The 2023 Royal Adelaide Show was a special occasion for the Polwarth breed as we shared Feature Breed with the Corriedale’s. The breed was well represented by Taljade (KI), Mt Crawford (SA), Murrawooda (SA), Riverview (TAS) and Fairview (VIC) with Peter English from Moorabbee (VIC) judging.
Special thanks to our South Australian members:
- Talisa McArdle for many months of work leading up to the show including organising a great deal of sponsorship.
- Sam Edwards and Josh Wiltshire for organising the association vests which looked fantastic.
- Kate Thorsteinsen for bringing such a large team from Mt Crawford.
- Kayla Starkey who did a wonderful job as MC.
Before the show started, there were the preliminaries including:
- Housekeeping
- Weightlifting
- Figures, figures and more figures
- New fashion items
And then, it was down to business:
Below left: Riverview’s Purple 97 continued his purple patch winning the Supreme Champion Polwarth at both Adelaide and Bendigo.
Below right: Talisa, Leo and Jared McArdle presented Wayne Walker with the inaugural Lynne McArdle Memorial Perpetual Trophy.
Below: Sire Progeny Group of 3 sheep was won by Mount Crawford (centre), 2nd to Imperial Partners (right) and 3rd to Taljade (left). Mt Crawford also won Most Successful Exhibitor.
Below: Judge, Peter English from Victoria at work in the Ewe over 1½ and under 2½ years.
Below: Fairview won National Polwarth Pair with a mother and son combination.
Below: Pen of three rams under 1½ years, March shorn was won by Taljade.
