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SOMERSET BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY OPEN SHOW

Bridgwater Sports and Social Club 31^st August 2008

The day of the show saw a little rain but compared to the weather of previous weeks you could say it was a fine day. Somerset members and friends worked in good humour to erect the staging on the morning of the show before the exhibitors arrived with their birds. In the meantime, Sheila and Paul Chubb were busy cooking Tim Potter’s delicious sausages and bacon to provide a welcome breakfast for those who had left their beds so early in the day. Once breakfast was out of the way, this pair worked tirelessly to provide the hungry workers and judges with a scrumptious roast lunch. After lunch Val Griffin and her sister took over the kitchen to serve cakes and drinks throughout the afternoon.

The club was once again indebted to members of neighbouring West Country clubs for their support, especially the Cornish boys and members of Bristol BS. The show’s success was due to a lot of hard work by many people who had come from far and wide to help and who were also more than generous with donations and sponsorship. The club would like to thank everyone who helped at the show, entered birds, gave donations of food for refreshments, prizes for the winners and raffle prizes, or came in the afternoon to see the birds.

Club members had made a special effort earlier in the year to raise over £600.00 to swell the show fund. This enabled all exhibitors to be presented with a commemorative mug and pushed the total prize money a total of £750.00. It was good to see the major awards shared out amongst four exhibitors who are all regular supporters of the show and work hard every year to make it a success.

The Best in Show bird was a super normal grey cock exhibited by Brian Sweeting, another Best in Show win for Brian in what has been his best season to date. Margaret and Peter Dark’s super young Yellow face cock was awarded Best Young Bird in Show. This very popular couple have found Somerset to be a good hunting ground over the past couple of show seasons. Paul and Stewart Griffin’s very powerful and beautifully feathered young grey green hen took the best opposite sex young bird and Clifton Wixon won the Best Opposite Sex Any Age award with his powerful light green hen, benched in super condition and showing herself very well.

In the intermediate section local boy Steve Rich completed the double winning both any age and young bird awards, Steve has had another great show season, a wonderful ambassador for the hobby who travels hundreds of miles every year supporting just about all of the western counties major shows. Stuart McMullen also had a worthwhile journey down from Gloucester; he also did the double winning both major awards in the Novice section

The beginner section was headed by two of our good friends from Cornwall Ian Harris took the any age top prize and his good mate Steve Bennett won the young bird award. Chelsea Sysum won all the main prizes in the Junior section, she has a wonderful team of birds that is a credit to her, some of her birds finishing well up in the challenge certificate line-up

The other results were as follows:

Champion Section

Best Any Age	B Sweeting	Best Young Bird	H M & P Dark
2^nd	B Sweeting	2^nd	B Sweeting
3^rd	B Sweeting	3^rd	A Piper
4^th	D Curtis	4^th	B Sweeting
5^th	B Sweeting	5^th	B Sweeting
6^th	A Piper	6^th	B Sweeting
7^th	C & M Wixon	7^th	B Sweeting

Intermediate Section

Best Any Age	S Rich	Best Young Bird	S Rich
2^nd	A Duck	2^nd	A Duck
3^rd	B Harvell	3^rd	S Rich
4^th	S Rich	4^th	S Rich
5^th	A Duck	5^th	C Williams
6^th	A Duck	6^th	S Rich
7^th	G Tickle	7^th	B Rees

Novice Section

Best Any Age	S McMullen	Best Young Bird	S McMullen
2^nd	E Littlehales	2^nd	G Harris
3^rd	E Littlehales	3^rd	S McMullen
4^th	M Gulley	4^th	S McMullen
5^th	S McMullen	5^th	S McMullen
6^th	G Harris	6^th	S McMullen
7^th	G Harris	7^th	E Littlehales

Beginner Section

Best Any Age	I Harris	Best Young Bird	S Bennett
2^nd	J Stevens	2^nd	P Chubb
3^rd	S Bennett	3^rd	J Stevens
4^th	P Chubb	4^th	P Chubb
5^th	C Atkinson	5^th	J Stevens
6^th	T Gray	6^th	S Bennett
7^th	K Cox	7^th	P Chubb

Junior Section

Best Any Age	C Sysum	Best Young Bird	C Sysum
2^nd	C Sysum	2^nd	C Sysum
3^rd	C Sysum	3^rd	C Sysum

Challenge Certificates

Any Age		Young Bird
Normal Green	A Piper	Normal Green	S McMullen
Normal Blue	B Sweeting	Normal Blue	B Sweeting
Grey Green	B Sweeting	Grey Green	B Sweeting
Grey	B Sweeting	Grey	B Sweeting
Opaline Green	B Sweeting	Opaline Green	A Piper
Opaline Green	A Piper	Opaline Green	C Parsons
Cinnamon Green	B Sweeting	Cinnamon Green	P Chubb
Cinnamon Blue	A Piper	Cinnamon Blue	A Piper
Opaline Cinnamon	B Sweeting	Opaline Cinnamon	B Sweeting
Lutino	S Rich	Lutino	Lewis & Sperring
Albino	A Piper	Albino	A Piper
Yellow Wing	D Dudley	Yellow Wing	K White
White Wing	D Dudley	White Wing	D Dudley
Crest	FS & K Eatwell	Crest	R & L Hooper
Spangle Green	D Curtis	Spangle Green	G Harris
Spangle Blue	B Sweeting	Spangle Blue	H M & P Dark
Dominant Pied	S Bennett	Dominant Pied	Winsper & Fish
Recessive Pied	FS & K Eatwell	Recessive Pied	Pooley & Meneer
Yellowface	B Sweeting	Yellowface	H M & P Dark
Rare	M Peel	Rare	J Attwoood
Any Other Colour	B Harvell	Any Other Colour	R Allen

Certificates of Merit