Records of our 2007 bird shows.

Gallery of our Members Show held on November 23rd

The judges on the day were: Budgerigars ~ Mike Jarrold from Lincolnshire All Canaries ~ Lou Manchester from Lincolnshire British ~ Mike Jarrold from Lincolnshire Foreign ~ Mike Jarrold from Lincolnshire (Judge John Robinson from Lincoln was unable to attend due to a road accident affecting his travel to our venue, so thankfully Mike Jarrold stepped in to save the dayin judging the Britich & Foreign sections) v
Our latest Members Show was a great event with a fantastic 173 birds benched. All bird entries, food and drink on the day were provided free of charge by GBS and this went some way to making it yet another successful day for the club. v
GBS Chairman Stuart Randell's fine Gloster won the Bristos Tarvia Cup. v	v Norman Chapman won both the Marriot and Fletcher trophies with his Best Java sparrow and Best Foreign Bird in show. v	v Paul Cumbers' birds achieved the Best Zebra Finch in show.
v John Willows won 2 prizes with best Border Canary and best Norwich canary	vv Jim Mear won the Crawshaw Cup with his Best beginner and best breeder Budgie entries. v	The Best Bengalese in show was awarded to Trevor Woodruff.v
v The overall Best Budgerigar in show award went to Steve Speed	Jim Moreton's Fife was awarded Best Champion and Tom Fountain won the Best Novice Fife ~ Tom is shown on the left.	v Award for Best Champion / Intermediate breeder and Best opposite sex Budgerigar went to GBS Secretary Brian Cragg
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Gallery of our 2008 U/F Canary & Young Stock show
(Budgies & Foreign birds) held on October 9th

The judge on the evening of our 2008 U/F Canary & Young Stock show was our long time good friend, Mr Derek Robinson from Lincoln.	v
Above, Derek Robinson receiving a bottle of wine from GBS 2008 club President, Barbara Cragg in gratitude for traveling from his home in Lincoln to judge for us on the evening. v
12 Foreign bird entries were benched. v	Those attending saw 8 British bird entries. v	12 fine looking Glosters were benched. v
8 Budgies of a good standard and colour selection were viewed. v	Judge for the night Derek Robinson checking out the Foreign section. v	Around 20 Fife and Norwich Canaries were also benched.
3 members were presented by President Barbara Cragg with Cage & Aviary Newspaper Diplomas in recognition of their recent successes at our Open show and also in thanks for supporting our shows. v
Norman Chapman	Robert Windle	Shaun Blakey
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Gallery of our 2008 BBQ & Open Show held on September 21st

The judges on the day were >>>>>>>>>>>	Budgerigars ~ Beverly Hutt from Cambridge Fife Canaries ~ Stuart Fox from Wisbech Gloster Canaries ~ Steven Gash from Mansfield New Col/AOV Canaries ~ Peter Ward from Stamford British ~ Jim Theaker from Lincoln Foreign ~ Dave Payne from Gainsborough v
Yet another successful Open Show for Grantham Bird Society with the the show hall being full to capacity. The Fife section was an impressive and growing 100 plus birds with a high standard being shown across the classes. The Foreign section is developing also with over 40 birds entered and new exhibitors coming to Grantham for the first time in all sections, one exhibitor even travelled from Shrewsbury.
The British birds was a small but still a very interesting class	v Close to 100 Budgies on show on the day v	v Over 40 Foreign birds were exhibited, all of excellent stndard.
Canaries in all varieties were out in force too.	British judge Jim Theaker in action on the day v	The Fife Canary entry was fantastic, well over 100.
Henry Johnson's winning Corona Gloster Canary	The Best Novice, a Grey Green Budgie by Jim Mear	The all conquering Consort Gloster Canary from Mark Hicks v
Best Foreign Norman Chapman	Best British Robert Windle	Best Budgerigar S & J Blakey
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Gallery of our 2008 Nest Feather Show held on April 10th

The judge on the evening was: Mr Tony Adey	Another great Grantham Bird Society evening was had by all at our April 2008 nest feather & buffet. We also had a great talk on Budgies from our judge on the evening, Mr Tony Adey.
Over 20 Budgies were benched on the night. v	Mr Adey in the process of choosing the best bird. v	Members enjoying Mr Adey 's Budgie talk. v
Mr Adey with our 2008 President Barbara Cragg	Shaun Blakey, one of the winning Budgie exhibitors.	Steve Speed also did well with his Budgies.
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