Lachy Johnson from Bordertown has been announced as the 2023 State Rural Ambassador Award winner.
Representing the Mundulla Show Society from the South End Border Show Association, Lachy was named the winner at the State Rural Ambassador Award dinner, on Tuesday 5 September at the Royal Adelaide Show.
The award program is open to people aged between 20-30 who are committed to their local show and community and highlights the importance of youth in the agricultural show movement.
The Government of South Australia, through the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA), is a proud sponsor of the Rural Ambassador Award, run by SA Country Shows.
Lachy and the two runners up, Carly Gogel, representing the Naracoorte Pastoral and Agricultural Society from the South East and Border Association and Elise Kennedy, representing the Pinnaroo Show Society from the Murraylands Association have each won study tours.
The other finalists were James Krieg from the Northern Show Region, Emily Halloran from the Southern Show Region, John O’Mahoney from the Northern Show Region and Alan Lintern from the Central Show Region.
Find out more about your local country show, or the Rural Ambassador Award program.
