THE VICTORIAN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC
Affiliated with the VPFA Inc.
2019 WATERFOWL SPECTACULAR
THE YEAR OF THE BALI, MAGPIE, ORPINGTON other than BUFF, CRESTED & WELSH HARLEQUIN
SATURDAY 8th JUNE 2019 at Alexandra Showgrounds
JUDGES: Ms. Rebecca Galloway & Mr. Ken Yonge Heavy, Bantam, Light, Geese and Muscovies (to be announced once numbers are available) Mr. Neil Penny is judging Juniors, Pairs and Eggs
ENTRIES CLOSE via mail Monday 20th May and via email Friday 24th May 2019 with Mrs. Gail Kneeshaw [email protected] or PO Box 132 Alexandra Vic 3714 If mailing please confirm that Gail has received your entries 03 57721105
Show Manager: Mr. John Hunt 0409 540682
MEMBERS SUBSCRIPTIONS - 2019 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP $35.00 JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP (16 YEARS & UNDER) $15.00 & FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $55.00. If paid prior to 31st March fees are discounted to $30 Single, $10 juniors and $50 Family
ENTRY FEE per BIRD: $2.50 seniors & juniors $2.00 VICTORIAN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC. REGULATIONS 1. All Champions must be first prize winners with the exception of Reserve Champion which may be the exhibit placed second to the Champion.
2 All exhibits must be the bona fide property of the exhibitor.
3. Although the greatest care will be taken, the VWA will not be responsible for any mistake, accident, loss, injury or damage from any cause whatsoever.
4. The Committee reserves the right to reject any entry & to reallocate Judge or Judges.
5. Any person or persons causing annoyance by comments on Judges’ decisions or by insulting or unseemly behavior shall be liable to expulsion from the Show and exhibits and/or awards disqualified.
6. No person is permitted to handle or interfere with the exhibits after the exhibits are penned without permission from the Show Manager or an Officer of The Association, with the exception of the Judge or Steward when adjudicating.
6A. To avoid any suggestion of conflict of interest, a designated Specials Steward shall accompany the nominated Specials Judge(s) during the judging of Special awards. The Specials Steward shall be selected on the day, by those Officers of the Association who are present, and shall be either the Show Manager or an (other) Officer of the Association. The Specials Steward shall not have a bird in contention for a Special award.
7. Exhibits must be penned by 9.00am on the day of the Show for judging at 9.30am and must not be removed before 3.00pm Saturday 8th … But must be removed before 4.30pm. (Rule 8 includes birds exhibited & then sold at the show).
8. All Bantams may be pinioned but under current VWA & DEPI of Vic rules do not have to be pinioned.
9. Definition of novice: An entry which has never won a prize, exhibited by an exhibitor who has never won a prize in Waterfowl.
10. Watering of exhibits at the discretion of the exhibitor. Preferably not before judging of that class. Please supply own drinkers, & please remove prior to judging.
11. Judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
12. An exhibitor may refer any dispute relating to the conduct of the show & arising on the day of the show to the designated Show Manager. The Show Manager shall refer the matter to an ad hoc Show Dispute Committee for immediate resolution. The Show Dispute Committee shall comprise those Officers & ordinary members of the Committee of the VWA Inc. who are present & the designated Show Manager. The decision of a duly constituted Show Dispute Committee shall apply to that show only & shall be binding on all exhibitors; and
13. Any member may seek resolution of any dispute, not resolved to their satisfaction by a Show Dispute Committee, through the grievance procedure set out in division 3 no. 25 of model rules 2012 of the VWA Inc.
14. Leg rings other than Royal Show tags are permitted as long as there is no identifying marking, other than numbers.
15. Email Entries close Friday 24th May, Mail entries close Monday 20th May. Once entries have closed no alterations will be accepted. This includes any changes on day of show.
16. A junior exhibitor must be 6 years of age & 16 years of age or under and must handle his or her own exhibits on the day of the show. A junior may enter in either Junior or Senior classes but not both.
17. Winning birds may be removed for photographic purposes at completion of judging. VWA TROPHIES
GRAND CHAMPIONWATERFOWL RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION WATERFOWL CHAMPION BREEDING PAIR RESERVE CHAMPION BREEDING PAIR CHAMPION MUSCOVY RESERVE CHAMPION MUSCOVY CHAMPION HEAVY DUCK OR DRAKE RESERVE CHAMPION HEAVY DUCK OR DRAKE CHAMPION LIGHT DUCK OR DRAKE RESERVE CHAMPION LIGHT DUCK OR DRAKE CHAMPION BANTAM DUCK OR DRAKE RESERVE CHAMPION BANTAM DUCK OR DRAKE CHAMPION GOOSE OR GANDER RESERVE CHAMPION GOOSE OR GANDER CHAMPION JUNIOR WATERFOWL RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR WATERFOWL
$10 CASH BREED TROPHIES FOR 15 or MORE ENTRIES WILL BE AWARDED ON DAY OF SHOW
Grand Champion Waterfowl Mounted Rosette & Trophy with list of Exhibitors – Donated by Lorraine Edgley & Powles Family
SPONSORED AWARDS
SPECIAL ROSETTE DONATED BY THE VPFA for CHAMPION WATERFOWL.
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION WATERFOWL - TROPHY donated by the Akers Family
CHAMPION YOUNG BIRD OF SHOW
GEO POWLES PERPETUAL for CHAMPION KHAKI CAMPBELL Donated by the Powles Family
ROGER CUMMINGS PERPETUAL for Champion Goose or Gander Donated by the family of Roger
BOB GRAHAM $20 cash for CHAMPION ROUEN
BRIAN BENNET $20 cash for CHAMPION WHITE INDIAN RUNNER
JOHN BLIZZARD Trophy for CHAMPION AUSTRALIAN CALL
KEN WUST PERPETUAL Trophy for CHAMPION MALLARD
RAY MATHIESEN $50.00 cash award for THIRD BEST WATERFOWL
RAY MATHIESEN $20.00 cash award for CHAMPION BANTAM (other than Mallard)
RAY MATHIESON $20.00 cash award for CHAMPION MALLARD (other than Normal or White)
LORRAINE EDGLEY rosette for CHAMPION JUNIOR VPFA Feature Breed
JOHN HUNT $25.00 cash award for GOOSE OR GANDER & $25 cash award for CHAMPION MUSCOVY LUKE DOWLING $25 for Champion Coloured Runner & Champion Elizabeth
ANNE BEATY $25 for Champion Swedish and Cayuga
MAJOR VWA ANNUAL AWARDS
ROY HULL COMM EMORATIVE AWARD for MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR MOST SUCCESSFUL JUNIOR EXHIBITOR CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL BREED EXHIBITOR CHAMPION YOUNG WATERFOWL – ROSE CITY PERPETUAL TROPHY WATERFOWL RESEARCH GROUP CRESTED AWARD
All except Young Waterfowl are awarded over the three major VWA Shows (The Spectacular and our Feature Shows) during 2018; you must show at the Spectacular & at least one of our feature shows at Warragul or Essendon to be eligible for a Major VWA Annual Award
PENNING – FROM 3.30PM TO 6.00 PM FRIDAY,7th BY ARRANGEMENT WITH Gail or John, OR SHOW DAY FROM 7AM TO 9.00AM. PEN NUMBERS AVAILABLE FROM SHOW MANAGER ON ARRIVAL. SALE BIRDS MAY BE CAGED ON THE SHOW DAY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SHOW MANAGER IF SPARE CAGES ARE AVAILABLE.
Display: Breeding Pairs will be judged at 9.30am then all entries of the Breeding Pairs will be on display and can be judged by prospective judges, breeders and exhibitors. A qualified judge will be running through these birds and will be present from 10am until 11am and will discuss these birds to assist new and upcoming judges. When entering breeding pairs please note that they will be handled by multiple judges.
Champion Elizabeth … Sash & Trophy Lance Ruting Perpetual Trophy
Reserve Champion Elizabeth … Sash & Trophy Les Handley Perpetual Trophy
Elizabeth Sashes donated by Andy Flett
ROSE CITY MOTEL PERPETUAL TROPHY – CHAMPION YOUNG WATERFOWL 1996 Josh Powell – Buff Orpington, 1997 G & M Akers – Buff Orpington, 1998 Matthew Watson – White Muscovy, 1999 Ben Sexton – Pekin, 2000 David & Gail Kneeshaw – Rouen, 2001 Jim & Sandy Sexton – Normal Mallard, 2002 Allan Jones – Welsh Harlequin, 2003 Allan Jones – Elizabeth Young Duck, 2004 Kathy & Michael Holmes – White Mallard, 2005 Doug Bunn – White Mallard, 2006 Kathy & Michael Holmes – Normal Mallard, 2007 M & K Holmes – Rouen Duck 2008 G & M Akers – White Indian Runner, 2009 G & M Akers - Rouen Duck 2010 G & M Akers - White Indian Runner 2011 Jim Sexton - Silver Mallard 2012 Akers Flock - Rouen Duck 2013 Akers Flock - Rouen Duck 2014 John Blizzard - Rouen Duck 2015 Kathy & Michael Holmes – White Mallard Duck 2016 Akers Flock – Trout Indian Runner Duck 2017 Anne Beaty - Normal Mallard Drake 2018 Akers Flock – White Muscovy Duck
Catering at reasonable prices, breaky, morning tea and lunch
Dinner & Drinks, & Accommodation in ALEXANDRA: A number of exhibitors & the judges will be staying at the Rubicon Hotel-Motel,1362 Taggerty-Thornton Rd Thornton. If you wish to arrange your own accommodation on the Friday evening you can call Rubicon Hotel-Motel direct on 03 57732251. All exhibitors & judges are welcome to attend a dinner at the Rubicon Hotel-Motel. Please note attendance on entry form so we can book one table together from 6.30pm.
VWA CHAMPIONSHIP SASHES
GRAND CHAMPION WATERFOWL RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION WATERFOWL CHAMPION BREEDING PAIR RESERVE CHAMPION BREEDING PAIR CHAMPION MUSCOVY RESERVE CHAMPION MUSCOVY CHAMPION HEAVY DUCK OR DRAKE RESERVE CHAMPION HEAVY DUCK OR DRAKE CHAMPION LIGHT DUCK OR DRAKE RESERVE CHAMPION LIGHT DUCK OR DRAKE CHAMPION BANTAM DUCK OR DRAKE RESERVE CHAMPION BANTAM DUCK OR DRKE CHAMPION GOOSE OR GANDER RESERVE CHAMPION GOOSE OR GANDER CHAMPION JUNIOR WATERFOWL RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR WATERFOWL
NOVICE JUNIOR
SUBSCRIPTION TO THE VWA FOR 2015 CHAMPION JUNIOR MUSCOVY Awarded for: CHAMPION JUNIOR HEAVY DUCK OR DRAKE CHAMPION NOVICE DUCK OR DRAKE CHAMPION JUNIOR LIGHT DUCK OR DRAKE CHAMPION NOVICE GOOSE OR GANDER CHAMPION JUNIOR BANTAM DUCK OR DRAKE CHAMPION NOVICE MUSCOVY CHAMPION JUNIOR GOOSE OR GANDER
FEATURE BREED SASH VPFA Feature Breeds
BEST of BREED SASHES MUSCOVY – DUCK or DRAKE BANTAM BREEDS – DUCK or DRAKE
MUSCOVY BLACK BLACK EAST INDIAN MUSCOVY BLACK & WHITE AUSTRALIAN CALL - APRICOT MALLARD MUSCOVY BLUE AUSTRALIAN CALL - APRICOT SILVER MUSCOVY BLUE & WHITE AUSTRALIAN CALL – BIBBED MUSCOVY BRONZE AUSTRALIAN CALL – BLUE MALLARD MUSCOVY BRONZE & WHITE AUSTRALIAN CALL – BLUE SILVER MUSCOVY LAVENDER AUSTRALIAN CALL – DUSKY MALLARD MUSCOVY LAVENDER & WHITE AUSTRALIAN CALL - MAGPIE MUSCOVY PIED AUSTRALIAN CALL - MALLARD COLOURED MUSCOVY WHITE AUSTRALIAN CALL - PIED MALLARD MUSCOVY WHITE-WINGED BLACK AUSTRALIAN CALL - SILVER MUSCOVY AOC AUSTRALIAN CALL - WHITE AUSTRALIAN CALL - AOC LIGHT BREEDS – DUCK or DRAKE BANTAM CRESTED BANTAM ORPINGTON ABACOT RANGER BANTAM POMMERN BALI BANTAM SAXONY CAMPBELL – DARK BANTAM SILVER APPLEYARD CAMPBELL – KHAKI BANTAM WELSH HARLEQUIN CAMPBELL – WHITE MALLARD - BLUE FAWN CRESTED – WHITE MALLARD - BROWN CRESTED – AORC MALLARD - DUSKY ELIZABETH MALLARD - FAWN INDIAN RUNNER – BLACK MALLARD - LACED FAWN INDIAN RUNNER – CHOCOLATE MALLARD - NORMAL INDIAN RUNNER – CINNAMON MALLARD - SILVER INDIAN RUNNER – CUMBERLAND BLUE MALLARD - WHITE (YELLOW BILLED) INDIAN RUNNER – FAWN MALLARD - WHITE (WHITE BILLED) INDIAN RUNNER – FAWN & WHITE MALLARD - AOC INDIAN RUNNER – HARLEQUIN BANTAM DUCK OR DRAKE AOV INDIAN RUNNER – MALLARD COLOURED INDIAN RUNNER – TROUT INDIAN RUNNER – WHITE INDIAN RUNNER – AOC MAGPIE ORPINGTON – BLUE ORPINGTON – BUFF ORPINGTON – AOC POMMERN WELSH HARLEQUIN GEESE – GOOSE or GANDER LIGHT DUCK OR DRAKE AFRICAN HEAVY BREEDS – DUCK or DRAKE AUSTRALIAN SETTLER BRECON BUFF AYLESBURY CHINESE – BROWN BLUE SWEDISH CHINESE – WHITE CAYUGA EMBDEN PEKIN POMERANIAN ROUEN ROMAN ROUEN - WHITE ROMAN – TUFTED ROUEN CLAIR SEBASTOPOL SAXONY TOULOUSE SILVER APPLEYARD GOOSE OR GANDER AOV WATERVALE HEAVY DUCK OR DRAKE AOV SCHEDULE OF CLASSES DRAKE DUCK YOUNG YOUNG DRAKE DUCK Muscovy
Muscovy Black 1 2 3 4 Muscovy Black & White 5 6 7 8 Muscovy Blue 9 10 11 12 Muscovy Blue & White 13 14 15 16 Muscovy Bronze 17 18 19 20 Muscovy Bronze & White 21 22 23 24 Muscovy Lavender 25 26 27 28 Muscovy Lavender & White 29 30 31 32 Muscovy Pied 33 34 35 36 Muscovy White 37 38 39 40 Muscovy White-Winged Black 41 42 43 44 Muscovy A.O.C. * 45 46 47 48
Heavy Breeds
Aylesbury 49 50 51 52 Blue Swedish 53 54 55 56 Cayuga 57 58 59 60 Pekin 61 62 63 64 Rouen 65 66 67 68 Rouen - White 69 70 71 72 Rouen Clair 73 74 75 76 Saxony 77 78 79 80 Silver Appleyard 81 82 83 84 Watervale 85 86 87 88 Heavy Breed A.O.V. * 89 90 91 92
Light Breeds
Abacot Ranger 93 94 95 96 Bali 97 98 99 100 Campbell - Dark 101 102 103 104 Campbell - Khaki 105 106 107 108 Campbell - White 109 110 111 112 Crested - White 113 114 115 116 Crested - A.O.R.C. * 117 118 119 120 Elizabeth 121 122 123 124 Indian Runner - Black 125 126 127 128 Indian Runner - Chocolate 129 130 131 132 Indian Runner - Cinnamon 133 134 135 136 Indian Runner - Cumberland Blue 137 138 139 140 Indian Runner - Fawn 141 142 143 144 Indian Runner - Fawn & White 145 146 147 148 Indian Runner - Harlequin 149 150 151 152 Indian Runner - Mallard Coloured 153 154 155 156 Indian Runner - Trout 157 158 159 160 Indian Runner - White 161 162 163 164 Indian Runner - A.O.C. * 165 166 167 168 Magpie 169 170 171 172 Orpington - Blue 173 174 175 176 Orpington - Buff 177 178 179 180 Orpington - A.O.C. * 181 182 183 184 Pommern 185 186 187 188 Welsh Harlequin 189 190 191 192 Light Breed A.O.V. * 193 194 195 196
Bantam Breeds
Black East Indian 197 198 199 200 Australian Call - Apricot Mallard 201 202 203 204 Australian Call - Apricot Silver 205 206 207 208 Australian Call - Bibbed 209 210 211 212 Australian Call - Blue Mallard 213 214 215 216 Australian Call - Blue Silver 217 218 219 220 Australian Call - Dusky Mallard 221 222 223 224 Australian Call - Magpie 225 226 227 228 Australian Call - Mallard coloured 229 230 231 232 Australian Call - Pied Mallard 233 234 235 236 Australian Call - Silver 237 238 239 240 Australian Call - White 241 242 243 244 Australian Call - A.O.C. * 245 246 247 248 Bantam Crested 249 250 251 252 Bantam Orpington 253 254 255 256 Bantam Pommern 257 258 259 260 Bantam Saxony 261 262 263 264 Bantam Silver Appleyard 265 266 267 268 Bantam Welsh Harlequin 269 270 271 272 Mallard - Blue-Fawn 273 274 275 276 Mallard - Brown 277 278 279 280 Mallard - Dusky 281 282 283 284 Mallard - Fawn 285 286 287 288 Mallard - Laced Fawn 289 290 291 292 Mallard - Normal 293 294 295 296 Mallard - Silver 297 298 299 300 Mallard - White (Yellow Billed) 301 302 303 304 Mallard - White ( White Billed) 305 306 307 308 Mallard - A.O.C. * 309 310 311 312 Bantam Breed A.O.V. * 313 314 315 316 Geese
African 317 318 319 320 Australian Settler 321 322 323 324 Brecon Buff 325 326 327 328 Chinese - Brown 329 330 331 332 Chinese - White 333 334 335 336 Embden 337 338 339 340 Pomeranian 341 342 343 344 Roman 345 346 347 348 Roman - Tufted 349 350 351 352 Sebastopol 353 354 355 356 Toulouse 357 358 359 360 Geese A.O.V. * 361 362 363 364
Breeding Pairs
Muscovy Pair 365 Heavy Pair 366 Light Pair 367 Bantam Pair 368 Geese Pair 369 Junior Pair 370
*PLEASE STATE BREED OR VARIETY IN A.O.V. & COLOUR IN A.O.C. CLASSES
A.O.V. - ANY OTHER VARIETY A.O.C. - ANY OTHER COLOUR A.R.C. - ANY RECOGNISED COLOUR A.O.R.C. - ANY OTHER RECOGNISED COLOUR As specified in the "Australian Poultry Standards" (2nd Edition)
JUNIORS TO ENTER AS PER ABOVE CLASSES BUT PLACE "J" AGAINST CLASS NUMBER NOVICE TO ENTER AS PER ABOVE CLASSES BUT PLACE "N" AGAINST CLASS NUMBER Club …………………………………………. Club …………………………………………
Class Pen Details --- Breed/variety/sex Class Pen Details --- Breed/variety/sex
V.P.F.A. No…………or ONE DAY EXHIBITOR V.P.F.A. No…………or ONE DAY EXHIBITOR PERMIT IF NOT A VPFA MEMBER $10.00 PERMIT IF NOT A VPFA MEMBER $10.00 Permit $ ………… Permit $ ………… ……Entries @...... $ ………... ……Entries @...... $ ………... Membership $ ………… Membership $ ………… Donation $...... Donation $...... ….... Lunches@ $...... $ ……….. ….... Lunches@ $...... $ ……….. TOTAL $...... TOTAL $......
Mr./Mrs./Ms...... Mr./Mrs./Ms...... Address……….…………………………… Address……….…………………………… ...... ………… ...... ………… Email: ……………………………………… Email: ……………………………………… Telephone No ……………………...... Telephone No ……………………...... I Certify that the birds entered by me are my bona fide property and I agree to carry out and be bound by the [email protected] Rules and regulations of this exhibition and the VPFA Ltd.
Signed………………………………………… Friday night Dinner numbers for table booking ……….