Federation Modern Game Club Show

Date -  December 15th 2007

Judges

D & H Carson (D & H C) - Black Reds
Alan Higgs (AH) and Bob Banister (BB) - Other Colours

Large Modern Male (AH)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

R Cowan  

Best Large - Black Red, good shoulders

2

P & A Pennington

Pile, a good effort from this rare difficult colour

3

Mayfield Poultry

Blue Red, a strong bird but did not show himself

Large Modern Female (BB)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

Mayfield Poultry

BOS Large - Stylish bird, good colour

2

R Cowan  

Nice bird, good colour, lacks lift of winner

3

Mayfield Poultry

Good lift, a bit strong

4

P & A Pennington

Lacked style and lift. Poor condition

Black Red Male (D & H C)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

M McCullough

Excellent type, style and colour, worthy winner

2

G & A Hillary

Good colour and reach, fit but stronger than first

3

S McKean

Good colour and type. Fit but not as much reach

4

S McKean

Same as third

Black Red Female (D & H C)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

M McCullough

Best Blk Rd - Excellent type, style & colour

2

S Christian

Another excellent bird. Darker than winner

3

M McCullough

Good type and colour, not as much reach

4

M McCullough

Excellent type, reach & colour. Damaged feathers

Wheaten Male (D & H C)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

M McCullough

Best Wheaten - Excellent type, style & colour. Fit

2

G Cannel

Good type, shade darker, not as much reach

3

G Cannel

Good all round bird, slightly longer in back

4

S McKean

Good colour but not as much reach

Wheaten Female (D & H C)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

M McCullough

Good type, style and colour, fit with good reach

2

G Cannel

Good bird but not the colour of winner

3

S Rich

Good colour but on the large side

Pile Male (AH)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

A Green

Best Pile - A good stylish bird well shown

2

M McCullough

Not quite the style of the first

3

A Green      

Very good

4

A Wetters

A trifle strong for me

Pile Female (BB)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

S Coia

Nice Bird, well put down, good style

2

M McCullough

Nice bird, good colour, could have been fitter

3

D Hall

Good style and lift. Lacking breast colour

4

S Coia

Nice bird, could be better in the wing

Birchen Male (BB)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

D Hall

Good in hand, style and colour

2

M McCullough

Good stylish fine bird. Could have been brighter

3

M McCullough

Shallow with good colour. Bit over laced

4

B Downe

Slightly long. Wings suspect

Birchen Female (AH)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

D Hall

Best Birchen - Superb bird in every way.

2

M McCullough

Another superb bird, not as prettily laced as first

3

D Hall

A good bird marred because it had one goose wing

4

S Christian

Another good one just too strongly laced

Brown Red Male (BB)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

D McQue

Best Brn Red -Tail a bit high but good stylish bird

2

M McCullough

Bit over laced but nice in hand, lacks pen time

3

D Hall

Too light in face, could be fitter. Nice in hand

4

T Lovel

Long. Could be fitter. Slightly over laced

Brown Red Female (AH)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

M McCullough

A good bright top colour bird beautifully laced

2

M McCullough

Just second

3

D Hall

Good but lacing spoilt it

4

M McCullough

Close to first three just a little stronger

Gold Duckwing  Male (AH)

Award

Exhibitor

Comment

1

G Cannell

Best. Good reach, type, style, wing triangle uneven

2

M McCullough

Excellent bird but a paler colour

3

G Cannell

One wing goosed and trifle strong for me

4

M McCullough

Almost a Silver, good type

Judges Comments from D & H Carson
It was a pleasure and an honour to be invited to judge our first Modern Game Club show. We were nominated to judge the Black Reds and Wheatens and having kept Black Reds as our main colour for about 12 years, we were looking forward to casting our eye over other fanciers exhibits.
Overall the quality of the birds was excellent, with the Black Red females being the strongest class. There were 7 or 8 birds worthy of being placed, but having made our first walk past the pens the winning pullet stood out clearly with great style and reach each time you looked at it. It went on to be Club reserve Champion. While 5 or 6 of the Black Red males were of good quality, again the winning cockerel stood out.
Congratulations to Marc for showing both winning birds in tip top condition and trained to perfection, a lesson to us all.
The Wheaten classes were smaller in number and again the 1st placed male and female shown by the same exhibitor, stood out.
We both had a very enjoyable judging assignment and hope to be invited again in the future.  D & H Carson

Judges Comments from B Banister
I thoroughly enjoyed judging the Federation Club Show.
The judges deliberated between three birds, a Brown Red male, a Silver Duckwing and a Lemon Blue male.
My best bird was the Lemon Blue cockerel (Marc McCullough), quite outstanding to handle and to see the bird showing itself off by coming to the front of the pen. This bird went forward to win Best Modern.
I was disappointed with the Pile females. Many had split or unfinished wings. A lot of the other females I judged I found to be lacking in quality with the Males as a whole being of a much better standard. Bob Banister

Judges Comments from A Higgs
It was an honour to be asked to judge the Club Show for the second time.

The Duckwing female class was the most challenging, 17 entered with one empty pen. This was a very good class with many good birds not making it into the first four.

My best bird was David Hall’s Birchen Female.
When it came to choosing Best Modern, Marc’s Lemon Blue male put up by Bob Banister showed itself to perfection. The Black Red female put up by Dave & Howard Carson would not settle in hand and was a bit of a “wriggler”.

With 195 entries this was not one our largest club shows, 298 being the best ever in my time but it was a good AGM and it was great to meet everyone again.

Thank you for asking me to judge. A Higgs