With 250 sheep from 21 exhibitors he said breeders had come from across the country to attend.

"We had three studs from South Australia coming up to have a look, it seems to be the ideal time for the sheep, near their peak growing age," he said.

"They are just over 12 months of age and they like to see what they are like at that age, so it's very good to see they've taken interest to come up.

"About seven or eight years ago it went into a bit of a down turn, a bit of a lull and now we did make a move and put it on the Friday and Saturday.

"It doesn't suit everybody but it seems to suit most people and they understand the reason behind it, so it seems fairly popular."

Mr Traves also said the quality of sheep on exhibition had been excellent.

"The sheep Tattykeel presented this year, the evenness of the team right across the senior division was outstanding, going to take out champion ewe, grand champion ram and supreme exhibit, he said.

"It's a credit to them the sheep they put forward, you don't always get a team that even across various classes.

"But they've done very well and had a very good drop of sheep.

"Then in the intermediate and August dropped classes it was mix between Springwaters, Hillden and Abelene Park.

"They've been pretty successful in the last five years previously so they shard the honors in those classes.

"Rene came back this year, with an excellent team being bridesmaids in several classes and several studs were very competitive taking out minor placings.

"The schools competition was also well contested with Riverina Anglican College, Tamworth High School, St Lawrence's and Loclani from Red Bend attending.

"And Bimbadeen was successful on the Dorset Horn side champion ewe, champion ram, and most successful."

While the championships were a success Mr Traves was also a winner in his own right, being named the NSW Poll Dorset Member of the Year.

He said the award had come as a surprise but one he had an inkling of.

"It wasn't a total surprise in the way it was set up," he said.

"You're never sure that things are going to happen but when you are normally involved with some of the voting and you are asked not to be involved, you know something is going on that's a little bit different than normal.

"So you let the committee take care of it and find out on the night."

The award was presented to him for his hard work in organising the championships, but he said he couldn't take full credit.

"When you are in charge of a committee the focus is put back on to you a little bit," he said.

"But if you don't have the support from the exhibitors and the committee you're success is not as great.

"They are marvelous people to work with and the exhibitors are excellent, when you get an award as prestigious as that it's a bit humbling, but you are pleased on behalf of everyone in the committee."

Mr Traves thanked all the exhibitors, spectators and sponsors for their ongoing support of the NSW championships.

He said the committee would now take a short break before beginning planning for the 2022 championships.

"We'll give ourselves that time to reflect and make the suggestions and improvements that we know there are," he said.

"The show society is part of that, the secretary and team that help out there is magnificent.

I know it's probably not the big focus because they have the wine show coming up, but the support from them is bloody tremendous and the secretary, Graham Eddy, is nothing short of bloody fantastic.

"Then there is the sponsors, a lot of them still aren't able to come due to company COVID regulations, but we still got strong support from them locally and in the industry.

"To have those sponsors able to put those prizes up, it just gives the breeders a reward for all the effort they put in."