1986, Adelaide, South Australia

It’s 1986, and this year’s show is to be held in Adelaide.  The convention ideal is well established, and the South Australians receive many compliments and congratulations. The judging of the championships show establishes a very good point.  Fourteen birds on one plank is determined to be out of the question.  The stand back far enough to observe all birds for comparison, the judge has to be too far back and is unable to see the birds in any detail.  In trying to observe the birds all as a class one judge (Fred Cardona) almost fell off the stage where the birds were being judged. It was resolved to go back to two planks of seven birds.

Judges for this show were Fred Cardona, Geog Duffield and Neil Bourne.

The Lacewing makes its first appearance giving us 15 classes.

Final Results were:

• South Australia              308
• Victoria                          287
• New South Wales          278
• South Queensland         225
• Tasmania                        205
• North Queensland         164
• Western Australia          107

Ron Hunt, 1986
ANBC Historian