Results 2012 Qld Open Bush Poetry Championship

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Results of the 2012 Queensland Open Bush Poetry Championships

The Townsville Bush Poetry Mates Inc successfully hosted the 2012 Queensland Open Bush Poetry Championships held on Saturday and Sunday 2-3 June 2012 at the Pimlico Performing Arts Centre on Fulham Road.

The competition began at 9am Saturday and 7:30am Sunday with a Poet’s Breakfast. The Saturday night concert featured the three judges, Bill Kearns, the Master of Bull; Neil McArthur the Ratbag of Rhyme and the Buffalo Man Johnny Lloyd. Townsville’s own Melanie Hall came home to perform at the concert with the Judges. Over 200 patrons attended and the positive feedback was overwhelming.

Kathie Priestley from Townsville retained her title as the Queensland Bush Poetry Champion.

The section results are as follows:

Under 13 Years Serious:
1st Seiko Burnside – Townsville (March with Pride by Joan Twine)
2nd Jae-Ho Park - Townsville
3rd Kayleigh Bull - Townsville

Under 13 Years Humorous:
1st Angus Ogilvie – Townsville (My Teacher Ate My Homework by Ken
Nisbit)
2nd Jae-Ho Park - Townsville
3rd Kayleigh Bull - Townsville

13 Years and Under 19 Years Serious:
1st Brook Jurss – Charters Towers (Small White Crosses by Zita Horton)
2nd Gun-Ho Jang - Townsville
3rd Justin Jones - Townsville

13 Years and Under 19 Years Humorous:
1st Brook Jurss – Charters Towers (Good Looker by Glenny Palmer)
2nd Gun-Ho Jang – Townsville
3rd Justin Jones – Townsville

13 Years and Under 19 Years Original:
1st Brook Jurss – Charters Towers (Inland Tsunami)
2nd Gun-Ho Jang – Townsville

Novice Traditional:
1st Lyn Tarring – Townsville (Nostalgia by Lola Gornall)
2nd Bill Moline - Townsville
3rd Maureen Luke - Townsville

Novice Modern:
1st Lyn Tarring – Townsville (Poor Old Grandad by Grahame Watt)
2nd Rusty Dart - Townsville
3rd Maureen Luke – Townsville
Novice Original:
1st Lyn Tarring – Townsville (The Swimsuit Blues)
2nd Ian Mackay - Townsville
3rd Maureen Luke - Townsville

Open Male Traditional:
1st Geoff Stewart-McLean – Mackay (How McDougal Topped the Score
By Thomas Spencer
2nd Kevin Dean - Strathpine
3rd Barry Ellem - Murrumba Downs

Open Male Modern:
1st Kevin Dean – Strathpine (Going Home by Claude Morris)
2nd Barry Ellem - Murrumba Downs
3rd Barry Graham - Townsville

Open Male Original Serious:
1ST Kevin Dean – Strathpine (Questions from the Grave)
2nd Geoff Stewart-McLean - Mackay
3rd Barry Ellem - Murrumba Downs

Open Male Original Humorous:
1st Geoff Stewart-McLean – Mackay (The Fishing Trip)
2nd Barry Graham - Townsville
3rd Barry Ellem - Murrumba Downs

Open Female Traditional:
1st Kathie Priestley – Townsville (He Always Rod to Win by Will Ogilvie)
2nd Jan Facey – Innes Park
3rd Wendy Oss – Charters Towers

Open Female Modern:
1st Kathie Priestley – Townsville (The Lines on Her Face by Barry
Anderson)
2nd Wendy Oss – Charters Towers
3rd Val Dart - Townsville

Open Female Original Serious
1st Wendy Oss – Charters Towers (Throw Down Your Hat Mate)
2nd Kathie Priestley - Townsville
3rd Jan Facey - Innes Park

Open Female Original Humorous
1st Val Dart – Townsville (B.B.B.)
2nd Cay Ellem - Murrumba Downs
3rd Dot Church – Magnetic Island

Yarn Spinning
1st Carmel Lloyd - Calen

One Minute Tug-‘O-Words:
1st Lyn Tarring – Townsville (And Then the Bell Rang)

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I spy our very own Dot in amongst the winners. Congratulations Dot!

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