North West Fife Fancy Canary Club Show 2010
Rainford Civic Hall
Sunday 24 October 2010
Judges Engaged: Mr D Lumsden , Mr A McEwan , Mr T Green
Main Awards:
Best Fife Canary In Show Clarke & Gillott - Heavily Variegated Yellow Hen
Best Champion Fife Canary in Show Clarke & Gillott - Heavily Variegated Yellow Hen
Best Novice Fife Canary in Show Herd & Sommerville - Variegated Yellow Hen
The top table (before rosettes) Clarke & Gilletts Best in Show
Champion Special Awards:
2nd Best Champion RobRoy Fifes - Green Yellow Hen
3rd Best Champion Matt Eld - Clear Yellow Hen
4th Best Champion T Carline - Vari Cinnamon Yellow Cock
5th Best Champion T Carline - Varigated Yellow Hen
6th Best Champion Clarke & Gillott - H/Var White Hen
7th Best Champion B Ellwood - Vari White Cock
Best Of Colours Champion
Best Clear Matt Eld - Clear Yellow Hen
2nd Best Clear Roby Roy Fifes Clear Buff Hen
Best Variegated T Carline - Vari Yellow Hen
2nd Best Variegated T Carline - Vari Buff Hen
Best Heavily Variegated Clarke & Gillott - H/Var Yellow Hen
2nd Best Heavily Variegated Clarke & Gillott - H/Var Yellow Cock
Best Self Green RobyRoy Fifes - Green yellow hen
2nd Best Self Green Rob Roy Fifes - Green Buff Hen
Best Self Cinnamon H Parry - Self Buff Cock
2nd Best Self Cinnamon H Parry - Self Yellow Cock
Best Variegated Cinnamon T Carline - Var Yellow Cock
2nd Best Variegated Cinnamon G Spencer - Var Yellow Hen
Best White (incl Var) B Ellwood - Var White Cock
2nd Best White (incl Var) G Wilson - Var White Hen
Best Blue (incl TPD) Clarke & Gillott - H/Var White Hen
2nd Best Blue (incl TPD) I Whitehurst - H/Var White Cock
Novice Special Awards:
2nd Best Novice Herd & Sommerville - Self Green Yellow Cock
3rd Best Novice P Glover - Self Blue Hen
4th Best Novice J Timperley - Vari White Cock
5th Best Novice G Holdsworth - H/Var Yellow Cock
6th Best Novice Herd & Sommerville - Cinnamon Yellow Hen
7th Best Novice P Glover - Cinnamon Var Yellow Cock
Best Of Colours Novice
Best Clear D Kenwright - Clear Yellow Hen
2nd Best Clear Herd & Sommerville - Clear Yellow Cock
Best Variegated Herd & Sommerville - Variegated Yellow Hen
2nd Best Variegated A Duff - Vari Buff Hen
Best Heavily Variegated G Holdsworth - H/Var Yellow Cock
2nd Best Heavily Variegated G Holdsworth - H/Var Buff Hen
Best Self Green Herd & Sommerville - Self Green Yellow Cock
2nd Best Self Green MR & Mrs R Shaw - Self Green Yellow Hen
Best Self Cinnamon Herd & Sommerville - Cinnamon Yellow Hen
2nd Best Self Cinnamon Herd & Sommerville - Cinnamon Yellow Cock
Best Variegated Cinnamon P Glover - Cinnamon Var Yellow Cock
2nd Best Variegated Cinnamon A & S Kendall - Cinnamon Var Yellow Hen
Best White (incl Var) J Timperley - Vari White Cock
2nd Best White (incl Var) W Gammon - Vari White Hen
Best Blue (incl TPD) P Glover - Self Blue Hen
2nd Best Blue (incl TPD) W Gammon - Self Blue Cock
Show Report
The annual North West Fife fancy canary club show was once again well supported attracting a total entry of 670 birds from exhibitors from all four corners of the UK. A strong novice entry of 252 birds was particularly encouraging and was dominated by the Herd & Sommerville partnership who took three of the main specials for best novice Variegated, Self Green and Self cinnamon and 2nd Best in the Clear and Self cinnamon specials, their day was completed taking best, 2nd best and 6th best novice - with their best novice pushing hard for best in show.
The main award went to the Clarke & Gillott partnership, Harry and Paul repeating their achievement of last year by winning best champion again, this time with a lovely heavily variegated yellow hen, and then going one better to take the best Fife in show award. In addition they took the colour special for best blue and the 2nd best heavily variegated award. Another partnership who enjoyed their fair share of success was the RobRoy Fifes team, who matched Harry and Paul's achievement in the heavily variegated colour specials by taking both best and 2nd best champion green, their green yellow hen was runner up best champion and to complete their day they also took the award for runner up clear. Also winning a trio of awards, including best and 2nd best variegated was Tony Carline, Tony also scooped the best Vari cinnamon award and 4th and 5th best champion in show. For my part I enjoyed a great start to my show season taking best champion clear and third best champion in show with a tidy clear yellow hen, it was a good day on the bench for me with the majority of the team in the cards in some well supported classes.
The North West Show Hall The judging of Best Champion in show
Herd & Sommervilles Best Novice in Show My Clear Yellow Hen best Clear & 3rd Best Champion
Competition in the Novice section was again fierce, to attract an entry of over 250 birds is hugely encouraging and although unable to match his achievememt of best in show last year Graham Holdsworth once again benched a strong team, taking best and 2nd Best Heavily variegated, winiing three of the four classes, and 5th best novice. P Glover took a couple of colour sepcials and 3rd and 7th best novice and J Timperely completed the round up with best White and 4th best novice.