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Secretaries Notes
I hope everyone who came along to our Christmas Show at Great Barr enjoyed themselves and I hope you all had a good Christmas. Our new year of hamster shows begins again and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at all future shows. The next show is at on the 8th February at a new venue - Quinborne, Birmingham. Please note that the catering is within the centre and closes at approx 2.30pm, so make sure that you have sufficient drinks etc to last through to the end of the show. See you all there.
Elaine Skidmore
Tewkesbury Show - 11th January 2003
An excellent entry of 144 Syrians and 60 Dwarfs for the first show of the
year. Many thanks to Melissa and Sarah for judging and their pen and book stewards,
the sales team and to Sue and Mark who kept us all fed and watered!
Congratulations to all winners especially Wellington hams and
Michelle Newbury who won B.I.S. in Dwarfs and Syrians respectively.
At the end of the day the hall was tidy and swept clean in record time - thanks to all. This enabled us to drive home for part of the way in daylight.
Jean Tye
Secretaries Notes
New members this month are Victoria Anne Walton from Bristol. Tasha Woloszyniuk from Great Barr, Birmingham. Alysia Powell from Dudley, West Midlands. Wendy Angell from Ledbury, Herefordshire. Katharine Buchanan from Witney, Oxford. and Sally Sherwood from Cradley Heath, West Midlands. Welcome to you all. We now have our new Club badges for sale and these can be obtained either by post or at a show. Please see me if you are interested. Our next show is at Willington, Nr. Derby and is the venue for the presentation of the Exhibitor of the Year trophies. Please try and come along.
Elaine Skidmore
Secretaries Notes
Welcome to our new member Lindsey Skelton from Stratford on Avon,
Warks. We will be holding a committee meeting at the Shurdington Show, so if
anyone has anything they wish to put forward, please see one of the committee
members or myself. I hope those who came along to our last show at Quinborne
enjoyed the new venue, it was just a pity that more of the public didn't come
along to join us.
This week I have received two telephone calls from people who have been trying to contact us and found it very difficult to locate any details. One lady took over 3 weeks before finding my telephone number (not everyone has access to the internet) and only through sheer determination found us. Most people would have given up long before then. We really do need to step up our publicity, so if anyone can help by putting up posters advertising the club, please have a word with Andrew Bryan our publicity officer who will be only too happy to assist. Good places could be Pet Shops, Vets, Garden Centres, Supermarket notice boards, Community Centres, Schools etc, etc, the list is endless. See you all at Shurdington.
Elaine Skidmore
Show Manager Request
The Midland Hamster Club is looking to cover more areas in which hamster shows are held. We are looking for halls in Cheshire, Chester or North Wales border, Coventry, Rugby and Leicester. The halls must be of reasonable size with car parking, kitchen facilities, tables, and chairs. They also need to be at a reasonable cost. If you know of a hall that we might be able to use, please email the webmaster We will be booking these shows for 2004. Thank you.
Sarah Charmley
Willington Show - 15th March 2003
The show went well. It was nice to see everyone from the Northern Hamster Club
again. Thank you to both the judges; Melissa Chamberlain for judging the Dwarfs
and to Mick Turnidge for judging the Syrians, especially as they both had long
journeys there and back.
Thank you to everyone else who helped, whether it was Book or Pen Stewarding, Sales Table, Kitchen, Raffle and printing the Place Cards. Congratulations to all the winners.
Catherine Groves
Secretaries Notes
It was nice to see everyone at the Willington Show for the Exhibitor of the Year Presentation. I hope you all enjoyed the Show and may I congratulate all the winners, well done.
We have two new members to welcome who came along to Willington. Luke Wager from Bedworth, Warks and Kate Houghton and Martin Parker both from Wordsley, Nr.Stourbridge, West Midlands. I hope you both enjoyed your first hamster show and we look forward to seeing you again soon. May I also thank all those who have renewed their membership for their continued support.
We haven't got a show in May so our next one will be at Cardiff in June. However, we do have a three day display in May at Blenheim Palace and everyone is welcome. Please let Peter Logsdail know if you wish to come along and help, it is a large outdoor show with lots to see and do.
In May we will be attending the National Hamster Council Meeting
so if you have any comments etc regarding anything concerning the Club please
have a word with one of our Delegates - Peter Charmley or Andrew Bryan as they
are there to represent you, the membership. Hope to see you all at a show soon.
Elaine Skidmore
Shurdington Show - 26th April 2003
This show took place at the end of the Easter school holiday and maybe that accounts for the rather low turn out. Despite this we all had a lovely day, there were 89 Syrians and 37 Dwarfs for Andrew Bryan and Tim Groves to judge respectively. My thanks to them and their book and pen stewards, the people on the sales table, Jenny doing the raffle and last but not least Rosie and her excellent team of helpers in the kitchen.
I spent time over the holidays painting and varnishing my 35 show pens. On the
day of the show it made me have a good look at other peoples pens. In my opinion
there were quite a few Syrian pens that needed a makeover. If you do it before
it gets too bad it's much quicker and easier. There are also people still showing
in dwarf pens that are not mahogany in colour. I used between 1-5 coats of Ronseal
quick drying satin varnish depending on the original colour of the wood. It
was easy to use and only took 2 hours between coats. All my pens are now roughly
the same shade of mahogany. Congratulations to all the winners
Susan Washbrook
Secretaries Notes
Welcome to the following new members: Eleanor Gough from Towcester,
Northants. Magda & Mathilde Petford from Wolverhampton, West Midlands. Caroline
Rose Jenkins from Derby and Kayla Lewis from Newport, South Wales.
We don't have a show in May due to the National Hamster Council
Meeting, so our next show will be on June 21st at Cardiff. However, don't forget
our 3 day display at Blenheim Palace on the Bank Holiday weekend at the end
of May. Anyone wishing to attend, please contact Pete Logsdail whose details
are on the back of the Journal.
Anyone with any queries or if you require any information regarding
hamsters etc., please don't hesitate to contact me and I will try to help or
put you in touch with someone who can.
Elaine Skidmore
Secretaries Notes
I hope everyone had a good time at Blenheim. Sorry we were not able to join you, but we were cheering our Football Team, Wolverhampton Wanderers to victory at the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff. Sorry Barry (we're not really)!!! Speaking of Cardiff, our next show is being held there on the 21st June and I hope to see you all there.
New members this month are Janet Lewis and Keith Jeffery from Ashford, Middlesex and Martin Chainey from Neath, South Wales. Welcome to you all.
Elaine Skidmore
Secretaries Notes
I hope you all had a good show at Cardiff, unfortunately we could not be there as Sid was not well. Thanks to all those who sent their get well wishes and card.
We have no new members this month, but thanks to all those who have renewed for their continued support. We haven't got a show in August so our next one will be at Kingswinford in September.However, we do have another 3day display at Blenheim Palace over the bank holiday weekend at the end of August. If you are interested in going along please speak to Pete Logsdail.
I hope everyone who is taking a holiday enjoys their break and I look forward to seeing you all soon.
Elaine Skidmore
Alcester Show - 19th July 2003
An entry of 67 Syrians and 72 Dwarf hamsters made for a relaxed judging pace at the show. A big thanks to our judges, Jean Tye and particularly Andrew Bryan for stepping in at the last minute!
Thank you to all the book stewards and pen stewards and especially to Chris Logsdail and Peter Charmley who provided the kitchen at short notice.
Congratulations to our Juniors, Joshua Rowe and Caroline Hunt who also won B.I.S. and Reserve B.I.S. respectively in Syrians. Also congratulations to our adult winners, Wellington Hams and Lilliput Hams in Dwarf hamsters. Thank you to all who helped and see you at the next show.
Sarah Charmley
Secretaries Notes
Welcome to the following new members: The Preece Family from Gloucester. Linda Clark from Chelmsford and Philippa Munier from Birmingham.
I hope everyone enjoyed the Alcester Show and the buffet afterwards at Susan and Neil's. Although Sid and I were not able to attend the buffet I would like to thank Susan and Neil for their kindness once again. I am sure that everyone who attended enjoyed the occasion. Also thanks to Andrew Bryan for stepping in to judge the Syrians on the day, as Sid was not feeling well enough.
I hope you are all looking forward to our display at Blenheim and our next show at Kingswinford. I hope to see you all there.
Elaine Skidmore
Secretaries Notes
Welcome to the following new members: Hannah McIntyre from Leicester, Chloe McNamara from Bicester, and John & Jo Markham from Tywyn, Gwynedd.
Our Show next month, which was to be at Worcester is now at Shurdington and will also be our A.G.M. So please let me have your proposals and nominations by the 31st October. Please try and get along and put your views forward, we need your opinions.
I hope all those who attended the Kingswinford Show had a good day. Sid was sorry he didn't make it due to him not being well and thanks everyone who sent their best wishes. It was also good to see Lesley Thompson who some of you will remember. Lesley was a member some years ago and it is always nice to catch up with old friends.
Elaine Skidmore
Secretaries Notes
Sorry for the lack of notes in last months Journal, although I forwarded them they never got there.
Welcome to the following new members: Anna-Lena Jonsson from Sweden. Mrs. Susan Halstead from Oxford. Fran Kilsby also from Oxford and Natalie Wootton from Rugeley, Staffs.
Enclosed with this journal are the minutes of the A.G.M,. please read them carefully.. Also a list of our 2004 Shows.
I hope everyone who gets along to our Christmas Show enjoys the day and may I wish you all a very happy Christmas. Please note that our first show of 2004 is at Worcester and NOT Tewkesbury. See you all soon
Elaine Skidmore
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