Judges Comments:
Class 1: Green Normal.
Judged by: Jim Fletcher & Errol Miller
Summation by Jim Fletcher
Our first impression was that this is a super class of birds. We liked the birds in cages A (Jeff Leong, Victoria) and D (K Kerney, New South Wales) but they fell to pieces during judging. It took quite a while for the birds to finally show themselves and quite a few were slightly out of condition.
First bird owned by John Boss (New South Wales) is an outstanding clean hen and strong in all areas. She is a super solid Dark Green hen who showed well.
Second owned by R & C Ogden (Q’land North & Central Zone) is another clean Dark Green Hen, very strong who was just shaded by the winner.
Third owned by Henry George (South Queensland) is a very nice clean Light Green cock but just couldn’t match the first two strong hens.
Fourth owned by Jeff Leong (Victoria) is a big solid clean cockGerd Bleicher & Henry George
It was a privilege to judge this class as there are some very good birds here.
First place owned by A & C Drury (NSW) is an excellent, well proportioned, powerful body and we liked the relationship between body and type. It has good length, good balance.
Second owned by Sheppard & Flanagan (Victoria) us a week proportioned bird very good hen, in top condition and very close to the first place but was penalised for a slight bump on the back of the neck.
Third owned by Glenn Schiller (NSW) is a powerful bird with good shoulder and type and a lovely face. Slight opalescence but unfortunately there is a gap between wing and tail.
Fourth owned by T & S Appleton (Vic) is well balanced and powerful but not coming up to the quality of the three placed above it.