1990, Latrobe University, Victoria

In the year 1990, the Victorians hosted this year’s Championship at the Latrobe University, this proved to be another ideal venue for the ANBC Show.  The only problem, the accommodation was spread out, this required the organisers to run a shuttle bus for each event.  The Hosts were able to overcome this problem area, and many interesting discussions took place on these bus trips.

This year is the First National Show to be judged using a truly National Standard.  This year also is the first time a group of candidates sat for a National Examination to gain creditation for the right to judge the ANBC Championship Show.  It was also the first time a panel was formed from five different states to examine candidates for accreditation.

The council meeting put in place rules to cover the officiating judges at the ANBC Championship Show.  Three nights accommodation, air fare and all the dinners from Friday evening to Sunday evening were voted on and approved by a unanimous decision.

 The Dominant pied classes, one class for The Australian Pied and one class for the variegated pied.  The officiating judges were not familiar with the new standards on Dominant pieds, and several protests were lodged by delegates who were familiar with the standard.  This put into place a chain of events leading to a decision being made to reduce the Dominant Pied Class to one class only.  Firstly the colour and standards committee were called in to interpret the written word, this resulted in several exhibits being wrong classed.  A meeting was called to discuss future protests at ANBC shows and many points were made with a need for a postal vote to decide the issue.

The council meeting had an embarrassing moment when a letter from a member bodies subcommittee was presented by a delegate from a different member body.  This letter was rejected and several censure motions were proposed.  The outcome being that all correspondence presented at the council meeting is to come through the correct channels i.e. to the secretary of the member body who on approval of their own management will then forward such correspondence to the National Secretary.

Final Results were:

  • 1st Victoria                               321
  • 2nd South Queensland             305
  • 3rd N.S.W.                               287
  • 4th Tasmania                            200
  • 5th North Queensland              194
  • 6th South Australia                  186
  • 7th Western Australia              181

Officiating judges were:

  • Roy Reed (Victoria)
  • Alan Rowe (Victoria)
  • Fred Cordona (New South Wales)
  • J Barnard from (North & Central Queensland)

 

Ron Hunt, 1990
ANBC Historian