Established in 1985 the Orpington Club of Australia is dedicated to promote and protect this stately breed.
'We do best what we do together'
The Presidents Message from the first newsletter written in August 1985.
'Greetings fellow Orpingtonians on this historical occasion of the first newsletter of the first 'Orpington Club of Australia'
As we stand on the verge of the end of the first century of official Orpington, it would be well to pause and pay tribute to the people who founded and fostered the Breed in the earlier years to reach a very high mark of popularity in the period between the two great wars, when they were bred and shown in the hundreds. Like many large breeds, they saw a fall in popularity in the post war period, largely because of import restrictions and the urban spread when it became the era of the bantam.
As we stand poised to enter the second century of Orpington breeding, we face the challenge of maintaining and improving the popularity and numbers, but above all the quality of our breed.
There are still some fine Orpingtons about, but not enough of them, so our challenge is to breed well, cull well, never losing sight of the fact that the Orpington is primarily a table bird, with fleshing weight for age gains, plenty of size, without coarseness on a bird with a brilliant sheen on a wide quality feather being our objective. There is no such thing as a good little Orpington.
Best wishes and Good breeding. The Club Slogan could well be " We do best what we do together'
Jim Blatch
President Orpington Club of Australia (1985-1989)
Life Member (Dec)
'Greetings fellow Orpingtonians on this historical occasion of the first newsletter of the first 'Orpington Club of Australia'
As we stand on the verge of the end of the first century of official Orpington, it would be well to pause and pay tribute to the people who founded and fostered the Breed in the earlier years to reach a very high mark of popularity in the period between the two great wars, when they were bred and shown in the hundreds. Like many large breeds, they saw a fall in popularity in the post war period, largely because of import restrictions and the urban spread when it became the era of the bantam.
As we stand poised to enter the second century of Orpington breeding, we face the challenge of maintaining and improving the popularity and numbers, but above all the quality of our breed.
There are still some fine Orpingtons about, but not enough of them, so our challenge is to breed well, cull well, never losing sight of the fact that the Orpington is primarily a table bird, with fleshing weight for age gains, plenty of size, without coarseness on a bird with a brilliant sheen on a wide quality feather being our objective. There is no such thing as a good little Orpington.
Best wishes and Good breeding. The Club Slogan could well be " We do best what we do together'
Jim Blatch
President Orpington Club of Australia (1985-1989)
Life Member (Dec)
Club First Contact details
For all enquiries relating to the Orpington Club Australia go to http://www.orpingtonaustralia.com/
From the 2012 AGM held in Canberra on 9th June 2012 the Club Secretary is now Martin Doulton and he can be contacted on [email protected] or call him on +61(0)3 5964 8224.
From the 2012 AGM held in Canberra on 9th June 2012 the Club Secretary is now Martin Doulton and he can be contacted on [email protected] or call him on +61(0)3 5964 8224.