My Show Successes

I have exhibited fife canaries for fifteen years, during that time I have benched 110 class winners at specialist shows and as a Novice won all but the allied to white colour specials on at least one occasion. As a champion exhibitor I have already won my first twenty one Colour specials, including Best Champion Green, Variegated and Foul Green at the North of England and best Heavily Variegated and Variegated at the Midland - the two biggest Fife shows in the UK. Below are some of my major successes on the show bench:

Highlights include:

  • Best in Show (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club Oct 2017)
  • Best Champion (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club Oct 2017)
  • Best Champion Flighted in Show (North Staffs & Cheshire Fife Fancy Canary Club November 2015)
  • 3rd Best Champion, 7th Best Champion (West of Scotland Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2014)
  • Best Fife, Best Bird in Show, Best Champion Fife, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Best Champion (Cheshire Classic, Runcorn CBS September 2014)
  • 2nd Best champion Fife Canary in Show (North west Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2013)
  • 3rd, 5th & 7th Best Champion Fife Fancy Canary (Merseyside Border Canary Club November 2012)
  • 7th Best Champion Fife Fancy Canary in Show (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club Oct 2011)
  • 3rd Best Champion Fife Fancy Canary in show (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club Oct 2010)
  • Best Champion Flighted (North West All Variety Canary Club December 2009)
  • 3rd Best Champion Fife Fancy Canary (Merseyside Border Canary Club November 2008)
  • Best Novice Fife (Northumberland & Durham Fife Fancy Canary Show December 2005)
  • Best Novice Fife (Shropshire & Salop Fife Fancy Canary Show October 2004)
  • Best Novice Fife (Liverpool Old Swan CBS November 2002 & 2004)
  • Best Opposite sex in Show (Liverpool Old Swan CBS November 2002)
  • 2nd Best Novice (North Wales Fife Fancy Canary Club November 2004)
  • 3rd Best Novice Fife (Liverpool Old Swan CBS November 2004)

Best of Colour Specials include:

Champion

  • Best Champion Allied to White: (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2017) - Heavily Variegated Blue Hen
  • Best Champion Lightly Var to 10% (North Staffs and South Cheshire Fife Fancy Canary Club November 2014) - Ticked Yellow Hen

Best Champion Green (West of Scotland Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2014) - Self Green Buff Hen

  • Best Champion Lightly Var to 10% (West of Scotland Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2014) - Ticked Yellow Hen
  • Best Champion Green (North Staffs & South Cheshire Fife Fancy Canary Club December 2013) - Self Green Yellow Hen
  • 2nd Best Champion Variegated (Midland Fife Fancy Canary Club November 2013) - Variegated Buff Hen
  • Best Champion Allied to white (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2013) - Self Blue Hen
  • Best Champion Self Green (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2013) - Self Green Buff Cock
  • Best Champion Variegated (Midland Fife Fancy Canary Club November 2012) - Variegated Yellow Hen
  • Best Champion Variegated (North of England Fife Fancy Canary Club November 2012) - Variegated Yellow Hen
  • Best Champion Foul Green (North of England Fife Fancy Canary Club November 2012) - Foul Green Buff Cock
  • Best Champion Variegated (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2012) - Variegated Buff Cock
  • 2nd Best Champion Cinnamon (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2012) - Variegated Cinnamon Yellow Hen
  • 2nd Best Champion Heavily Variegated (Midland Fife Fancy Canary Club November 2011) - Heavily Variegated Yellow Hen
  • Best Champion Self Green (North of England Fife Fancy Canary Club November 2011) - Self Green Buff Hen
  • 2nd Best Champion Self Green (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2011) - Self Green Yellow Hen
  • Best Champion Heavily Variegated (Cornwall & Devon Fife Fancy Canary Club December 2010) - Heavily Variegated Buff Hen
  • Best Champion Clear (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2010) - Clear Yellow Hen
  • Best Champion Allied to White (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2009) - Variegated White Cock
  • Best Champion Heavily Variegated (Midland Fife Fancy Canary Club December 2008) - Heavily Variegated Buff Cock

Novice

  • Best Novice Clear (North of England Fife Fancy Canary Show November 2003)
  • Best Novice Clear (North Wales Fife Fancy Canary Club Show November 2004)
  • Best Novice Clear (Runcorn CBS Cheshire Classic October 2005)
  • Best Clear Fife in Show (Runcorn CBS Cheshire Classic October 2005)
  • Best Novice Variegated (Shropshire & Salop Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2004)
  • Best Novice Variegated (Runcorn CBS Cheshire Classic October 2004)
  • Best Novice Variegated (Northumberland & Durham Fife Fancy Canary Club December 2005)
  • Best Novice Heavily Variegated (Northumberland & Durham Fife Fancy Canary Club December 2005)
  • Best Novice Self Green (Shropshire & Salop Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2004)
  • Best Novice Cinnamon (North West Fife Fancy Canary Club October 2003).

As a champion exhibitor I have already benched 68 class winners, including every variegated and heavily variegated class and won twenty one champion specials at specialist shows across the country, including best Champion Self Green and in November 2012 two colours for best Champion Variegated and Foul Green at arguably one of the biggest specialist Fife shows in the world - The North of England. I have won colour specials for Clear, Lightly Variegated, Variegated, Heavily Variegated, Self Green, Allied to White and 2nd Best Cinnamon at Major specialist shows across the UK, including the North of England, The Midland and the North West.

As a Novice exhibitor I benched a total of 40 winners at specialist Fife shows, 34 of these wins have come in the "first 16" classes (I have won on at least one occassion 13 of the first 16 classes -Clear yellow cock through to self green buff hen). My show winning families form the basis of my breeding stock.