Soup Supper & Judging comp ~ December
10th
meeting
20 GBS
members sampled a soup & supper evening to finish
off 2009, this fine feast was again generously supplied
by Secretary Brian Cragg & his wife Barbara. All members
of GBS attending thanked Brian & Barbara for their
fantastic gesture.
Let the feasting begin!!
All
the members really enjoyed a great spread of christmas
fare and had a good laugh as usual with all the banter
being of a good nature. After all chins were wiped around
30 birds were judged in a fun and informal way. All 4
sections were represented in varying numbers with Budgies,
Foreign, Canaries and British birds being seen. More
information on the birds shown, winning birds, owners
and the overall best judge on this evening will follow
soon on our shows page.
The superb
glass trophy, recently presented to GBS by Frank's family
in remembrance of our member Frank Orrey, seen below,
was presented to the best bird in the chosen section by
the club president of 2009 Jim Moreton at our recent members
show.
Tom Fountain's
great Fife Canary was chosen and you can see above the
first plaque which is now fitted onto the base of the
glass trophy, this will no doubt be a popular trophy to
win in future shows at Grantham Bird Society.
The Frank Orrey Memorial Trophy
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2010 Agenda & Auction ~ November
20th
meeting
Well over
20 GBS members enjoyed another laughter filled evening
with the 2010 agenda being agreed in record time! The
auction of avian 'bric-a-brac' went well also with 95%
of goods kindly brought in by members being sold to raise
funds for the club. Stuart Randell was the auctioneer
on the evening and did an excellent job in pushing the
auction along, he was supported by Jim Moreton.
Steve
Nesbitt presented the updated GBS club website to the
members showing all the photo galleries from the recent
Open show. This was well received by all at the meeting.
On a serious
note the family of recently deceased GBS member and 2006
GBS President Frank Orrey were in attendance to present
the club with a memorial trophy to remember Frank by.
The superb glass trophy, seen below, will be presented
to the best bird in the chosen section of future shows
by the club president of that year.
The Frank Orrey Memorial Trophy
All GBS
members would like to thank Frank's family for this gesture
and we are sure that this excellent trophy will keep the
memory of Frank going in the club for many, many years
to come.
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The Grimsthorpe
Estate ~ September
10th
talk
"Chris
gave us all a very entertaining talk on the conservation
work he and his team have been and are currently doing
at Grimsthorpe. His knowledge in so many areas was very
apparent and the humorous way he took us through all the
different plant and animal topics was great" ~ Steve
Nesbitt
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An evening with
Bob Storey on Waxbills ~ July 9th talk
"I
thought Bob's talk was very good and was in really interesting
detail, Bob obviously knows what he is talking about"
~ Stuart Randell
"I
enjoyed this months talk by Bob, I was very interested
in the breakdown of the seed mixes Bob uses for his Waxbills"
~ John Orrey
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Barry Mills ~
Yorkshire Canaries ~ June 11th talk
"In
my opinion Barry gave the best talk in the 2 years or
so I have been a member here at Grantham, it was excellent
stuff and I could have listened for another couple of
hours, no bother" ~ Eric Michie
"I
am a foreign bird keeper myself but I still enjoyed Barry's
talk on Yorkshire Canaries immensely. His love for the
Yorkshire Canary was very clear for all to see on the
night and he put his knowledge across to our members in
a great way" ~ Norman Chapman
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Gordon Priestley
~ Wild Bird Ringer ~ March 12th talk
"Gordon's
talk was very good and I did not realise the staggering
distances that birds travel when they migrate!" ~
Tom Fountain
"This
was a really interesting talk that helped me with bird
identification and what different ways closely related
birds can be identified, for instance - the shape of the
wings." ~ Pete Brown
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"Future
GBS member meeting reviews will appear here"
