NORFOLK FOREIGN BIRD ASSOCIATION - 1992 OPEN SHOW

Officials of the club were delighted with this years entry of 368 which was only a slight reduction over the previous year.

The Parrotlike section had 36 entries and the leading current year bred exhibit was a Senegal Parrot owned by M&C Coleman. A Lineolated won the award for second best for S&P Fisher whilst a Cinnamon Pearl Pied Cockatiel was third for M&C Coleman. The final award went to Mr & Mrs B Sheldrake with an African Ringneck.

Best Parrotlike went to an African Ringneck owned by S&P Fisher which was closely followed by the Rock Pebblar staged by S Lennox. The Rosa Bourkes of S&P Fisher and Cinnamon Pied Cockatiel of M&C Coleman were third and fourth.

All the main award winners amongst the 47 Lovebirds were adult birds.. Best was the Silver Peach Faced of R Smith, and he also benched the third and fourth best with a Pastel Blue and a normal Peach Faced. A Jade Peach Faced belonging to M&C Coleman was second best.

R Smith was also to the fore in the current year bred section taking most of the awards with Peach Faced. M&C Coleman prevented a clean sweep in taking second best with a Fischers.

There were 46 common seedeaters for E & P Gallimore to judge. Best was a cock Red Billed Firefinch owned by C&S Allaway. This was followed by the leading current year bred entry, a pair of White Javas belonging to D Brown. A normal Java was third for B Rudling. Fourth best went to C&S Allaway with Orange Cheeked Waxbills.

Following the White Java’s in the current year bred section was the Cordon Blue owned by W&J Savory and the Cutthroat belonging to B Rudling. W&J Savory also won the final award with Bronze Winged Mannikins.

There were 25 rare seedeaters and leading the section, and best seedeater in show, was the Hybrid of L&S Ward. This was followed by two entries belonging to W&J Savory, a Black & White Seedeater and a Celebes Mannikin. N Elliston won the final award with a Red Crested Finch.

In a poorly supported current year bred section, W&J Savory won with a Hybrid.

There was an increased entry of 55 Australian finches. Best in section was a cock Cherry Finch owned by D Nudd with second place going to a pair of Chestnut Breasted Finches belonging to M Day which was also best current year bred Australian. The other award winners in this section were both current year bred entries being the Hecks Grassfinch of G Wincomb and the Cherry Finch owned by D Brown.

Softbills are always favourites with visitors to the show and an excellent pair of African Zosterops won the section for C&S Allaway and were also awarded second best in show. The same exhibitors also won the awards for second and fourth best in section with Chestnut Flanked Zosterops and a Pekin Robin. D Nudd won the award for third best with a Verditer Flycatcher. Two entries were benched in the current year bred class, both Zosterops, with D Nudd coming out on top.

The class for nectarfeeders produced the best exhibit in show, a Brown Bellied Amazilia Hummingbird owned by C&S Allaway. The same exhibitors also won second best with an Amethyst Sunbird.

A most rewarding aspect of the show was the sharp increase in the number of junior exhibits. Competition was particularly fierce in the Seedeater classes where G Nudd won the award for best seedeater and junior foreign with a Hecks grassfinch. A Cockatiel staged by B Howe was second whilst S Mayson owned both best junior Zebra Finch and Bengalese.

Judge B Debling was faced with 82 entries when placing the awards in the Zebra Finch section. The champion adult classes were led by M Day with Fawns followed by Normals owned by Mr & Mrs Stanhope and P Ankin respectively. M Day also staged the best champion breeder exhibits which were also Fawns followed by B Rudling’s Fawns and another M Day entry, this time Creams.

In was in the novice section that the best exhibit was to be found, the Fawns owned by J Gibbons which were also best breeder. Leading novice adults were Fawns staged by A White and these were followed by another pair of Fawns owned by D Webster. All the other breeder awards were Fawns.

Bengalese were poorly supported with the winner being D Brown.