Fine feathers inspected at Poultry Show

Out of a field of more than 750 well-bred birds, newcomers Mr and Mrs Sharkey, of Old Hutton, picked up the accolade of overall champion with their Barne Velder a handsome breed of Dutch origin. Kendal district treasurer John Fishwick said Saturday's Kendal Auction Mart event was well supported with members of the public appreciating the variety on show. A sale of birds earned £41 for the club's coffers.

TROPHIES THORNBORROW Cup, large Old English Game, male: W. Birkett and Sons, Barnoldswick. Ken Simpson Cup, large OEG, female: G.A. Hillary, Clitheroe. Baker Cup, Black Red male & Clay, Wheaten or Patridge, female: P. Waring, Ulverston. Tankard, Ginger hen: G. Meekin, Astley. Tankard, AC Oxford, male: M. Greenwood, Leeds. Tankard, AC Oxford, female. B. Smithson, Rossendale. Harold Rose Trophy, Oxford Game cock: M. Greenwood. Oxford Tankard, Oxford Game cockerel: M. Greenwood. Phizacklea Trophy, ginger cockerel: M. & G. Knowles, Darwen. Cuthbertson Cup, large soft feather: B. & S. Sharkey, Old Hutton. Benson Family cup, large Welsummer: Mrs J. Chorley, Dalton-in-Furness. Society Shield, Champion Rhode Island Red, large/bantam: Swarbrick & Traynor, Great Eccleston. Melvyn Crawford cup, breeding pair: Clements & Denver, Egremont. John Parker Cup, OEG, bantam: G. & A. Hillary. Downey Medcalf cup, opposite sex OEG bantam: R. Bury, Clitheroe. Smith cup, Spangle bantam: R. Bury. Kevin Drummond Cup, Modern game: Waterworth & Woods, Leigh. James Hunter King cup, variety bantam: G. & A. Hillary. William Rigg Tankard, opposite sex variety bantam: W. Birkett & Sons. Hendley Trophy, soft feather bantam: G. & A. Hillary. Alwyn Learoyd Rose Bowl, White Wyandotte bantam: J. Maddock, Millom. John Hazel cup, Black Wyandotte bantam: J. Maddock. William Sagar cup, Laced Wyandotte bantam: C. Mitchell, Rossendale. Society Cup, gift classes: J. & M. Brockbank, Burneside. Taylor Cup, plate of eggs: T. Hill & Son, Silsden. Winstanley Trophy, reserve plate of eggs: T. Hill & Son. Taylor Trophy, Light Sussex bantam: L. & R. Shepherd, Ulverston. Waterworth and Woods Trophy, juvenile classes: T. Axon, Arnside. Lewis Barnes Trophy, Self Black/Self Blue OEG bantam: R. Forrester, Appleby.

Results Large Old English Game. Black Red male: 1 P. Waring; 2 G.I. Holmes; 3 J. Tomlinson. Clay, Wheaten/Partridge female: 1 P. Waring; 2 J. Tomlinson; 3 G.I. Holmes. Brown, Red/Grey male: 1 G. & A. Hillary; 2 P. Waring; 3 A. Demaine. Brown, Red/Grey female: 1 G. & A. Hillary; 2 Mrs P. Medcalf; 3 W. Birkett & Sons. AOC male: 1 Hetherington & Rudd; 2 Mrs P. Medcalf; 3 G.I. Holmes. AOC female: 1 Mrs P. Medcalf; 2&3 G.I. Holmes. OEG AC cockerel 2003 bred: 1 G. & A. Hillary; 2 G.I. Holmes; 3 A. Demaine. AC Pullet 2003 bred: 1 W. Birkett & sons; 2 G. & A. Hillary; 3 P. Waring. Lightweight male (5lbs): 1 W. Birkett & Sons; 2 G.I. Holmes; 3 J. Tomlinson.

Oxford Type Game. Ginger cock: 1 M. Greenwood; 2 S.J. Ainley; 3 Geldard & Nadin. Ginger hen: 1 G. Meekin; 2 M. Greenwood; 3 M. & G. Knowles. AOC cock: 1,2&3 M. Greenwood. AOC hen: 1&3 M. & G. Knowles; 2 B. Woodburn. AC cockerel 2003 bred: 1&2 M. Greenwood; 3 G. Meekin. AC pullet 2003 bred: 1&2 B. Smithson; 3 M. & G. Knowles. AC male (5lbs): 1 M. & G. Knowles; 2 Mrs P. Medcalf; 3 B. Smithson.

Large Soft Feather. Maran/NH Blue male/female: 1&2 J. Benson; 3 Mark Robinson. AOV heavy male (ex RIR): 1 P. Sharp; 2&3 I.D. Martin. AOV heavy female (ex RIR): 1 B. & S. Sharkey; 2 P. Sharp; 3 G. Harrison. AC Leghorn male/female: 1 Waterworth & Woods. Welsummer male/female: 1&3 Mrs J. Chorley; 2 J. Benson. AOV Light male: 1 B. Woodburn; 2 Waterworth & Woods; 3 G. & N. Thornton. AOV Light female: 1 W.D. Ridding; 2 Hetherington & Rudd; 3 B. Woodburn. Crossbred laying hen/pullet: 1 Mark Robinson; 2 M. German; 3 Jamie Taylor.

Northern Regional Rhode Island Red Club Show. Large male, single comb: 1 I.D. Martin; 2 J. Butterworth; 3 J. Mawson. Large female, single comb: 1 J. Butterworth; 2&3 I.D. Martin. Bantam cock, single comb: 1 J. Benson; 2 J.E. Garth. Bantam hen, single comb: 1 Swarbrick & Traynor; 2 J.E. Garth; 3 J. Benson. Bantam cockerel, single comb 2003 bred: 1 J. Butterworth; 2 Swarbrick & Traynor; 3 P. Clements & P. Denver. Bantam pullet, single comb 2003 bred: 1 Swarbrick & Traynor; 2 J. Butterworth; 3 P. Clements & P. Denver.

Hard Feather bantams. Spangle male: 1 R. Bury; 2 R. Pye; 3 R. Forrester. Spangle female: 1&3 R.J. Brown; 2 R. Forrester. Black Red male: 1&2 R.J. Brown; 3 G. & A. Hillary. Wheaten/Clay female: 1&2 R.J. Brown; 3 R. Pye. Dark Red male: 1 J. Rodgers; 2 A. Tyson; 3 D. Dalton. Partridge female: 1 R. Pye; 2 Mr & Mrs J. Barry; 3 J. Rodgers. Black male: 1 J. & M. Brockbank; 2 T. Blundell & Son; 3 G. & A. Hillary. Black female: 1 R. Forrester; 2 R. Pye; 3 J. Jackson. Self Blue male: 1 R. & P. Burns; 2 J. Jackson; 3 R. Forrester. Self Blue female: 1 J. Jackson; 2 R. Forrester; 3 R. Pye. Brown, Red/Grey male/female: 1 Mr & Mrs J. Barry; 2&3 T. Blundell & Son. Brassy Backed Black/Furnace male: 1 R. & P. Burns; 2 J. Rodgers; 3 R. Pye. Polecat/Furnace female: 1 G. & A. Hillary; 2 Mrs P. Medcalf; 3 R. & P. Burns. Duckwing male/female: 1&3 G. & A. Hillary; 2 D. Dalton. Pile male/female: 1 M.J. Mason & Son; 2 Mr & Mrs J. Barry; 3 J. Rodgers. AOC male: 1 Mrs P. Medcalf; 2 J. Rodgers; 3 J. & M. Brockbank. AOC female: 1 R. & P. Burns; 2 J. Jackson; 3 J. Rodgers. AC Modern Game male: 1 Waterworth & Woods; 2&3 K. & C. Drummond. AC Modern Game female: 1&2 D. Dalton; 3 Waterworth & Woods.

Soft Feather Bantams. Black Pekin male: 1 W. Birkett & Sons; 2 J.E. Garth; 3 A. Demaine. Black Pekin female: 1&2 W. Birkett & Sons; 3 J.E. Garth. White Pekin male: 1 D. Bentham & Son; 2 W. Birkett & Sons. White Pekin female: 1 D. Bentham & Sons; 2&3 W. Birkett & Sons. AOC Pekin male: 1&3 W. Birkett & Sons; 2 P. German. AOC Pekin female: 1 P. German; 2 T. & A. Axon; 3 W. Birkett & Sons. Gold Sebright male: 1 J. Johnson. Gold Sebright female: 1 J. Johnson; 2 J. Read. Silver Sebright male: 1 J. Mawson; 2 Swarbrick & Traynor; 3 D.L. Tyson. Silver Sebright female: 1 J. Mawson; 2&3 Swarbrick & Traynor. AOV True Bantam male: 1&3 D. Bentham & Son; 2 Mrs E. Capstick. AOV True Bantam female: 1 B. Shepherd; 2 D. Bentham & son; 3 Mrs E. Capstick. Barred Rock male: 1 M. Metcalfe; 2 K. & C. Drummond; 3 Mrs J. Chorley. Barred Rock female: 1 M. Metcalfe; 2&3 K. & C. Drummond. Buff Rock male: 1 Swarbrick & Traynor; 2 O. Roberts; 3 J. Johnson. Buff Rock female: 1 Mr & Mrs J. Barry; 2 Mrs J. Chorley; 3 Swarbrick & Traynor. Maran male/female: 1 J.E. Garth; 2 W.D. Ridding; 3 J. Benson. White Wyandotte male: 1 J. Maddock; 2 C. Mitchell; 3 Mrs J. Chorley. White Wyandotte female: 1&3 J. Maddock; 2 Mrs J. Chorley. Black Wyandotte cock: 1 J. Jackson; 2 J. Maddock; 3 C. Wilson. Black Wyandotte cockerel: 1&2 J. Maddock. Black Wyandotte hen: 1 J. Maddock; 2&3 J. Jackson. Black Wyandotte pullet: 1 J.E. Garth; 2&3 J. Maddock. Blue Wyandotte male/female: 1 C. Mitchell. Partridge Wyandotte female: 1 M. German. Silver Laced Wyandotte male: 1 C. Mitchell; 2&3 R.N. Hoggarth. Silver Laced Wyandotte female: 1 G.E. Hunter; 2&3 R.N. Hoggarth. AOC Laced Wyandotte male: 1 M. German; 2 C. Mitchell; 3 I.D. Martin. AOC Laced Wyandotte female: 1 C. Mitchell; 2 R.N. Hoggarth; 3 M. German. Barred Wyandotte male/female: 1,2&3 R.N. Hoggarth. AOC Wyandotte male/female: 1 J. Maddock; 2 C. Mitchell; 3 R.N. Hoggarth. Australorp male: 1 G. & A. Hillary; 2 B. Slater; 3 V.H. Frankland. Australorp female: 1&3 P. Clements & P. Denver; 2 V.H. Frankland. AC Sussex male: 1 L.R. Shepherd; 2 Mr & Mrs J. Barry; 3 O. Chalker & Son. AC Sussex female: 1 L.R. Shepherd; 2 O. Chalker & Son; 3 L. Storey. Ancona male: 1 Mr & Mrs J. Barry; 2&3 D.L. Tyson. Ancona female: 1 P. Clements & P. Denver; 2 D.L. Tyson; 3 Mr & Mrs J. Barry. AC Leghorn male: 1 G.&N. Thornton; 2 Waterworth & Woods; 3 W. Thexton. White Leghorn female: 1&3 G. Harrison; 2 Waterworth & Woods. AOC Leghorn female: 1 G. Harrison; 2 Waterworth & Woods; 3 O. Chalker & Son. AOV male: 1 Miss C. Slater; 2 T.M. Pye; 3 J.E. Garth. AOV female: 1 B. Staveley; 2 Daisy Hampton; 3 G.A. Hillary. Juvenile Hard Feather male and female: 1 T. Axon. Juvenile Soft Feather male: 1 B. Sharp; 2 L. Garnett; 3 Nathan Thornton. Juvenile Soft Feather female: 1 L. Garnett; 2 Nathan Thornton; 3 Sam Garth.

Breeding Pairs large/bantam. Hard Feather breeding pair: 1 J.&M. Brockbank. Soft Feather breeding pair: 1 P. Clements & P. Denver; 2 B. Slater; 3 G.&N. Thornton. Hard Feather selling: 1 J. Jackson; 2 E. Parkin; 3 R. Forrester. Soft Feather selling: 1 J. Johnson. Gift class male: 1 J.&M. Brockbank; 2 J.M. Fishwick; 3 J. Benson. Gift class female: 1&2 R.N. Hoggarth; 3 J.&M. Brockbank. Hard Feather challenge: 1,2&3 J.&M. Brockbank. Soft Feather challenge: 1 B. Staveley; 2 W.&J.R. Sharp.

Eggs. Hen. 6 AC: 1&3 T. Hill & Son; 2 G.C. Taylor. Brown: 1 G.C. Taylor; 2&3 T. Hill & Son. Tinted: 1&2 T. Hill & son; 3 G.C. Taylor. White/cream: 1 G.C. Taylor; 2&3 T. Hill & Son. 1 AC: 1 T. Hill & Son; 2&3 Swarbrick & Traynor. Contents: 1 Linda Beck; 2&3 T. Hill & son. Waterfowl: 1 W.D. Ridding; 2 G.C. Taylor; 3 Mark Robinson. Bantam. 6 AC: 1 D. Bentham & Son; 2 T. Hill & Son; 3 G.C. Taylor. Brown: 1 T. Hill & Son; 2 R.J. Brown; 3 G.C. Taylor. Tinted: 1 R.J. Brown; 2 G.C. Taylor; 3 W.D. Ridding. White/cream: 1 G.C. Taylor; 2 Linda Beck; 3 R.J. Brown. Distinct colours: 1 G.C. Taylor. 1 AC: 1 D. Bentham & Son; 2 R.J. Brown; 3 G.C. Taylor. Contents: 1 Linda Beck; 2 J.M. Fishwick; 3 D. Bentham & Son.