http://www.ohionational.org/Champion Americana - Jerry DeSmidt - Cockerel White
Reserve Champion Americana - Camille Lewandowski - Hen Black
Some of you have heard why I dislike the Ohio National (not "Nationals") show, in Columbus with a passion. For those that don't, here it is. The last time they hosted our ABC National meet we entered over 250 Ameraucanas. Even though most if not all entry forms had spelled Ameraucana correctly, NOT ONE coop card had it right. They were all hand written and they spelled it at least 3 different ways, but obviously went out of their way to not spell it as written on the entry forms they took the information from. There is even a book, called the Standard, that they could have looked at to check the spelling if there was a question about it.
Here it is years later and they still can't get it right. There are also other reasons I won't attend the Columbus show again, but I won't get into them. The one I mentioned is enough and should be something that every ABC member should keep in mind before entering Ameraucanas there in the future.
I almost went there this year for a weekend get a way with chicken friends and a different breed's national meet, but I wouldn't have entered any Ameraucanas.