The first show of the year and also one of the biggest shows for the year outside of the pre-selection Show. I've got 8 birds in and fingers crossed they don't do the "Bottom Of The Cage Tango" during judging. Should be a good day out as there will be a lot of quality birds on display.

Link to the show here: Pine Rivers Show

Good luck Daryl but I am sure you don't need it

best off luck hope to go to a show down there one day

Good luck Daryl but I am sure you don't need it

 

Thanks Julie and Shannon but I will need all the luck I can get. There were over 400 Novice birds last year and the mainstream Novice classes had over 12 birds per class. I'll be happy to run a place in any class. I've entered 4 Spangles, 2 Normal Blues, a Grey and a Cinnamon. But it's great seeing what sort of standard you need to achieve to make the leap to the next section.

Well the show is over with total entries somewhere around 700. The impression was that entries were down a little due to the shift in ring issue date for 2010. Henry George managed to walk away with most of the major prizes with a couple of young Cinnamon Greys (cock and hen). Look out for them later in the year Also, Bob Smith had an outstanding Grey Green which won it's colour award but missed progressing any further due to condition. Be very surprised if it doesn't make the National team.

 

 

Most of my birds were competitive in a Novice section about 300 strong. I entered 6 young birds and 2 old birds. First the young birds:

 

Sky hen - 4 in class - 1st.

 

Grey hen - unplaced (can't remember how many were in the class)

 

2 Spangle cocks - 13 in class - 1st and 2nd. Judge had an interesting time as my second bird was clearly better than the winner but had pale spangle markings and no visible spots whereas my 1st bird had the bullseye spots etc.

 

2 Spangle hens - 12 (?) in class - 4th and 6ish. The bird which won Best Novice Young hen won this class and beat my Spangle for Best Novice Spangle.

 

The Old Birds:

 

Sky cock - 3 in class - 1st and won Best Novice Normal and Best Novice Old Cock which was a nice surprise!

 

Cinnamon cock - 3 in class - 1st.

 

 

There were some pretty nice birds scattered throughout the show in different varieties. As this was a Brasea Rare varieties show there were plenty of quality lesser varieties of which I currently breed none. I especially liked some of the Recessive Pieds on show.

what a wonderful result for you and your birds , congratulations!

well done how long till you come out of Novice looks like you had a good day did you see daz

Thanks guys. I don't think Daz was there as I didn't see him.

I only got back into budgies in 2007 but didn't show until my 2008 birds came along. So my first show was Pine Rivers 2009. We have a "different" system in Qld wherein elevation is the responsibility of the individual club and points accumulated are tallied by individual clubs. I only have points at Pine Rivers and Ipswich (my home club) so I'll continue to show at those two clubs in a hope to gain points. It'll probably take a few more years yet.

Edited February 7, 201015 yr by Daryl

you did well mate con grads

can we maybe see pics one stage or another of the winning birds please

Congratulations Daryl that was a good result . Do the clubs up there have Diploma points etc?

GB,

 

Here's a picture I took in the carpark of the Sky cock as I was loading him into the car. I tried photographing him at the show but he insisted of giving me an action shot!

 

 

It's only the second time I've been able to show him as he was bred right at the end of '08.

 

 

Here's the first Spangle cock. Taken at the show, the picture doesn't do him justice, I think he's better than he looks here but this was all I could get of him as he was very wary of the camera and wouldn't settle for me:

 

 

 

Here's the second Spangle cock also taken at the show. Strangely I think this picture makes him look better than he actually is as. I still think he's better than the bird above but he's not as good as he looks here:

 

 

 

 

Splat, the points here (from memory) are 1 point is awarded for winning a class containing 7 or more birds by at least 4 exhibitors. No bird can gain more than a point at any one show. I think you need 8 points to move from Novice to Intermediate. We don't award a Diploma at the Annual Show's here but it's something I wish we'd consider as I know how sought after it is in Vic.

GB,

 

Here's a picture I took in the carpark of the Sky cock as I was loading him into the car. I tried photographing him at the show but he insisted of giving me an action shot!

 

 

It's only the second time I've been able to show him as he was bred right at the end of '08.

 

 

Here's the first Spangle cock. Taken at the show, the picture doesn't do him justice, I think he's better than he looks here but this was all I could get of him as he was very wary of the camera and wouldn't settle for me:

 

 

 

Here's the second Spangle cock also taken at the show. Strangely I think this picture makes him look better than he actually is as. I still think he's better than the bird above but he's not as good as he looks here:

 

 

 

 

Splat, the points here (from memory) are 1 point is awarded for winning a class containing 7 or more birds by at least 4 exhibitors. No bird can gain more than a point at any one show. I think you need 8 points to move from Novice to Intermediate. We don't award a Diploma at the Annual Show's here but it's something I wish we'd consider as I know how sought after it is in Vic.

 

 

thanks a lot it really helps me to see others birds they are going to show and ones that win as i can see where my birds sit in relation and how much more i need to put in

they are all lovely birds the second spangle is rather regal looking their isnt he

Here's some pics I took of the open birds:Alan Kent old Light Green cock.

 

 

 

Bob Smith young Grey Green cock. This is the one I mentioned earlier but I only got one picture of him and this is it. He is a very powerful bird, more so than comes across in this photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second bird in the class, a Grey Green cock by Henry George.

 

 

 

 

 

A Bob Smith Spangle Dark Green, young I think.

 

 

 

 

 

An Open Grey cock, can't remember the breeder

 

 

 

 

A Henry George Lacewing Yellow cock. I though this was the best Lacewing on the day but I have no idea what it won other than it's class. I only included this as I like Lacewing Yellows

 

 

That's all I took but it shows a few of what were there today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, here's a picture of my Sky cock as a baby which I just stumbled across in Photobucket:

 

 

Edited February 7, 201015 yr by Daryl

Congratulations Daryl. I love your birds

Wow Daryl your birds are really nice , love the sky and his blow wow, love the bulls eye spots on the spangle. You are differently on your way with your birds.

The points system there sucks I think ours seems much better

Thanks Kaz and splat, it's always good to at least be competitive, after all the hard work we put in. Winning is just a bit of luck that goes with it.

 

I sat with a friend and we watched the Novice judging together. Further across we could see the Intermediate and Open birds being judged and even from a distance they were far superior. I wished I had a dollar for everytime one of us looked at those birds and said, "We have got such a long way to go yet".

 

Splat, re: our points system I think it's based around ensuring that you gain elevation upon proving you are competitive in your current section. However I think it is biased against breeders of the rarer varieties as it's uncommon to have 4 exhibitors and 7 birds in the Blackeye, Clearwing etc classes. If you specialised in these classes and bred quality you could potentially be a National winner and be stuck in Novice! We don't award any points at our National preselection but I'd like to see that change in line with what you do in Vic. Also, aside from the Nats preselection there is no UBC or Adult Bird Shield to offer the chance for points. I do like that you don't have to win Best Of Section to take home points though.

Daryl points here are also really hard to get, specially a Diploma but at the Diploma you only get 5 points for bet bird in section, Diploma points are are anothing 5 points I think and that makes 10 points. But there are certain amount of birds etc like you guys but I think ours is 20 birds and 3 exhibitors to say get best Adult bird in a section but I think Diploma points are for young birds and I think there has to be 120 birds to collect the points.

The shields are where the points are good but hard to get because it is mostly champion breeders that win them.

Sorry I missed the Show... Great Birds Daryl well done.

Sorry I missed the Show... Great Birds Daryl well done.

Where have you been hiding Daz....you have missed a lot of stuff

Here's some pics I took of the open birds:Alan Kent old Light Green cock.

 

 

 

Bob Smith young Grey Green cock. This is the one I mentioned earlier but I only got one picture of him and this is it. He is a very powerful bird, more so than comes across in this photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second bird in the class, a Grey Green cock by Henry George.

 

 

 

 

 

A Bob Smith Spangle Dark Green, young I think.

 

 

 

 

 

An Open Grey cock, can't remember the breeder

 

 

 

 

A Henry George Lacewing Yellow cock. I though this was the best Lacewing on the day but I have no idea what it won other than it's class. I only included this as I like Lacewing Yellows

 

 

That's all I took but it shows a few of what were there today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, here's a picture of my Sky cock as a baby which I just stumbled across in Photobucket:

 

 

 

 

thank you for posting these mate

Oh My Goodness!!!! WELL DONE Daryl!

 

I LOVE these birds! You should be very, very proud of yourself! You'll be representing your State at Nationals very soon. Keep up the good work!

 

It's only the second time I've been able to show him as he was bred right at the end of '08.

 

 

Here's the first Spangle cock.

 

 

Here's the second Spangle cock

Gosh you have done extremely well!! Congratulations You must be so proud, I know I would be!!

Thanks for the good wishes guys and thanks for the optimism Ren, but truthfully my birds are a long way from making any Nationals team. Maybe in 5 years I might start getting close to getting a bird in. I'd be extremely happy (and surprised) just to get a top 10 finish at the preselection at the moment.