Our highlight of the 2016 Show was PB150026 being awarded the Champion March Shorn Australian Merino All Purpose ribbon. We have won individual All Purpose classes with various rams in the past, including three this year, but this was our first overall Champion result. The Australian Merino All Purpose classes are judged by both a meat sheep judge and a wool judge, making this a very commercially targeted competition. Overall, the best results of putting our leading rams up for comparison against the Merino industry at Bendigo were as follows.

POLL BOONOKE 150026

PB150026 x PB130028

FD 18.9 SD 2.8 CV 14.8 CF 99.9

CHAMPION MARCH SHORN AUSTRALIAN MERINO ALL PURPOSE RAM

• 1st in the Two Tooth Soft Bold Australian Merino March Shorn Ram 60’s and Broader class
• 16 individual class winners compete for the overall Champion ribbon

GRAND CHAMPION MEDIUM WOOL RAM OF THE SHOW

• Defeated Wanganella 150610 for this ribbon

CHAMPION MEDIUM WOOL POLL MERINO RAM

• Defeated the Champion August Shorn Medium Wool Poll Ram (12 months older and in full wool) to win this ribbon

CHAMPION MARCH SHORN MEDIUM WOOL POLL MERINO RAM
JUNIOR CHAMPION MEDIUM WOOL RAM
RESERVE CHAMPION MARCH SHORN MERINO RAM

Photograph by Wayne Jenkins

WANGANELLA 150610

W150610 x W130750

FD 18.0 SD 3.0 CV 16.7 CF 99.8

CHAMPION MEDIUM WOOL MERINO RAM

• Defeated the Champion August Shorn Medium Wool Ram (12 months older and in full wool) to win this ribbon

CHAMPION MARCH SHORN MEDIUM WOOL MERINO RAM

• A Wanganella ram has been awarded this ribbon 5 times in the last 6 years

CHAMPION MEDIUM WOOL POLL MERINO RAM

• Defeated the Champion August Shorn Medium Wool Poll Ram (12 months older and in full wool) to win this ribbon

POLL BOONOKE 150126

1st in the Two Tooth Medium Australian Merino all Purpose March Shorn Ram class.
3rd in the Two Tooth Medium Wool Poll Ram class (won by PB150026, 43 entries in class).

WANGANELLA 150400

1st in the Lamb’s Teeth Medium Australian Merino All Purpose March Shorn Ram class

AUSTRALIAN FLEECE COMPETITION

Champion Strong Fleece – 22.1 Micron & Broader

Photograph by Wayne Jenkins

WANGANELLA 150931

W150931 x EM090137

FD 19.0 SD 3.0 CV 15.8 CF 99.7

Photographed with Forbes Murdoch, Martin & Carlos Moralejo and Angus Munro

Purchased by the Tecka Merino Stud, Patagonia, Argentina for $25,000 after Stud Manager Carlos Moralejo and his son Martin inspected W150931 at our Bendigo display. Tecka have been regular purchasers of Wanganella genetics since 2006.

Photograph by Wayne Jenkins