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Results Queensland Open Bush Poetry Championships - 2008

Gold City Bush Poets'
presents
the 2008
Queensland State
Bush Poetry
Championships
in

Charters Towers

April 29 - May 1 2008

Results Written Bush Poetry Competition
Golden Nugget Award
Place	Author	Poem
1st 2nd 3rd	Ellis Campbell Kym Eitel Arthur Green	Ernie McBurney's Ride The Ghost of Crackenback Shadows in the Mist

Results Performance Open Bush Poetry Championships
Queensland Open Male Champion	Queensland Open Female Champion
John Lloyd	Cay Ellem

Results Performance Bush Poetry Competition
Open Competition
Male		Female
Classical
1st 2nd 3rd 4th	Geoff Mann Barry Ellem John Lloyd Harold Jackson	1st 2nd 3rd 4th	Cay Ellem Val Dart Kathie Priestly Rosa Christian
Modern / Traditional
1st 2nd 3rd 4th	Barry Ellem Geoff Mann John Lloyd Harold Jackson	1st 2nd 3rd 4th	Kathie Priestly Carmel Lloyd Eileen Flynn Val Dart
Original Serious
1st 2nd	John Lloyd Geoff Mann	1st 2nd 3rd 4th	Jan Facey Kathie Priestly Cay Ellem Eileen Flynn
Original Humorous
1st 2nd	John Lloyd Geoff Mann	1st 2nd 3rd 4th	Cay Ellem Jan Facey Janeen Mapson Val Dart

Results Performance Bush Poetry Competition
Intermediate Competition		Novice Competition
Classical
1st 2nd 3rd	Wendy Oss Janeen Mapson Harold Jackson	1st 2nd 3rd	Julie Jenkinson Dawn Jackson Gwen Fox
Modern / Traditional
1st 2nd 3rd	Wendy Oss Janeen Mapson Harold Jackson	1st 2nd 3rd	Julie Jenkinson Gwen Fox Dawn Jackson
Original
1st 2nd	Wendy Oss Janeen Mapson	1st 2nd 3rd	Julie Jenkinson Barry Graham Stella McMahon

Open Yarn Spinning Competition		Duo Bush Poetry Competition
1st 2nd 3rd 4th	Val Dart Carmel Lloyd Geoff Mann John Lloyd	1st 2nd 3rd	Cay Ellem & Barry Ellem Anika McMahon & Milton Taylor Julie & Trent Jenkinson

1 Minute Brawl
Jan Facey

Results Performance Bush Poetry Competition
Student Competition
Under 12yrs
Serious		Humorous
1st 2nd	Abigail Blaikie Madeline Ruddle	1st 2nd 3rd	Brooke Jurss Andrea Busiko Abigail Blaikie
12-18yrs
Serious		Humorous
1st 2nd	Trent Jennkinson Anika McMahon Natalie Meehan	1st 2nd 3rd	Kate Laffey Emma Davis Trent Jenkinson
Original
1st	Trent Jenkinson

Queensland Bush Poetry Championship Results 2009
2009 Queensland Bush Poets Championships

Contemporary Bush Poets
Bobby Miller Bruce Simpson Carmel Wooding Carol Heuchan Charlee Marshall Claude Morris David Campbell Denis Kevans Ellis Campbell Gary Fogarty Glenny Palmer Graham Fredriksen Gregory North Guy McLean Helen Avery Jack Drake Janine Haig Keith Lethbridge Kerry Lee	Marco Gliori Mark Kleinschmidt Max Merckenschlager Maxine Ireland Melanie Hall Milton Taylor Murray Hartin Naked Poets Neil Hulm Noel Stallard R M Williams Ray Essery Ron Liekefett Ron Stevens Rupert McCall Shirley Friend Terry Regan Veronica Weal Zita Horton
Contemporary Poems

Contemporary Bush Poems
A Grave Situation A Round Tooit A Second Glance Chasing Your Dreams Daybreak Over The Bay Dingo Down Memory Lane Good Looker Hey, Banjo, Have You Heard, Mate? I Said Infidelity Mary Not Gone On the Banks of the Richmond River Retiring Riding with My Children Rocky Creek	Seven Miles from Sydney Small White Crosses The Amway Man The Bachelor The Cattle Dog's Revenge The Child & the Horse The Day They Came Together The English Rose The Horses Slave The Hut The Last Pit Pony The Last Red Gum The Old Wongoondy Hall The Outback Cattle Drive The Pontiff's Eyes Valour Rode The Range Westerly You'll Win If You Can Grin