IT WAS the Evans family's Tara Park Merinos that took home the top gongs during the Great Southern Supreme Merino (GSSM) show and sale in Canberra earlier this month.
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The Boorowa-based stud took home both the grand champion ram and ewe for the third time in six years.
Judges Tim Bower, Stanley Vale Merinos, Uralla (superfine); Michael Peden, Bullamalita Merinos, Goulburn (fine), and Peter Hughes, Gullendah Merinos, Baldry (fine/ medium and medium/strong), went with the Merino ram as their supreme exhibit of the show.
The 19.1-micron ram, by Tara Park 4202, had progressed from champion March-shorn fine/ medium ram and grand champion March-shorn ram.
The reserve grand champion ram went to an exhibit from Garry, Gordon and Colleen Cox, Langdene Merinos, Dunedoo.
This ram had won reserve champion March-shorn fine/medium ram and reserve March-shorn ram.
The Tara Park champion ewe was also by Tara Park 4202, with the 18.7-micron ewe being awarded champion March-shorn ewe.
The reserve grand champion ewe exhibited by Michael and Jane Corkhill, Grassy Creek Merinos, Reids Flat, following the champion through from the fine wool classes, taking reserve champion March-shorn fine wool ewe and reserve champion March-shorn ewe.
In the August-shorn Merinos, Langdene took out the champion August-shorn ram with a fine wool, with reserve going to a superfine exhibit from the Davis Family, Demondrille Merinos, Harden.
In the ewes, the champion August-shorn exhibit went to a fine wool entry from Matthew and Cherie Coddington's Roseville Park Merinos, Dubbo.
The reserve was awarded to a fine/medium ewe from the Merriman family's Merryville Merinos, Boorowa.
In the Poll Merinos, Grassy Creek came up trumps when it was awarded the supreme Poll Merino exhibit for its grand champion Poll Merino ram.
This 18.2-micron fine wool ram had been the champion March-shorn Poll Merino ram, with an exhibit from the Cox family, Bocoble Poll Merinos, Mudgee the reserve March-shorn poll ram.
The Alcock family, Greenland Poll Merinos, Bungarby, took out the grand champion Poll Merino ewe with their champion March-shorn fine wool poll ewe.
The reserve to this ewe was a superfine entry from Victorian stud Wurrook, Rokewood.
August-shorn Poll Merino ram went Chris and Cindy Clonan, Alfoxton Poll Merinos, Armidale, with Graham and Susan Coddington, Coddington Poll Merinos, Yeoval, taking the reserve.
Ross McGauchie, Terrick West Poll Merinos, Prairie, Vic, took home the champion August-shorn Poll Merino ewe, while the Barron family, Adina Poll Merinos, Cooma, picked up the reserve.
Graham and Mary Wells, One Oak Merinos, Jerilderie, were awarded the champion sale ram for their fine wool entry, while the reserve went to Demondrille's second-placed fine wool ram.
Brendan Mansbridge
Livestock writer for The Land.
Livestock writer for The Land.
