Cardiff Show 31st August 2013

[souffle]

THE MIDLAND HAMSTER CLUB
Presents an open show under NHC rules on Saturday 31st August 2013
At Christ Church New Hall, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DY
Show entries must be received by 9.00 pm Wednesday 28
th August 2013
Sales entries must be received by 9.00 pm Thursday 29
th August 2013
SHOW SECRETARY: Lisa Lipski email[email protected]
SHOW CONTACT: On the day you can contact Mark Harris on 07785 792411
SALES TO BE BOOKED IN TO: Pete Logsdail, 01550 720127, email: [email protected]
Please note. No entries will be accepted after the dates above, except for pets which can be
entered on the day and which should be booked in before 2.00 pm. Labels will be ready for
collection at the show. Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to the MIDLAND HAMSTER CLUB.
Please note there have been some changes to class numbering
Syrian Section (to NHC Standards) Judge: Andrew Bryan
Short Hair Straight Classes Duplicate Classes
1 Golden 14 Junior (Member to be under 16 years)
2 Cream 15 Novice (owner in first year of membership of an NHC club)
3 AOC Male 16 Intermediate (owner in 2nd year of membership of an NHC club)
4 AOC Female 17 Small Hamstery (owners of 12 or less Syrian Hamsters)
5 Patterned (Banded, Tort, Dom Spot etc) 18 Breeders (Hamster bred by Exhibitor)
6 Satin 19 Young Stock (Hamster aged 8-16 weeks)
Long Hair Straight Classes 20 Free Membership Class (points go to annual award)
7 Cream 21 Grand Challenge (must be entered to be awarded CoM)
8 Self (Black, White, Sable etc. excl. Cream) 22 Diploma
9 AOC Male
10 AOC Female Special Class
11 Patterned (Banded, Tort, Dom Spot etc) 23 Non Standard (No duplicates allowed)
12 Satin
13 Rex (incl. Satin, Patterned, Short & Long hair)
Dwarf Section (to NHC Standards) Judge: Matt Day (Trainee) Assessing: Jean Tye
Straight Classes Duplicate Classes
D1 Campbell – Normal D11 Junior (Member to be under 16 years)
D2 Campbell – Argente D12 Novice (owner in first year of membership of an NHC club)
D3 Campbell – Self D13 Intermediate (owner in 2nd year of membership of an NHC club)
D4 Campbell – Mottled D14 Small Hamstery (owners of 12 or less Dwarf Hamsters)
D5 Winter White – Normal D15 Breeders (Hamster bred by Exhibitor)
D6 Winter White – Sapphire D16 Young Stock (Campbells/WW 6-16 weeks; Others 8-16 weeks)
D7 Winter White – Pearl D17 Free Membership Class (points go to annual award)
D8 Chinese – Normal D18 Grand Challenge (must be entered to be awarded CoM)
D9 Chinese – Dom Spot D19 Diploma
D10 Roborovski – Normal (Shown in Syrian pen) Special Class
D20 Non Standard (No duplicates allowed)
Pets Section (Judged on tameness and condition. Entered in their cage or suitable travelling box.)
P1 Pet Hamster Class P2 Pet Rabbit and Rodent Class
Pet Hamster Class: Open to Juniors, Non Members and Adult Members owning no more than 10 Hamsters excluding litters.
Entry Fees: Straight Class (1-13, 23 & D1-D10, D20) 25p/entry. Duplicate Classes (14-22 & D11-D19) 5p/entry. Pets £1/entry
Sale of stock: Hamsters must be healthy and over 5 weeks old. No hamster for sale to be over 10 months old. The seller
MUST provide a card giving hamsters date of birth, breeder's name and contact address or telephone number and a box for
their transportation home. A commission of 20% will be deducted for club funds. The Sales Manager has the right to refuse any
stock without giving a reason. Please note only hamsters from club members, who have exhibited at least once, at any NHC
affiliated Club show, will be accepted for sale.
Show Pens: A limited number of show pens are available for hire at £1 each (Maximum 5 per membership in 1st year and 3
per membership in 2nd year) Please order with entry and specify Syrian or Dwarf. To be returned clean to the Show Secretary
at the end of the show. You must supply your own shavings or sawdust for Shorthaired and Wood Based Cat Litter for
Longhaired hamsters. Dwarfs may be shown in Syrian Hire Pens if no Dwarf Hire Pens are available.
Directions: Leave M4 at Junction 32. Take A470 North (Merthyr) for approx ½ mile. leaving at 1st exit Taffs Well, 1st left at
roundabout then 2nd left at next roundabout (Radyr B4262). Keep to road for 2 miles through 1st traffic lights and venue is just
beyond 2nd lights. War memorial on Left, church and hall on right.. Parking in lane along side church

[kimlck]

I went to Cardiff today.
I showed Moo and Robbi in the pet class.
Believe it or not but Moo came 2nd!!
She even had a kiss from the judge.
Robbi got a certificate for entering and she was the only dwarf,
Is it always that nerve wracking??
I felt sick, my hands were shaking.
I was dreading Moo doing something but nope, she was great!
Robbi was as nosey as usual, she wanted to look at everything.

Would love to know who won what.

[caro317]

Oh you are so brave, I would be too scared to enter! Congratulations!!

[kyrilliondaemon]

We never find pet class nerve wracking, we just see it as a bit of fun to be honest
We were there yesterday but didn't take any of the hams so we couldn't enter pet class, just came home with two new syrians who're settling in nicely so far. It was a great day out

[lisab]

I was chuffed with the main class. I won lots of 1sts 2nds 3rds and 4ths with my lot.
also I won reserve best in show dwarf with an argente campbell, reserve best in show syrian with a sh cream and best in show syrian with my other sh cream

Well done kim it was nice seeing you again x

[souffle]

Congratulations on your results Fabulous and looking forward to meeting your newbies kyrill

[kimlck]

It was nice to see you too Lisa,
And congratulations on your wins
Ive been to one show before and yesterday was my first pet class.
Looking forward to seeing pics of your new syrians kyrilliondaemon, i was sorely tempted by a few myself.
We might go to the Bath show, for an early xmas prezzie for me
Itll be a nice change getting something non sport/ hiking related.

[kyrilliondaemon]

Congrats on the results

And yeah I clearly need to actually introduce those two, knew there was somewhere I needed to post them lol. Will go and post an introduction thread before I forget again