The Brahma & Cochin Club of Australia

Full colour photos of show winners and photos of the day will be published in our next Newsletter, which will be distributed to financial members of the club.

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2017 Show Champions and Recognition Awards 

Grand Champion Brahma or Cochin of Show - AvGen Poultry (Lynn Campbell) 

Brahma

Champion Standard Brahma - AvGen Poultry 

Reserve Champion Standard Brahma - Bryan Jon Meade 

Best Standard AORC Brahma - Isobel Walker 

Best Standard ARC Cockerel Breeding Female Brahma - No birds benched 

Best Standard ARC Pullet Breeding Male Brahma - Kevyn Davis 

Best Standard Barred AC Brahma - Kevyn Davis 

Best Standard AC Colombian Brahma - Celeste Graham 

Best Standard Dark Brahma - Amos Walker 

Best Standard Light Brahma - Ian Nagle and Dianne Anderson 

Best Standard Partridge Brahma - AvGen Poultry 

Best Standard Self Coloured Brahma - Amy Kerr 

Champion Bantam Brahma - Neal and Linda Lynch 

Reserve Champion Bantam Brahma - Luke Price 

Best Bantam AORC Brahma - Luke Price 

Best Bantam ARC Cockerel Breeding Female Brahma - Luke Price 

Best Bantam ARC Pullet Breeding Male Brahma - No birds benched 

Best Bantam Buff Colombian Brahma - No birds benched 

Best Bantam Dark Brahma - Neal and Linda Lynch 

Best Bantam Light Brahma - Neal and Linda Lynch 

Best Bantam Partridge Brahma - No birds benched 

Cochin

Champion Cochin - Clayton Horspole 

Reserve Champion Cochin - Clayton Horspole 

Best AORC Cochin - Ian Nagle and Dianne Anderson 

Best Buff Cochin - Clayton Horspole 

Recognition Awards 

Cindy Pretty Breeder of the Year Award - Lynn Campbell 

Lance Hicks Memorial Award - Bryan Jon Meade 

Bryan Jon Meade Award for Best Standard Dark Brahma - Amos Walker 

Andrew Rathbone Award for Best Standard Light Brahma - Ian Nagle and Dianne Anderson 

Robert Gollop Award for Best Standard Partridge Brahma - AvGen Poultry 

K & C Abuid Award for Best Bantam Light Brahma - Neal and Linda Lynch 

George Childs Award for Best Bantam Partridge Brahma - No birds benched 

Don Jones Award for Best Bantam Dark Brahma - Neal and Linda Lynch 

Champion Junior Exhibitor - Isobel Walker 

Reserve Champion Junior Exhibitor - Amos Walker 

Judges Medallion - Kevin Smith and David Geering

Champion of Show - Luke Price (Bantam Dark Brahma Cockerel)

Brahma

Champion Brahma - Luke Price (Bantam Dark Cockerel) 

Champion Standard - Bryan Meade (Partridge Cockerel) 

Reserve Champion Standard - Joanne Aggar (Light Pullet) 

Champion Bantam - Luke Price (Bantam Dark Cockerel) 

Best Standard Light - Joanne Aggar (Light Pullet) 

Best Standard Dark - Dianne Anderson/Ian Nagle (Dark Cock) 

Best Standard Partridge (Gold) - Bryan Meade (Partridge Cockerel) 

Best Standard Columbian AC - Jonathan Daniel (Buff Columbian Cockerel) 

Best Standard Self Colour AC - Celeste Graham (White Cock) 

Best Standard Barred AC - Kelvin Cosgrove (Barred Buff Columbian Cockerel) 

Best Standard AOC - Bryan Meade (Pyle Cockerel) 

Best Bantam Light - Neil and Linda Lynch (Light Cock) 

Best Bantam Dark - Luke Price (Dark Cockerel) 

Best Bantam Partridge (Gold) - Joanne Aggar (Partridge Cock) 

Best Bantam Columbian AC - No birds benched 

Best Bantam Self Colour AC - No birds benched 

Best Bantam AOC - Luke Price (Pyle Cockerel) 

Best Bantam Barred AC - No birds benched 

Best Standard Work In Progress - Dianne Anderson/Ian Nagle (Splash Cockerel) 

Best Bantam Work In Progress - No birds benched

Cochin

Champion Cochin - Dianne Anderson/Ian Nagle (Buff Cockerel)

Reserve Champion Cochin - Co Pham (Gold Laced Cockerel)

Best Buff Cochin - Dianne Anderson/Ian Nagle (Buff Cockerel)

Best Black Cochin - Co Pham (Black Hen)

Best AOC Cochin - Co Pham (Gold Laced Cockerel)

Best Work in Progress Cochin - Diana & Vince Honan (Partridge Pullet)

Recognition Awards

Breeder of the Year - Celeste Graham and Nathan Maher

Lance Hicks Memorial Award - Trevor Cowled

Andrew Rathbone award for Best Standard Light Brahma - Joanne Aggar

K & C Abuid award for Best Bantam Light Brahma - Neil and Linda Lynch

George Childs award for Best Bantam Partridge Brahma - Joanne Aggar

Don Jones award for Best Bantam Dark Brahma - Luke Price

Champion Junior Exhibitor - Melissa Heywood

Judges Medallion - Peter Cliff and Warwick Saunders

The Brahma & Cochin Club of Australia 2015 Annual Show was held on Sunday the 9th of August in Queanbeyan NSW. This year the annual show was again hosted by the Canberra Queanbeyan Poultry Club Inc. (CQPC), as part of their 2015 Annual and Rare breed show.

We would like to thank the hard working members of the CQPC for incorporating our club show again this year, and for being such excellent hosts! Your friendly and dedicated members put together a well run and successful show. As always we felt incredibly welcome and really appreciated your efforts to make our show such a success.

Champion of Show - Ian Nagle & Dianne Anderson (Standard Light Hen)

Brahma

Champion Brahma - Ian Nagle & Dianne Anderson (Standard Light Hen)

Reserve Champion - Bryan Jon Meade (Bantam Dark Pullet)

Champion Standard - Ian Nagle and Dianne Anderson (Standard Light Hen)

Reserve Champion Standard - Celeste Graham & Nathan Maher (White Cockerel)

Champion Bantam - Bryan Jon Meade (Bantam Dark Pullet)

Reserve Champion Bantam - Bryan Jon Meade (Bantam Dark Pullet)

Best Standard Light - Ian Nagle and Dianne Anderson (Hen)

Best Standard Dark - Bryan Jon Meade (Cockerel)

Best Standard Partridge (Gold) - Kate Bradley (Cockerel)

Best Standard Columbian AC - Ian Nagle & Dianne Anderson (Buff Columbian Hen)

Best Standard Self Colour AC - Celeste Graham & Nathan Maher (White Cockerel)

Best Standard Barred AC - Cowled's Poultry Farm (Barred Buff Columbian Pullet)

Best Standard AOC - Jonathon Daniel (Gold Laced Pullet)

Best Bantam Light - Neal & Linda Lynch (Hen)

Best Bantam Dark -  Bryan Jon Meade (Pullet)

Best Bantam Partridge (Gold) - Bryan Jon Meade (Gold Pullet)

Best Bantam Columbian AC -  No Birds Benched

Best Bantam Self Colour AC - No Birds Benched

Best Bantam AOC - No Birds Benched

Best Bantam Barred AC -  No Birds Benched

Best Standard Work In Progress - Hope Vella (Buff Columbian Hen)

Best Bantam Work In Progress - No Birds Benched

Cochin

Champion Cochin - Diana and Vince Honan (Buff Hen)

Reserve Champion Cochin - Paul Rodgers (Buff Cockerel)

Best Opposite Sex Cochin - Paul Rodgers (Buff Cockerel)

Best Buff Cochin - Diana and Vince Honan (Buff Hen)

Best Black Cochin - Morisset High School (Cockerel)

Best AOC Cochin - Ian Nagle & Dianne Anderson (Gold Laced Cockerel)

Best Work in Progress Cochin - Jenevieve Baxter (Birchin Cockerel)

Recognition Awards

Breeder of the Year - Ian Nagle & Dianne Anderson

Lance Hicks Memorial Award - Stewart and Janet Ferguson

Andrew Rathbone award for Best Standard Light Brahma - Ian Nagle & Dianne Anderson

K & C Abuid award for Best Bantam Light Brahma - Neal & Linda Lynch

George Childs award for Best Bantam Partridge Brahma -  Bryan Jon Meade

Don Jones award for Best Bantam Dark Brahma - Bryan Jon Meade

Judges Medallion - Mr David Drum (Large Fowl Brahma and Cochin) and Mr Ken Watson (Bantam Brahma)

The Brahma & Cochin Club of Australia 2014 Annual Show was held on Sunday the 3rd of August in Queenbeyan NSW. This year the annual show was again hosted by the Canberra Queanbeyan Poultry Club Inc. (CQPC), as part of their 2014 Annual and Rare breed show. The 2014 show of The Brahma and Cochin Club of Australia was our club's most successful show to date, with a record number of entries totaling 162 Brahma and Cochin!

A massive thank you to the hard working members of the CQPC for incorporating our club show, and for being such fantastic hosts! Your friendly and dedicated members put together a very well run and successful show. As always we felt incredibly welcome and really appreciated your efforts to make our show such a success. Thank you also to the CQPC who generously donated a prize for Champion and Reserve Champion Brahma and Cochin of Show.

Full colour photos of show winners and photos of the day were published in our Winter 2015 Newsletter, which will be distributed to financial members of the club.

Brahma

Champion of Show - Mellissa Mathe and Family (Standard White Cock)

Reserve Champion - Joanne Aggar (Bantam Partridge Hen)

Champion Standard - Mellissa Mathe and Family (Standard White Cock)

Champion Bantam - Joanne Aggar (Bantam Partridge Hen)

Best Hen or Pullet - Joanne Aggar (Bantam Partridge Hen)

Best Standard Light - Zizhong Wang (Hen)

Best Standard Dark - Stewart and Janet Ferguson (Pullet)

Best Standard Partridge - Kate Bradley (Cockerel)

Best Standard Columbian AC - Ian Nagle (Buff Pullet)

Best Standard Self Colour AC - Mellissa Mathe (White Cock)

Best Standard Barred AC - Mellissa Mathe (Barred Cock)

Best Standard AOC - Bryan Jon Meade (Birchin Hen)

Best Bantam Light - Neal & Linda Lynch (Cockerel)

Best Bantam Dark - Cindy Pretty and Don Jones (Cockerel bred by Don Jones and owned by Cindy Pretty)

Best Bantam Partridge - Joanne Aggar (Bantam Partridge Hen)

Best Bantam Columbian AC - Cindy Pretty (Blue Buff Columbian Hen)

Best Bantam Self Colour AC - No Birds Benched

Best Bantam AOC - Bryan Jon Meade (Golden Crele Cockerel)

Best Bantam Barred AC - Joel Giusti (Barred Pullet)

Best Standard Work In Progress - Stewart and Janet Ferguson (Buff Columbian Pullet)

Best Bantam Work In Progress - Luke Price (Golden Crele Cockerel)

Cochin

Cochin Champion Cochin - Paul Rodgers (Buff Cockerel)

Reserve Champion Cochin - Paul Rodgers (Buff Pullet)

Best Opposite Sex Cochin - Paul Rodgers (Buff Pullet)

Best Buff Cochin -  Paul Rodgers (Buff Cockerel)

Best AOC Cochin - Mellissa Mathe and Family (Black Hen)

Best Work in Progress Cochin -  Mellissa Mathe and Family (Partridge Cockerel)

Recognition Awards

Breeder of the Year - Don Jones

Lance Hicks Memorial Award - Joel Giusti

Andrew Rathbone award for Best Standard Light Brahma - Zizhong Wang

Don Jones award for Best Bantam Dark Brahma - Cindy Pretty and Don Jones

Champion Junior Exhibitor(s) - Natasha Mahr and Summer Andersan

Judges Medallion - Mr Ross Summerell (Tamborine, Qld) and Mr Rod Lucht (Rosewood Qld)

The Brahma & Cochin Club of Australia 2013 Annual Show was held on Sunday the 4th of August in Queenbeyan NSW. This year the annual show was again hosted by the Canberra Queanbeyan Poultry Club Inc. (CQPC), as part of their 2013 Annual and Rare breed show.

We would like to thank the hard working members of the CQPC for incorporating our club show, and for being such fabulous hosts! Your friendly and dedicated members put together a well run and successful show. We felt very welcome and really appreciated your efforts to make our show such a success. Thank you also to the CQPC who generously donated a prize for Champion and Reserve Champion Brahma and Cochin of Show.

Full colour photos of show winners have been published in our Winter 2014 Newsletter, which has been distributed to financial members of the club. The Newsletter contains 45 pages of content with full colour photos, informative articles and much more.

The Brahma & Cochin Club of Australia 2012 Annual Show was held on Sunday the 5th of August in Queenbeyan NSW. This year the annual show was hosted by the Canberra Queanbeyan Poultry Club Inc. (CQPC), as part of their 2012 Annual and Rare breed show.

We would like to thank the hard working members of the CQPC for incorporating our club show, and for being such fantastic hosts! Your friendly and dedicated members put together a well run and successful show. We felt very welcome and really appreciated your efforts to make our show such a success. Thank you also to the CQPC who generously donated a bag of feed for Champion and Reserve Champion Brahma of Show.

This year's annual show featured, for the first time, a Work In Progress class. Any colour variety, including non-standard colours could be entered if the breeder considered the bird to be a work in progress, i.e. the colour, type or certain breed characteristics weren't  correct for the Australian Standard of Perfection. Birds entered into this class were clearly identified on the pen as a WIP and did not compete against other classes for the major awards but were eligible to win Best WIP Cochin and Best WIP Brahma, Lance Hicks Memorial Award, Breeder of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

WIP gave exhibitors a chance to show the results of their hard work, receive constructive comments from an expert judge; help with planning breeding pens and working out where to next? The WIP class was very successful and proved to be popular, generating much discussion, and will be included in future national shows. Whether creating new colours or improving standard colours, this new class will also provide breeders with an opportunity to swap and sell birds that will help assist each other with our breeding programs.

Brahma

Champion of Show - B. Jon Meade & L. Barker (Standard Partridge hen)

Reserve Champion - Cindy Pretty (Bantam Light cock)

Champion Standard - B. Jon Meade & L. Barker (Standard Partridge hen)

Champion Bantam - Cindy Pretty (Bantam Light cock)

Best Hen or Pullet - B. Jon Meade & L. Barker (Standard Partridge hen)

Best Standard Light - Joel Giusti (Hen)

Best Standard Dark - Bryan Jon Meade (Hen)

Best Standard Partridge - B Jon Meade & L Barker (Hen)

Best Standard Columbian AC - Joel Giusti (Buff Columbian pullet)

Best Standard Self Colour AC - Joel Giusti (Black pullet)

Best Standard Barred AC - Franz Mahr (Barred Buff Columbian cockerel)

Best Standard AOC - Joel Giusti (Silver Birchin pullet)

Best Bantam Light - Cindy Pretty (Cock)

Best Bantam Dark - Don Jones (Hen)

Best Bantam Partridge - Joanne Aggar (Hen)

Best Bantam Columbian AC - Cindy Pretty (Blue Buff Columbian hen)

Best Bantam Self Colour AC - No Birds Benched     

Best Bantam AOC - Don Jones (Silver Wheaten hen)

Best Bantam Barred AC - Joel Giusti (Dark Barred pullet)

Best Work In Progress - Bryan Jon Meade (Silver Crele hen)

Cochin

Champion Cochin - Valda Jackson (Blue hen)

Reserve Champion Cochin - Paul Rodgers (Buff hen)

Best Buff Cochin - Paul Rodgers (Buff hen)

Best AOC Cochin - Valda Jackson (Blue hen)

Best Work in Progress Cochin - Valda Jackson (Silver Birchin hen)

Recognition Awards

Best Hen / Pullet - Bryan Jon Meade & Lucas Barker

Lance Hicks Memorial Award - Valda Jackson

Judge Medallions - Dale Ashton, Wayne Rigby

Breeder of the Year - Franz Mahr

Photos of the day and our stand are shown below. Thanks to Roger Price for taking photos on the day and allowing us to use them, we really appreciate your help. Thanks also to Luke Price for taking photos of the entries and Cindy Pretty and Roger Price for assisting.

On the 9th of July he Brahma Club of Australia and the Cochin Breeders Group of Australia held their annual show, in conjunction with the Orpington Club of Australia, at the Canberra and Queanbeyan Poultry Club pavilion in Queanbeyan NSW. A fantastic time was had by all who attended.

We would like to thank the Canberra and Queanbeyan Poultry Club for hosting our show. Their club members were very friendly and accommodating and the facilities were fantastic. A big thank you also to the Orpington Club of Australia we really appreciate the effort your hard working and friendly members made to bring our show to fruition.

The results from the 2011 National Brahma and Cochin show are listed below.

Brahma

Champion – Neal and Linda Lynch (Bantam Dark cockerel)

Reserve Champion – Joel Giusti (Standard Black hen)

Champion Standard – Joel Giusti (Black hen)

Champion Bantam – Neal and Linda Lynch (Dark cockerel)

Best Hen or Pullet – Joel Giusti (Standard Black hen)

Champion Junior – Natasha Mahr (Standard Blue Buff Columbian pullet)

Best Standard Light – Paul Rodgers (Light pullet)

Best Standard Dark – Bryan Jon (Dark hen)

Best Standard Partridge – Lucas Barker (Partridge pullet)

Best Standard Columbian AC – Natasha Mahr (Blue Buff Columbian pullet)

Best Standard Self Colour AC – Joel Giusti (Black hen)

Best Standard Barred AC – Franz Mahr (Barred Buff Columbian cockerel)

Best Standard AOC – Bryan Jon (Birchin cockerel)

Best Bantam Light – Neal and Linda Lynch (Light cockerel)

Best Bantam Dark – Neal and Linda Lynch (Dark cockerel)

Best Bantam Partridge – No birds benched

Best Bantam Columbian AC – Cindy Pretty (Blue Buff Columbian hen)

Best Bantam Self Colour AC – No Birds benched 

Best Bantam AOC – Joel Giusti (Barred cock)

Cochin

Champion Cochin – Paul Rodgers (Buff hen)

Best Buff – Paul Rodgers (Buff hen)

Best AOC – Victoria Fulton (Blue Buff Columbian cock)

Photos of the day are shown below. Thanks to Roger Price for taking photos on the day and allowing us to use them, we really appreciate your help. Thanks also to Luke Price for taking photos of the entries and Cindy Pretty and Roger Price for assisting.

Above: Club members at the 2011 show. Roger Price not in shot as he was taking the photo.