to get your registration in now. For full details, flier and entry form see the latest post on our website homepage.

ICMJ has also recently joined facebook to keep in touch with all past members and alumni of ICMJ. With a 20yr celebratory reunion in the works for early 2010 we want to get as many members as possible to make the day a great success. To join our group just follow the links from the ICMJ homepage.

All the photos from the 2009 competition have now been uploaded for you to view. To see them just select the '2009 competition photos' page on the sidebar and then follow the link to the photo viewing website. All photos courtesy of Alix McFarlane photography. For larger sizes and purchases please contact alix.mcfarland@bigpond.com

Some of the guest speaker powerpoint presentations from the industry and practical sessions of the competition have now also been uploaded. These are available from the 'coaches section' of the website.

The 2008-2009 Annual report has also been uploaded and can be downloaded from the website homepage.

The competition is now over for 2009, with a great week being held in Armidale, NSW. The week was thoroughly enjoyed by all - with Industry speakers, practical training sessions, the career expo and competition all an enourmous success.

A big congratulations to one of our guest teams Colorado State University, who took out the prestigous Roy McDonald sheild (for the winning team) and the Founders Buckle (for highest individual student).

All official results are now available. To view the awards list as announced on the night click on '2009' under 'Results' in the ' Hall of Fame' section of the website. For coaches and students - to view individual and team results and ranking in the competition see the 'coaches section' of the website.

The ICMJ website has just been updated!

The ICMJ competition for 2009 is nearly here! To get up to scratch why not practice with some of the interactive classes in our student section? We have also posted some links to US websites with loads more interactive classes for you to try.

Remember to make sure you have downloaded all the pre-comp information from both the coaches and student sections - particularly the student manual to make sure you are on top of all the terminology  and class structure. Take note of new classes to be run in 2009!

We look forward to seeing you at the Armidale!

The 2009 Program of Events can now be downloaded from the coaches section as well as the Registration page. It includes a detailed schedule of the day-to-day activities as they will run. Some guest speakers are yet to be confirmed and so a final schedule will be provided with guest speaker names and topics at a later date.

Other recent additions include a 'Where are you now?' section on the homepage calling on all past ICMJ competitors to fill out the form for updates to industry. There is also an 'Alumni database' section where past ICMJ members can join up to keep upto date with ICMJ news, results, job opportunities, newsletters and much more!