show report 2007

CORNWALL & TRURO B&FBS

Text Box: Cornwall & Truro Budgerigar & Foreign Bird Society Are very pleased to report that their 2007 gold patronage 40th Anniversary show was an outstanding success and much enjoyed by all those fanciers from all across the Southwest and as far away as Somerset who managed to give their support by benching almost 800 Budgerigars making it one of the largest entries in the uk this year and around 150 Foreign bird exhibits. This annual club event, which is usually one of the top cage bird shows in the Western Counties area ,managed to achieve the required 650 birds benched to maintain its gold patronage status for 2008. The show succeeded due to very had work by lots of people who had put in the time and effort managing the staging catering and the birds including the time consuming job of the paperwork The club would like to thank everyone who helped at the show, entered birds, gave donations of food for refreshments and donated raffle prizes and auction items , also to the members of the public who came in the afternoon to see the wonderful top class birds and chat , far too many to mention by name but you all know who you are! Your help and generosity made the 2007 show one to remember All sections were very well supported with entries up by over 200 on last years event .The judges had some large classes to judge and appeared happy in their work and after due discussion, finally agreed that Best Budgerigar in Show should be awarded to Mick Joines lovely Sky Blue cock bird the Best opposite sex in show and Best Opposite Sex Youngbird went to R Longs well benched young Cinnamon Green hen. Best young bird in show was taken by B Sweeting from Somerset with a Grey cock . The section winners were as follows Champion Any Age 1st M Joines Sky Blue cock 2nd B Sweeting Grey Green cock 3rd R Long Grey cock. Champion Youngbird 1st B Sweeting Grey cock 2nd R Harris Dark Green cock 3rd R Long Cinnamon Green hen Intermediate Any Age 1st C Williams Grey cock 2nd E Green Opaline Sky Blue cock 3rd C Williams Pied cock. Intermediate Youngbird 1st B Reese Cinnamon Green cock 2nd B Reese Sky Blue cock 3rd B Reese Grey Green Pied cock Novice Any Age 1st C Annear Grey hen 2nd P Huntley Grey Green cock 3rd C Annear Yellowface cock . Novice Youngbird 1st P Huntley Light Green cock 2nd N Sweet Grey Green cock 3rd P Huntley Sky Blue cock Beginner Any Age 1st D Snell Spangle Green cock 2nd D Snell Spangle Green hen 3rd I Harris Grey hen Beginner Youngbird 1st D Whitehead 2nd D Whitehead Grey cock 3rd P Lea Lutino cock Junior Any Age and Junior Youngbird were both benched by A M Dungey following on from her success at last years show In the Foreign section E Davison had a good day taking Best Foreign and Best Current Year owner bred N J Luxon won Best common seedeater, Best rare seedeater and Best Australian finch. Best Parrotlike C J Crowe, Best Zebra finches L Tidball .. With best Bengalese and Best Champion Bengalese taken by A Wills The Cornwall & Truro B&F.B.S committee would like to extend their thanks to all the judges Budgerigars : J.COPELAND M.FREEMANTLE B.POOLE T.TUXFORD F.WRIGHT. and to the Foreign bird judges P CANNON & F TAPSCOTT who did an excellent job

Text Box: Best in Show --- M Joines Best Opposite Sex in Show ---R Long Best YB in Show ---B Sweeting Best AA in Show ---M Joines Best Opposite Sex YB in Show –R Long Best Opposite Sex AA in Show--- A Piper Best Junior Budgerigar --- A M Dungey Novice AA Certificate of Merit ---C Annear Novice YB Certificate of Merit ---P Huntley Beginner AA Certificate of Merit ---P Lea Beginner YB Certificate of Merit ---D Whitehead Junior AA Certificate of Merit----A M Dungey Junior YB Certificate of Merit----A M Dungey

Text Box: BEST CHAMPION AA M JOINES BEST CHAMPION YB B SWEETING 2ND CHAMPION AA B SWEETING 2ND CHAMPION YB R HARRIS 3RD CHAMPION AA R LONG 3RD CHAMPION YB R LONG 4TH CHAMPION AA A PIPER 4TH CHAMPION YB R HARRIS 5TH CHAMPION AA A CHICK 5TH CHAMPION YB R HARRIS BEST INTERMEDIATE AA C WILLIAMS BEST INTERMEDIATE YB B REESE 2ND INTERMEDIATE AA E GREEN 2ND INTERMEDIATE YB B REESE 3RD INTERMEDIATE AA C WILLIAMS 3RD INTERMEDIATE YB B REESE 4TH INTERMEDIATE AA G TRENEERY 4TH INTERMEDIATE YB B REESE 5TH INTERMEDIATE AA J & S BROWN 5TH INTERMEDIATE YB J & S BROWN BEST NOVICE AA C ANNEAR BEST NOVICE YB P HUNTLEY 2ND NOVICE AA P HUNTLEY 2ND NOVICE YB N SWEET 3RD NOVICE AA C ANNEAR 3RD NOVICE YB P HUNTLEY 4TH NOVICE AA G HARDING 4TH NOVICE YB G HARDING 5TH NOVICE AA P HUNTLEY 5TH NOVICE YB JJ WADE BEST BEGINNER AA D SNELL BEST BEGINNER YB D WHITEHEAD 2ND BEGINNER AA D SNELL 2ND BEGINNER YB D WHITEHEAD 3RD BEGINNER AA I HARRIS 3RD BEGINNER YB P LEA 4TH BEGINNER AA D WHITEHEAD 4TH BEGINNER YB M GULLEY 5TH BEGINNER AA D WHITEHEAD 5TH BEGINNER YB I HARRIS BEST JUNIOR AA A M DUNGEY BEST JUNIOR YB A M DUNGEY 2ND JUNIOR AA A M DUNGEY 2ND JUNIOR YB R DAVEY 3RD JUNIOR AA A M DUNGEY 3RD JUNIOR YB 4TH JUNIOR AA A M DUNGEY 4TH JUNIOR YB 5TH JUNIOR AA D BENNETT 5TH JUNIOR YB Show report by B Reese & M Gulley Would like to invite members old and new to our monthly meetings at Truro Royal British Legion , rear of old bridge street car park ,just off saint clement street ,Truro on the first Tuesday of every month Our meetings start at 7.00 -7.30 pm and usually run to around 10.00pm. Topics and discussions are widely varied from Budgerigars to Bees , Finches to Fire safety .No matter what type or breed of bird you keep please come and join us you will receive a warm welcome for more information contact RODNEY HARRIS 01209-821243 BRIAN REESE 01736-754136

Text Box: ANY AGE CC YOUNG BIRD CC NORMAL GREEN A PIPER NORMAL GREEN R HARRIS NORMAL BLUE M JOINES NORMAL BLUE M JOINES GREY GREEN B SWEETING GREY GREEN R LONG GREY R LONG GREY B SWEETING OPALINE GREEN V WILLS OPALINE GREEN B SWEETING OPALINE BLUE HEARN & WHALEY OPALINE BLUE A PIPER NORMAL CINNAMON GREEN B REESE NORMAL CINNAMON GREEN R LONG NORMAL CINNAMON BLUE R LONG NORMAL CINNAMON BLUE A PIPER OPALINE CINNAMON M JOINES OPALINE CINNAMON R HARRIS LUTINO S RICH LUTINO P LEA ALBINO A PIPER ALBINO A PIPER YELLOW WING J J WADE YELLOW WING J J WADE WHITE WING J J WADE WHITE WING J J WADE CREST M ROBERTS CREST M ROBERTS SPANGLE GREEN J ATTWOOD SPANGLE GREEN D CURTIS SPANGLE BLUE R HARRIS SPANGLE BLUE A CHICK DOMINANT PIED B SWEETING DOMINANT PIED D CURTIS RECESSIVE PIED POOLEY & MENEER RECESSIVE PIED POOLEY & MENEER YELLOWFACE HEARN & WHALEY YELLOWFACE M ROBERTS RARE M PEEL RARE G TRENEERY ANY OTHER COLOUR M GULLEY ANY OTHER COLOUR M ROBERTS

Text Box: All the pictures above taken by Terry Tuxford and used with his permission please do not copy without first obtaining permission from Terry email terry@bestofbreeds.co.uk