Northampton and District Poultry Club Spring Show and Sale.
Sunday 17th February 2008.

Marrowell Farm, West Haddon, Northampton.

 We had a record entry of 319 birds and Trios and 84 plates of eggs for the judges Mr Bill Johnson, Mr Stuart Lowe and Mr Graham Lowe, who came all the way down from Cheshire to deliberate over.
There were some very high quality exhibits and once again it was nice to see some new exhibitors showing for the first time. I hope they are now ‘hooked’ and we will see them regularly in the future not just at our show but at others as well.
The sale went down a storm and although the ‘shed’ wasn’t very big there were quite a few birds sold.
The day was a great success, infact I have never seen so many people turn out for one of our shows. It was down to a strong team effort and I would just like to thank a few people for their efforts on the day and in the preparation beforehand.
Rose, Julie and ‘chef’ Roger for the catering, Chris and Barry for handling the sale, Jess, Mike, Tim, Val, Mildred, Ann, Bob and Ian for general help and we can’t forget our chairman Wilf.
All in all a good show lets build on this for the future.

The main winners were as follows:
Best in Show and Best Hard Feather Bantam was a Wheaten Black Red OEG Bantam cock from Hugh Evans.
Reserve Best in Show and Best Waterfowl was a Saxony Drake from Paul Hayes.
The best Large Soft Feather was a Light Brahma cock from Sharon Gould, a bird that did well at our last show as a cockerel.
Best Large Hard Feather was a Brown Red Carlisle OEG Cock from Alan Brown.
Best True Bantam was a Silver Partridge Dutch pullet from Tim and Val Moss.
Best Trio were Barred Wyandotte Bantams from Kerry Wilson.
Best Eggs were three Large Mottled exhibited by Brian White.
Best Rare was a Blue Sumatra Cockerel from Richard Billson.
Best Soft Feather Bantam was a White Wyandotte cockerel from John Odell.
Best Junior was a Dutch bantam pullet from Leah Holloway.
Best Belgian was a Quail D’anvers pullet from Joe Longland.
Best Japanese was a Wheaten Frizzle pullet from Barry Evans.
Best Sebright was a Silver pullet from Chris Balaam.
Best Australorp was a Black bantam pullet from Peter Morley.

The Autumn Show Results
Sunday 28^th October 2007

Marrowell Farm, West Haddon, Northampton.

After the disappointment of cancellations in the recent past it was pleasing to attract an entry of 296 birds and Trios and 74 plates of eggs for the judges Clive Bradbury, Roger Clarke and Edward Thompson to deliberate over.

There were some very high quality exhibits and even though some of our regular exhibitors were elsewhere either showing or judging we had a very good turnout with some first time exhibitors feeling their way and finding out what it felt like to be competing against the ‘professionals’.

The main winners were as follows:

Best in Show, Best Hard Feather Bantam and Best Current Year bred was a Furness OEG Bantam pullet from Stuart Owen.

Reserve Best in Show and Best Soft Feather Bantam was a Buff Rock Cockerel from R Coope.

The best Large Soft Feather was a Light Brahma cockerel from Sharon Gould.

Best Large Hard Feather was a Grey Carlisle OEG Hen from John Messenger.

Best True Bantam was a Gold Partridge Dutch Cockerel from Simon York.

The Best Junior and Best Waterfowl was a White Call from Danetre School handled by Charlie.

Best Trio were Black Australorp Bantams from Peter Morley.

Best Eggs were three Goose eggs exhibited by Mark Anderson-Howe.

Best Rare was a Black German Langshan Cockerel from Nobby Ward.

You can see pictures of the show winners below: