WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Bullring Music, in association with Gully Gang Wines* is pleased to announce the WINNERS of the In Vino; Veritas competition.

Thanks to everyone who submitted a story. In the end the judges couldn't differentiate between 3 ripper stories, so have decided to award all 3 with the winner's prize of a bottle of Gully Gang Red*.

ALL 3 STORIES WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEB, AND (WITH THE AUTHOR'S CONSENT) WILL BE RECORDED FOR PROSPERITY IN BULLRING MUSIC'S FORTHCOMING AND EAGERLY AWAITED BOOK TO THE CD.

Without further ado here are our well deserved winners, presented in the same order their stories came in:

WINNER!!!!

Mr Greg Rayner for his adventure yarn about the fun and perils of evading the law. It is an absolute pearler with a great twist which involves the bullring, a dog and a hint of the influence of high office.

Greg is a former Barcyite, also known as Speedy, and is now resident in the Middle East. One judge wanted to drop him down to 4th place because of the difficulties we face in getting the Gully Gang Red* to him. But no, his story was too good for that.

WINNER!!!!

Mr Noel Lipp for his beautifully crafted essay on Clarence "Chips" Pellow, one of the great characters of the central west. In telling the story of the changing fortunes of Chips, Noel captures with humour the struggle of a generation. What resilient and tough characters they were!!

Noel taught English, French and many other subjects to the seniors at Barcy High School in the late 60s and also played A Grade footy for the Sand Goannas. I think that Noel has now retired on the Darling Downs.

WINNER!!!!

Mr Lionel Walsh for his very funny story about an incident on a sporting field in Barcy. You won't know whether to laugh or cry when you read this one, which is exactly the predicament Lionel found himself in. It is only a small piece - small like an eye fillet at the Brekky Creek!!

Lionel worked at the Barcaldine hospital for many years before establishing an accountancy business in town. From memory Lionel was a tennis player of some renown and I think had the nickname of "Flick". However will stand corrected on this point.

ALL WINNERS' STORIES BEING POSTED SOON!!! STAY TUNED!!!

*No Queensland water was used in the making of this product.