Judges Comments:
Judged by Malcolm Taylor & Alistair Home
First (Henry George Sth. Qld.) is a power bird with good width, strong body line, massive head, good shoulder and plenty of height - overall a top bird.
Second (Henry George Sth. Qld.) a Cinnamon blue is a very good quality stylish bird, well shouldered but not the power of the first. Has lots of good features and strong lines.
Third (Kakoschke & Rice Sth. Aust.) is a very good hen and it is hard for her to beat the cocks but in herself has all that is needed and certainly was not inferior in any way. Errol Miller & Jim Fletcher
Summation by Errol Miller
Wow what a super class of birds – there is not a bad bird amongst them.
First owned by Paul Bayliss (New South Wales) is a Grey, big, strong, exceptional and the stand out in the class. A little down in spot size and has more release in feather than the second.
Second owned by Scott Eriksen (Q’land North & Central Zone) a lovely big skyblue with good width of head but not the uplift of the winner.
Third owned by R Howard (Victoria) a Grey, with exceptional head feather. He took some time to settle but when he did he showed good release of head feather.
Fourth owned by Michael Crossley (South Australia) is a Grey. Another nice bird with lovely shape and good shoulder.
The rest were very even in quality.