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

• The Littleborough Coach House
  The Heritage Centre
  Victoria St – Lodge St
  Littleborough
  Lancashire
  OL15 9E

Please click on the map (right) for further information.

It’s THE society, for budgerigar breeders and exhibitors, that caters for the needs of those who live in London, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Middlesex, Essex and Hampshire.

There are also a number of members from outside our region and overseas – as they believe the society is one of the best in the UK.

Events

The society holds various shows and events throughout the year.

The events and dates for 2010 are as follows.

• Young Bird show and Seminar – 27th June – Smallfield
• Open show – 25th July – Smallfield
• Specialist & Rare Variety show – 10th October – Smallfield
• New Fancier & Beginner’s Day – 24th October – Smallfield
• Sales & Promotional Day – 14th November – The Market Hall, Maidstone, Kent

Our events at Smallfield are held at Centenary Hall, Smallfield, Surrey, which is about three miles from Gatwick airport.

Patronage

We give Patronage in the form of rosettes and various awards to shows in our area as well as a few selected shows outside the area. These awards are for competition amongst our members at these shows. For those who take showing seriously, winning a L&SCBS rosettes is highly prestigious.

News & Information

We believe in keeping in contact with our members and we do this by sending out regular newsletters. These are usually two sides of A4 so they are concise, informative and always up to date with society news and information. These also carry news from our local specialist societies.

The society knows how difficult it is to get help and advice when you need it, so it has set up a HelpLine where a group of experienced fanciers can be contacted by telephone. These fanciers are available for basic non-veterinary advice when it’s needed. Our new members and those new to the hobby find this service extremely valuable.

Exhibition Budgerigars

When showing budgerigars it’s vital to have them with your own rings, which need to carry your own personal ring number. Members can order such rings to enable them to show their birds at any exhibition.

Society Administration

The society is managed by a group of members known as the General Council. This consists of a President, Secretary, Subscription Secretary, Treasurer, Patronage Secretary, Chairman and a committee of up to ten people. These members come from the whole area and meet about eight times a year to manage the society’s affairs.

Join Us !

The L&SCBS is a society with the primary objective of encouraging and supporting people to keep, breed and show budgerigars. If you live in the area covered by the society – you NEED to be a member.

Our subscription rates are –

• Adult – £12
• Husband & Wife – £14
• Senior Citizen & Disabled – £7
• Junior – £5

Further details are available from –

• The General Secretary
  Malcom Parsons
  Tel 01903 246297
  e-mail malcolmparsons@btopenworld.com

• Treasurer & Subscription Secretary
  Paul Tiller
  Tel 01932 860842
  e-mail paul@ptiller.com

For more information about the society see our website at: www.landscbs.org.uk

• The Littleborough Coach House
  The Heritage Centre
  Victoria St – Lodge St
  Littleborough
  Lancashire
  OL15 9E

Please note: Due to unforseen curcumstances, the venue has been changed (from the Rochdale Transport Club) to the above.

The judges for this event are Mr & Mrs Terry Jukes. Judging commences at 10.30 hours.

The Five Ways Exhibition takes place annually to further the hobby and encourage even more friendly fellowship in the North West of England.

The Five participating Societies are:

• Clitheroe
• Dewsbury
• Oldham
• Rochdale
• Southport

All of the above rotate as hosts, Rochdale BS being the 2010 Invitation Society.

Why waste a Sunday watching TV? Go and see some quality exhibits and have a great day out and consider entering your team.

Further information:

• Contact Ken Rose: ken.rose2 @ btopenworld.com
• Website: Rochdale & District Budgerigar Society

Whether you were there or not, we are offering the same format and can guarantee that almost all these elements will again be present, at the same superb hotel, in 2010! (We are keeping our fingers crossed that the “full hand” will be completed by the return of an equally enthusiastic sun!).

We have already, of course, given advance notice of this event and its provisional programmed. Sadly, one disappointment, in that sadly Reinhard Molkentin is not well enough to attend and we send our good wishes for his future health.

So what do we still have on offer? All the ingredients recalled from 2006, although offered by different folk – except that Kevin Eatwell returns by popular demand to tell us more that we should know about budgerigar health and welfare – a prime subject. In addition, we have what should be a very entertaining evening with our own “Quiz Inquisitor”, Grant Findlay, hosting an Inter-Society/Group Quiz. Have you organised a team for this?

Whether you decide to take the full package on offer, at what is a very modest tariff for such excellent service and fare, or make alternative arrangements (there are many alternatives on offer at Southport) we hope that you will “Come & Join Us”.

The full programme and further information is available on the BS website:

• 2010 Convention page on BS website

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Whenever this site is used, Google Analytics logs the activity. This gives me a wealth of data – some of which I thought I would share with you.

So, here are just a few of the statistics concerning your website since launch (as at 4th March 2010):

• 45,000+ Pages – viewed by site visitors
• 7,400+ Visits – An average of 210 per day!
• 3,000+ Individuals – have visited the site
• 100+ Fanciers – view the site every single day
• 79 Countries – have sent visitors to the site
• 7 Minutes – is the average time spent per visit to the site

Did You Know?

There are some 79 countries / territories we now know of, who are keeping budgerigars, or who are keen to be involved in our hobby. Most we know, but this list of extra countries may surprise you, as indeed it did myself:

To all those fanciers who have visited this international website, may I extend a big WELCOME to you all.

The established hobby will surely help you in all manner of ways in the future!

I also need a person(s) from Spain, Portugal, Chile and Peru to e-mail me.

The new Budgerigar.co.uk website has exploded into life in a matter of days – worldwide!

Please e-mail me at:

Every opportunity will be taken by Budgerigar.co.uk to market the existance of the exhibition budgerigar and its followers to the public at large. This international website for the exhibition budgerigar is unique and from January 2010 will gradually expand to become THE focal point for enthusiasts to become involved within its pages.

So, here is an opportunity, free of charge, to publicise your budgerigar society through which new prospective members of our hobby may find information.

From your society they will be able to obtain recommendations for any additional local societies to join.

Link to your Website

Links to societies worldwide are published on our Groups page – to ensure that your society is listed please send us your details via our Link Exchange form.

Best in Show & Best Young Bird

We are keen to feature oustanding quality budgerigars, specifically photographs of your Best In Show and Best Young Bird exhibits.

Such birds appearing on this site will be seen worldwide!

If you would like to participate, click here to find out how.