Todmorden show - 21st June

[Louby]

Originally Posted by Mollz

I know Chris told me once that they don't like to breed from big hamsters and focus on other things rather than size.

Ahhh...that makes more sense then. Thanks Mollz!

[Spuds Mum]

I think it is the dark grey gene for our Scout to be honest - as Shanty is also Towy and she is big! Our dark grey Grey-ham is also quite a petite boy too.

Sorry, I didnt make it clear - Casper is a Scorpio ham, who won short haired AOC and also got Best Opposite Sex - and I am sure Sheryl wouldnt want me pinching him for good - though she is kind enough to loan him to me for mating to Shanty, who she liked very much.

[Holly]

We had a great day too - though it started badly with Will having to withdraw the Doctor (another one with a huge mat we had to cut) and a journey that was supposed to take 2 hrs and 4 mins (according to AA route planner) taking nearly 3 hours and costing me 45 quid in petrol for both ways ). If the hams hadn't had to move tents we'd have missed the kick off time - as it was we made it with a bit of a panic benching them.

We had some great results, some so-so's- and a really disappointing one plus an interesting one for me.

Will's Who hams (all two of them) got 1st and 3rd in their classes! Martha won LH Patterned and Young Stock at 11 weeks so Will was over the moon - and Jack came 3rd in LH AOC.

I got my best ever score and result with Smartie - she won LH Satin (out of 9) with 78 points and was only half a point behind the BIS/BOS - there were 3 with 78 and half points! I'm over the moon - I actually thought I'd lost her as I didn't think to look for her right up in the first row!!!!!!! She also won Intermediate, got 3rd in Breeder and got me my first ever Grand Challenge prize card by coming fourth in the show

Molly got 3rd in LH Satin and Minnie got 3rd in SH Satin (she's browning now so didn't do as well as previously ) and Mars got 4th in the massive LH Cream class (15 entries)...he lost points for lack of skirt. We giot 1st and 3rd in Intermediate (out of 20).

Now for the not so good - my big disappointment was my lovely Creme Egg - he came last in LH Cream ....I know he's young but I think/thought he's quite nice

....And the interesting - Praline, my "spotty botty" Sable Roan Marteser got reclassified - she really does have a spotty botty - apparently she's a mosaic ...she was reclassified to Non Standard and got reserve out of 8!

Congrats to all the winners (especially Bunsey, Pophammy, Souffle and Spud's Mum!) and everyone else - lovely day - shame about the weather and driving time!!! :P

[ilovemyhammies]

soon as we parked the car jay threw up twice in the car over his and my jacket, so after we benched the hammies, me and hubby had to buy new jackets and jay wore waynes oversized fleece all day
well done everyone on your wins, it was lovely to put names to faces.
shocking weather and silly me wore sandals, so feet had a good wash when we got home.
thanks holly for my lovely buttercup, she,s settling in nicely

[Holly]

Originally Posted by ilovemyhammies

thanks holly for my lovely buttercup, she,s settling in nicely

Brilliant - thank you for giving her such a lovely home

I wore sandals too - luckily I had trainers in the car, my feet were freezing...flaming June and all that

[pophammy]

Arghhhh where to start?

Good news first ~ Kipton won his class, (WW Pearl) and came 3rd in Grand challenge. He also got BIS Junior! Bingley got 3rd in WW Sapphire, despite being extremely tatty and his eye is still not quite right. Pringle got second in Non-standard, so the Dwarfy Beans did well! We were quite pleased with the Syrians, though neither of them got anything. Napoleon's class, LH Satin was quite big, and he scored quite well, though didn't get placed. We are pleased with Lola, who, despite coming joint last in SH Patterned, scored very well for a baby, and the judge commented that she had excellent colour and quite a good band!

On the bad side, we got rather lost getting there. It took us 1 1/2 hrs instead of 27mins, and we were panicking because we thought we wouldn't be able to bench them on time! The day started off all right, but it soon started to pour down! It was a nightmare trying to leave again, as our car had been penned in between a large tree and 3 other cars (2 of them hamster people, luckilly). It was a mud-bath there, and I had to stand in the pouring rain and direct Souf in reversing out. Our hams were still in their show pens, as we couldn't get into the boot to put them in their cages as a large puddle was in the way! We stopped at the side of the road in the park whilst I jumped out to put them in the cages. Whilst doing this a giant horse-box came up behind! I had to frantically shove them in and race round again so I didn't get run over! We were both drenched and frozen by this point, so it was really not the best end to the show!

Congrats to all the winners, especially Bunsey, who got BIS Dwarf, LMDH (BOS Dwarf), Scorpio Syrians (BOS and BIS Syrian), Sam Moussette (BIS Junior Syrian) and Dan's Hams (BOS Junior Syrian). Also congrats to everyone on the forum who entered, and nooboo for doing a great job of being show sec ~ we really need to buy a club umbrella as the rain was dripping all over her and the prize cards!

Mollz, I think there were 99 hams entered in total in the show.

[littlemissdwarfhamster]

Just got back in - stopped at my parents and got fed Dads home made Chili So I am nicely warmed up now.

Sat.nav was a gem and we got there and back with little fuss (slight de-tour on the way back but that was my fault for not concentrating). The weather was appalling all day which was a shame, I was going to wear my wellies but changed my mind at the last minute - silly me!

My hamsters did quite well which i was pleased about as I havent been a 'show minded' as I usually am for the last 6 months or so. I was very pleased with my argente campbells, I have had them for a while but havent shown them as I didnt think they were that good - they scored really highly and the judge took them home to breed Cant wait to get them back with some babies.

I was pleased with my BOS too as that was Twinkle, an older girl who has had a few litters. But just living with her daughter Glimmer now she has blossomed. But my favourite comment was in the non-standard class, when the first comment Andrew made about my mottled argente was that she had a very nice coat - I rescued her from work with mites, so to know she is in good condition was really nice to hear.

I thoroughly enjoyed my day today.

[Mollz]

Wow - everyone did wonderfully. Congratulations to all of you!

[Basia]

Congratulations everyone, it sounds as though you had a good day despite the weather.
Special congrats to Bunsey - BIS! Well done.

Congratulations everyone! Especially Paddy - obviously that velcro didn't harm his good looks!

It sounds like you all need a special award just for turning up, and sticking out that weather. That's dedication...well done!!!!