2017 Class 8 - BLACK EYED SELF

Title:	2017 Class 8 - BLACK EYED SELF
Class:	BLACK EYED SELF		Class #:	8
Judged By:	Alan Rowe & Neale Love
Cage ID	Exhibitor Name	State	Placing	Points
L	Ray Slade	South Australia	1	12
A	John Mulley	South Australia	2	11
N	W T Cusack	New South Wales	3	10
R	R & C Ogden	Nth & Central Queensland	4	9
J	Rowe Brothers	Victoria	5	8
B	Ian Carroll	New South Wales	6	7
C	D Poole	Tasmania	7	6
O	D Poole	Tasmania	8	5
I	K Richards	South Queensland	9	4
Q	Sheppard & Flanagan	Victoria	10	3
E	Rowe Brothers	Victoria	11	0
G	W T Cusack	New South Wales	12	0
F	R & C Ogden	Nth & Central Queensland	13	2
H	D Poole	Tasmania	14	0
M	Ray Slade	South Australia	15	0
P	C D'Costa	South Queensland	16	1
D	K Richards	South Queensland	17	0
K	R & C Ogden	Nth & Central Queensland	18	0

Judges Comments:

Judged by Neale Love & Alan Rowe

Summation by Alan Rowe

Nice Black Eye class and we were pleasantly surprised.

First owned by Ray Slade (South Australia) is a big powerful bird, stylish, good variety and a nice top end.

Second owned by John Mulley (South Australia) again is a good variety bird, not as good in the top end and not the quality as the winner and is a little fat which spoils his shape.

Third owned by Wayne Cusack (New South Wales) again has good variety but lacks head width.

Fourth owned by R & C Ogden (Q’land North & Central Zone) is a nice variety yellow but will not perch to his disadvantage.

Fifth owned by Rowe Brothers (Victoria) has nice variety, unfortunately lies across the perch and not as strong in presentation as those placed above it.

As you go down the line the birds are down in colour and others there is a fine line between Black Eye Selves and Dilutes.