Hi all,
Please see below the final results for the Birds Australia National
Twitchathon. The results were determined using the Modified Dolby
System: team score = team total/state average of past winning scores x
100.
Congratulations once again to the Hunter Home Brewers for being the
national champions. Well done also to the Tasmanian racers - and the
Tasmanian organiser John Tongue - who have participated marvellously for
the last few years. (Please note that the Tasmanian average is based on
two years rather than ten.)
It is important to note that twitchathon is of course just a bit of
environmentally sensitive competitive fun, but with some many teams
competing and raising money the end result is very very productive for
ornithological conservation in Australia. In the last few years in
Victoria alone the event has raised over $25000 for bird research! Well
done. It is worth noting also that a major aspect of the twitchathon is
ethical and minimum impact birding, which is formulised into the rules
of the competition.
Any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
2007 NATIONAL (AUSTRALIAN) 24 HOUR TWITCHATHON RESULTS
Rank State Modified Name of Team
1. 238 (112) Hunter Home Brewers (National & NSW/ACT
Champion)
2. 235 (110) Whacked-out Woodswallows
3. 233 (109) Menacing Monarchs
4. 118 (106) Two in the Bush (Tasmanian Champion)
5. 203 (103) Seven Year Twitchers (Victorian Champion)
6. 219 (103) Dodgy Drongos
7. 214 (100) Hunter Thickheads
8. 206 (97) Black-necked Stalkers
9. 198 (93) Cheerful Drongos
10. 182 (92) Common Loudmouths
11. 175 (89) Twitching BigEyes
12. 93 (84) White Fronted Chat-terboxes
13. 67 (60) Greylags
14. 50 (45) Two Charlies (Bruny Is Champion)
15. 48 (43) Top-end of Tassie Twitchers (King Is Champion)
Unfortunately I haven't had time to calculate the 8 hour champagne race:
congratulation to the Robin Rednecks (Vic) and the Crested Shrike Twits
(NSW).
FYI, see below previous winners for each of the competing states. It is
with this data that I calculate rankings.
VICTORIAN 24 HOUR RESULTS LAST TEN YEARS: AVERAGE 196.4
2007 203 Seven Year Twitchers
2006 213 Bush Turkeys
2005 192 Seven Year Twitchers
2004 200 Bush Turkeys
2003 174 Tick Tock Twins
2002 175 Tick Tock Twins
2001 211 Bush Turkeys
2000 211 Bush Turkeys
1999 205 Common Driving Petrelheads
1998 180 Common Driving Petrelheads
NSW & ACT 24 HOUR RESULTS LAST TEN YEARS: AVERAGE 212.3
2007 238 Hunter Home Brewers
2006 233 Hunter Home Brewers
2005 229 Whacked-out Woodswallows
2004 220 Hunter Home Brewers
2003 222 Whacked Out Woodswallows
2002 197 Whacked-out Woodswallows
2001 218 Whacked-out Woodswallows
2000 203 Grey Toilet Thrushes
1999 185 Grey Toilet Thrushes
1998 178 Central Coast Champions & No GST
TASMANIA 24 HOUR RESULTS LAST TWO YEARS: AVERAGE 110.5
2007 118 Two in the Bush
2006 103 Rate of Knots
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
Victorian Twitchathon Coordinator
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