2009 Club Show Section Results
Champion Any Age awards were placed by Mick Widdowson, who writes:- “ Best was L & P Martin’s Sky Blue Cock, a super bird, staged in excellent condition and displaying a good head and spots
2nd Best was Huxley & Marchant’s Grey Green Cock of super quality and which pushed the section winner very hard. Unfortunately, he had one or two marks on his head and this confirmed his placing
3rd came Freakley & Ainley’s Spangle Cinnamon Grey Cock, a super bird of strong head and good style. 4th Freakley & Ainley, 5th R Tickle, 6th Huxley & Marchant,7th R Tickle, 8th C & D Jones, 9th I Fordham, 10th Rowell & Heighton
Champion Young Bird: Jeff Attwood placed these awards in this section and recalled the experience:- “Best was L & P Martin’s Grey Green Cock This bird was adjudged Best Breeder in show and is described elsewhere ,
2nd Best was D G Bowley’s Opaline Blue Hen, a superb bird all round and shown in excellent condition. Excellent shoulder and backskull, a beautiful face, width of head and depth of mask; in fact, one of the best birds exhibited
3rd Norwood Stud’s Dark Green Cock, a really good, solid bird, very broad shouldered and deep chested. Good width of head, deep mask and well spotted. A very good bird in an excellent section
Other placings 4th V Wills, 5th L & P Martin, 6th C & M Snell, 7th J Stainforth, 8th I Fordham, 9th T & L Jukes, 10th J Nevin,
This was a very commendable section with quality birds running throughout. Birds down as far as 10th place of superb quality”
Intermediate Any Age was also judged by Jeff Attwood , who writes:- Best in section, and already selected as the Best in Show was P & D Spruce’s Grey Green Cock , a really beautiful Grey Green Cock and a worthy winner. This bird has a tremendous face and exceptional frontal rise, good shoulders and excellent length; a very steady bird with wonderful deportment.
2nd Best was taken by P & D Spruce’s Opaline Blue Cock, a really good opaline cock with tremendous frontal rise, balanced by a deep mask and large well placed spots. Staged in superb condition and very well presented, it was spoiled only by slight flecking.
3rd came the same partnership’s Normal Cinnamon Grey Hen, which was one of my favourites in the show. Superb quality again with excellent frontal rise and width of head, and again with very good shoulders and deportment. It was spoiled only by a suspect spot and feather rosette on the neck.
Other placings 4th B A Wilson, 5th P & D Spruce, 6th Ellis & Mathews, 7th B A Wilson, 8th Newton & Shepherdson, 9th G E Mellor,10th B A Wilson
A very good number of excellent birds, but the quality tailed off after the first dozen”
Intermediate Young Bird: Mick Widdowson sorted out this section, and comments:- “ Best in the section was P & D Spruce’s Grey Green Cock, a very nice Grey Green displaying good spots and head, but with a few flecks on the crown
2nd went to Best P & D Spruce’s Skyblue Cock, a super bird, again with a good head, but rather untidy in the mask
3rd came the same partnership’s Light Green Hen, another super bird but marred by an untidy mask and with e few feathers missing from above the cere
Other placings 4th P & D Spruce, 5th Ellis & Mathews, 6th Newton & Shepherdson, 7th B A Wilson, 8th S Wildes, 9th P & D Spruce, 10th Newton & Shepherdson”
Novice Any Age: Tony Pope, who judged this section, reports:- Best in section was D J Brick’s Grey Cock, a superb bird and a clear winner of the section. This bird had super width of head and was staged in excellent condition. Slightly uneven in the spots, but this was not sufficient to hold it back from the top award
2nd Best was K Moorhouse’s Opaline Grey Cock, which won the section for its colour, but did not have the quality of the leading bird
3rd went to S J Roberts’ Spangle Light Green Cock, which was of good length and stood well off the perch. Excellent depth of colour and good variety content
Other placings 4th D A Turner, 5th S J Roberts, 6th D Hughes, 7th Swain & Ford, 8th T & A Wilson, 9th Cheatley & Alcorn, 10th Best Novice Any Age E & M Nee
Overall, there were some excellent exhibits which were well presented
Novice Young Bird: Colin Lamb placed these awards, and recalls:- “Best of section was K Moorhouse’s Skyblue Cock, a really good coloured bird , large with a well balanced top end. A worthy winner
2nd Best was D J Brick’s Opaline Grey Cock, an excellent bird of its variety and on another day would easily have come out first, in better condition. An excellent face and mask really caught the eye.
3rd came J McLeman’s Grey Green Hen, a super bird and again it would been in contention for best in section had it been in condition
Other placings 4th R Tonks, 5th Carson & Walker, 6th J Newall, 7th D A Turner, 8th Carson & Walker, 9th K Moorhouse, 10th T & A Wilson.
Beginner Any Age Colin lamb writes:- Best in section was R Walker’s Spangle Blue Series Cock, a bird of excellent quality that showed itself off well, with good variety markings and sporting a full set of round bulls-eye spots
2nd Best was taken by T Price’s Grey Hen, a real quality hen which was large, clean and well presented. It lacked only a little over the eyes to make it a winner
3rd came J M Huxley’s Dominant Pied Green Series Cock, another bird of good quality, with a wide face and deep mask, but unfortunately not in the best of condition and therefore did not show itself to full advantage
Other placings 4th T Wood, 5th S & B Squires, 6th K Jackson, 7th D Jukes, 8th Moule & Edwards, 9th D Jukes, 10th T Price“
Overall there were a lot of good quality birds in the two sections that I judged – a real credit to their owners”
Beginner Young Bird: Tony Pope judged this section and recalls:- “ Best in section was K Jackson’s Opaline Light Green Cock, which also took the colour certificate. A very nice bird with good depth of mask and size of spot. This bird was surprisingly clean for this variety, but could have done with a little more width of head.
2nd Best was T Wood’s Spangle Blue Series Cock, a very useful bird, displaying good variety content, but spoiled by an untidy mask and spots
3rd place was taken by D Jukes’ Spangle Green Series Cock, a good bird, held back by condition
Other placings 4th Pearce & Pears, 5th S & B Squires, 6th S & B Squires, 7th L Hutt, 8th S & B Squires, 9th S & B Squires,10th L & S Devaney.
The quality of this section generally was no more than fair. There were few good birds, which was a little disappointing”
Junior Any Age: Mick Widdowson placed these awards, and writes:- “ Best in the section was D Norman’s Cobalt Cock, a very nice bird and a worthy winner, with good spots
2nd Best came the same fancier’s D Norman’s Skyblue Cock, which pushed the winner hard but was marred by a few pin feathers
3rd went ,again to D Norman, who’s Yellow face Blue Cock was another good bird, but also had a few pin feathers at the crown
There were some very good birds in this section”
Junior Young Bird: Jeff Attwood comments:- “Best in section was T Salem’s Opaline Light Green Hen, a really beautiful hen of excellent quality and deportment. A good deep mask and well spaced good sized spots. This bird came fifth in the colour line up and was a very worthy winner here. Congratulations to the junior who bred this bird.
2nd Best was D Norman’s Cobalt Cock, a nice bird which excelled in depth of mask and was of a good size. Shown in superb condition, this bird failed to make the best of himself while judged.
3rd came T Salem’s Opaline Blue Hen. Another lovely Opaline, this, she was a bird of excellent colour, excellent face and spots on a deep mask. Also with very good shoulders and deportment, spoiled only by light head flecking
There were several really nice birds in a strong section. Looks good for the future! ”
CERTIFICATES OF MERIT
Best Novice Any Age 411-10 J Brick
Grey cock
Best Novice Young Bird 505-5 K Moorhouse
Skyblue cock
Best Beginner Any Age 644-6 R Walker
Spangle Grey cock
Best Beginner Young Bird 744-4 T Wood
Spangle Grey cock
Best Junior Any Age 805-1 D Norman
Skyblue cock
Best Junior Young Bird 914-1 T Salem
Opaline Light Green hen
Teams
TEAM of FOUR Best R G Ward 2nd G P Sutton 3rd D Norman
TEAM of SIX Best C & M Snell 2nd A & N Michael 3rd S Wildes 4th R Danks