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AVIARY VISIT TO BRISTOL MEMBERS.

SUNDAY JUNE 22ND

NAMES TO BRIAN SWEETING

BY JUNE 1ST

LUNCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE

E Mail Brian Sweeting

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BUCKTON'S AGENT SEED PAYOUT TO SOMERSET BS
Cheque Received for £58.20
For Seed Sales by Brian Sweeting During 2007
ALSO
Just Suppliments Commission 2007 £15.50

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BUCKTON'S MAKE FURTHER PRICE INCREASES
ALL BS SEED MIXES GO UP YET AGAIN, CAUSED BY SEED COST AND FUEL PRICES

            

Champion Blend: £18.00. Mixed Millets: £20.00. Tonic Seed: £17.50. Vitamin Enriched Canary Seed: £22.00.

All Seed Displayed are Always on Stock along with Red Millet Sprays. £20.00 Per 15Kg Box

Photo's by kind permission of Cranswick Pet Products

Buckton's have given their agents the choice of which club the commission on seed sales should be paid to.

All commission from my sales will be paid to Somerset Budgerigar Society from January 1st 2007.

Which means for every bag I sell, 30 pence will be paid to SBS. The accumulated commission will be paid to the club at the end of each year.

BUY BUCTON'S SEED AND SUPPORT SOMERSET BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY

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BRILLIANT 30TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN SHOW

711 BENCHED BIRDS MEANS WE HAVE REGAINED OUR

GOLD PATRONAGE FOR 2008

MANY THANKS TO OUR JUDGES
RICK WATTS, GEOFF CAPES, JEFF ATTWOOD, MAURICE ROBERTS, STEVE COX & TONY SMITH.

THANKS ALSO TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL OF THE WEST COUNTRY & SOUTH WALES CLUBS
WHO WORKED VERY HARD AND SUPPORTED US SO WELL.

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BBQ EVENING RAISES £300.00 Towards Open Show Funds
25 Club Memebrs Enjoy a Great Evening at Brian's & Paul's
Even the Weather was Brilliant!!!.
Thanks to Tim Potter for His Generosity Once Again for Donating all of the Meat


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SOMERSET BS 30TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN SHOW

All Exhibitors will Receive a 30th Anniversary Commemorative Mug:
Major Award & Section Winners will also Receive a Carr's Natural Improver and Just Supplement Products
Best in Show & Best Young Bird in Show will also receive a tub Of Vydex Entravian

2007 Open Show Donations & Sponsorship

RICHARD & LYNNE HOOPER DONATE £200.00
To be Allocated to SBS Members ONLY who Bench most birds in each Section
£25.00 1st £15.00 2nd Highest Number Benched in each Section, Includes Juniors!!!!

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JUST SUPPLEMENTS
Colin Meachin is Donating "Just Supplements" to Major Award Winners and Section Winners.
This includes: "Just Seaweed" "Just Carrot" & "Just Thrive" 3 Great Budgie Supplements

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VYDEX CORPORATION,
Mel has Donated Pots of Entravian to Major Award Winners.

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CARR'S NATURAL IMPROVERS,
Simon is Donating 12 of his Products for Major and Section Award Winners

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Tim Potter: Raised £220.00 organised Bingo Evening in Wellington, to Open Show Fund

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Jim Price (Gloucester) Donated £20.00 to Open Show Fund

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George Booth £20.00, To be Added to Increase Prize Fund

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Brian Sweeting Donation Of 2 Trophies for Major Award Winners, (To be Won Outright) &
Best Members Dominant Pied Young Bird in Show, Perpetual Trophy

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SBS YOUNG STCOK, BARHEAD AND RARE VARIETY MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

100 Birds Benched, 14 SBS Members Kicked off their Show Season on Sunday.

Several New Members Exhibit for the First Time.

Tim Potter; Wins Best Rare in Show with a Wonderful Light Green Spangle Cock

Paul Chubb; Wins Best Barhead in Show, Paul is one of our New Members who has only just Started Showing
Paul Exhibited his Super Young Opaline Cobalt Cock to win His first Major Award.
A Young Bird that will Surely Take some Beating When Moulted out

Start & Paul Griffin; Benched a Super Young Cinnamon Grey Green Hen, powerful in the Shoulder and wide Capping.
This Young Hen Should do Well at the Main Shows During the summer Months.

AWARD WINNERS PHOTO GALLERY

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BRIEF REPORT: AGM 2006

SHEILA & PAUL CHUBB AWARDED THE CHRIS DANIELS TROPHY
SOMERSET BS MEMBERS OF THE YEAR

NEW PRESIDENTS, RICHARD AND LYNNE HOOPER, TAKE OVER FROM BOB ALLEN.

Presentation Photos: see "SBS PHOTO GALLERY"

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SAVE OUR HOBBY BY SIGNING GOVERNMENT PETITON

PETITION LINK

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BRIAN SWEETING TAKES OVER AS PATRONAGE SECRETARY

CONTACT BRIAN ON 01278 455621 OR E-MAIL    BRIAN

DAVE DUDLEY TAKES OVER AS SHOW SECRETARY

If you wish to place an advert in our 2007 schedule/catalogue

CONTACT DAVE ON 01934 645449 OR E-MAIL    DAVE

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2006 TWO STAR CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW SPONSORSHIP
SEPTEMBER 3RD 2006

SBS MEMBERS ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR SPONSORS AND HELPERS

MANY THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF BRISTOL BS FOR THEIR ASSITANCE

ROGER STONE: RIVERSWAY PRODUCTS
Roger has Donated a £40 Product Voucher to be used as a Prize
Take a look Riversway Website

Riversway Products

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ROY APLIN: Wild Life Artist and Top Budggerigar breeder
Roy has donated a super Pencil Sketch

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DAVE RUSS: "ROSETTES R US"
Dave has pledged to supply the all the rosettes for our open show and exchange club patronage

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VYDEX CORPORATION
Melvin John will be supplying us with prizes (yet to be decided upon)
Take a look at Vydex's Website

Vydex Corporation Website

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SIMON CARR: "CARR'S NATURAL IMPROVERS"
Simon has donated 12 Carr's Natural Improvers products, to be awarded to all section winners
Young Bird and Any Age: Best in Show & Best Young Bird
Take a look at Simon's Website

Carr's Natural Improvers Website

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Richard & Lynne Hooper
Cash donation for prizes

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SBS MEMBERS DO WELL AT EXETER

Somerset BS Members take Major awards at Exeter's Championship Show

A good turnout by SBS members proved very successful when major awards were gained in every section

Brian Sweeting retained Best in Show and Best Young bird awards

Major winners were Dave Dudley, Steve Rich, Brian & Andy Broom, Jim & Sue Brown, George & Paul Burridge, Sue Burridge and Tony Gray.

Dave Dudley picked up the Challenge certificates with his Yellow-wing and A-O-C hen

Steve Rich took Best intermediate Any Age with his very well known Lutino cock

Brian & Andy Broom gained the Recissive Pied CC and 2nd intermediate young bird with a nice young pied cock.

Jim & Sue Brown won the Novice young bird with their grey green cock plus the C-0-M and 2nd Novice any age with a nice grey cock

George & Paul Burridge picked up 3rd beginner young bird

Sue Burridge ( Georges wife, Paul's mother) took yet another Challenge certificate with her super Slate cock

Best news of the day was for Tony Gray at his first championship show was awarded Best beginner young bird and the certificate of merit with a very nice and stylish grey green cock

This means that we took 11 of the 19 Challenge certificates.

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SHOW STAGING HIRE AVAILABLE

Sufficiant staging to take 850 Birds and Judges Staging for 6 Judges.

For details E-Mail    GEORGE BURRIDGE

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Please do your best to support your club meetings in 2007.

FULL PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR 2007 CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THIS SITE

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