This year Keelin O'Brien and myself entered the Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition. This exciting competition, which Certified Irish Angus Producer Group run with their partners ABP Ireland and Kepak Group, challenges students to rear five Irish Angus calves over 18 months while completing a research project. The initiative aims to promote the Certified Irish Angus brand while educating students about the care and attention required to produce quality beef for consumers. Each group also benefits from the proceeds raised through the sale of the animals at the end of the competition. The overall winners also receive a bursary towards further education. To enter this competition we had to create a video speaking about numerous different things and our plans if we were to win the calves. There was a record number of entries this year, over 500 in total!. It was narrowed down to 34 schools in total with us being one of the lucky schools. We both then had to complete an interview and we are still awaiting the outcome of our interview!