THE third year students from the Grootfontein College of Agriculture entertained their parents during the annual parent weekend which took place from September 14 to 16 outside Middelburg.
Parents from all over the country, even from as far away as Limpopo, came to enjoy the well-organised events with the students.
The weekend kicked-off on Friday at midday with exhibitions from the different student production units.
At Grootfontein, the final year students run their own mini-farms and they were extremely proud to show off with their different breeds.
The seven mini-farms which consists of the merinos, angoras, mutton merinos, Drakensbergers, dorpers, boergoats and mixed production unit were clearly exhibited in the stalls which they created and decorated themselves.
During the slideshow presentations, which started at 3pm in the Merino Lecture Hall, the final year students had the opportunity to impress the parents even more with all the facts regarding their mini-farms.
Although most of them were quite nervous to talk in front of all the parents, they showed much confidence and presented the college in a professional manner.
On Saturday morning, the students and parents competed against each other in different categories all over the campus.
A document with clues was handed out from which they had to figure out where to find the next event. They had to identify different medicines; shoot targets with paintball guns; classify different shrubs and visit the post-mortem clinic.
On Saturday afternoon, the parents were further entertained with a rugby match between the students of Grootfontein and the team of Noupoort Diamonds.
The weekend was concluded with a splendid spitbraai Saturday evening in the Recreation Hall.