2005, Melbourne Convention Centre, Victoria

Hosted in 2005 by the Budgerigar Council of Victoria at the Melbourne Convention Centre.  Prior to this event many people were concerned about being in the capital city, parking and mobility were two of the major concerns.  Once underway these concerns were found to be of no real issue.  Those of us who found the actual venue a bit pricy were pleased with the location of the alternative accommodation and visitors who drove to Melbourne left their cars in their parking place and walked to the Convention Centre.  Many visitors walking to the Centre were caught up in the atmosphere created by the crowds going to the various football venues and this added to the excitement of going to our own Budgerigar Championship.  The rooms where the dinner functions were held were spacious and added a touch of class to the occasion.  The day trips proved to be interesting and entertaining, the only down side was the cost but most visitors felt the final result was worth the effort and enjoyed their stay in Melbourne.

The ANBC elections were held with the following results:

  •  President – Dave Ganzer, South Queensland
  •  Secretary, Bob Bourke, New South Wales
  •  Public Officer, Dave Butters A.C.T.
  •  Historian, Ron Hunt, New South Wales

A third person was elected for the first time to the executive position, Leigh Downey as past president filled this role.

Mr Bruce Bradford has indicated his willingness to continue as the ABA delegate.  Debbie Ham indicated she would not be able to continue as the web master and her elected replacement was Steve Campbell.  Two more fanciers were elected to the hall of fame, Gary Gazzard N.S.W. and the partnership of Graham and Marlene Tuthill Tasmania were the recipients of this honour.

Council decided to purchase the cut glass with rosewood base trophy as the championship trophy.  Six years supply to be purchased from the N.S.W. supplier, the secretary Bob Bourke to follow up.

The controversial item from the Colour and Standards Committee was the paper presented by John Mulley re the reorganising of The Matrix to allow the yellow face mutation more prominence.  This was voted on by the member bodies before the 1st October 2005 and defeated 6-1.

Rob Hugo was elected as co-ordinator of  Colour and Standards.

The council voted 4-3 to allow international judges to be invited to adjudicate at the ANBC championship show.  This decision certainly caused a ripple through the fancy, not all favourable!!

This year’s show for the first time was judged by three panels of two judges and was very successful, however it should be noted that the show hall was large enough to allow this to work successfully and the use of TV monitors enabled fanciers at the back of the hall to follow proceedings.  The hall also allowed for plenty of space to stage the birds after judging and visitors could move freely around the exhibits.

The officiating judges were;

  • Neale Love South Queensland,
  • Ian Schneider North Queensland,
  • Derek Poole Tasmania, Roy Blair Tasmania,
  • Lloyd Richardson Victoria and;
  • Russell Keane New South Wales.

Blair and Poole were the first partnership of National Judges where both were invited to judge the same National Show.

N.S.W. won this years event to make it two back to back for the second time.

 

Final Results:

  • New South Wales               482
  • Victoria                                393
  • South Queensland              377
  • Tasmania                            317
  • South Australia                   294
  • Western Australia               266
  • North Central Queensland           181

 

Ron Hunt, 2005
ANBC Historian