1975 – Kensington, Victoria

In 1975, history was made when at the Kensington Town Hall in Melbourne the first ever interstate teams’ competition was run. Using a point score system of six points for the first and one point for the sixth, three teams took part on this historic occasion. The date for this new event was Saturday the 24th of May and was run in conjunction with the BCA (VIC) annual show. The interstate birds when the interstate competition was completed were all entered in the BCA show. The classes for the competition were:-

Normal Green
Normal Blue
Yellow (black eye)
Albino or Lutino
Greywing
Cinnamon wing
Clearwing
Opaline including AOSV
Yellow faced Blue
Pieds
Any variety hen

Hens may be shown in classes one to ten.

Harry Eady was the Show Manager.

The judges for this occasion were all from Victoria. The venue was given high praise in the fancy press including the interstate magazines and all who attended had high praise for the competition and the future of the event. The two visiting teams traveled by van overnight and were returned the same way.

Final scores were as follows:-

Victoria 110 points
South Australia 73 points
New South Wales 48 points

Ron Hunt, 1975
A.N.B.C. Historian