NOTTINGHAM NPA SHOW

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Chrissy and I went to this show  last Monday and we had a great day out where me met a lot of our friends who attended and it was a great turnout with I think about 1,500 birds so it was a packed hall, we ourselves had a fairly good set of results where we won eight first prizes, six second prizes and a third from the 26 birds we entered so we were quite happy and we were even more happier when one of our racer hens won best of breed for us, we got an NPA certificate with one of our young lavender hens, here are a few of the photo's I took, not the best taken photos though but they show the birds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the young lavender hen that won the NPA certificate

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the racer hen that won us best of breed

 

 

and below are a few photos of all the breed winners

 

 

 

 

the photo below shows our best in breed  bird in pen 2

[Guest grizzler]

well done, and a nice set of pics.

 

steve

[Guest]

some great results there ,well done Liz & Tam.                  andy.

[Guest bigbok]

yes well done nottingham show is a very good show and is always a great christmas getaway some nice looking ASR  i used to keep these a while back and brought a few nice ones in from america on a few occasions i may start up with them again as they are getting real popular now

[Guest TAMMY_1]

yes well done nottingham show is a very good show and is always a great christmas getaway some nice looking ASR  i used to keep these a while back and brought a few nice ones in from america on a few occasions i may start up with them again as they are getting real popular now

 

Agree with you on that, they are now becoming very popular at a lot of the shows we go to, Liz has really taken to this breed now ,more than the English show racers, she finds them fascinating to be with, she thinks they are very inquisitive when she is in with them and a couple of them are very friendly with her and they sit on her shoulder .

[greenlands]

Well done mate,some nice birds there.

Lindsay

[Guest bigbok]

i had trouble getting people into them back in the 90s most wanted them to cross on show racers to build them up a little the maot i ever saw was at docaster fancy show

were we had over 30 now they are getting this regular up and down the country watch the down faced in them and dropped wings i see this alot in the german stock that has came over

[Guest TAMMY_1]

i had trouble getting people into them back in the 90s most wanted them to cross on show racers to build them up a little the maot i ever saw was at docaster fancy show

were we had over 30 now they are getting this regular up and down the country watch the down faced in them and dropped wings i see this alot in the german stock that has came over

 

do you still keep any ASR's ?

[Guest beautyhomer]

yes well done nottingham show is a very good show and is always a great christmas getaway some nice looking ASR  i used to keep these a while back and brought a few nice ones in from america on a few occasions i may start up with them again as they are getting real popular now

 

Always liked Nottingham but have not been for a few years now.However I believe there was a problem with the Holle Cropper club's pens this year due to not having sides to them as requested.When this was mentioned to the organisers they were handed some cardboard to sort it themselves!!

[Guest bigbok]

sounds like nottingham lol

[Guest bigbok]

sounds like nottingham lol

[Guest bigbok]

no i sold them all in 2003 to a guy in wales and another in ireland

i first started with them in 1984-5 and sold out to bill dale in 88 then restarted in 92 until 03 i mainly used them for feeders for my trumps but still liked to show them had some cracking andalusions and grizzles

[Guest TAMMY_1]

no i sold them all in 2003 to a guy in wales and another in ireland

i first started with them in 1984-5 and sold out to bill dale in 88 then restarted in 92 until 03 i mainly used them for feeders for my trumps but still liked to show them had some cracking andalusions and grizzles

 

Bill is actually one of Liz's friends now and she had a good chinwag with him as usual at the show.

[Guest bigbok]

yer he is a good guy he came to mine for a spare hen a nd left with my entire first stud of bars nice birds they were

glad to see he is dtill around them i have seen him about but never had time to chat

[Guest TAMMY_1]

yer he is a good guy he came to mine for a spare hen a nd left with my entire first stud of bars nice birds they were

glad to see he is dtill around them i have seen him about but never had time to chat

 

don't know if they are still related to yours but he still has some very nice birds

[Guest bigbok]

i think over the years he has added a few from america and the continent with god success

[Guest TAMMY_1]

i think over the years he has added a few from america and the continent with god success

 

He brought some back on Andy Lowes trip to Germany last year and that is where Liz first got to know him as that is where ours came from as well.

[Guest bigbok]

nice to hear

i have seen a lot around this year and alot of them need to tighten their wings up and station more erect plus straight beak outlook alot are down faced like show racers

[Guest bigbok]

nice to hear

i have seen a lot around this year and alot of them need to tighten their wings up and station more erect plus straight beak outlook alot are down faced like show racers

 

 

[sammy]

now they look class

[Guest beautyhomer]

Don't see any like that over here.You didn't pinch those photos off the ASR web page did you Neil?

[Guest bigbok]

i did

but all mine used to be like the mealy it is a amos hodson bird a master breeder who helped me and john graves alot

[Guest bigbok]

the blue bar on the right is one of the best ive seen