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Re: 2006 24 Hr National Twitchathon Results

To: Tim Dolby <>
Subject: Re: 2006 24 Hr National Twitchathon Results
From: Roger Richards <>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:08:15 +1100
Well done Tim, Fiona, Alan and all participants,
Cheers,
Roger

Tim Dolby wrote:

2006 24 Hr National Twitchathon Results

See below the results of the 2006 National Twitchathon. Congratulations to the Hunter Home Brewers on being the 2006 Australian Champions. What a fantastic effort!

As you can see the results were very close, with the top positions being seperated by only a few points. Equal 2nd was the Whacked-out Woodswallows (last years national winners) and the Victorian winners, the Bush Turkeys. 3rd was (unfortunately) my own team, the Seven Year Twitchers.

111 233 Hunter Home Brewers (Mick & Steve Roderick, G. Anderson, L. Grenadier) (NSW) 109 228 Whacked-out Woodswallows (David Geering, Carol Probets, Clive Meadows) (NSW) 109 213 Bush Turkeys (Sean Dooley, Peter Lansley, Paul Peake, Nevil Amos) (VIC) 107 210 Seven Year Twitchers (Tim Dolby, Greg Oakley, Fiona Parkin) (VIC) 102 214 Dodgy Drongos (Grant Brosie, Nick Livanos, M. Kearns & R. Macdonald) (NSW)
96    202    Hunter Thickheads (NSW)
93 182 Common Loudmouths (F. Mitchell, G. Hunt, P. Jackson, P. Kelly, R. Thomson) (VIC)
91    190    Central Coast Champions (NSW)
90    189    Canberra's Crazy Capital Chooks (Canberra OG) (ACT)
90    188    Black-necked Stalkers (NSW)
87    183    Cheerful Drongos (NSW)
83    175    Grey Toilet Thrushes (NSW)
73    154    Eastern Whiplashes (NSW)
73    143    Muskalorikeets'  (Ken Norris and family) (VIC)
73    142    Wooden Spoonbills (Noel, Lynne, Brenna, Asha Billing) (VIC)

Note: scores are calculated using the Modified Dolby System: team score equals team total / state average of average past (10) winning scores x100. Note: NSW & ACT 24 hr average over last 10 years equals 209.6; Victorian 24 hr average over last 10 years equals 195.6. As yet, no results have yet been recieved by other states.

As can be seen by the NSW thon reports from the Hunter Home Brewers, Whacked-out Woodswallows and the Dodgy Drongos, birding doesn't get any better!

Thanks Alan Morris for coordinating a great NSW / ACT thon, and thanks to Fiona Parkin for helping with the VIC thon. I'm interested to see how teams went in other states, such as WA, Queensland, South Australia and the new comp in Tasmania. Out of interest, the Northern Territory ran their thon in May, see:

http://www.geocities.com/ntfieldnaturalists/newsletters/natureterritory_june06.pdf

In Victorian all sponsorship will be directed towards the Birds Australia - Victoria Research Award, an award of excellence for ornithology research.

Tim Dolby
Birds Australia - Victoria Twitchathon Coordinator



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