Results of the 2008 Beaudesert Bush Poetry Competition and Country & Horse Festival
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Results Beaudesert Bush Poetry Competition - 2008

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A.J.Bush and Sons
2008
Beaudesert Bush Poetry Competition Results

Sunday 8th June 2008

at the Beaudesert Showgrounds

The Beaudesert Bush Poetry Competition was a most successful poetry event.
The brekky was really well attended and most of the people stayed on for the performance competition.
Nominations in the open competition were low but ten performers entered the novice catagory.
Several were first timers so that looks good for the future.

Golden Horseshoe Written Competition
Adult
Place	Poem	Author
Champion Poem Runner-Up VHC HC	Country Women A Cooee Marcher's 1960 Interview The Swagman Bo-Jangles Bush Mother The Shame of Staying Put Mark Of Courage Forecast An Aussie Christmas Rusty's Revenge	Max Merchenschlager Ron Stevens Max Merchenschlager Kym Eitel Don Crane Ron Stevens Carol Heuchan Ron Stevens Allan Goode Allan Goode
Adult Patrons Prize for Themed poem		Kym Eitel
The Jan Hackett sponsored "Bush Poet-In-Training" award		Shannon Iedema

Golden Horseshoe Written Competition
Student Competition
High School
Place	Poem	Author
First Second Third	Do You Remember The Good Old Days Their Death For Your Pay The Golden Rose	Gemma Philippi Shannon Iedema Oasis Langtree
Primary School
Place	Poem	Author
First Second Third	Australia In The Old Days The Outback	Kristin Magarry Blaire Robinson Courtney Sheffield
Student Patrons Prize for Themed Poem		Blaire Robinson

Performance Bush Poetry Competition
Champion - Cay Ellem (by one point over Kevin Dean)
Novice
Original	First Second Third	Daphne Dennis Lyn Bunkum Caroline Heather
Traditional	First Second Third	Daphne Dennis Lyn Bunkum Jayson Russell
Open - Original
Female	First Second Third	Cay Ellem Shannon Iedema Lyn Bunkum
Male	First Second Third	Kevin Dean John Pampling Bert Pullen
Open - Traditional
Female	First Second Third	Lyn Bunkum Cay Ellem Shannon Iedema
Male	First Second Third	Kevin Dean Barry Ellem Bert Pullen

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2007 Queensland Open Bush Poets Championships Results

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