Project Bowl is a long-standing program in Minnesota 4-H and is the second most attended event of the year. In Project Bowl, teams of 3-6 youth build skills working and thinking together while testing their knowledge in these 4-H areas: dairy, dog, general livestock, horse, llama/alpaca, poultry, and rabbit.
There are four regional bowls, which lead to the state competition. Each has two divisions: Junior (grades 3-8) and Senior (grades 4 through 4-H graduation). Regional winners advance to the 4-H State Project Bowl. Winners at the state level 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!
Upcoming competitions
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March 5- Foley
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March 12- Hastings
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March 19- Bemidji and Redwood Falls
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March 26- Snow date
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April 9- State bowl
For participants
Rules
References
Project Bowl references used for each contest are below. Each contest selects questions from the references provided each year.
- Dairy
- Dog
- General livestock (beef, sheep, swine, meat goat)
- Horse
- Llama/Alpaca
- Poultry
- Rabbit
2022 Regional Project Bowl Registration Form
Registration deadline must be postmarked by February 7, 2022.
Bowling 101
The state 4-H bowl committee agrees it is important to increase bowl interest and participation, particularly for younger 4-H’ers, so we are offering a non-competitive “Bowling 101” category. This document will provide the only details for this activity.
2022 results
- Foley
- Hastings
- Bemidji
- Redwood Falls
2022 photos
- Foley
- Hastings
- Bemidji
- Redwood Falls
Past results
State results
Regional results
2019
2018
4-H State Project Bowl: April 9, 2022
Winners in dairy, general livestock, horse and poultry will advance to the national contests. If your team qualifies for the State Project Bowl, you must sign up before you leave the Regional Project Bowl. If you do not sign up before you leave, you will forfeit your state trip.
The State Project Bowl registration form for Llama/Alpaca - due by March 21, 2022
April 9, Sauk Rapids - Rice High School
- Team registration: 8:30-9 a.m.
- Team orientation: 9 a.m.
- Bowls commence: 9:30 a.m.
Team confirmation letter - available after regional bowl
- Coaches of qualifying teams will receive confirmation letters when they sign up for the state contest.
T-Shirts and sweatshirts
- T-shirts and sweatshirts will be for sale at the State 4-H Project Bowl! The official design is 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! The MN 4-H Project Bowl Program receives a portion of the sales.
- Results
- Photos
- See past Regional and State Project Bowl results
Coach and volunteer information
See all Project Bowl volunteer info on the 4-H volunteer site.
Interested in coaching a 4-H Project Bowl team?
- 2022 Coaches Training: (Webinar recorded 1/4/22)
- The purpose of the training is to prepare coaches to work with a bowl team and build the bowl program by developing confident coaches. On the webinar, we gave an overview of the bowl program, shared ideas for practices and answered questions.
- How to get started and sample questions
- Ideas for Project Bowl practices
- 4-H Project Bowl Procedure of Play video (traditional bowl)
Tentative 2023 Dates
- March 4
- March 11
- March 18
- March 25 (snow date)
- April 15 - State
Contact
- Sharon Davis, Animal Science Director, davis051@umn.edu
- Amber Greeley, Director of State and County Fairs Programs, runk0014@umn.edu