Dagenham & District Cage Birds Society

21/10/2017

Congratulations again to Steve Wallis!

Steve has won the third and final competion in our Club League - Pairs. Steve won with a fantastic pair of Yellow Hammers which clinched his overall League win with 410 points.

Well done Steve and Congratulations!

DAGENHAM & DISTRICT CAGE BIRDS SOCIETY ARE MOVING!

The Club meeting to be held on 21st July 2017 will be the Club's last meeting at the Heath Park Community Hall. Due to difficulties arising from working with the management company of the hall, the decision has been made (by the Committee and Members) to take up the very good offer made by the Wantz Hall, Dagenham. This is a sad outcome after more than 50 years at the same venue but we feel it is the right and positive decision. It has also been decided to change the day of our future meetings to Saturdays from 10am to 12pm which has the advantage of not taking our birds out at night time and we hope may encourage new Members who may find evening meetings difficult.

The Wantz Hall Management Committee are being very helpful and enthusiastic about working with us. They have offered us the use of the main hall and adjacent meeting rooms as well as providing a brick build storage shed for our show staging and lockable facilities in the kitchen, all for less rent than at Heath Park.

Our first meeting at the Wantz Hall will be on Saturday, 19th August, 2017 at 10am.

The address for Wantz Hall is:-

Wantz Hall, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, Essex. RM10 7DX (behind 1st Steps Nursery)

Please come and join us at the new venue.

UPDATE - As at publication of our April 2017 newsletter, Barking & Dagenham Council are showing no interest in this issue and state that it is up to the Heath Park Community Halls (HPCH) managment to set the charges for hall hire. We are getting some support from the Barking & Dagenham Post (as above article indicates) as they are currently highlighting general concerns over the Authorities communications and support for various groups of service users. The Wantz Hall, Dagenham has contacted us offering space at their venue but our rent to HPCH is fully paid for this year but this may be an option to consider for the future.

THE BRETT MASON & PHIL HEATH MEMORIAL OPEN SHOW 2016

The Show took place on 17th December, 2016 and was well received by all exhibitors, visitors and Club Members. A total of £800 in prize money was up for grabs which included a very generous donation of £150 from Brett Mason's family. The Best in Show prize was £100 which was won by Mark Smithson for his Chaffinch Hen (pictured below). The Best Canary in Show was won by Lawson & Wells for their Gloster Canary and their prize was presented by Brett Mason's daughter, Lisa.

All the class winners are shown below and the Committee would like to thank everyone who contributed to the planning, preparation and on the day for all their hard work and for various donations made by others which all helped to make this Show such a resounding success. 

THE CLUB'S AGM WILL BE HELD ON: FRIDAY 20TH JANUARY, 2017 - NEW MEMBERS WELCOME

DAGENHAM & DISTRICT 2016 SHOW LEAGUE

(last updated 7th December, 2016)

July 2016 Meeting - Quiz Night

The Quiz Night was well supported and a great night.

Club Notice - It is with regret we must inform members of the sad passing of two of our most respected and dedicated members. Brett Mason passed away on Sunday 19th June and Phil Heath passed away on Monday 18th July. They will be sadly missed and our deepest sympathies are with their family and friends.

(See Newsletter for full details)

May 2016 Meeting - Members Panel Evening

The panel of Phil Heath, Linda O'Malley and Colin Cummings did a fantastic job of giving members details of what birds they keep and how they do it. Unfortunately although Paul Cimbruzzi had volunteered to be on the panel, he was unwell and so could not attend. Thank you for all the interesting information provided. Unfortunately, due to work and personal commitments, James Bavister has resigned as Club Secretary. On behalf of all the members, we thank James for his commitmentment and hard work during his time as Secretary.

(See Newsletter for full details)

April 2016 Meeting - Bring & Buy Sale

The Sale was a great evening and enjoyed by all. James and Richard held an auction of unsold items and the best buy of the evening went to Steve Wallis who purchased two cock Norwich Canaries in show cages for £5 each. The Bring & Buy Sale raised £94. Thank you to everyone who attended.

(See Newsletter for full details)

Bring & Buy Sale - 15th April, 2016

Next meeting on 15th April is Dagenham CBS Bring & Buy Sale.

Can all members please bring along any used bird equipment or birds which they would like to find a good home for the Bring & Buy sale. All sales will have a 10% donation fee towards the club or if you’re feeling really generous why not donate more.

Please try to keep your items bird related or at the very least desirable items in good condition.

Items NOT wanted - Old puzzles, games, clothes, broken bird equipment, non-working electricals, books, comics and brick & brac.

Items Wanted - BIRDS – If you have just done your final selection then bring in your excess birds, cages and equipment. If you are bringing birds, please let Peter De Cort know in advance as once this has been advertised in Cage & Aviary Peter gets a lot of calls asking if there will be birds for sale on the night.

ALL BRITISH BIRDS MUST HAVE LEGAL CLOSED RINGS.

As always members are welcome to bring a family member or friend, or give an old member a call and see if they would like to re-join the club. There will be the usual chat and banter and of course the best tea and cake in Essex supplied by Brett & Dicks Tea Bar.

Again, there will be some fantastic prizes in our raffle, so please make the effort and come and support your club.

If you have not paid your yearly membership it is due now.

Friday 18th March 2016

The Cock Show is the first of three shows that make up the Dagenham CBS Show League, each member can show up to six birds, the Judge places the birds from first to last position, so if there are 30 birds in the show, the first placed bird will get 30 points, the second will get 29 points, third 28 points down to the last bird which gets 1 point. So the member receives points for each of the birds they show which then goes on to create the League table.

Second show is the Pairs Show in September and the third is the Any Bird show in October, the winner of each show gets £20 + Rosette and the winner of the League gets £100 + cup (to be returned each year) + trophy, runner up gets £50 + trophy, third place gets £25 + trophy.

You can join the club on the night (this Friday) and show your birds or just come and have a look, chat or a cuppa, great raffle prizes every month.

INFORMATION - from Meeting held 18th March, 2016

The following Officers were re-elected for the year. President: Peter Decort, Chairman: Phil Heath, Treasurer: Peter Decort, Club Secretary: James Bavister, Vice Secretary: Richard Wilson, Show Secretary: Steve Wallis, Vice Show Secretary: James Bavister, Show Manager: Peter Decort, Cage & Aviary: Barry & Fran Johnson, Canteen: Brett Mason & Dick Lathteiff, Audit: Dick

Committee Members: Dick Lathteiff, Paul Cambruzzi, Ted Papandreas

2015 OPEN SHOW RESULTS - Staged on Saturday, 16th January, 2016

Best British Mule, Hybrid in Show - Richard Wilson

Best Champion Hardbill - Collin Cummings                                                                                    Best Novice Hardbill - Bill Wallis

Best Champion Hybrid - Richard Wilson                                                                                          Best Novice Hybrid - Bill Wallis

Best Champion Mule - Richard Wilson                                                                                             Best Novice Mule - Bill Wallis

Best Champion Siberian - Steve Wallis                                                                                             Best Novice Siberian - Bill Wallis

Best Canary in Show - Phil Heath

Best Champion Norwich - Phil Heath                                                                                                Best Novice Norwich - Steve Roberts

Best Champion Gloster - Paul Cimbruzzi                                                                                          Best Novice Fife - Dick Lathleiff

Best Novice New Colour - Holloway & Oakley                                                                                  Best Novice AOV - Fred Thorn

Best Foreign/Parrotlike/ Budgie in Show - Holloway & Oakley                                                  Best Parrotlike - Holloway & Oakley

Best Foreign - Holloway & Oakley                                                                                                       Best Budgie - Holloway & Oakley

PHOTOS FROM THE SHOW (Click on photo to open full size):