Buckton’s Sponsorship Ceases

It is with regret that the sponsorship with Bucktons will cease as from end of April.

This sponsorship deal, going back to 2000, has been fruitful to the Budgerigar Society as well as its members.

The Society has purchased pop-up banners to pass on to its General Council members to take to shows, together with question boxes to promote the Society and consult the general membership.

Long Service Awards

National Council for Aviculture (NCA) Long Service Badges were awarded to:

• Gold (25 years service)
  • Roger Carr
  • Bob Francis
  • Dave Herring
• Silver (20 years service)
  • Ghalib Al-Nasser
  • Gren Norris
  • Dave Whittaker
• Bronze (15 years service)
  • Janice Al-Nasser
  • George Booth
  • Grant Findlay
  • Donald McCallum
  • Alex Woan

Roger Carr was also installed on the NCA Roll of Honour for his long and outstanding services to the fancy.

UK Breeders at World Show

Four UK budgerigar fanciers recently entered their birds at the World Show in Spain.

Geoff Capes & Roger Carr won Gold Medals and Roy Aplin won a Silver & two Bronze medals.

Birds in Team Classes to be included in Benched Figures

After receiving correspondence from Land O’Burns BS, it was agreed that correctly entered birds in team classes will count towards the benched figure at shows.

This means that the number of birds rather than the number of teams will count towards the final benched figures.

All paper work related to patronage returns have been amended to take this into consideration.

Anthracite Variety Recognised / Rare Varieties Class Changes

The Rare Variety & Colour BS submitted a request to recognise the Anthracite variety, having met all the criteria for recognition of a new mutation, and also a Colour Standard for the variety.

They also requested that the variety to be exhibited in the Rare Variety classes.

The Council accepted both recommendations and decided that, to give the varieties grouped in the Rare Variety classes a chance of competing on an equal footing, the Clearbody variety (both Texas & Easley) will now be exhibited in the Any Other Classes.

All these changes to take immediate effect.

Biosecurity & Cleaning Changes

Some amendments were made to the Biosecurity Guidelines so that cage covers can now be removed inside the hall at a designated area before checking in and checking out.

Both the top and slope of the show cages now need to be cleaned.

It was also agreed that designated treated areas of the floor may be used as well if necessary.

Judges Panel Changes

Both Miranda Humphreys & Graham Turner were admitted to the Subsidiary Judges Panel.

The following were admitted to the Retired Judges Panel:

• John Grubb
• Horace Holland
• Robert McLean
• John Mason
• Frank Punchard
• Les Stanley

The following were removed from the Judges Panel either for failure to pay subscription or failure to complete the Judges Return Form:

• Duncan Folley
• Steve Speed
• Rodney Harris

Both John Bowie & Derek Hardie resigned from the Judges Panel.

The Budgerigar

All members of the society receive a full colour magazine (“The Budgerigar”) which is published bi-monthly.

The March issue of “The Budgerigar” has been sent to all paid up members containing the ballot forms to elect the new General Council from 20 candidates.

There are also nine resolutions put forward for members to vote on.

BS 2012 Spring Event & AGM

Plans are well ahead with the next Spring Event to be held on 11th – 13th May 2012 at Seaton Burn within the Northern BS area.

The speakers are:

• Gerd Bleicher (Germany)
• Carlos Ramôa (Portugal)
• Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser (Guidelines)

The judges booked are:

• Dave Cottrell
• Terry & Linda Jukes
• Ron Pearce
• Fred Wright

The format will be similar to the event held in Woking last spring.

The Society’s AGM will be held on Saturday 12th May.

BS Club Show 2012

The Club Show this year is going back to its old date on 17th & 18th November.

The committee accepted a trophy donated by Joe Nevin for Best Yellowface Any Age and have also decided to accept birds on the Saturday morning as well as on Friday.

Judges booked for this year are:

• Maurice Roberts (President)
• Ian Clarke (Trainee Judge of the Year)
• Marcel Buhler & Carlos Ramôa (overseas judges)
• Linda Jukes
• Robert Ellis
• Pete Hutchinson
• Dave Wall
• Kevin Shillings
• Dave Guppy
• Adrian Terheege
• Ron Pearce
• Phil Reaney
• Colin Parsons

Section judges will be:

• Bob McCabe
• Doug Pringle
• Geoff Tuplin
• Clifton Wixon

Dr. Marcellus Bürkle, a specialist bird vet from Germany, will be the speaker at the morning seminar.

Judges for 2013 were also nominated and selected.

The exhibitor’s package of free entry to the show on Sunday for benching 15 or more birds (excluding sales) will still be in operation. First time exhibitors at the Club Show will be given a voucher for a free catalogue when checking in their birds.

Subscriptions

The 2012 subscription fees are:

• Single – £25
• Partnership same address – £37.50
• Senior member & OAP – £20
• Junior – £16.25

The veterinary diagnostic service fee is £10 per annum.

More information can be obtained from the society’s website (www.budgerigarsociety.com) or by contacting the Budgerigar Society office.

The Dome
Bawtry Road
Doncaster
DN4 7PD

It is an event not to be missed!

Seminar

Apart from the thousands of top quality birds benched for fanciers from all over the world to admire, there will be a seminar on the Saturday morning with one of our top and successful partnerships, that of Tom & Andrew Luke, as the guest speakers.

The seminar will kick off at 9.30 am. Tickets are £10 each and include entry to the seminar, light refreshments, plus entry to the show on Saturday only.

Those who attend the seminar will be invited to watch judging of the Best in Show and other major awards.

Judging

While Tom & Andrew are busy delivering their presentation, there will be 14 judges judging their respective colours as follows:

• John Alcock
• Dominic Avo
• Roger Carr
• Jac Cuyten (Holland)
• Philip Dye
• Dave Hislop (Budgerigar Society’s President)
• Robbie Keeber
• John Lees
• Joe Nevin (Eire)
• Ron Payne
• Jim Rogerson
• Raymond Rogerson
• Ray Steel
• Terry Tuxford

The section judging will be in the capable hands of:

• Robert Ellis
• Peter Hutchinson
• Maurice Roberts
• Dave Wall (who will be invited next year to judge the colours)

The show committee has reverted back to accepting birds on the Friday only, as judging will commence on Saturday at 09.00 am. Birds will be accepted from 2.00 – 10.00 pm.

Quiz & Gala Dinner

As an added attraction there will be a Friday Night General Knowledge Quiz at the Holiday Inn commencing at 9.00 pm.

The Saturday evening Gala Dinner will be at the Holiday Inn (formally the Moat House).

Tickets for the dinner, at £25 each, can be booked with Pete Hutchinson (Tel: +44 (0)1625 420269) by sending him a cheque payable to “The Budgerigar Society” together with a stamped addressed envelope to:

125 Moss Lane
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 7XE

Auction of Promises, Tombola & Raffle

On Sunday afternoon at 1.00 pm Geoff Capes, assisted by John Alcock, will be on the hammer with the ever popular Auction of Promises with many quality birds promised from top leading fanciers together with many other superb items and promises.

This has been extremely popular over the years and generates valuable income towards staging the next show.

Throughout the weekend Norman & June Cox, helped by Jackie Fox, will want you to visit them at their great tombola stand with lots and lots of prizes to be won – so go to them and have a go and be one of the winners! Don’t forget also to participate in the Club Show Raffle while you are there.

Trophies & Prizes

The finale will be when our President, Dave Hislop, takes to the trophy stand to present the array of 92 trophies to their prospective winners with the new trophy “Jim Moffat Memorial Trophy for Breeder of the Year” added for the first time. Will you be one of them?

There are a many incentives for exhibitors apart from competing at the highest level.

£1000 has been donated by Geoff Bowley in memory of his father the late Derrick Bowley, past president of The Budgerigar Society.

There will be £200 for the Best Young Bird in each of the five sections including the juniors providing the Best Young Bird in that section is a Normal Skyblue; the late Derrick’s favourite colour. If the winning young bird section colour is not a Skyblue then the £200 will be carried forward to next year’s show for competition in that section.

The Budgerigar Society will be presenting Georgian Crystal to the major winners and the Any Age section winners will each receive Georgian Crystal and £30 while £25, £20, £15 & £10 will go for 2nd – 5th Best.

The Young Bird section winners will each receive Georgian Crystal and £45 while £35, £30, £25 & £20 will go for 2nd – 5th Best.

The Junior sections will get sports vouchers, a framed certificate and £20 for the winner and £10 & £5 for 2nd & 3rd Best in both the Any Age & Young Bird sections.

Rosettes will be awarded to all the Best of Colour & Opposite Sex in both the Any Age & Young Birds.

Patronage

Patronage has been received from all 10 area societies and the Show is also the Club Show of the following:

• Clearwing Budgerigar Breeders’ Association
• Crested Budgerigar Club
• Lutino & Albino Budgerigar Society
• Rare Variety & Colour Budgerigar Society
• Spangled Budgerigar Breeders’ Association
• Variegated Budgerigar Club

Trade Stands, Sales & AFS Show

Apart from all of the above there is an array of Trade Stands at the show for fanciers to be able to stock up with all their needs before the commencement of the breeding season; of course not forgetting the large number of birds that will be in the Sales section.

An added attraction is that the Australian Finch Society will be holding their show at the Dome as well and more information about the AFS show can be obtained from Lisa Barnsdale (Tel: +44 (0)1522 546692)

Show Schedule

The show will be open to the public on Saturday between 2.00 – 6.00 pm and on Sunday 9.30am – 4.00pm. Admission to the show is £6 per person and a catalogue is £4.

All members of the Budgerigar Society will have received their schedules already with the July/August issue of The Budgerigar.

However, schedules may also be obtained from:

B.S. Office
Spring Gardens
Northampton
NN1 1DR

Schedules may also be obtained by calling the B.S. Office (Tel: +44 (0)1604 624549) or by download from the Society’s website – www.budgerigarsociety.com

Entries

Closing date for entries is 20th September and these need to be sent to:

Ronnie Simpson
22 Homefield Avenue
Morley, Leeds
Yorkshire
LS27 0DX

For other help contact the Assistant Show Managers:

Pete Smith (Tel: +44 (0)1977 780102)
Richard Miller (Tel: +44 (0)7740 782816)

Getting There & Accommodation

For our overseas fanciers getting to Doncaster is easy – those traveling by air can fly to the local airport of Robin Hood only 10km away, or Manchester or London.

From Manchester there are train services to Doncaster.

From London the trains leave from Kings Cross station to Doncaster.

Crossing by sea can be made to the ports of Hull, Norwich or Dover with easy motorway network to Doncaster using the M1, M18 or the A1(M) motorways.

There are a large number of accommodation facilities available in Doncaster ranging from Bed & Breakfast, Guest Houses or Hotels and a full list can be obtained from the Doncaster Tourist Information Centre (website: www.visitdoncaster.com

Come to this wonderful show to join in the activities throughout the weekend, meet your fellow fanciers and just enjoy the amazing atmosphere among like-minded people!

The Budgerigar Society held its AGM on 7th May with a difference. As part of a forward drive to meet the membership, the Budgerigar Society held the first of its two spring events at Woking, Surrey, in conjunction with a show, lectures and a Sales Day over two days duration. The AGM attracted a good attendance of 75 members from all the ten area societies which was the highest for many years. As last year there were no rule changes to consider so it was a straight forward meeting with the usual formalities of an AGM.

The outgoing President, Dave Herring, opened the meeting by welcoming all those who attended and thanked them for giving him the honour of being President of this great Society during the past 12 months which passed so quickly. He commented that he received many blessings during the year starting with his inauguration 12 months ago when many past presidents attended including his recent departed brother John. He reflected on his memorable term in office witnessing many ‘grass roots’ events which have hinted at signs of sturdy growth and how impressed he had been by the fervour of many newcomers to our wonderful fancy. The Budgerigar Society continues to stage remarkable events as the five yearly Conventions, the yearly Club Show and now- as a glorious finale to his year of office – this wonderful weekend at Woking.

The Chairman asked the meeting to observe a minute’s silence in memory of members who had passed away during the year and made special reference to John Herring and Derrick Bowley, both past presidents of the Society and to Alf Shaw past member of the General Council.

The Minutes of the 2010 AGM held on 9th May, had been published in the July/August issue of The Budgerigar. These were accepted by those who attended the last AGM, with no matters arising.

Chairman’s Report

The Society’s Chairman, George Booth, had tabled an extensive report covering all the Society’s activities and decisions since the last AGM and members had the opportunity to read the report and ask questions; but no questions were raised.

The report highlighted the three main sources of income (subscriptions, ring sales and sponsorship) and expenditure (office, publications and general expenses).

The membership by the end of 2010 was 2777 which sadly reflected a drop of 44 from the 2009 figure; but 279 new members were recruited with 41 re-joining the Society. Although the fall in membership is slightly lower than previous years it is still a matter of concern for everyone connected with the Society. The Chairman informed members that the General Council is aware of the other attractions that more often than not demand far less commitment than keeping live stock which requires 24/7 commitment but we must find ways of making this wonderful hobby of ours even more attractive by ensuring that we have a friendly society putting away our personal differences that so often hinder the Society’s progress and we need to promote the fancy and not continually criticise it.

The Chairman also highlighted the success of last year’s Convention at Southport as well as the Club Show at Doncaster which were both superb weekends and a great credit to the Society and the many members who organised both events. The Chairman also informed members that the General Council has already decided on another Convention in 2015 to celebrate the Society’s 90th Anniversary.

The Chairman concluded his report by thanking the various officers of the Society and the General Council for working hard for the Society during the past 12 months.

New President

Dave Herring handed over the very impressive Presidential Chain of Office to the new President Dave Hislop, a great worker for the fancy acting as show manager of the Club Show for so many years. Dave then presented Dave Herring with the past President’s chain.

Dave stated that he was honoured and privileged to be the President and thanked members for their good wishes during the life changing time that he and his wife are experiencing at the moment.

Vice President

Roy Aplin from Dorset was nominated by the General Council and, as there were no other nominations from the meeting, Roy was elected as the new Vice President and by the process of progression he will be the Society’s President in 2013. The new President presented the Vice President’s chain to Roy Aplin and also the President Elect’s chain to Maurice Roberts.

Silver Bird

The General Council in their meeting in April awarded the Silver Bird to Janice Al-Nasser for her meritorious services to the Budgerigar Society and the fancy in general.

Life Membership

In accordance with Rule 4(d), the following were confirmed as Life Members of the Society in recognition of 40 years unbroken membership:

• Mrs J M Agar
• Tom Agar
• Mrs Peggy Andrews
• Dennis Brown
• Tony Hayes
• John Maddy
• Ron Menday
• Robert Millan
• Dave Newell
• Jim Tulley
• H P Webb

Under Society General Rule 4(e.i.) the General Council put forward two nominations, Geoff Capes and Pete Hutchinson, for Honorary Life Membership which the members approved unanimously.

Rates of Subscription & Joining Fee

It was announced that the General Council recommended that the rates of subscription be increased by 50p for 2012 to £25.00 for the single subscription, with the remaining subscriptions to be increased in line with General Rule 7. The joining fee to remain at £5. The proposal, when put to the vote, was carried by a majority. Auditors – these to be W. Osborne & Co.

2012 AGM

The Chairman informed the meeting that this AGM had been the first to be held away from the Budgerigar Society Office in Northampton for many years and the first to be held in conjunction with another event. It is hoped that this Woking Event will be followed by another event next year in the Northern part of the country, the date and venue of next year’s AGM will be published as soon as it is confirmed.

Among the topics discussed were:

• Judges Training Scheme – Ghalib Al-Nasser
• Guidelines for Major Faults – Janice Al-Nasser
• Guidelines for Specific Varieties – George Booth
• Rare Varieties – Gren Norris
• Clearwings, Greywings & Dilutes – Maurice Roberts
• Q & A – George Booth

For further details, please click on the report image above / right.

The event is to be staged at the Leisure Centre, Woking, Surrey on the weekend of 6th, 7th & 8th May with the Society’s AGM to be held on the 7th May.

Overseas visitors are most welcome to attend.

Situated just over 20 miles (32 km) from London, Woking is located in the west of Surrey, England. The town is approximately a 20 minute drive from London’s Heathrow airport and 40 minutes from London Gatwick. Woking is also just 25 minutes by train from London Waterloo.

For full details, please click on the image above.

It is for this reason that fanciers from all over the world make it a habit to attend this unique show.

This year was no exception when fanciers traveled from as far afield as Australia, Canada, Pakistan, USA and, from mainland Europe, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal & Switzerland to witness for themselves the quality of the birds benched.

Attractions

Apart from the quality budgerigars at the show there is the seminar staged on the Saturday morning, always popular with many fanciers attending and this year one of our top breeders and exhibitors, Brian Sweeting, was the guest speaker.

There are also all the Budgerigar Society, area & specialist societies stands that give members the opportunity to pay for their following year’s subscriptions plus, of course, the array of trade stands and products that are available to fanciers to stock up for the breeding season.

One other important factor of this unique show is the social side, the friendships that are made, new and old, and the opportunity over the two days to meet and catch up with fellow fanciers that one only sees once a year. This is further enhanced by the dinner/dance on the Saturday evening.

The popular Auction of Promises on Sunday afternoon is followed by the grand finale of the two days when the President of the Society presents the wonderful array of 91 trophies to the winning exhibitors. Each part contributes to making this unique event a weekend not to be missed.

Behind the Scenes

A show of this magnitude doesn’t just happen!

The result is thanks to tremendous teamwork by a great many helpers.

It starts with the erecting of staging on Friday morning and ends when the last bit of staging is put away and everyone has gone home.

The people to thank are too numerous to mention but include the staging erectors and dismantlers, the managerial and secretarial staff, the club show committee, security, trophy, catering, seminar, tombola, door staff, stand co-ordinator, sales staff, stewards, in fact everyone who helped in any way.

Stands

Each year there is a competition for Best Trade Stand and Best Area or Specialist Society Stand.

The winning Trade Stands were as follows:

• 1st – Calcivet (The Birdcare Company)
• 2nd – Aviary Hygiene (David W Van De Peer MBICSc)
• 3rd – EMP (Donald Cooke Ltd)

The winning Best Areas or Specialist Society Stands were as follows:

• 1st – South Midlands Budgerigar Society
• 2nd – LABS (Lutino & Albino Breeders Society)
• 3rd – CBBA (Clearwing Budgerigar Breeders’ Association)

This was the third successive year that the South Midlands BS won – they received £25 and a lovely engraved glass plaque.

Judges were the Society President Dave Herring, Chairman George Booth and overseas judge Dave Collier.

Judging

The task in hand for this year’s show fell upon a team of 15 judges which included the Budgerigar Society President, Dave Herring.

The remaining 14 judges were:

• Alan Adams
• Ghalib Al-Nasser
• Jeff Attwood
• Lyn Bancroft
• Nigel Beevers
• Jerry Donovan
• Colin Lamb
• Jim McGeehan
• Geoff Moore
• Norma Phillips
• Tony Pope
• Cy Thorne
• Mick Widdowson

Every year the society invites an overseas judge and this year was no exception. However, although Dave Collier currently resides in the USA, he is actually a B.S. Judge, so it was meeting up with old friends for him at the weekend.

Accepting birds on the Saturday morning and starting judging a bit later proved to be quite popular with many exhibitors – and providing four extra judges to judge the sections while the colour judging was in progress worked extremely well this year.

The four extra judges were:

• Dominic Avo
• Ron Payne
• Ray Steele
• Terry Tuxford

These four have already been invited to judge the colours next year.

There were super quality budgerigars on display at this show and having gone through the selection by the colour judges, the 26 best of colour winners and their respective opposite sexes came forward to the final selection for the major awards.

The Budgerigar Society celebrated its 85th Anniversary this year, and each exhibitor benching 8 or more birds received a specially commissioned clock to mark the occasion, this was most appreciated by the exhibitors.

Best in Show

Les Martin ensured that his name be added to that long list in the Hall of Fame for winning the supreme award at this show when his Grey Green cock was initially judged Best Any Age in Show and went a step further by beating the young bird for the Supreme Best in Show.

Soon after Les was declared the winner, the crowd realised that the bird was that which won Best Young Bird at last year’s show.

It was a popular win as Les is a staunch supporter of the Budgerigar Society Club Show and his worthy winner was a bird that excelled in width of head and depth of mask with wonderful frontal rise and directional feathering, staged in immaculate condition.

Best Young Bird & Best Opposite Sex in Show

The Norwood Stud (Tony & Sandra) benched a wonderful Grey hen to capture the next prestigious award of Best Young Bird & Best Opposite Sex in Show.

This bird excelled in quality of width of face and shoulder with good length and staged in good condition.

Best Any Age Opposite Sex in Show

The partnership of Mick Freakley & Ian Ainley have featured regularly among the major winners’ listing since 2007.

This year they did it again when their adult Grey hen won Best Any Age Opposite Sex in Show. This was a massive hen with a wide head but was spoilt by a short tail.

Best Opposite Sex Young Bird

Last year’s Club Show winners, Paul & Dennis Spruce, teamed up with Keith Moorhouse to form the partnership of Moorhouse & Spruce and they won the Best Opposite Sex Young Bird with a lovely stylish and powerful Cinnamon Skyblue cock.

Champion Any Age

The Champion Any Age section was headed by the Best in Show and Les Martin captured the second spot with his Skyblue cock of similar quality as the supreme winner.

The Freakley & Ainley partnership was third with their massive Spangle Cinnamon Grey cock, large and bold shown in good feather condition.

The Grey hen of Freakley & Ainley was the Best Opposite Sex in this section.

Champion Young Bird

The first two places in the Champion Young Bird were occupied by hens of super quality.

First was the Norwood Stud’s Grey hen which was Best Young Bird in Show, followed By Richard & Michael Miller’s Yellowface hen of style with good depth of mask and colour.

Brian Sweeting benched an excellent Cobalt cock of good length in third place.

Intermediate Any Age

It was partnerships that occupied the first ten places in the Intermediate Any Age section and the Bowker family of Richard, John & Wayne headed that section with a Grey cock of good frontal rise followed by the Moorhouse & Spruce partnership with a Grey Green cock which was last year’s supreme winner. A massive bird with good frontal rise but was not in the condition that took him to the supreme last year.

The Brian Newton & Gary Shepherdson partnership was third with a Light Green cock of good head quality and large spots.

There were no hens placed in the top ten in this section.

Intermediate Young Bird

The Cinnamon Skyblue cock that was placed Best Young Bird Opposite Sex headed the Intermediate young Bird section for Moorhouse & Spruce followed by their Yellowface Cinnamon Grey cock of good style and size with lovely top end.

R & J & W Bowker were third with their challenge certificate winner, a Grey Green hen with exceptional head quality showing the “buffalo effect” and benched in good condition.

Novice Any Age

A Skyblue cock of Dave Brick headed the Novice Any Age section, a lovely bird with good face and staged in good condition.

Simon Roberts was second with a quality Grey Green cock followed by Richard Hooper’s Spangle Cinnamon Grey Green hen in third place. A good hen with good width of face and shoulder.

Novice Young Bird

Albert Jennings headed the Novice Young Bird section with a nice long Violet cock followed by Dave Brick’s powerful Cinnamon Grey cock in second place.

A Light Green cock of quality from Philip Pearce & Connor Pears was third.

A Grey hen from Liam & Simon Devaney was the best opposite sex in this section.

Beginner Any Age

The only exhibitors who managed to win both sections were Jim & Carol Huxley in the beginner section who had a good team to win many awards. Their any age winner was a Grey cock of good top end and mask staged in good condition. Their Spangle Blue cock was placed third best.

Separating the two was a nice Grey hen benched by Terry Price.

Beginner Young Bird

Jim & Carol Huxley headed the beginner young bird section with a lovely Spangle Blue hen of good width and size. This was followed by Ian Ward & Michelle Rogers Cinnamon Grey Green cock of good width and blow of cap spoiled only by one shadow spot.

James Theobald had a Yellowface cock in third place.

Best Junior in Show & Junior Any Age

It is always good to see competition in the junior section, the future of our hobby.

Connor Spruce won the any age section with a nice Grey Green cock and Best Junior in Show – while Gary Cameron won the next two places with a Spangle Blue cock and a Grey cock.

Junior Young Bird

The junior young bird section was won by Jack Hickton-Cragg with a Dominant Pied Blue cock.

This was followed by Erin Newall’s Grey Green cock.

Jordan Butcher was third with a Cinnamon Blue cock.

Teams

There was a total of 6 Teams benched in the team classes of 4 and 6 birds and Geoff Bowley won both classes and Best Team in Show with a team of six Albinos.

Any Age Challenge Certificate

Winners were:

• K. Leedham – light green, cinnamon green
• Norwood Stud – dark/olive green, rare variety
• L. Martin – skyblue, grey green
• B. Sweeting – cobalt/mauve/violet
• P. Greenwood – grey
• C. Bowman – opaline green
• Main & Jenkins – opaline grey green
• Moorhouse & Spruce – opaline blue
• M & S Banks – opaline grey
• J. Stainforth – cinnamon blue
• T & A Luke – opaline cinnamon green, opaline cinnamon blue, any other colour
• I. Fordham – lutino
• D. Bowley – albino
• R. Day – yellow-wing
• R. Docherty – whitewing
• Cheatley & Alcorn – crest
• J. Grubb – spangle green
• Freakley & Ainley – spangle blue
• A & D Woan – dominant pied
• C & D Jones – recessive pied
• J. Nevin – yellowface

Certificates of Merit:

• D. Brick – Novice
• J & C Huxley – Beginner
• C. Spruce – Junior

Young Bird Challenge Certificate

Winners were:

• R. Allen – light green
• P. White – dark/olive green
• C & M Snell – skyblue
• B. Sweeting – cobalt/mauve/violet, opaline blue, spangle blue
• R & J & W Bowker – grey green
• Norwood Stud – grey
• M & T Rodgers – opaline green, opaline grey
• Main & Jenkins – opaline grey green
• Ward & Rogers – cinnamon green
• Moorhouse & Spruce – cinnamon blue, yellowface
• D. McKeown – opaline cinnamon green
• T & A Luke – opaline cinnamon blue, any other colour
• I. Fordham – lutino
• A. Kelly – albino
• Guppy & Barnes – yellow-wing
• R. Day – whitewing
• A. Brown – crest
• J & C Huxley – spangle green
• P. Hodgkins – dominant pied
• M & M Chapman – recessive pied
• Swain & Ford – rare variety

Certificates of Merit:

• A. Jennings – Novice
• J & C Huxley – Beginner
• J. Hickton-Cragg – Junior

It is an event not to be missed!

Guest Speaker – Brian Sweeting

Apart from the thousands of top quality birds benched for fanciers from all over the world to admire, there will be a seminar on the Saturday morning, with one of our top and successful fanciers Brian Sweeting as the guest speaker.

The seminar will kick off at 10.30 a.m.

Brian’s topic, through a power point presentation, will be “Make ‘em Breed”.

Tickets are £10 each and include entry to the seminar, light refreshments plus entry to the show on Saturday only. Those who attend the seminar will be invited to watch judging of the Best in Show and other major awards.

The Judges

While Brian is busy delivering his presentation there will be 15 judges busy judging their respective colours – they are:

• Alan Adams
• Ghalib Al-Nasser
• Jeff Attwood
• Lyn Bancroft
• Nigel Beevers
• Dave Collier (USA)
• Jerry Donovan
• Dave Herring (B.S. President)
• Colin Lamb
• Jim McGeehan
• Geoff Moore
• Norma Philips
• Tony Pope
• Cy Thorne
• Mick Widdowson

The section judging will be in the capable hands of the following:

• Dominic Avo
• Ron Payne
• Ray Steele
• Terry Tuxford (who will be invited next year to judge the colours)

85th Anniversary

To help celebrate the Society’s 85th Anniversary, each exhibitor benching 8 or more birds (excluding sales) will receive a suitably inscribed clock memento to mark this milestone occasion of the society.

Gala Dinner

The Saturday evening Gala Dinner will be returning to the Holiday Inn (formally the Moat House) and entertainment will be provided by Barry Cheese, a popular comedian.

Tickets at £25 each can be booked with Pete Hutchinson by sending him a SAE (stamped addressed envelope) and a cheque payable to “The Budgerigar Society” to:

• Pete Hutchinson, 125 Moss Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 7XE
• Tel: +44 (0)1625 420269

Auction of Promises

On Sunday afternoon at 1.00 pm Geoff Capes, assisted by John Alcock, will be on the hammer with the ever popular Auction of Promises – with many quality birds promised from top leading fanciers together with many other superb items and promises.

This has been so popular over the years and it generates income towards staging the next show.

Tombola & Club Show Raffle

Throughout the weekend Norman & June Cox, helped by Jackie Fox, will want you to visit them at their great tombola stand with lots and lots of prizes to be won.

So go to them and have a go and be one of the winners!

Don’t forget also to participate in the Club Show Raffle while you are there.

Trophy Presentation

The finale will be when our President Dave Herring takes to the trophy stand to present the array of 91 trophies to their prospective winners. Will you be one of them?

There are a lot of incentives for exhibitors apart from competing at the highest level. The Jim Moffat Charitable Trust is allocating its usual £1,250 for the major winners divided as:

• £300 for Best in Show
• £150 for Best Any Age
• £250 for Best Young Bird
• £150 for Best Opposite Sex Any Age
• £250 for Best Opposite Sex Young Bird
• £150 for Best Junior

The Budgerigar Society will be presenting Georgian Crystal to the major winners and the Any Age section winners will each receive Georgian Crystal and £30 while £25, £20, £15 & £10 will go for 2nd – 5th Best.

The Young Bird section winners will each receive Georgian Crystal and £45 while £35, £30, £25 & £20 will go for 2nd – 5th Best.

The junior sections will get Sports Vouchers, a framed certificate and £20 for the winner and £10 & £5 for 2nd & 3rd Best.

Patronage

Patronage has been received from all 10 area societies and the show is also the club show of the following:

• Clearwing Budgerigar Breeders’ Association
• Crested Budgerigar Club
• Lutino & Albino Budgerigar Society
• Rare Variety & Colour Budgerigar Society
• Spangled Budgerigar Breeders’ Association
• Variegated Budgerigar Club

Trade Stands

Apart from all of the above there is an array of Trade Stands at the show for fanciers to be able to stock up with all their needs before the commencement of the breeding season; of course not forgetting the large number of birds that will be in the sales section.

Birds & Opening Times

Birds will be accepted on:

• Friday between 2.00 – 10.00 p.m.
• Saturday between 7.00 – 9.30 a.m.

The show will be open to the public on:

• Saturday between 3.00 – 6.30 p.m.
• Sunday between 9.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.

Admission to the show is £6 per person and a catalogue is £4.

Schedules

All members of the Budgerigar Society will have received their schedules already with the July / August issue of “The Budgerigar”.

Schedules may also be obtained from:

• The B.S. Office, Spring Gardens, Northampton NN1 1DR
• Tel: +44 (0)1604 624549

Schedules may also be downloaded from the Budgerigar Society’s website:

• www.budgerigarsociety.com

Closing Date for Entries

Closing date for entries is 21st September 2010 and these need to be sent to:

• Ronnie Simpson, 22 Homefield Avenue, Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire LS27 0DX

For other help contact the Show Manager Dave Hislop on +44 (0)1253 855894.

Visitor Information

For our overseas fanciers getting to Doncaster is easy.

By Air

• Local airport: “Robin Hood Airport” (only 10km away)
• Manchester airport (approx. 90km away)
• London airports (approx. 250km away)

By Train

• From Manchester International Airport to Doncaster
• From London Kings Cross station to Doncaster

By Sea

• via the port of Hull (approx. 42km away)
• via the port of Norwich (approx. 185km away)
• via the port of Dover (approx. 315km away)

By Road

• via the A1(M) motorway
• via the M18 motorway
• via the M1 motorway

There are a large number of accommodation facilities available in Doncaster ranging from Bed & Breakfast, Guest Houses or Hotels and a full list can be obtained from the Doncaster Tourist Information Centre.

See You There

Come to this wonderful show to join in the activities throughout the weekend, meet your fellow fanciers and just enjoy the amazing atmosphere among like-minded people!

The Budgerigar Society President, Dave Herring, will open the Convention at 2.00 pm on Friday, to be followed by two lectures in the afternoon; Jeff Attwood & Mick Freakley “Down Memory Lane”, and Brian Sweeting “The Life of Brian – Make ‘em Breed”. The evening promises to be a fun night with an Inter Society / Group Quiz.

World champions Richard & Michael Miller will kick off the Saturday sessions with “From Junior Exhibitor to Champion Partnership”, to be followed by the vet Kevin Eatwell on “Infectious Diseases”. The afternoon session will be presented by the International Partnership of Ron Pearce & Marcel Buhler on “The Development of the Modern Show Budgerigar”. After that fanciers can watch the judging for Best in Show and view the birds. The evening will be the highlight of the Convention with the Convention Gala Dinner. After Dinner Speaker, Eric Peake will no doubt entertain everyone with his usual wit and humour.

On Sunday morning officials of the Specialist Societies Ghalib Al-Nasser, Lyn Bancroft and Ian Fielding will be talking about “The Specialist Varieties” to be followed by the successful partnership of Chris Huxley & Alan Marchant “Pairing for Success”. The Closing Ceremony and presentations will be in the afternoon.

As always, the Convention will include a show for owner bred birds only with Challenge Certificates for the 19 colours pre-graded 7 points each. Judges engaged are all past Presidents of the society over the past 5 years; Janice Al-Nasser, Geoff Capes, Dave Cottrell and Bob Francis. Entries for the show should be sent to the Show Secretary, Pat Fielding, 16 Pilkington Road, Southport, PR8 6PD All entries to the show and lectures are free of charge!

The Budgerigar Society’s Convention is an event not to be missed and a great opportunity to catch up with fellow fanciers, both nationally and internationally; so if you are free that weekend then come along and celebrate with other members The Budgerigar Society’s 85th Anniversary. I look forward to seeing you there!

For further information go to www.budgerigarsociety.com