For the last 70 years we have called the Dapto Showgrounds home and we are now the only poultry club still active in the Illawarra. We have 45 financial members and juniors play an important role in the Club. New members are always welcome. The current committee: President - Anthony Mountney, Vice President - Melanie Wiffen, Secretary - Melissa Bonnitcha, Treasurer - Donna Tisma
The Club is dedicated to the promotion of keeping, showing and breeding pure bred poultry. Rare breed poultry is encouraged to help keep them alive as numbers are dwindling. We meet up nearly every month at the Groundz Precinct or an alternative location. Our Annual Club Show is held on the 4th Saturday in June and we regularly fill the shed with 550 birds on show in state of the art metal cages on wheels. There is the possibility to acquire more cages in the future to grow the Shows and not have to turn people away. This year we are holding the NSW State Junior Championships in May at the Groundz Precinct. It will be held in conjunction with an Interclub Show between Dapto Poultry Club and Nowra Poultry Club. This will attract Junior poultry exhibitors from all over NSW and our friends from down South will come for a fun day out. Our members also run the poultry section for the Dapto A&H Society every year at the Dapto Country Show in September and it is a wonderful display of quality. This is a huge draw card for kids and their parents that come to the show each year.
