November 2011 Auction & Winter Social Event

Northern Budgerigar Society
Winter social event
Sunday 6th November 2011 at
Bowburn Community centre at 2pm, to view the birds and the meeting starts at 2 30pm prompt

Speaker, GRANT FINDLAY
Then after a, Bird and Equipment Auction
The birds and equipment have been kindly donated by the following people.

PETER WATTS, BRUCE ROSS, PAUL REDFORD, KEVIN THOMPSON, ADRIAN & KEN RICHARDS, GERRY CARR,DAVE AND PAT HERRING, BRIAN VERITY,GAILE CLARKE,ANNE CAIRNS AND THE FEED WAREHOUSE, BROWNEY, DURHAM

The NBS committee are grateful to the above fanciers and all monies raised goes to the NBS Social fund.
Social secretary
Adrian Richards


Photos have been modelled by Cloe Richards of Ferryhill, Co Durham of a signed Sunderland AFC football away shirt, this 2011 season.This football top will be at the Northern Budgerigar societies Auction on Sunday 6th November 2011

Other items at the Auction will be Budgerigars kindly donated by the following fanciers, Peter Watts, Bruce Ross, Paul Redford, Kevin Thompson, Adrian & Ken Richards,Dave and Pat Herring, and bird equipment and seed donated from Gerry Carr, Brian Verity, Gaile Clarke, Anne Cairns and the feed Warehouse from Browney, Meadowfield, Durham.

Adrian Richards has organized this event to boost social funds for the societies funds for its up and coming 75th Anniversary year in 2012 where there will be many events through out the year for the NBS members to attend, even an overseas visitor, keep an eye on the NBS web site where Bruce Ross our publicity officer will update all our members very soon.

Our main speaker for the day will be the very well known and popular speaker to the NBS area is Mr Grant Findlay, the day starts at 2pm to view the birds and the meeting starts at 2.30 prompt.Any member or visitor who requires any further information please contact Adrian or Bruce or any committee member who will gladly help.

What a cracking afternoon! nearly 60 members came along to the auction and to listen to our guest Grant Findlay.

Grant started off with his trip to Australia and gave a presentation of the main show there. He told us how he had been so well looked after by his hosts taking him to the war memorial and parliament building in Canberra. He said that he was very impressed with the birds he had to judge but was a little alarmed about the flecking allowed there.

We then had a break and had a buffet brought along by our social secretary Adrian Richards.

Grant finished off his talk with questions from the members.

The auction came next and the auctioneer was Adrian, and what a great display he put on raising £772 for the social fund. Many,many thanks to members who donated birds and equipment.The Sunderland football shirt sold for £92.