Hi all,
See below the results for the 2008 National Twitchathon. The NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
are once again the Hunter Home Brewers! Well done Mick & Steve Roderick, Craig
Anderson, Lucas Grenadier, & Eric. Go Brewers!
In Victoria the Champagne/8 hr race was won by 7 Year Twitchers with 153 birds
(Tim Dolby, Fiona Parkin), just a couple short of the all-time Victorian
record, while in NSW it was won by the Crested Shrike-twits, with 164 birds
(Lorna Mee & Paul Baird). I haven't managed to do a national result summary of
this event - I should.
The title for best bird undoubtedly goes to Simon Starr's 8 hr team, the
Yarrawalla Yahoos, who saw a Grey Falcon! This is possibly the 'best bird' ever
recorded in a Twitchathon.
Well done to those teams that participated in the fabulous film 'Chasing
Birds', the Hunter Home Brewers, Whacked-out Woodswallows, and Hunter
Thickheads. Without exception, you where all very entertaining. Great stuff!
(I'm glad it was you; I reckon I would have made a complete prat of myself!)
Also well done Alan Morris, John Tongue and moi-même for organising the event.
Finally the following results and the event itself is of course just a bit of
birding fun. I encourage all birders to give it a go! It is worth noting that
in the last few years this event has raised over $100,000 for bird conservation
and research. This year was also the 25th anniversary of the Twitchathon in
Victoria, and possibly the most successful ever raced. An article celebrating
the anniversary of the Twitchathon will appear in the next Wingspan. I look
forward to reading it.
NATIONAL RESULTS
Rank Dolby State Team Name and State
Adjusted Total
Result
1. 110 237 Hunter Home Brewers (National & NSW Champion)
2. 109 236 Menacing Monarchs (NSW)
3. 105 226 Rampaging Raptors (NSW)
4. 104 225 Whacked-out Woodswallows (NSW)
5. 103 223 Dodgy Drongos (NSW)
6. 98 107 Rate of Knots (TAS champion)
7. 97 191 Twitching Big Eyes (VIC Champion)
7. 97 104 White-fronted Chat-terboxes (TAS)
9. 94 185 Robin Rednecks (VIC)
10. 93 202 Central Coast Champion Choughs (NSW)
11. 92 200 Cheerful Drongos (NSW)
11. 92 200 Complete & Utter Bustards (NSW)
13. 91 197 Black-necked Stalkers (NSW)
14. 89 193 Hunter Thickheads (NSW)
14. 89 176 Common Loadmouths (VIC)
16. 81 160 Ruddy Bustards (VIC)
17. 75 162 Grey Toilet Thrushes (NSW)
18. 67 145 Eastern Whiplashes (NSW)
19. 61 67 The Chiff-chaff and the Riff-raff (TAS)
20. 49 97 Feisty Fledglings (VIC)
NOTE: the results were calculated using 'Modified Dolby System', which is team
score = team total/state average of past winning scores x 100.
Any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
Birds Australia - Victoria
Victorian Twitchathon Coordinator
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FOR REFERENCE: scores over last 10 years for VIC and NSW. TAS calculated over
last 3 years.
VICTORIAN 24 HOUR RESULTS LAST TEN YEARS: AVERAGE 197
2008 191 Twitching Big Eyes
2007 203 Seven Year Twitchers
2006 213 Bush Turkeys (Seven Year Twitcher close 2nd with 211).
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 Petrelhead
NSW & ACT 24 HOUR RESULTS LAST TEN YEARS: AVERAGE 212.3 (216)
2008 238 Hunter Home Brewers
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 Grey Toilet Thrushes
2000 185 Grey Toilet Thrushes
1999 178 Central Coast Champions & No GST
TASMANIA 24 HOUR RESULTS LAST TWO YEARS: AVERAGE (109)
2008 107 Rate of Knots
2007 118 Two in the Bush
2006 103 Rate of Knots
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