Orkney Auction Mart hosted the 68th annual cage bird show on the 20th and 21st November 2009. Once again, the event was hailed as a great success and attracted seven new junior members to the society. This bodes very well for the future success of the club.

View's from both ends of show venue

A very respectable 710 entries ensured a successful show. These entries consisted of 184 canaries and british birds, 110 racing pigeons, 91 fancy pigeons, 68 budgies, 11 foreign birds, 235 poultry, 8 rabbits and 4 cavies.

This year the judges travelled from as far as Alness. The senior judge was the clubs honorary president, Harold Linklater, who did a fantastic job at the age of 87. He said "that the show was the best organised show he had ever been at and that he was honoured to have been asked to judge the budgies." Donald Bruce from Caithness, another senior citizen, judged the fancy pigeons and foreign birds. This was his first visit since the show relocated to the mart.

The organisers repeated last year's buffet at the West End Hotel and again it was well attended which gave everyone the chance to socialise and talk to the judges.

Mike Thomson with Supreme Champion "Charlie" the plumhead parakeet

The supreme champion, this year, came from the foreign bird section. This time, the bird was a plumhead parakeet, shown by a first time exhibitor, from Castletown Caithness, Mike Thomson, who also took the best canary in show with a border canary. He was absolutely over the moon and said "he would come back next year," John Bain, from Wick, a regular exhibitor, won the best unflighted border bred by the exhibitor. Bryce Wylie had success with a homebred fife fancy. Best british bird was a greenfinch from Graham Beck. The budgie entry was up this year and it was great to see the awards spread around, with Bryan Taylor taking the best budgie, with a cobalt blue bird. It was nice to see Ian Sutherland back exhibiting and winning two breeder cups. The racing pigeon honours went to Herbert MacKenzie. The fancy pigeon honours went to Jim Wilson, with a modena. Denise Ritch to best pigeon any variety with a show racer, which went on to take the supreme champion (local). The poultry section was again won by Eddie Craigie, a Cage Bird Society stalwart, who won overall poultry champion with a white wyandotte hen, also taking best bird shown by ex-serviceman. On Saturday, the rabbits and cavies joined the exhibitors it was disappointing to see the entry down again this year at 12, but this did not detract from the winner, Melissa Cormack who won both best rabbit and best cavy

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            Best Poultry                         Supreme Champion (local)                 Best Racing Pigeon

              Best Budgie                                   Best Canary                           Best British Bird

The Society would like to take this opportunity to thank all the show sponsors, individuals and businesses who donated prizes to the raffle, also the mart and cafe staff.

PREMIER AWARDS
1	CUP	Supreme Champion of Show	M Thomson
2	CUP	Supreme Champion of Show (Local)	D Ritch
3	CUP	Best Bird Shown by Ex-Serviceman	E R Craigie
CANARY
4	CUP	Best Canary in Show	M Thomson
5	CUP	Second Best Canary in Show B B E	P B Wylie
6	TROPHY	Best Opposite Sex (Local)	P B Wylie
7	CUP	Best Unflighted Canary	P B Wylie
8	SHIELD	Best Unflighted Canary B B E	P B Wylie
9	CUP	Best Yorkshire Canary	A & E Eccles
10	CUP	Best Fife Fancy	P B Wylie
11	CUP	Best Opposite Sex Fife Fancy	T Bews
12	CUP	Best Unflighted Fife Fancy	P B Wylie
13	CUP	Most Points in Canary Section Over All	A & E Eccles
14	TROPHY	Best Border Canary	M Thomson
15	CUP	Best Unflighted Border Canary B B E	J Bain
16	CUP	Best Dark Canary	M Thomson
17	TROPHY	3 Nominated Birds	M Thomson
18	CUP	Best Gloster Canary	A & E Eccles
19	CUP	Best Unflighted Yorkshire Canary	A & E Eccles
20	CUP	Best AOV Canary in Show	D Marwick
21	CUP	Best British Bird	G Beck
		Best Canary Shown By Junior	E Flett
BUDGERIGAR
22	CUP	Best Budgerigar in Show	B Taylor
23	CUP	Best Budgerigar Opposite Sex	E Flett
24	CUP	Best Local Breeder	I Sutherland
25	CUP	Best Breeder Opposite Sex (Local)	I Sutherland
26	TROPHY	Most Points in Budgerigar Section Overall	S,D & M Grieve
27	TROPHY	Best Pair Nominated Budgerigar Cock & Hen	E Flett
28	CUP	Best Adult Pied Budgerigar	R Lennie
29	CUP	Best Pied Breeder	S,D & M Grieve
30	TROPHY	Best Opaline Budgerigar	B Taylor
31	TROPHY	Best Cinnamon Budgerigar Any Variety	S,D & M Grieve
		Best Budgerigar Shown By Junior	E Flett
FOREIGN BIRD
32	CUP	Best Parrotlike	M Thomson
33	THROPHY	Best Cockatiel	No Entry
34	TROPHY	Best Finch	A & E Eccles
35	TROPHY	Best Foreign Bird	M Thomson
36	SHIELD	Best Pair Zebra Finches	A & E Eccles
37	TROPHY	Best Lovebird	No Entry
38	SHIELD	Best Pair Fawn Zebra Finches	A & E Eccles
		Best Foreign Bird Shown By Junior	No Entry
PIGEON
39	CUP	Best Pigeon, Any Variety In Show	D Ritch
40	SHIELD	Best Young Pigeon, Any Variety In Show	J W Ross
41	CUP	Most Points In Pigeon Section With 3 Nominated Birds	J Wilson
42	SHIELD	Best Show Racer	D Ritch
43	CUP	Best Adult Show Racer	D Ritch
44	SHIELD	Best Opposite Sex Adult Show Racer	J W Ross
45	CUP	Best Young Show Racer	J W Ross
46	TROPHY	Best Opposite Sex Young Show Racer	C Bain
47	TROPHY	Best Adult Fancy	J Wilson
48	CUP	Best Fancy Pigeon In Show	J Wilson
49	CUP	Best Young Fancy Pigeon	J Wilson
		Best Pigeon Shown By Junior	Emma Flett
RACING PIGEON
50	CUP	Best Racing Pigeon	H Mackenzie
51	CUP	Best Young Racing Pigeon	C Craigie
52	CUP	Best Flown Racer	H Mackenzie
53	ROSE BOWL	Best Opposite Sex Racing Pigeon	E R Craigie
54	CUP	Best Young Flown Racer	E R Craigie
POULTRY
55	SHIELD	Best Bantam In Show	E R Craigie
56	CUP	Best Opposite Sex Champion	Donald MacIsaac
57	CUP	Best Bantam Reserve To Champion Same Sex	A Laird
58	CUP	Most Points In Bantam Section With 3 Nominated Birds	S Robertson
59	TROPHY	Best Soft Feather Bantam	E R Craigie
60	SHIELD	Best Hard Feather Bantam	A Laird
61	TROPHY	Best Game Bantam	A Laird
62	TROPHY	Best Opposite Sex Bantam	M Thomson
63	TROPHY	Best Waterfowl	M Thomson
64	TROPHY	Most Points In Waterfowl Section 3 Nominated Birds	M Thomson
65	SHIELD	Best Overall Poultry	E R Craigie
66	SHIELD	Best Large Poultry	D A MacIsaac
67	SHIELD	3 Nominated Large Poultry	D A MacIsaac
68	CUP	Best Call Duck	D A MacIsaac
		Best Poultry Shown By Junior	M Cragie
RABBIT & CAVY
69	CUP	Best Rabbit	M Cormack
70	CUP	Best Cavy	M Cormack
		Best Rabbit Or Cavy Shown By Junior	M Cormack

RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS 2009

1: £200 B Wylie, 2: £100 I Shearer, 3: £50 D Macleod, 4: £50 W Rendall, 5: £20 D Cusiter, 6: £20 J Bain,

7: £20 G Bennett, 8: £20 A Quilliam, 9: £20 S Sim, 10: Box of Groceries P Woodhouse,

11: Tin of Shortbread A Laird,12: Karaoke Machine D T MacIsaac, 13: Planter K Kent,

14: Bottle of Wine S Wright, 15: Perfume Set G Sinclair16: Watch & Bracelet R Belford,

17: Aromatherapy Gift Set T Fraser, 18: Toilet Bag S Grieve, 19: Bottle of Vodka S Thomson,

20: Bird Watching Kit F Tait, 21: Bottle of Port D Cusiter, 22: Sheila Fleet Necklace F Morrison,

23: £15 Lobbans Voucher M Harcus, 24: DVD C Umphray, 25: Bottle of Old Pulteney R Hewison,

26: Box of Celebration I Ritch, 27: Rucksack M Thomson,28: Orkney Jug Donald c/o Quoyburray,

29: Box of Biscuits H linklater, 30: Bag of Tatties I & M Thomson,31: Door Mat R Smith,

32: Bottle of Wine B Wylie, 33: Christmas Dec I Sutherland, 34: Ortak Earrings L Eccles,

35: Bottle of Wine D Ritch 36: Box of Black Magic Chocolates Robertson,

37: £10 Gorns Voucher J Buchan, 38: Bottle of Wine B Wylie, 39: Toiletries R Findlater,

40: Clock Radio C A Blake, 41: Glass Bowl B Duncan, 42: Candle R Donaldson,

43: Karen Duncan Necklace and Earrings S Campbell, 44: Diary J Bain, 45: Set Mugs G Sinclair,

46: Bottle of Highland Park K Campbell, 47: £20 Picture Framing Voucher Carmichel,

48: Tea Pot F Clark, 49: Bottle of Wine I Tait, 50: Rucksack H Drever,

51:£15 Donaldson Voucher E Ploughman 52: Box of Chocolates O Heddle, 53: Photo Frame J Copland,

54: Incense Sticks A Clouston 55: £10 Glues Voucher S Kemp, 56 Orkney Book A Tait,

57: Jar Sweets, 58: Bottle of Grouse L Firth 59: MacKays Necklace & Earrings J Laughton,

60: Toilet Bag A Laird, 61: Bottle of Wine J Armstrong, 62: Meal for 4 at Harbour Fry Wick,

63: Box of Biscuits A Gray, 64: Bottle of Wine J W Craigie, 65: Toilet Bag M Craigie,

66: Bottle of Vodka L Sinclair, 67: Box of Chocolates Esson, 68: £4 Florabunda Voucher P Foubister,

69: Bottle of Wine D Johnston, 70: Toiletries I Scholes, 71: £15 Lobbans Voucher B Duncan,

72: Bottle of Bacardi G Bews, 73: All Gold Chocolates Wick, 74: Bottle of Rum M Norquoy,

75: Wind Chime I Ritch, 76: Soup Company Gift Set E Durran, 77: Bottle of Sherry G Bews,

78: Tea Light M Cannop, 79: Bottle of Wine E Flett, 80: £5 Toy Zone Voucher E Kemp,

81: Travel Rug R Paterson, 82: Bottle of Wine M Groat, 83: Bottle of Wine J Harcus

84: Bag of Wild Bird Seed Mitch, 85: £15 International Take-away Voucher J Miller,

86: Bottle of Wine G Scott 87: Jewellery Box I Taylor

The Club Wishes To Thank All Those Who Donated Raffle Prizes.