Perth Royal Show
Judge: Mr Natasha Clarke
30th Sept - 7th Oct 2011
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Entries are CLOSED for this show
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This year’s Perth Royal Show started off with a significantly reduced number of entries compared to the previous couple of years and so it was that the committee decided to extend the entry deadline to encourage more entries. This proved fruitful as the number of entries was boosted by 20, bringing the total of animals up to 217. We were rather grateful to those people who managed to squeeze a few more animals into their floats and bring them to the show. It should however be pointed out that, like the rest of the country, the quality of the animals was not as good as they normally would be, purely due to the climatic conditions that have affected us for the past year
Unfortunately the environmental conditions were not the only problems facing our breeders, a number of studs were forced to withdraw large numbers of animals and some studs withdrew completely, this then reduced the overall total of animals by about 30. Although initially disappointed the committee considered the situation and came to the conclusion that if there is going to be a problem it always occurs when you have something else planned. With that the show soldiered on. A number of animals were obviously affected by the environmental conditions and this was unfortunately reflected in the results. The judge, Natasha Clarke, did a great job discerning where the quality lay in the animals presented to her especially considering the judging of animals was spread out over two days, even though there was a marked reduction in the number of exhibits. With all of this happening in the alpacas it prompted us to consider what was happening with other breeds of livestock, it was the same across all breeds, seriously reduced numbers of entries and the animals reflected the poor season that they had just experienced. In 2010 the Governor’s Cup (a prestigious award that is won by an exhibitor that has earned the most points across all judged breeds at the show) was won by Banksia Park Alpaca Stud, George, Jenny and Sophie Jackson had made it their mission that year to win the cup outright and they succeeded. This year they won the cup again and have shown to the public and other livestock breeders that the alpacas are a breed making their mark felt at the Perth Royal Show.
Show Convenor:
Natasha James
mmm_tasha@hotmail.com