Can anyone go to a hamster show?

[leedsgurl]

Hi all, sorry if this is a dumb question but I've never been to a show before, and I was just wondering if anyone can go? or do you have to have hamsters entered in the show? or be a member? Thanks in advance :-)

[internet_nobody]

Nope, anyone can turn up :)

[souffle]

Any member of the public is welcome to come. It is good to come to a Northern show around 1.30 then you can see the pets (and enter) and also the racing though there is none at the outdoor shows in the summer. Hope we'll see you at one of them soon leedsgurl. :lol:

[leedsgurl]

Yeah was hoping to get to the one of the many shows in the north at some point :) Was just looking at the Northern Hamster Club Shows 2008 calendar and it says there is one at Brinsworth on 5th July (though the date isn't confirmed)

[Bunsey]

yes i'm hoping to be at Brinsworth. i'm having trouble with my back that might stop me from going though :cry:

[Holly]

We'll be at Brinsworth too! It was rained off last year - is it an outdoor show?

[Bunsey]

i think it's indoor but parking is in a field, which was waterlogged

[Holly]

It's just that, in this months journal, Sue Kilburn says there's just one more Northern show (Lymm, I assume) before the season of summer outdoor shows start - which made me think Brinsworth must be outdoor?

[leedsgurl]

How do you recognise each other if you've never met? :) or shall I just wear a big badge that says 'leedsgurl' :lol:

[souffle]

I think Brinsworth is outdoors. Its like a sort of summer fair/gala affair and hams have a tent I think.
Leedsgurl you just get a sort of second sense about who peole are somehow :lol:

[internet_nobody]

How do you recognise each other if you've never met? :) or shall I just wear a big badge that says 'leedsgurl' :lol:

You need a badge! I've missed so many people at so many shows, I now tend to follow Plankton round and point at people asking "who is that?".

[Bunsey]

oh right, i had no clue brinsworth was outdoor!! sounds good :D

i never have a clue who anyone is. I tend to speak to people then find out afterwards :oops: I was lucky that the first show i went to, i already knew internet_nobody so that made me feel less nervous.

[leedsgurl]

I think we should all wear t-shirts saying 'I love hamstercentral.com' on the front, then our username on the back :-D ... (yes im a geek :P)

[souffle]

Well we have T shirts that say Custard Hamstery on them and lots of others also have T shirts but we should know you by then anyway leedsgurl :wink:

At Burghley I recognised I_N by her babies (the Ornlets)....but Blenheim will be more difficult - although it'll be easy to recognise Tammy with her Panda babies.....and Holly (if I didn't already know her) with various Smarterones and Martesers!

[Maisydae]

i hope to go to one of the southern shows, possibly rhe next one in Bath or Bristol.