THE Don Brown Memorial Merino Field Days celebrated 31 years earlier in the week with 109 spectators touring through 12 properties in the Condobolin surrounds across two days.
Here is all the facts and figures from 1979 to 2018 for The Don Brown.
Sheep viewed 1979 - 2018: 364,729
Most entries in one competition: 33 (1990)
Most entries in one day: 20 (south - 1990)
Number of judges: 37 (+21 associate judges)
Total number of spectators: 4059
Kilometres travelled: 19,661km
Total individual entries: 722
Most consecutive entries: R Neal and Co (34)
Most entries: Crouch Bros (35)
Most wins: Crouch Bros (8), JN. and CM. L'Estrange (4)
Most placings: Crouch Bros (19), JB. and AM. Sutherland/Paraway (10), JN. and CM. L'Estrange (9), McDonald Bros (8)
Most successful bloodlines:
Most wins: Mungadal (8), Genanegie (4), Belswick (3), Haddon Rig (3), Glendonald (3), Woodpark (3)
Most placings (1st, 2nd, 3rd): Mungadal (17), Pooginook (12), Belswick (9), Glendonald (8), Genanegie (8), Woodpark (8)
Number of bloodlines represented: 63
Number of flocks: Mungadal (60 entrants), Pooginook (41), Wanganella (36), Belswick (37), Darriwell (34), Haddon Rig (34)
Most successful classer:
Most wins: Gordon McMaster (15), Barry Crouch (4), Chris Bowman (4)
Most placings (1st, 2nd, 3rd): Gordon McMaster (36), Tom Kirk (11), Allan Clarke (10), Barry Crouch (10)
Most flocks classed: Tom Kirk (112), Gordon McMaster (110), Allan Clarke (59)
Number of classers (including owner/classers): 53
Sponsors:
Longest sponsors (including 2019):
- Wal and the late Rodan Dawson - 39 years
- Condobolin District Sheep breeders - 35 years
- The Land - 32 years
- John Coy/the late John Coy - 30 years
Competition not held (drought): 1981, 1983
Spectator coach introduced: 1985
Date change from March to February: 1986
First programme booklet: 1989
Day change (Tuesday/Wednesday to Monday/Tuesday): 1993
Committee:
First committee formed: December 1 1987
Committee (1979 - 2019:
- Barry Crouch 1979 - 1991
- Carol-Ann Malouf 1984 - present
- Peter L'Estrange 1985 - 1988
- Jim Young 1985 - 1988
- Wal Dawson 1988
- Jon L'Estrange 1988 - 2015
- Tony Paton 1989 - 1991
- David McDonald 1989 - 2005
- Tom Kirk 1992 - present
- Peter Colless 1992 -2007
- Gavin Stuckey 2008 - 2013
- Andrew L'Estrange 2010 - 2011
- Greg Laing 2013 - present
- Angus Girle 2014 - present
- Phillip Crouch 2015 - present
And most importantly…
The number of Minties consumed (1985 - 2018): 45,961