Festival Raffle
1st - Sonia Dory, 2nd - Rob Smith,
3rd - Shannon H, 4th - Marie Wright,
5th - Kellie, 6th - Wendy Gill,
7th - W. James, Mystery Prize - Maggie Walpole
Window Displays
Well done to all our entrants! The displays dazzled the storefronts with such colourful displays.
Congratulations to our winners:
1st - NewsXpress Merriwa decorated by St Josephs Primary School
2nd- Royal Hotel Merriwa
3rd - Merriwa Bakery
4th - Gumman Place
Bush Sheepdog Competition
This year our inaugural Bush Sheepdog Competition was held. Pulling together a new competition of this magnitude required a special commitment by sponsors and volunteers. A special thank you goes out to Molly Shannon for running such a great event along with those that made the Bush Sheepdog Competition one that we would all be excited to see for many years to come. Thank you again to:
- Wally and Claire Martin for their wonderful sheep that made the trial most enjoyable for everyone involved
- Dan & Marina Lee-Warner at Weetah Screenprinting for the donation of all the ribbons
- Suttons Livestock Veterinary services for their donation of dog wormers and also vaccines for the winner
- Virbac for their lovely embroidered vest for the winner
- Ridleys Tamworth for their very generous contribution of 18 bags of dog feed for the placegetters
- Merriwa Petroleum and Ag supplies for their two dog collars and leads for the encouragement and busiest handler award
- Elders Merriwa for their dog food for the judge
- To our judge Murray Wilkinson
Place Getters
Place Getters
Congratulations to all our Competition place getters!
1st - Brendan Horedam with Tick
2nd - Ben Coster with Lucy
3rd - Ben Coster with Fred
4th - Gracie Halsted with Emma
5th - Zac Ede with Charlie
Fun Awards
Fun Awards
We also gave out two fun awards:
1. The Encouragement Award went to Jean Hydleman
2. The Busiest Handler Award went to Tess Hogan
Dog High Jump
Small Dogs
1st - Lu Lu owned by Katana Magnus
2nd - Bella owned by Tina Taylor
Big Dogs
1st - Shelby owned by Teianna Taylor & Wes Hockings
Bush Poets Breakfast and Competion
What a fantastic display of talent at this year's Bush Poets Competition!
Carol Heuchan - Australian Bush Poet
We were very fortunate to again secure on of the highest profile poets in Australia to conduct our Bush Poets Competition. Carol's experience and recognition includes being twice Australian champion (both written and performance), with sixteen professional tours of the U.S.A. and Canada. Apart from being a professional poet, Carol is also a professional MC/commentator with seven years as main arena commentator at the Royal Easter Show. What an incredible asset!
1st - Raymond Osbourne with "Sam"
2nd - Noah Magnus
3rd - Blair Johnston
4th - Michelle Loft
Thank you!
Congratulations to all entrants and prize winners of the
2023 Festival of the Fleeces.
Looking forward to seeing you in 2024.
