Area Open Show

Past Area Open Show Winners

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London & Southern Counties B.S. Area Show - 2024
report by Ghalib Al-Nasser, Shows Organiser

The Judges - Graham Barton, Michael Chapman, Bev Hutt & Cy Thorne	Jim Lawrie - Best in Show	Rick Watts - Best Young Bird in Show
Ray Nicholls - Best Intermediate Young Bird	Peter Fitzgerald - Best Novice Any Age & Young Bird	Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser - Best Colour Budgerigar in Show
Paul Chandler - Best Colour Budgerigar Young Bird	Ian Standley - Best Opposite Sex in Show	Ulyatt & Warman - Best Opposite Sex Young Bird

 

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London & Southern Counties B.S. Area Show - 2023
report by Ghalib Al-Nasser, Shows Organiser

LIGHT GREEN FOR TOP AWARD

The Society held another successful area championship show with an increase in total entry from previous years. The atmosphere was great with plenty of visitors and the overseas judge Bjorn Johansson from Sweden was very impressed with the quality of the birds that he judged and the atmosphere at the show.

Once again members came forward with sponsoring the show with section rosettes, prize money and placing adverts in the schedule and the Society is grateful to Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser, Mick Freeborn & Andy Thorpe, Peter Merritt, Jim Lawrie, Malcolm Parsons, Ron Pearce, David & Linda Rafis, Rupert Redden, Brian & Karen Scott, Ian Standley, Paul Tiller, Terry & Yvonne Tuxford, James Wheeler and to Gold Chips Bedding, Aviary Hygiene and South Eastern BC for their kind sponsorship.

The show received a higher entry of 475 from last year’s show from 44 exhibitors with 342 birds benched. The judges Bjorn Johansson, Adrian & Trevor Terheege and Mick Widdowson selected Ackers & Bird light green cock as the best any age in show and then best in show. The judges also selected a lacewing yellow cock bred by Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser as the best young bird in show who also won the award for best any age opposite sex with a cinnamon grey green hen. The final award that the judges selected was the best young bird opposite sex in show and best overall opposite sex in show which went to a spangle cinnamon skyblue hen bred by Ray Nicholls.

There was a further increase in the champion exhibitors to 23 and the Ackers & Bird’s best any age in show light green cock headed the champion any age section who also occupied the second place with a grey green cock. Jim Lawrie was third with a spangle light green cock. Ghalib & Janice won the champion young bird section with their lacewing yellow cock, followed by Steve Cox spangle cobalt cock in second place. Ian Standley was third best with a spangle yellowface grey hen.

Heading the intermediate any age section of 6 exhibitors was Nick Masham’s dominant pied grey cock and his double factor spangle white hen was in second position. Ray Welfare benched a lutino cock in third position. Ray Nicholls won the intermediate young bird award with his best opposite sex spangle cinnamon skyblue hen and also occupied third place with a cinnamon grey cock. Separating the two birds was Nick Masham’s dominant pied cobalt cock.

There were the same number of exhibitors in the novice section as last two years of 11 exhibitors and Andrew & Lila Pitcher from Dorset headed the any age section with a yellowface cinnamon grey cock and also occupied the next two places with an opaline skyblue cock and an opaline grey green cock. Simon Horner dominated the novice young bird section by winning the section with a grey cock then a grey green cock in second place followed by his grey hen in third position.

It was pleasing to see 4 juniors competing and congratulations to Allanis Bird for winning the any age section with a skyblue cock followed by her grey cock. Harry Johnson coming all the way from Dorset to win third position with a cinnamon cobalt cock. Harry dominated the junior young bird section by winning the first 3 places with a cinnamon grey hen, cinnamon light green cock and circular crest opaline cinnamon light green hen.

There was only 1 Pair entered and Tony Wilkinson won the class with a pair of yellowface cobalts. Sadly, there were no teams entered.

There was a fantastic entry of 47 colour budgerigars entered by 13 exhibitors competing for the 2 challenge certificates in the any age and young bird sections. This demonstrated the popularity and slow progress in opinion changing regarding this breed around the country. Anita Thorogood won the any age certificate with a cobalt cock while Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser were second best with a spangle cobalt cock. Anita also won the young bird certificate with a half circular crest cinnamon cobalt hen which was also best colour budgerigar overall and she occupied second best with a cinnamon cobalt hen.

Wayne Greening won the best colour budgerigar pair with a spangle skyblue while Paul Chandler was second with a pair of opaline cinnamon light green. There were no teams in the colour budgerigar section.

Best of colour any age awards: Ackers & Bird, light green, grey green; R. Marston, dark factor green; A. Bird, skyblue; G. Carter, dark factor blue; Freeborn & Thorpe, grey; J. Wheeler, opaline green; A & L Pitcher, opaline blue, yellowface; H. Johnson, cinnamon green; S. Gage, cinnamon blue; J. Lawrie, opaline cinnamon, spangle green; R. Welfare, lutino; R. Carr, albino; Thorogood & Naylor, yellow-wing; G & J Al-Nasser, whitewing, dominant pied, recessive pied, rare variety, clearbody; M & P Baker, crest; S. Cox, spangle blue; I Standley, double factor spangle; B, K & A Scott, any other colour; A. Thorogood, colour budgerigar.

Best of colour young bird awards: G. Carter, light green, clearbody; G & J Al-Nasser, dark factor green, albino, rare variety, any other colour; R. Marston, skyblue; R. Carr, dark factor blue, opaline green, lutino; J. Lawrie, grey green, grey, double factor spangle; I. Standley, opaline blue, spangle green; S. Bailey, cinnamon green; R. Nicholls, cinnamon blue, yellowface; N. Masham, opaline cinnamon, dominant pied; T & Y Tuxford, yellow-wing; M & P Baker, crest, S. Cox, spangle blue; N & N Johnson, recessive pied; A. Thorogood, colour budgerigar.

	Best In Show - John Bird (Ackers & Bird)
	~ Best Young Bird In Show - Janice & Ghalib Al-Nasser
	Best Opposite Sex Young Bird & Overall - Ray Nicholls
	Best Opposite Sex Any Age - Janice & Ghalib Al-Nasser

Best Colour Budgerigar Any Age & Young Bird - A Thorogood

Andrew & Lila Pitcher - Best Novice Any Age

Simon Horner - Best Novice Young Bird

 

Nick Masham - Best Intermediate Any Age

The Judges - Mick Widdowson, Bjorn Johansson, Adrian & Trevor Terheege

The Colour Stewards at Work

David Rafis with his Bring & Buy Table

London & Southern Counties B.S. Area Show - 2022

reported by Ghalib Al-Nasser, Shows Organiser

Members of the Society were very pleased with the increased entry received for the area championship show and the great atmosphere that was present at the show. Once again members came forward with sponsoring the show with section rosettes, prize money and placing adverts in the schedule and the Society is grateful to Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser, Mick Freeborn, Simon Gage, Hastings BS, Jim Lawrie, Malcolm Parsons, Ron Pearce, David & Linda Rafis, Rupert Redden, Brian & Karen Scott, Ian Standley, Andy Thorpe, Paul Tiller, Terry & Yvonne Tuxford, James Wheeler and to Gold Chips Bedding, Aviary Hygiene and Bird Wise Products for their kind sponsorship.

The show received a higher entry of 449 from last year’s show from 41 exhibitors with 341 birds benched and it was very welcoming to see Neil McMillan coming all the way on the train from Newcastle upon Tyne to exhibit his clearwings. A dedication that was much admired and appreciated.

The Judges - Brian Reese, Mark Gulley, Maurice Roberts & Ian Standley

It was the skyblue variety that came up trumps on this occasion in comparison to the greys at last year’s show. The judges; B.S. Chairman Maurice Roberts, Mark Gulley, Brian Reese and our own President Ian Standley selected Jim Lawrie’s skyblue cock as the best any age in show and then selected another skyblue cock bred by Steve Cox as the best young bird and best in show. The Terheege Partnership won the best any age opposite sex award with a cinnamon grey green hen. The final award that the judges selected was the best young bird opposite sex in show and best overall opposite sex in show which went to an albino hen bred by Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser.

Best In Show & Best Young Bird Steve Cox	Best Any Age Jim Lawrie	Best Any Age Opposite Sex Terheege Partnership	Best Young Bird Opposite Sex G & J Al-Nasser

There was an increase in the champion exhibitors from 18 to 22 and Jim’s best any age in show skyblue cock headed the champion any age section. Steve Cox occupied the next two places with a light green cock and yellowface grey cock. Steve Cox won the champion young bird section with his best in show skyblue cock followed by Rick Watts’ spangle grey cock in second place. Simon Gage was third best with a cinnamon skyblue cock.

President Ian Standley and Jim Lawrie	President Ian Standley with Janice & Ghalib Al-Nasser	Adrian Terheege and President Ian Standley

Heading the intermediate any age section of 6 exhibitors was Tony Wilkinson’s yellowface cinnamon blue hen and his cinnamon skyblue cock was in second position. Paul Harden benched a grey cock in third position. Tony Wilkinson also won the intermediate young bird award with a spangle grey green cock. Ray Nicholls occupied the next two places with a spangle light green hen and spangle skyblue hen.

Tony Wilkinson	Tony Wilkinson with President Ian Standley	President Ian Standley with Ray Nicholls

There were the same number of exhibitors in the novice section as last year of 11 exhibitors and Phillip Ades headed the any age section with a light green cock. Les Underwood was second with a grey green cock followed by Rupert Redden’s dominant pied yellowface grey cock in third position. Simon Horner won the novice young bird award with a grey green cock while Les Underwood was second again with a grey cock. Phillip Ades was third best with a grey hen.

Phillip Ades with President Ian Standley	Simon Horner with President Ian Standley	President Ian Standley and Harry Johnson

It was pleasing to see 2 juniors competing and congratulations to Zoe & Harry Johnson coming all the way from Dorset to dominate this section. They won the top 3 awards in the any age section with a cinnamon dark green cock followed by their grey cock and grey green cock. They also won the young bird awards with a grey cock followed by a grey hen in second position.

There were 4 Pairs entered and Tony Wilkinson won the class with a pair of spangle greys and his pair of cobalts were third. Tony Jeffrey benched a pair of recessive pied cinnamon greys in second place.

The Office Staff - Malcom Parsons, Marion Standley, Janice Al-Nasser, Karen Scott

Heading the Team class of 3 entries were 4 grey cocks benched by Ghalib & Janice. Brian & Karen Scott benched 2 pairs of dominant pied light greens in second place while their 4 light green cocks were third best.

There was a fantastic entry of 28 colour budgerigars entered by 8 exhibitors competing for the 2 challenge certificates in the any age and young bird sections. This demonstrated the popularity and slow progress in opinion changing regarding this breed around the country. The Buhler & Pearce partnership won the any age certificate with a white blue hen while Steve Cox was second best with a violet cock. Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser won the young bird certificate with a circular crest lutino hen while Nina Taylor was second best with a light green hen.

London & Southern Counties B.S. Area Show - 2021
report by Ghalib Al-Nasser, Shows Organiser

A First For Rick

Members of the society were very pleased that the area championship show took place during the very limited show season due to Covid and, as expected, the entry was lower than previous years. Once again members came forward with sponsoring the show with section rosettes and prize money and the Society is grateful to Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser, Mick Freeborn, Hastings BS, Paul Harden, Ray & Ruth Marston, Malcolm Parsons, Ron Pearce, David & Linda Rafis, Rupert Redden, Brian & Karen Scott, Ian Standley, Andy Thorpe, Paul Tiller, Terry & Yvonne Tuxford and Gold Chips Bedding for their kind sponsorship.

The Judges - Mike & Steve Holland, Phil Reaney & Brian Scott

It was the grey variety that came up trumps when the judges, B.S. President Phil Reaney, Steve & Mike Holland and Brian Scott selected Rick Watts’ grey cock as the best any age and best in show while his young grey cock won the best young bird opposite sex award. Peter Merritt, who won the coveted best in show award on three previous consecutive years with the same bird, had to be content with the best any age opposite sex award with a grey hen. The honour of staging the best young bird in show and best overall opposite sex in show went to a wonderful recessive pied cinnamon cobalt hen benched by the Terheege Partnership.

The show received a lower entry of 443 from the last show held in 2019 from 36 exhibitors with 312 birds benched. Sadly, on this occasion, there were no junior exhibitors.

Rick Watts - Best in Show

There were 18 champion exhibitors and Rick’s best in show grey cock headed the champion any age section followed by Gavin Carter with a skyblue cock in second place. Peter Merritt’s grey hen was placed third best. The Terheege Partnership won the champion young bird section with their recessive pied cinnamon cobalt hen followed by Rick Watts’ grey cock in second place. Peter Merritt was third best with a spangle blue cock.

Heading the intermediate any age section of 7 exhibitors was Nick Masham’s grey cock and he was second with a dominant pied cock. This was followed by Ray Nicholls’ cinnamon green cock in third place. Paul Harden won the young bird section with a cinnamon blue cock while Ray Nicholls occupied the next two places with a dark green cock and spangle blue hen.

The Terheege Partnership - Best young bird

Nick Masham - Best intermediate any age

Paul Harden - Best intermeduate young bird

Ray Welfare - best novice any age

Derek Ham - best novice young bird

Ray Welfare won the novice any age section of 11 exhibitors with a lutino cock followed by Derek Ham’s grey green cock. Syed Rizvi was third with a grey cock. Derek Ham headed the novice young bird section with a grey cock and he was third with a cobalt cock. Craig Trevallion was second with a recessive pied cock.

There were 4 Pairs entered and Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser won the class with a pair of cinnamon skyblues and were also second. Roy Aplin was third.

Unfortunately, only one team was benched out of two entries and the Al-Nasser’s won with their team of 2 pairs of lutinos.

There were 9 colour budgerigars entered by 3 exhibitors competing for the 2 challenge certificates in the any age and young bird sections. Ghalib & Janice won the any age certificate with a light green cock while Annette Thorogood won the young bird certificate with a cinnamon dark green hen.

Best of colour any age awards: G. Carter, light green, skyblue, double factor spangle; Terheege Partnership, dark factor green, dark factor blue, grey green, opaline cinnamon, spangle blue, recessive pied; R. Watts, grey, lutino, crest; R. Marston, opaline green; D. Harmer, opaline blue; Ulyatt & Warman, cinnamon green; G & J Al-Nasser, cinnamon blue, albino, whitewing, yellowface, rare variety, any other colour; I. Thorogood, yellow-wing, clearbody; J. Lawrie, spangle green, dominant pied.

Best of colour young bird awards: Ulyatt & Warman, light green; G. Carter, dark factor green, skyblue, any other colour; I. Standley, dark factor blue, yellowface; R. Watts, grey green, grey, lutino, crest, spangle green; Terheege Partnership, opaline green, cinnamon green, recessive pied, rare variety; A. Wilkinson, opaline blue, P. Harden, cinnamon blue; J. Lawrie, opaline cinnamon; G & J Al-Nasser, albino; Lee & Bird, whitewing, clearbody; P. Merritt, spangle blue, double factor spangle; M. Frost, dominant pied.

London & Southern Counties BS Area Open - 13^th October 2019
The Gerald Binks Memorial Show.
 Judges: Ken Brockwell, Allan Michael, Chris Snell and Geoff Tuplin
Major Sponsor - Mick Freeborn

HAT TRICK FOR PETER

The L&SCBS area show was The Gerald Binks Memorial Show in respect to the late Gerald Binks who passed away in July this year. Gerald was a past president of the Society and a household name in the fancy world-wide. His wife Joyce presented the special glass trophies to all section winners; the cost of the trophies being sponsored by Mick Freeborn, the show’s major sponsor. The Society is indebted to Mick and to Gladwells who donated 20kg bags of seed to all section winners. The Society also received sponsorship from Gold Chips Bedding as well as Aviary Hygiene, where the prizes were distributed to the second best and third best section winners. The society also thanks Mick Freeborn, Peter Merritt and Andy Thorpe who donated quality birds for the auction. One of the judges, Geoff Tuplin on behalf of the partnership Tuplin and Edwards, donated a pair of young birds to the best junior young bird in show and Junior Ginge was the lucky winner. It was also good to see Les Martin and his partner Edith attending the show to give moral support to Joyce Binks. Once again members came forward with sponsoring the section rosettes and prize money and the society is grateful to Ghalib and Janice Al-Nasser, Mick Freeborn, David Harmer, Ray and Ruth Marston, Ron Pearce, David & Linda Rafis, Rupert Redden, Brian & Karen Scott, Ian Standley, Andy Thorpe, Paul Tiller and Terry and Yvonne Tuxford.

History was made when the judges, Ken Brockwell, Allan Michael, Chris Snell and Geoff Tuplin gave a unanimous verdict to the cinnamon grey cock of Peter Merritt as the best any age and best in show. This is a ‘hat-trick’ for this bird and for Peter, as it won best in show in 2017 as a young bird, then as an adult in 2018 and again this year. However, winning on 3 or 4 consecutive years was achieved before by Amos and Thumwood, Muir and Crossman and Roy Aplin but never with the same bird; WELL DONE PETER.

Best In Show - Peter Merritt - A Hat-trick

ENTRY UP

The show received a slightly higher entry of 512 from 2018 with 42 exhibitors and 348 birds benched. Many birds were affected by the moult which affected the benched number, but the quality of the birds shown compensated for this.

The judges awarded Peter Merritt’s cinnamon grey cock as the best any age in show and best in show. They also awarded Peter’s grey cock as the best young bird opposite sex in show. The judges gave Ghalib and Janice Al-Nasser’s cinnamon cobalt hen as the best young bird in show and overall best opposite sex in show. Graham Paine won the best any age opposite sex award with a spangle grey hen.

There were 16 champion exhibitors and Peter’s best in show headed the champion any age section with his cinnamon grey cock followed by Kevin Burnett with a skyblue cock in second place. Ian Standley was third with a spangle skyblue cock. Ghalib & Janice won the champion young bird section with their cinnamon cobalt hen followed by Peter Merritt’s grey cock in second place. The Terheege Partnership were third best with a grey green cock.

INTERMEDIATES

Heading the intermediate any age section of 9 exhibitors was James Folly’s grey cock. This was followed by Ray Nicholls’ cinnamon cobalt cock in second place. Ray Marston was third with a skyblue cock. Ray Nicholls won the young bird section with a spangle opaline cobalt hen followed by his violet cock in second place. James Folly was third with a cinnamon grey hen.

Derek Ham won the strong novice any age section of 14 exhibitors with a dark green cock followed by Gary Simpson with a spangle cinnamon light green cock. Graham Paine was third with his spangle cinnamon grey hen. Graham also headed the novice young bird section with a double factor spangle white cock. Nichola Bird occupied the next two spots with a light green cock and an opaline grey hen.

There were three junior exhibitors and heading the any age section were Zoe and Harry Johnson with a skyblue cock. Reggie, Harry and Ellesse Fordham were second with a grey green cock followed by Junior Ginge in third place with a cinnamon skyblue cock. Junior Ginge dominated the young bird section with a grey green cock, dominant pied grey green cock and opaline cinnamon light green hen in the first three placings.

PAIRS

There were two pairs entered and Peter Merritt won the class with a pair of cinnamon greys followed by Ghalib and Janice Al-Nasser’s greys. With just one team entered, the Al-Nasser’s won with their team of two pairs of lutinos.

There were 19 colour budgerigars entered by five exhibitors competing for the two challenge certificates in the any age and young bird sections. Fred Pilbeam won the any age certificate with an opaline light green cock while Ghalib and Janice Al-Nasser’s yellowface albino hen won the second class and opposite sex any age. Zoe and Harry Johnson won the young bird certificate with a light green cock while Ghalib and Janice Al-Nasser won the second class and opposite sex with a circular crest lutino hen.

There were 3 pairs entered in the colour budgerigar pair class and Faye Percy won the certificate with a pair of yellowface cobalts. Ghalib and Janice Al-Nasser were second with opaline cobalts and a pair of Hagoromo crest yellowface cobalts were third for Stewart and Sarah Andrews.

CHALLENGE CERTIFICATES

Best of colour any age awards: K. Burnett, light green, skyblue; D. Ham, dark factor green; S. Bailey, dark factor blue; Ulyatt and Warman, grey green; C. Hickman, grey, yellowface; R. Marston, opaline green; A. Thorpe, opaline blue; N. Bird, cinnamon green; P. Merritt, cinnamon blue; Terheege Partnership, opaline cinnamon, recessive pied, any other colour; G. Simpson, lutino, spangle green; G and J Al-Nasser, albino, yellow-wing, whitewing; D and L Rafis, crest; I. Standley, spangle blue, dominant pied; M. Freeborn, double factor spangle; C. Thorne, rare variety, clearbody.

Best of colour young bird awards: N. Bird, light green, opaline blue, any other colour; C. Hickman, dark factor green; I. Standley, skyblue; R. Nicholls, dark factor blue, spangle blue; Terheege Partnership, grey green, opaline green, lutino, recessive pied, clearbody; P. Merritt, grey; A. Thorpe, cinnamon green, albino; G and J Al-Nasser, cinnamon blue, yellow-wing, whitewing, rare variety; M. Bannister, opaline cinnamon; Z and H Johnson, crest; C. Thorne, spangle green; G. Paine, double factor spangle; R. Marston, dominant pied; R. Redden, yellowface.

The Judges - Chris Snell, Ken Brockwell, Allan Michael & Geoff Tuplin	Peter Merritt - BIS
Ghalib Al-Nasser (G & J Al-Nasser) - Best Young Bird in Show	James Folly - Best Intermediate Any Age
Ray Nicholls - Best Intermediate Young Bird.	Derek Ham - Best Novice Any Age
Graham Paine - Best Novice Young Bird	Harry Johnson (Z & H Johnson) - Best Junior Any Age
Junior Ginge - Best Junior Young Bird	Geoff Tuplin (Tuplin & Edwards) donated a pair of young birds to the Best Junior Young Bird won by Junior Ginge
Geoff Tuplin, Joyce Binks, Edith Gazeley & Les Martin	Best in Section Glass Trophies

London & Southern Counties B.S. Area Show - 2018
report by Ghalib Al-Nasser, Shows Organiser

The Office Staff - Malcolm Parsons, Dan Hellawell, Janice Al-Nasser, James Folly & Aidan Bird

INTERMEDIATE WINS AGAIN

Having achieved the double by winning both the any age and young bird awards and eventually the supreme award with the young bird last year, Peter Merritt came back again to repeat his success by having his last year’s young bird winner repeating the same success as an adult in winning the supreme award again.

For some unexplainable reasons the show suffered with a loss of 16% from last year’s entry and received a total entry of 492 from 42 exhibitors (only 3 down from last year) spanning over 3 area societies and benched 363 in total. Our thanks are extended to Roy Aplin for donating a pencil sketch to raise funds as well as to the exhibitors who sponsored the cost of the rosettes (Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser, Hastings BS, Connor Hickman, Ray & Ruth Marston, Mid Essex BS, Ron Pearce, Brian & Karen Scott, Richard Tessier, Paul Tiller, Andy Thorpe and Terry & Yvonne Tuxford) and to David & Linda Rafis who sponsored the show with the steward’s seed raffle, Aviary Hygiene, SkyGold and Gold Chips Bedding.

The Judges Bob Francis, Gary Hale, Tony Pope & Dave Game

The judges; Bob Francis, Dave Game, Gary Hale & Tony Pope all from South Wales chose the cinnamon grey cock, last year’s winner, of committee member Peter Merritt as the best any age in show and best in show. They also awarded Peter’s yellowface skyblue hen as the best any age opposite sex and overall best opposite sex in show. Gavin Carter won the best young bird in show with a light green cock while Connor Hickman’s yellowface grey hen won the young bird opposite sex award.

Peter Merritt - BIS & Best Opposite Sex in Show

Gavin Carter - Best Young Bird in Show

Steve Bailey headed the champion any age section with his grey green cock followed by the Terheege Partnership with a light green cock in second place.  Gavin Carter was third with a light green hen. Gavin won the champion young bird section with his light green cock and was third best with a grey hen.  Connor Hickman benched the yellowface grey hen in second place.

Peter Merritt had a good team to win the first five places in the intermediate any age section. His best in show cinnamon grey cock headed the section followed by his yellowface skyblue hen and cobalt cock in second and third place. Tony Jeffrey headed the intermediate young bird section with a skyblue hen followed by his dominant pied light green hen in second place. James Folly was third with a spangle light green cock.

Tony Jeffrey - Best Intermediate Young Bird

Graham Paine won the novice any age section with a spangle light green cock followed by Mark Bannister with an albino and lacewing opaline yellow cocks. Mark Bannister also headed the novice young bird section with a lacewing opaline yellow hen followed by Ray Nicholls in second and third spots with a cinnamon grey green and cobalt cocks.

Graham Paine - Best Novice Any Age

Mark Bannister - Best Novice Young Bird

Nichola Bird headed the beginner any age section with a yellowface grey cock and was followed by Gary Simpson’s lutino cock in second place. Wendy Thorogood was third with a cinnamon grey cock and Wendy also headed the young bird section with another cinnamon grey cock. Nichola Bird occupied the next two places with a spangle dark green cock and yellowface skyblue hen.

Girl Power - Nichola Bird & Wendy Thorogood

Sadly Zoe Johnson was the only junior exhibitor and won all the awards in the section. Her violet cock headed the any age section followed by her opaline cinnamon grey green and cinnamon grey green cocks. Zoe headed the young bird section with an opaline light green hen followed by her cobalt cock and olive green hen.

There were 3 Pairs entered and only 2 benched and Graham Paine won the class with a pair of skyblue followed by Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser with spangle cobalt.

There were 2 teams benched and the Al-Nasser’s won with 4 lutino cocks followed by their team of 2 pairs of albinos.

There were 10 colour budgerigars entered by 4 exhibitors and Ghalib & Janice won the award with their cobalt cock. Faye Percy won the any other colour class with a yellowface skyblue hen.

Best of colour any age awards: Terheege Partnership, light green, dark factor green, opaline cinnamon, any other colour; J. Folly, skyblue, spangle blue; P. Merritt, dark factor blue, cinnamon green, cinnamon blue, yellowface; S. Bailey, grey green; T. Jeffrey, grey; R. Aplin, opaline green, clearbody; G. Paine, opaline blue, spangle green, dominant pied; G. Simpson, lutino; M. Bannister, albino; G & J Al-Nasser, yellow-wing, whitewing, rare variety; D & L Rafis, crest; A. Thorpe, double factor spangle; Johnson & Chubb, recessive pied

Best of colour young bird awards: G. Carter, light green, grey, opaline blue, spangle green; F. Wright, dark factor green, cinnamon blue; T. Jeffrey, skyblue, dominant pied; R. Nicholls, dark factor blue, cinnamon green; C. Hickman, grey green, yellowface; Terheege Partnership, opaline green, spangle blue, recessive pied; R. Aplin, opaline cinnamon; M. Bannister, lutino, any other colour; G & J Al-Nasser, albino, yellow-wing, whitewing; A. Thorpe, double factor spangle; D & L Rafis, rare variety; G. Paine, clearbody.

London & Southern Counties B.S. Area Show - 2017
report by Ghalib Al-Nasser, Shows Organiser

INTERMEDIATE WINS THE DOUBLE

It must have been many years ago when a fancier achieved the double by winning both the any age and young bird awards and eventually the supreme award and this happened at this year’s area show. The show received a total entry of 588 from 45 exhibitors spanning over 3 area societies and benched 421 in total. Our thanks are extended to Roy Aplin for donating a pencil sketch to raise funds as well as to the exhibitors who sponsored the cost of the rosettes and to David & Linda Rafis who sponsored the show with the steward’s seed raffle. Greg Arena, a fancier from the USA, who stewarded at the show was very impressed with the quality of the birds and the organisation of the show.

The judges; Alan & Gina Adams, John Cosby, Gavin Carter & Dave Sturzaker with Tim Gee as the subsidiary judge were unanimous in their choice of the cinnamon grey cock of committee member Peter Merritt as the best young bird in show and best in show. They also awarded Peter’s cinnamon grey cock, a relative of the winner, as the best any age in show. Mike Smith won the any age opposite sex award and best overall opposite sex with a light green hen while Martin Frost benched a dominant pied cinnamon skyblue hen to win the young bird opposite sex award.

The Judges

Dave Tutty headed the champion any age section with his cinnamon light green cock followed by Mike Smith’s light green hen in second place.  Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser were third with a cobalt cock. Connor Hickman won the champion young bird section with a double factor spangle yellow cock which was followed by Ghalib & Janice’s spangle grey cock in second place. Martin Frost was third with his dominant pied hen.

Dave Tutty

 
Martin Frost

Connor Hickman

Peter Merritt had a good team to win both intermediate sections with his two cinnamon grey cocks that won the major awards. Peter was also third best in the any age section with a cinnamon grey hen and also third best in the young bird section with a yellowface cinnamon grey cock. Tony Jeffrey benched a skyblue cock to win second best any age while James Folly benched a grey cock to win second best young bird.

Peter Merritt

Mark Bannister won the novice any age section with a spangle light green cock followed by Tony Wilkinson’s spangle grey cock in second place. Nick Masham was third with a yellowface cinnamon grey cock. Nick also had a clean sweep in the novice young bird section by winning the first three places with a dominant pied skyblue, light green and spangle opaline light green cocks.

Mark Bannister

Nick Masham

Gary Simpson headed the beginner any age section with a spangle light green hen and was followed by Graham Paine’s spangle cobalt hen in second place. James Wheeler was third with a cobalt cock. Graham Paine won the young bird section with a spangle light green cock and was third with a light green cock. Separating the two was Gary Simpson with his lutino cock.

 
Gary Simpson

It was refreshing to see three juniors competing for honours and Jack Evans-Lee had a field day in winning both sections. His any age winner was the spangle grey cock and he was third with a cinnamon skyblue cock. Zoe Johnson was second with a cobalt cock. Jack occupied the first three places in the young bird section with a yellowface grey cock, violet cock and spangle grey hen..

Jack Evans-Lee

There were 4 Pairs entered and Ghalib & Janice Al-Nasser won with cinnamon greys and they were third with spangle light greens. Graham Paine was second with dominant pied light greens.

 
Graham Paine

There were 2 teams benched and the Al-Nasser’s won with 2 pairs of lutinos while Tony Jeffrey was second with 4 skyblue cocks.

There were 5 colour budgerigars entered and Ghalib & Janice won both classes with a skyblue cock which won best overall and a dominant pied opaline light green cock.

Best of colour any age awards: M. Smith, light green; G. Paine, dark factor green; T. Jeffrey, skyblue, grey green, albino; G & J Al-Nasser, dark factor blue, whitewing, crest, yellowface; C. Hickman, grey; R. Redden, opaline green; P. Henson, opaline blue; D. Tutty, cinnamon green; P. Merritt, cinnamon blue; J. Folly, opaline cinnamon, clearbody; M. Bannister, lutino, spangle green; A. Shoosmith, yellow-wing, rare variety; A. Wilkinson, spangle blue; AR & TR Terheege & Roby, double factor spangle & any other colour; D. Moss, dominant pied; Johnson & Chubb, recessive pied.

 
Mike Smith

Best of colour young bird awards: M. Freeborn, light green, dark factor blue, opaline green; M. Bannister, dark factor green, albino; M. Smith, skyblue, opaline cinnamon; D. Tutty, grey green; C. Hickman, grey, double factor spangle; Johnson & Chubb, opaline blue, recessive pied; AR & TR Terheege & Roby, cinnamon green, any other colour; P. Merritt, cinnamon blue; G. Simpson, lutino; A. Shoosmith, yellow-wing, rare variety; G & J Al-Nasser, spangle blue, whitewing, crest; G. Paine, spangle green; M. Frost, dominant pied; Johnson & Chubb, recessive pied; P. Henson, yellowface; J. Folly, clearbody.

Wendy Thorogood, Greg Arena (USA), Rick Watts

LONDON & SOUTHERN COUNTIES BS AREA OPEN SHOW 2015

BEST OF COLOUR - ANY AGE			BEST OF COLOUR - YOUNG BIRD
COLOUR	Cage No.	EXHIBITOR	COLOUR	Cage No	EXHIBITOR
Normal Light Green	201-3	M Rebaudo	Normal Light Green	302-3	S & B Squires
Normal Dark or Olive Green	3-2	S Gage	Normal Dark or Olive Green	303-2	S & B Squires
Normal Skyblue	5-5	M Smith	Normal Skyblue	305-3	S & B Squires
Normal Cobalt, Mauve or Violet	407-1	N Masham	Normal Cobalt, Mauve or Violet	507-1	S & J Gillan
Normal Grey Green	9-8	G Murrells	Normal Grey Green	109-1	G Carter
Normal Grey	11-1	C Hickman	Normal Grey	311-1	P Merritt
Opaline Green (Inc. Opaline Grey Green)	13-1	B Wiseman	Opaline Green (Inc. Opaline Grey Green)	513-2	P Harden
Opaline Blue (Inc. Opaline Grey)	215-1	P Henson	Opaline Blue (Inc. Opaline Grey)	315-1	S & B Squires
Normal Cinnamon Green	17-2	C Hickman	Normal Cinnamon Green	117-1	G Carter
Normal Cinnamon Blue	220-3	M Rebaudo	Normal Cinnamon Blue	320-3	P Merritt
Opaline Cinnamon	222-1	M Rebaudo	Opaline Cinnamon	121-1	P & T Dye
Lutino	23-4	R Carr	Lutino	124-1	R Carr
Albino	26-1	G & J Al-Nasser	Albino	125-2	R Carr
Yellow-wing	27-1	D & L Rafis	Yellow-wing	127-1	D & L Rafis
Whitewing	30-1	G & J Al-Nasser	Whitewing	129-1	D & L Rafis
Crest or Tuft	31-2	G & J Al-Nasser	Crest or Tuft	132-2	G & J Al-Nasser
Single Factor Spangle Green	233-3	S & B Squires	Single Factor Spangle Green	334-1	S & B Squires
Single Factor Spangle Blue	435-1	J Folly	Single Factor Spangle Blue	535-1	N Wheatley
Double Factor Spangle	238-1	T J Jeffrey	Double Factor Spangle	137-1	Ellis & Mathews
Dominant Pied, Clearflight or Dutch Pied	239-3	P Merritt	Dominant Pied, Clearflight or Dutch Pied	140-1	C Hickman
Recessive Pied or Dark Eyed Clear	41-1	B & K Scott	Recessive Pied or Dark Eyed Clear	141-3	B & K Scott
Yellowface or Goldenface	443-1	J Folly	Yellowface or Goldenface	143-3	G Murrells
Rare Variety	45-1	G & J Al-Nasser	Rare Variety	145-2	G & J Al-Nasser
Clearbody	48-1	R Aplin	Clearbody	547-1	D Richard-Watson
Any Other Colour	49-1	P & T Dye	Any Other Colour	149-1	P & T Dye

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT
	Cage No	EXHIBITOR		Cage No	EXHIBITOR
Novice Any Age	407-5	N Masham	Novice Young Bird	513-2	P Harden
Beginner Any Age	609-3	T Wilkinson	Beginner Young Bird	703-2	A Scott
Junior Any Age	819-1	A Bird	Junior Young Bird	939-1	A Bird

SECTION WINNERS
Best Champion AA	11-1	C Hickman	Best Champion YB	135-1	G Carter
2nd Champion A/A	5-5	M Smith	2nd Champion Y/B	137-1	Ellis & Mathews
3rd Champion A/A	17-2	C Hickman	3rd Champion Y/B	143-3	G Murrells
4th Champion A/A	7-2	F Wright	4th Champion Y/B	138-2	Ellis & Mathews
5th Champion A/A	9-8	G Murrells	5th Champion Y/B	105-5	M Smith
6th Champion A/A	3-2	S Gage	6th Champion Y/B	109-1	G Carter
7th Champion A/A	33-2	Ellis & Mathews	7th Champion Y/B	101-2	G Carter
Best Intermediate AA	233-3	S & B Squires	Best Intermediate YB	305-3	S & B Squires
2nd Intermediate A/A	201-3	M Rebaudo	2nd Intermediate Y/B	311-1	P Merritt
3rd Intermediate A/A	222-1	M Rebaudo	3rd Intermediate Y/B	334-1	S & B Squires
4th Intermediate A/A	239-3	P Merritt	4th Intermediate Y/B	320-3	P Merritt
5th Intermediate A/A	218-3	M Rebaudo	5th Intermediate Y/B	303-2	S & B Squires
6th Intermediate A/A	208-1	T & J Jeffrey	6th Intermediate Y/B	319-3	F & S Milligan
7th Intermediate A/A	211-3	F & S Milligan	7th Intermediate Y/B	333-2	P Merritt
Best Novice AA	407-5	N Masham	Best Novice YB	513-2	P Harden
2nd Novice A/A	411-3	S & J Gillan	2nd Novice Y/B	543-1	S & J Gillan
3rd Novice A/A	435-1	J Folly	3rd Novice Y/B	507-1	S & J Gillan
4th Novice A/A	443-1	J Folly	4th Novice Y/B	511-1	S & J Gillan
5th Novice A/A	417-2	N Wheatley	5th Novice Y/B	535-1	N Wheatley
6th Novice A/A	437-1	S & J Gillan	6th Novice Y/B	540-1	S & J Gillan
7th Novice A/A	406-1	P & S Stevens	7th Novice Y/B	517-1	P & S Stevens
Best Beginner AA	609-3	T Wilkinson	Best Beginner YB	703-2	A Scott
2nd Beginner A/A	617-2	T Wilkinson	2nd Beginner Y/B	734-2	A Scott
3rd Beginner A/A	637-2	A Scott	3rd Beginner Y/B	733-4	A Scott
4th Beginner A/A	649-1	M Barber	4th Beginner Y/B	713-1	Thompson & Boscoe
5th Beginner A/A	633-1	D Stephenson	5th Beginner Y/B	707-1	M Barber
6th Beginner A/A	643-3	T Wilkinson	6th Beginner Y/B	736-2	T Wilkinson
7th Beginner A/A	601-2	A Scott	7th Beginner Y/B	701-1	D & A Cooper
Best Junior AA	819-1	A Bird	Best Junior YB	939-1	A Bird
2nd Junior A/A	803-1	A Bird	2nd Junior Y/B
3rd Junior A/A	823-1	J Boscoe	3rd Junior Y/B
4th Junior A/A	801-1	A Bird	4th Junior Y/B
5th Junior A/A	837-1	A Bird	5th Junior Y/B
6th Junior A/A	813-1	J Boscoe	6th Junior Y/B
7th Junior A/A	804-1	A Bird	7th Junior Y/B
Best Pair	951-1	R Marston	Best Team	952-3	G Carter
Birds Entered:	590	Benched	414	Exhibitors	50