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BS President Elect - June 2025 The MBA are delighted to announce that our Chairman Trevor Terheege has been voted President Elect of the Budgerigar Society congratulations Trevor.
We would also like to thank our retiring President Mr Geoff Bowley for all his hard work during the last twelve months of his Presidency.
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JOHN MOORE – PRESIDENTS 2025 QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
Previous Pastimes As alluded to above I became heavily involved in another interest that led to my initial foray into Budgerigars to end.From the age of 10 I started to learn to play the Trombone with a local brass band and by 14 years of age I was playing with the Desford Colliery Band a Championship winning band and in the top 10 bands in the country appearing at places like the Albert Hall and Festival Hall in London and the Kings Hall in Belle Vue Manchester. I continued playing with the band up and till end of 1980 when work commitments like 6.00am starts and 7.00pm finishes and carrying out over 30 plus Concerts and Contests per year meant something had to give and hence my banding days ended and my proper time with Exhibition Budgerigars commenced at a pace that suited me. 1980 I joined the BS in 1980 and have been a continuous member ever since becoming a life member some 5 years ago. In 1980 money was tight being newly wed so again a small shed 7 x 5 was purchased and again fitted out with a half flight and 6 breeding cages on the opposite wall. Next my Mothers elder brother Tom Gray came in handy he had a decent stud of birds at that time and I think was showing as a Novice/Intermediate level and he set me up with about 10 birds at very little expense other than a couple of pints of beer. Toms birds were based the J and P Trigg Stud. I then went to a couple of shows in the area and at the BS of Leicestershire Show I purchased 3 birds from the sales classes all of which were from the Topliss and Roddy Partnership a Skyblue Cock and two opaline cinnamon light green hens. I mixed the birds together and bred around the 20 mark in my first year and noticed that the better birds were coming from the 2 Topliss and Roddy hens so this made up my mind that I needed more of their birds to progress. I went to visit Dave Topliss in late 1981 and he offered me the choice of 10 cocks at £12.00 each or the lot for £100.00. I picked what I thought were the best 5 cocks and paid the £60 ( if I knew then what I know now I would have took all 10 for £100). All five cocks bred and advanced the quality 100% With a couple more Topliss purchases over a 3 year period and adding good birds from David Harvey in Loughborough I began winning and featuring in the Best Novice Young Bird and Any Age line ups on a regular basis. Sometime during my novice days I had a new 3.6m x 2.4m birdroom with 16 breeding cages and two internal flights. After a very successful period as Intermediate in the late 80s my family had grown with the addition of two young sons soon to be joined by a third son and promotions and advancement at work meant the budgerigars had to take a back seat for a long period of time. Although I remained a member of the BS and a founder member of North West Leicestershire BS during this period I only showed occasionally at Championship Shows. I simply did not have enough spare time to do anything more. 11 years ago I took early retirement and got back a lot more spare/leisure time to spend with the birds and get more involved Club/Society Management again. I am currently Chairman of North West Leicestershire BS as well as Joint Show Secretary. Having held every officers post over the last 30 years. Preferred Colours I mainly keep what I call Normal Varieties in Green, Blue and Grey and the Cinnamon and Opaline and Yellow Face variants in the same colours. I also keep a few Spangles and Dominant Pieds. I find you can pair all these varieties with each other successfully without any detriment. Although I like to pair only Normal to the Spangle variety. (avoiding Cinnamon and Opaline) Whilst admiring breeders that breed the recessive varieties I have never really had an interest in keeping these colours/varieties. Thus I have never had the wish to be on the Judging panel because of this reason. MBA Presidency I am honoured to be the MBA president for 2025/6. There have been many great names in the fancy who have held this title over my 45 years in the fancy and the years prior to that. During my year in office I will try to encourage more Midlands Breeders to belong to your Area Society. The more people that are members allows the Area to put on bigger and better events for its members. In the past couple of years the MBA has increased the events available to members and attendance has been good. This will continue again this year these events being advertised via Facebook and the website. For the coming year I am also Vice Chairman of the MBA. |
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Midland Budgerigar Association Show dates: Open Show – 6th September 2025 – at Solihull S&RV – 28th September 2025 – Stoke Golding Village Hall Sales Day – 19th October 2025 - Stoke Golding Village Hall
The Midland Budgerigar Association have taken up Platinum Sponsorship for the BS Centenary Club Show and awarded them with £1,000. In return the MBA will receive four wrist bands for entry to the event and in addition they will receive two Dinner Dance Tickets. It is the society’s intention to put all current MBA members and Honorary Life Members names in a box and draw out three winning tickets. The first name out will receive the Dinner Dance tickets and the following two names drawn will each receive two wrist bands. Midland Budgerigar Association Report Report by Trevor Terheege - December 2024 Following on from the success of last year’s Sales Day Show at Stoke Golding Village Hall it was agreed to run the event again in 2024. This was well received with a good attendance and a good number of birds for sale. This year we had two speakers Alan Marchant and Ray Fern. Alan spoke on his procedure for pairing birds. Alan explained how he uses a points system of 1-3 when assessing birds. Alan bought with him a number of birds to demonstrate exactly how he achieves this. He also went into great detail regarding the features he is looking for. Ray gave a very interesting talk and demonstration on how to prepare a bird for showing. Ray bought with him a brief case full of items that he uses to prepare a bird for the show bench. The bird that was used in the demonstration belonged to one of the attendees on the day and was amazed at the transformation that took place.
Obituary Alan Blakeman It is with sadness that I have to report the passing of my very good friend, Alan Blakeman following a long illness. Alan and I first met at the city of Birmingham CBS, almost 50 years ago, where he later became Chairman. A post he held for many years. He was also Chairman of Birmingham BS for at least 20 years. Alan spent all his working life as a train driver for GWR. He was a true budgie man and a dedicated Club man. On behalf of Birmingham BS and the MBA members, our condolences go to his wife, June, and sons Ian, David and Garry and family Rest in Peace, mate Colin Lamb Midland Budgerigar Association Report Report by Trevor Terheege - April 2024 The Midland Budgerigar Association started the New Year with an Introduction to Judging which was held in Stoke Golding village hall in March. There were three presentations:- Judging Budgerigars, Show Procedure & Judges Paperwork and details on the Judges Training Scheme. In addition we included bird sales. The feed back from this event was very positive so we will be holding other events this year. In April the MBA held a Young Stock Show followed by the AGM. The show was well supported with some very good birds being benched. Best Champion Young Stock and Best in Show award went to Colin Lamb. Colin also received the award for Best Nest Feather. Best Intermediate Young Stock was awarded to J & D Faram who also won the Nest Feather award. The Best Novice Young Stock was awarded to Chris Bolt. The Annual General Meeting followed the show where our President Keith Leedham handed over the Chain of Office to John Lees our new President. Keith has had a busy year representing the Area Society at many events. John Moore has been awarded President Elect whilst Pam Leedham has been elected to Vice President for all the work that she has done promoting the Society on social media.
Dates For Your Diary MBA Open show 7th September 2024, Solihull Birmingham MBA Gold S & RV Open Show 29th September 2024, Stoke Golding Village Hall MBA Sales day with 3 Speaker's 3rd November 2024, Stoke Golding Village Hall
Midland Budgerigar
Association The MBA held its first Sales Day show on the 5th November at Stoke Golding Village Hall. The aim of the day was that there would be a show with four classes, Any Age cock, Any Age Hen, Young Bird cock and Young Bird Hen. All birds benched were for sale. Refreshments were also for sale. The day proved to be a great success with 40 people attending with 70 birds for sale. Apart from the show/sales we also had two speakers, Keith Leedham the MBA President and Trevor Terheege. Keith gave a power point presentation on his approach to breeding, while Trevor gave a presentation, ‘Where are we going with the Birds’ discussing how the birds have changed over the years and how far can we take them. Due to popular demand and the success of the day, it is planned that we repeat this event next year. In addition it has been suggested that we hold a day at the same venue early next year based on the Exhibiting and Judging of birds with a number of presentations.
Midland Budgerigar Association Report On 9th September 2023 the MBA held its Annual Open Show. Unfortunately the number of birds benched were slightly down on previous years. However, we still had a successful show. Our President Keith Leedham kindly donated 12 x 20kg bags of seed. These were awarded for Best in Show, Best Any Age & Young Bird in each section and for most cages benched. The judges on the day were Alan & Gina Adams, Keith Leedham accompanied by Subsidiary Panel Judge Stuart Lansdown, and Mick Widdowson. Best in Show & Best Champion Any Age was awarded to a Normal Light Green cock from The Terheege Partnership who were also awarded Best Opposite Sex Young Bird in Show with a Normal Cinnamon Grey Green hen. Best Young Bird in Show and Best Novice Young Bird was awarded to Garry Simpson. Best Novice Any Age went to Glenn Hawthorn. Best Intermediate Any Age was awarded to a Spangle Sky benched by the Swain & Ford Partnership. Best Intermediate Young Bird was a Normal Grey benched by Mick Woodfield. Best Junior Any Age & Best Junior Young Bird was awarded to Callahan Terheege, whose Spangle Sky blue also won the young bird Challenge Certificate.
Midland Budgerigar Association On the 16th April 2023 the MBA held a Nest Feather & Young Stock Show followed by the Annual General Meeting. The judges on the day were Sue Clarke who judged the Nest Feather and Tim Gee who judged the Young Stock. Mick Woodfield took the honours on the day winning Best Young Stock in Show and Best Intermediate with a Normal Grey. Best Champion Young Stock was awarded to A & D Woan, while Chris Bolt was awarded with the Best Novice Young Stock. The MBA President Rachel Terheege opened the AGM and then handed over to the Chairman David Woan to conduct the meeting. During the meeting Bruce Greenway agreed to continue as Secretary, Rachel Terheege remains as Treasurer and also takes over as Subscriptions Secretary from Colin Lamb who has held the post for many years. Colin was thanked for the years of service he gave in that role. Also retiring was Sue and Rod Clarke. Rod has given many years of service to the MBA in the role as Show Secretary and has now handed over to Alan Pearson. Sue Clarke organised the catering at our events and will be greatly missed. In order to honour their service throughout the years, both Sue and Rod were made Honorary Life Members. Rachel Terheege the outgoing President handed over the Chain of Office to our new President Keith Leedham who stated that he hopes to get involved with adding some new events to the calendar. John Lees was made President Elect.
Midland Budgerigar Association Report The MBA held its 2022 Nest Feather and Young Stock Show Sunday 24th April 2022. The attendance at the show was disappointing with only 37 birds benched. The judge for the day was Tom Leadham. The Best Young Stock in Show and Best Novice Award was won by Alan Pearson with a Normal Cinnamon Grey hen. Best Champion Young Stock was awarded to Cy Thorne with a Lutino cock. Best Nest Feather and Best Champion Nest Feather was a Normal Cinnamon Dark Green benched by A & D Woan. Best Intermediate Nest Feather was awarded to Mick Woodfield with a Normal Grey Green Dominant Pied while the Best Novice Nest Feather award went to Alan Pearson with a Cinnamon Violet.
Future Events 2022 Saturday,
30th July 2022 - Specialist & Rare Variety Open Gold Show |
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Midland Budgerigar
Association - November 2021 The MBA held its 2022 Nest Feather Show on Sunday 27th March followed by the AGM. The attendance at the show was disappointing with only 30 birds entered from 6 exhibitors. Despite the poor attendance there were some very nice birds benched. The Best in Show Award and Best Novice Award was won by Alan Pearson with a very good Normal Cinnamon Grey Green. Best Champion award went to A & D Woan who exhibited a very nice Normal Cinnamon Light Green. The Best Intermediate award went to Mick Woodfield with a Normal Grey Green Dominant Pied.
Following the Nest Feather Show the MBA held its first Annual General Meeting since 2019. The following members were elected:- Chairman David Woan, Vice Chairman & Publicity Trevor Terheege, Secretary Bruce Greenway, Treasurer Rachel Terheege, Show Secretary Rod Clarke. Subscriptions Secretary Colin Lamb.
Keith Leedham was confirmed as the President Elect with John Lees as Vice President. Future Events 2022 Sunday 24th April Nest Feather & Young Stock Show Sunday 31st July Specialist & Rare Variety Open Gold Show
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Midland Budgerigar
Association - November 2021 Due to the COVID outbreak very little has been happening within the Association. As the situation eased in Spring 2021 the committee had mixed views about opening things up. Some felt that we should not do anything in 2021 whilst others were keen to have some shows. Eventually it was decided that we would not hold our Open Show but would hold our Specialist & Rare Variety Show and the 2020 Young Bird Show on the same weekend. The 2020 Young Bird Show was held on Saturday, 23rd October 2021 with Keith Leedham as the main panel judge and with Steve Rich as a subsidiary judge. We were one of only two Area Societies that took the option to run this show which was subsidised by the BS. It was a good to meet up with fellow exhibitors after such a long break and the show was well supported with well over 100 birds entered resulting in 97 birds being benched. A & D Woan took the honours for Best Young Bird and Best Young Bird Opposite Sex. Best Intermediate Young Bird went to Mick Woodfield and Best Novice Young Bird was won by Oliver & Simon Williams. The Specialist & Rare Variety Gold show which was held on the Sunday also received better support than we expected with 175 birds being benched. The judges on the day were Janice & Ghalib Al-Nasser with Steve Rich (subsidiary judge) The standard of the birds benched was very good with nine Champion exhibitors, one Intermediate and two Novices.
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