History of the A.N.B.C. Championship Show

Mr Ron Hunt has prepared the History of the A.N.B.C. up to 2008 and Leigh Downey has continued with this task. The A.N.B.C. is grateful to these gentlemen for enabling this summary of their work to be published.

Year and host Participants (winner in bold) Classes judged and development of the show
1975 Victoria Victoria, NSW, South Australia Normal Green, Normal Blue, Blackeye, Ino, Greywing, Cinnamon, Clearwing, Opaline, Yellow Face, Pied, Hen (any variety)
1976 NSW Victoria, NSW Classes as above.  Score board used.  Dinner dance on Saturday night.
1977 South Australia South Australia, Victoria, NSW Classes as above.
1978 Victoria Victoria, South Australia, NSW, WA Classes as above.  Saturday night dinner became an established practice.
1979 NSW Victoria, South Australia, NSW, WA,  Queensland Classes as above.  Bryan Byles, UK, guest lecturer.
1980 South Australia Victoria, South Australia, NSW, Sth Queensland, Nth Queensland, WA Classes as above. Gerald Binks, UK, guest lecturer.
1981 WA Victoria, South Australia, NSW,  Nth Queensland, WA Classes as above, but separate classes for Dominant and Recessive Pieds. Creation of the A.N.B.C..  Brian West elected Secretary.
1982 Nth Qld. Victoria, South Australia, NSW, Sth Queensland, Nth Queensland, WA Fallows added. Adoption of A.N.B.C. Constitution and Show Rules
1983 Victoria Victoria, South Australia, NSW, Sth Queensland, Nth Queensland, WA, Tasmania Spangles added.  A Standard was adopted for the National Show.
1984 NSW Victoria, South Australia, NSW, Sth Queensland, Nth Queensland, WA, Tasmania Interstate judges used for the first time.
1985 Sth Qld A.N.B.C. membership remains unchanged.  Winner: Victoria Establishment of a committee to prepare a corrected standard.  Members were Colin Morgan, Harry Eady and George Duffield. System for selecting judges from all member bodies established. Jeff Attwood, U.K.  Dr Harold Cooper and Kelwyn Kakoschke guest lecturers.
1986 South Australia Winner: South Australia Lacewings included.
1987 WA Winner: NSW Brian West joins Standards Committee.  Standard to be based on a model. Jeff Attwood from the UK attended.
1988 Tas. Winner: NSW Judging by four judges in two panels. Standard Show cage approved. Fred Sherman, U.K. guest lecturer.
1989 Nth Qld Winner: South Queensland Formation of Steering Committee to establish a National Judges panel.
1990 Victoria Winner: Victoria Separate classes for Australian Dominant and Variegated Dominant Pieds prove unsuccessful.
1991 NSW Winner: Victoria Reverts to single class for all forms of Dominant Pied. Dr John Baker, U.K. guest lecturer.
1992 Sth Qld Winner: Victoria Variable class introduced.  Dark factor Green included. Bruce Bradford elected Secretary of A.N.B.C..  Reinhardt Molkentein, Germany guest lecturer.  Jeff Attwood from the U.K. attended.
1993 SA Winner: Victoria Sub committees to report to A.N.B.C. meeting each year. Dark factor blue included as variable class. Terry Tuxford, U.K. guest lecturer.
1994 WA Winner: Victoria Variable class system changed to a six year cycle of three varieties, Opaline AOSV, Double Factor Spangle and Albino.  Opaline AOSV included. Ghalib Al Nassar, Janice Foxton and Mick Wheeler from the UK attended.
1995  Tas Winner: NSW Albino included in variable class.  Open show on Saturday of weekend not strongly supported. Carol Gough elected Secretary, A.N.B.C..  A.N.B.C Ring Code commenced.
1996 Nth Qld Winner: Victoria Double Factor Spangle included as variable class.
1997 Victoria Winner: Victoria Opaline AOSV included as variable class.
1998 NSW Winner: Victoria Opaline AOSV included. Albino as variable class. Funding/Sponsorship concerns. Bruce Bradford elected Secretary, and Ron Hunt elected Historian, A.N.B.C.
1999 S Qld Winner: Victoria Albino included. DF Spangle as variable class. Show conducted over two days. Ring Levy commenced. Maurice Roberts from the UK attended.
2000 SA Winner: Victoria DF Spangle included. Crests on show as exhibition class. Show conducted over two days
2001 WA Winner: Victoria Crests on show as exhibition class. Show conducted over two days.  Jeff Attwood,  UK guest lecturer.
2002 Tas Winner:  Victoria Crests on show as exhibition class. Show conducted over two days. Ghalib and Janice Al-Nasser, U.K, guest lecturers.
2003 Nth Qld Winner:  Victoria Crests included as official class. Clearbody on show as exhibition class. Show conducted as a one  day show.  Alistair Home elected Secretary.
2004 NSW Winner: NSW Thirtieth anniversary of ANBC. Clearbody included as an Official Class. Show conducted as a two day show. Hall of Fame established with seven inaugural inductees. New Standard took effect on 1 January 2004. Gerd Bleicher from Germany attended.
2005 Victoria Winner: NSW A.N.B.C. Committee established.  A.N.B.C. National trophy introduced.  Show conducted as a one day show, Six judges used. Rule change effected to allow an international judge and A.N.B.C. judges in partnership to adjudicate.  Bob Bourke elected Secretary. Two inductees to the Hall of Fame.
2006 Sth Qld Winner: NSW Show conducted as a two day show. Jeff Attwood, UK co-adjudicated as our first international judge.  Doug Sadler, UK attended.  Golden Cob acknowledged for 21 years of National sponsorship.
2007 SA Winner:  Victoria Show conducted as a two day show.  Marcel Buhler, Switzerland co-adjudicated and presented lectures. BSNZ affiliated with A.N.B.C.  Gina House elected as first lady President.  Ron Pierce and Rick Watts, UK attended.
2008 WA Winner:  Victoria Show conducted as a two day show.  Janice Al-Nasser, UK co-adjudicated and presented lectures. WBO President, Gerd Bleicher and Secretary Ghalib Al-Nasser attended, Ghalib presented a lecture.  Two inductees to the Hall of Fame.
2009  Tas Winner. Victoria Scoring was made available immediately after judging on the W.W.Web. A great innovation. Future hosting of the National competition at any venues / cities must give serious consideration to Airport time friendly positions
2010 Nth & C Qld. Winner.  Victoria Very successful two day show as now is the norm. Weekend move a week later in May than normal with no explanation. After 35 years on one weekend. Ring issue date moved again.
2011 NSW Winner: NSW First year of two year, trial with 3 bird from each zone on the bench. No reserve in the holding area. Very well received. International Judge. Ghalib Al-Nasser from the U.K. W.B.O. Meeting held at the First year of.  A great gathering of International guests enjoyed our hospitality.
2012 Victoria. Winner: Victoria Second year 3 birds per class trial. Jim Fletcher became the Secretary.  Perch size resorted back to 12mm from 16mm. The vote to move to June next year approved. Previous secretary Bob Bourke passed away
2013 Sth.Qld. Winner:  Victoria First year trial back to two birds per class benched. Not popular and a very flat show. Four new classes added.  Now 26 classes. Violet, Australian yellow face, Dilute, Spangle A.O.S.V.  June show date also not popular.
2014 S.A. Winner:  Victoria Second year 2 bird trial. Linda Patten International Judge from New Zealand. Our first guest Judge from that country.Numbers down as per trial two birds, also Judging very harsh with too many disqualifications. In retrospect the birds should penalised as exhibitors are really deflated when that happens. International ring supplier sourced. Dark eyed clears accepted as an exhibition class for no points. June show again.
2015  W.A. Winner.  Victoria Eight new classes in ten years added. Leigh Downey becomes secretary. New ring manufacturer appointed. Decentralized show was a bit far from the airport but a small Zone did themselves proud after plenty of Problems. June show again.
2016 Tas Winner.  Victoria Three Judging sessions introduced with a full swap of judges. Allows more time on the Sunday afternoon for the auction and all other official meeting requirements. Live streaming continues to improve. Five Inductees into the Hall of Fame for service to the hobby. International Judge from South Africa, Malcolm Taylor. June show again.
2017 Nth & C Qld Winner: NSW Only six zones competed as W.A. could not logistically send their team in an acceptable time. Refer to Airport friendly comments. years ago. It was the first time since 1983 that all zones were not represented. Show moved back to May and very well received.  Moratorium on major motions passed. Five years now before they can be re assessed. So ring issue date set at the 1st. January. Dark eyed clears accepted as a point scoring class.
2018 NSW Winner: Victoria All seven zones competed again with a lot of exceptional birds from all zones on display. One Inductee into the Hall of Fame for Services rendered. Mr Dave Ganzer. Again live streamed successfully. Gerd Bleicher from Gemany, Judged.
2019 Sth.Qld. Winner: Victoria A very successful Show in the heart of Brisbane, again with some magnificent exhibits. Australian white caps made an Exhibition class and were very strong. All events of the weekend worked very well. Judges status moved back to twice in five years not seven.
2020 Cancelled Due to COVID
2021 Cancelled Due to COVID
2022 S.A. Winner: Victoria
2023 Victoria Winner: Victoria
2024 Tas Winner: Victoria