FEDERATION SHOW RESULTS
Date - 17th & 18th December 2011
Judges - A.Kerr (Black Reds, Wheatens), S McKean & D Hall (remainder)
Large Modern Male - Black Red (7)
1. A & F James, Well presented, good angle of back, alert, excellent leg colour.
2. P.T Watkinson, Good bone, good leg colour, fit - not quite as tall as winner
3. A & F James, Similar to first two, much to praise, pen height restricted lift.
4. A. Daybell, Rather shy but many good points.
Large Modern Female - Black Red (12)
1. A & F James, Nothing between first and second, fit, well prepared & pen trained. Excellent leg colour. Best Large Black Red, Best Large Opposite Sex
2. A & F James,
3. S. George, As with other birds, pens restricted the amount of lift.
4. P & A Pennington, A close fourth, a first class exhibit with many good qualities.
Large Modern Male - AOC S.McK, (6)
1. A .Demaine, Pile - Easy winner, Great cock bird, Best Large AOC Std, Best Large, Best Opposite Size.
2. A. Daybell, White - Good yellow legs, nice whipped tail
3. A.Daybell, Duckwing - Good leg colour
4. S. George, Duckwing - Strong silver duckwing, no tail.
Large Modern Female AOC D.H (7)
1. S. George, Duckwing - Best by far, Stylish bird.
2. P.T. Watkinson, Dent in breast bone.
3. P & A Pennington, Needs pen training
4. A. Daybell, High tail carriage, narrow front.
Black Red Male (23)
1. C.D.Lewis, First impressions mattered, fit, balanced, short, hard feathered The winner really impressed - 2nd, 3rd & 4th were of exceptional quality. I chose according to my interpretation of our standard, but there were quite a few out of the tickets which I would have been delighted to own. Best Black Red, Best Modern
2. P.T. Watkinson,
3. G. Cannell,
4. A.F.Wetters,
Black Red Female (25)
1. C.D.Lewis, Impressive and eye catching. Fit, alert and stylish a clear winner. As with the males, the other awards were of similar quality, not as “fresh” as the first, but a great credit to their owners. I was insistent on back toes being fairly on the ground. Best Opposite sex Black Red
2. G.Cannell,
3. G.Cannell,
4. P.T.Watkinson,
Wheaten Male (9)
1. P.T.Watkinson, A good class showing good style and fitness.Much to praise but I would have liked greater neck lenght and sharper leg colour. One or two were inclined to tip forward. Best Male Wheaten
2. H.Carson,
3. G.Cannell,
4. T.Alty,
Wheaten Female (11)
1. C.D Lewis, A comfortable winner. Striking, balanced and fit. Best Wheaten
2. P.T.Watkinson, Stylish, balanced - perhaps a little dark in the hackle.
3. T.Alty, Another quality bird. But seemed to be bit docile.
4. H.Carson, A close fourth, good colour, well presented and, as with all the prize winner, displaying modern qualities.
Pile Male D.H (7)
1. G.Cannell, Nice in hand, good colour, BOS Pile.
2. B.Carder, Very similar.
3. M.Eade, Stronger in colour and size.
4. S.Coia, Leg colour not as good, square shank.
Pile Female S.McK (4)
1. S.Coia, Tallest in class, super legs and colour. let down by dry flight feathers, otherwise would have been considered for best female, Best Pile.
2. G. Cannell, Good colour but small pullet.
3. S.Coia, Good colour, but even smaller, short of lift.
Birchen Male D.H (13)
1. C.D.Lewis, Nice type and colour easy winner.
2. P.T. Watkinson, Larger but not colour of winner.
3. T&M Dunn, Carried tail high.
4. B.Downe, Poor colour.
Birchen Female S.McK (17)
1. S.Coia, Lovely type. Easy winner, stood out, with a real mulberry face. Best Birchen & Best Opposite Sex Modern.
2. S.Coia, Another stylish pullet. Good colour.
3. C.D. Lewis, Different league, high tail and duck footed.
4. T&M Dunn, Handled well, not best colour.
Brown Red Male S.McK (10)
1. G.Cannell, Stood out. Fine, good example, Best Brown Red.
2. A.Wetters, Stylish but longer in back. Poor tail.
3. S.Coia, Darker cock, poor tail, decent tho!
4. P.T.Watkinson, Good effort, thick in lacing & spoilt high tail.
Brown Red Female D.H (13)
1. G.Cannell, Nice shape and good lemon.
2. Mr & Mrs C Birtwell, Good type, light in hand.
3. E de Gray, Good lemon, longer.
4. N. Hutchinson, Poor leg colour.
Gold Duckwing Male S.McK (11)
1. C.D Lewis, Stood out, good gold cock, Best Gold Male.
2. G.Cannell, Nice gold colour. Fine but long, lovely tail and eyes.
3. H. Carson, Well shown but stronger bird.
4. R.S. Banister, Fair effort but round in back.
Silver Duckwing Male S.McK (12)
1. G. Cannell, Easy winner, fine in hand.
2. H. Carson, Another nice bird but longer in back, than winner.
3. T. Alty, Not shape or lift of previous two birds.
4. G. Cannell, Stylish, but long.
Duckwing Female D.H (16)
1. H.Carson, Tall good type and front, Best Duckwing.
2. G.Cannell, Very nice bird, broken nail.
3. G.Cannell, Very similar to previous good type and colour.
4. P.T.Watkinson, Handled well, fair effort.
AOC Standard Male D.H (7)
Generally a poor class of exhibits.
1. T.E Thompson, Crele
2. T&M Dunn.
3. P.T Watkinson.
4. R.S Banister
AOC Standard Female S.McK (12)
1. E. de Gray, Silver Blue, Fit alert, lovely condition. Best AOC Standard.
2. P.T.Watkinson, Silver Blue, best for style, just spoilt in condition.
3. E. de Gray, Silver Blue, lovely in the hand, another good example.
4. C. Birtwell, Lemon Blue, Another good pullet in a strong class.
AC Non Standard Male D.H (4)
1. P.T Watkinson, Splash, tall bit long, different colour sickles
2. R.S Banister, Cuckoo, short reach, show preparation could be better.
AC Non Standard Female S.McK (4)
1. P.T Watkinson, Splash, Tall good type, Best AC Non Std.
2. C.D Lewis, Good condition.
3. T. Lovel, Small Splash.
Novice Male S.McK (5)
A good class of birds, very difficult to separate.
1. C.D Lewis,
2. G.T.Brearley,
3. A&F James,
4. G.T.Brearley,
Novice Female D.H (9)
1. G.T Brearley,Birchen, Easy winner. Best Novice.
2. C.D Lewis, Wheaten, rough legs.
3. S.Berry, Birchen, long
4. G.T Brearley, Short on lift.
A C Adult Male S.McK (over 1 year) (4)
1. P.T Watkinson, Silver Blue, Tall, good breeder.
2. H. Carson, Silver Duckwing, Good stock bird.
3. M.Eade, Black Red, stronger bird.
A C Adult Female D.H (over 1 year) (3)
1. M.Eade, Black Red,Very fit stands out, Best Old Bird.
2. T.Alty, Duckwing, not so fit
3. M.Carson, Brown Red, dark cap.
Trio’s AK, SMcK & DH (9)
1. H.Carson, Black Reds Best Trio.
2. P.T. Watkinson, Silver Blue
3. G.Cannell,
4. P.T Watkinson,
Judges comments
I would like to thank everyone for the opportunity to judge these classes. I awarded prizes in line with my interpretation of the standard. Many first class birds were left out of the tickets - I would have been delighted to own such birds. Thanks to you all and many congratulations to the prize winners.
Andy Kerr.
I had an enjoyable day with Andy Kerr and Simon Mckean sorting out what proved to be good field of quality exhibits. My strongest class were the Duckwing pullets, the winner showed herself extremely well and was just spoiled by a few missing thigh feathers.
The Pile males were another very good class with all in the class being well put down.
It appears that improvements are still required in the Birchen males if they wish to compete. Birchen females were well supported with some excellent birds on show. The novice class was also well supported with good quality Birchens.
I would like to thank young James Crowther for being an able steward. Also, I would like to thank all who supported the club show and cannot wait for the next opportunity to judge at the Club Show, if my feet will allow it!
Thanks
David Hall
How pleasing the challenge proved to be, faced with a fair entry of exhibits from around the country, with a deep breath and along with my steward Eddie MacNamee we set about judging the birds. Eddie proved that he had an eye for the birds, although not always the feathered variety!!
With fellow judges, David Hall and Andy Kerr, we started with the trios and found some decent birds and it must be said that apart from the winners it was difficult to find matching birds, thus high-lighting the difficulty involved in showing a trio.
Then I judged the large males and the first exhibit a Pile cock was superb and became Best Large.
In the bantams, an array of birds were generally well shown, albeit some with the common faults which the fancy are improving on such as length of back and the angle of tails and width of sickles, were still evident.
Birchen pullets were nice, as were the AOC Standard females which featured possibly my most stylish birds (silver/blues), four quite different birds all with pleasing qualities. The winner a Birchen won on fitness over a real gem of a Pile pullet that was spoiled in feather quality otherwise it would have pressed hard for top honours.
A good day, good birds and great fanciers, topped off with quality Christmas cake and fine port!
Thank you all
Simon McKean |
