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Enfield Show October 2th

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Go on then, who's coming? hehee :D
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I'm so glad you decided to come Ian! It'll be nice to see you!

I have been to a few enfield shows where i havent shown myself and still enjoyed it.

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You know when you wake up, all happily run along to the shed, check your mice and 'OH MY GOD'... 'Why do you have the tiniest, tiniest notch of fur missing on your head?'... 'OH MY GOD'...'WHY did you choose today to start obviously molting?'

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WillowDragon said:
You know when you wake up, all happily run along to the shed, check your mice and 'OH MY GOD'... 'Why do you have the tiniest, tiniest notch of fur missing on your head?'... 'OH MY GOD'...'WHY did you choose today to start obviously molting?'

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I know absolutely and time and experience hasn't altered things :roll:
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And it only ever happens to the one you feel will win.

Good luck to all who have gone to the Enfield show, post results when you get back. Happy mousing! :D
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how did the show go today? x
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Any news yet?? Come on Katie let us know the results!
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Oh Jeez... honest, you expect me to remember stuff??? I was stewarding for the first time!! I was panicing so much, all I saw was the maxeys and the numbers! LOL

I know BIS was a gorgoeus Black, and I *think* BOA was an Argente, but someone may correct me!

No clue who the black belonged to!! the ribbons were still there when I left! I believe the Argente belonged to Nigel @Rollesby.

I can tell you what I got!! Well... my 'best' girl was having a very bad day when I went up to the shed this morning, and it showed, she got a 4th place in the Cham Satin Ad class and by some miracle managed to pick up a 3rd in the Satin Challenge.

My 'replacement' boy (the original u8 satin boy I was going to take had MAJOR molt issues, so I quickly took his brother!) did quite well... 1st in Cham Satin u8 (Out of 3), 2nd in Satin Challenge u8 (Out of 9) and a 3rd in the Grand Challenge u8 (Out of 42).

My Champagne A doe also did quite well... 1st in Champagne A, a 2nd in the Novice class (Out of 14) and a 4th in the Adult Doe class (Out of 28)

My u8 Cham doe bombed! lol Too pale. Though she is the sister of the cham satin boy that did so well and is the same colour... in the future I will remember to show pale satins and slightly darker selfs.

I spent 25 quid on 5 new champagne mice in the auction, and all in all had a nice day.... shame I got stuck on the train with ignorant, drunken loutish football fans. Nightmare.

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Congratulations sweetie! Glad you had a good day :)

Sarah xxx
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Thanks Sarah!! I am pleased overall, though still a bit disappointed that my cham satin girl didn't shine on the day... Oh well, she might have had PMT or something :lol: :lol:

It was lovely to see the club members again, and despite the fact that I was pretty much pushed into stewarding, i'm glad I was, because now I have done it once, I probably will be more confident to help out next time too.
(Though I hope they don't make me steward everytime, I have no time to talk to my friends!!)

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congratulations hun :D
Its a shame the ones you wanted to show were having a bad hair day! there is always a next time ;)
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(Though I hope they don't make me steward everytime, I have no time to talk to my friends!!)

W xx[/quote]

I always think it would be a good idea to share the stewarding with someone else.One do the morning and one the afternoon.I've done that a couple of times and found it good.It's finding someone willing to do it with you thats the problem.
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Yes I barely got to have a chat while you were stewarding.

Its a shame that your mouse wasnt looking her best, I don't know much about the shade you need to achieve but with my beady little eye looking at the condition and type of your mice I was very impressed. I am incredibly pleased with my two new cham does, which are both ideal for me and hopefully will massively improve my rumpwhites. I cant wait to get anything near those ears on a marked!
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The only real faults with the girls that I gave you Ian were dark tops and line unders!! I am really glad your pleased with them. They are the sisters of the adult girls I showed!

And yeah, it would have been nice to have someone to take over properly so I could have 10 minutes break! hehe I did have loads of help though, but that was to teach me what to do!! hehee
And this was just a club show, I don't even want to know what it would be like to steward a really big one, I think you'd definately have to have two stewards then!!

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Sorry to hear you didnt do as well as you hpoed. Do not take it too much to heart, as a different judge on a different day may have seen it in a different way!. Quite like that it rhymes!. I hope you can make it to the show in Newbury in a couple of weeks as I am judging and could give you my opinion. Remeber there are no definitive winners and losers, only subjective opinions from the judge on the day. Dont be tempted to enter lighter satins and darker selfs based on yesterdays results alone, as usually with the pale selfs and satins lighter shades do better.
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SarahC said:
just to briefly go back to the magazine,Ruth could really do with input from members.Photos from shows ,articles and opinions,positive or negative.Experiences as a newcomer.She shouldn't have to do all the work.I'd like to read about whats involved in actually putting on a show Philip.Midlands mouse club has a nice ring I think.Pictures and topics can be emailed to her.
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Midlands mouse club does have a nice ring to it. I may post something on here outlining what you would need to do to put on a show, or maybe the magazine, I will give it some thought. If said mouse club becomes a reality I would come and judge it for you if you would like. I have written an article for the mag next month about the internet/forum issue. Its not positive, but then how could it be?. I only get called Philip when Im in trouble, I hope thats not the case!.
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She wasn't mega dark, but the buck that did well was much much paler, almost silver I thought.
These are pics of the vastly different shades I get in cham litters:



Thinking about it today, I do think it was more to do with her overall 'look' than her colour or type or anything like that. I knew when I got her out of the shed yesterday morning she was not looking at her best, it wasn't any huge particular thing, she just didn't 'look' right!
Her and her sister are going into breeding, they are a good age and a good size for it, and my stud is scarily small right now, so I need my best does producing.

I have a couple of young bucks and a litter of PEW's that will be ready for selection for my next show... and I will see what my young doe I put in this time, looks like as an adult, she may darken.

Newbury you say? Hmm... I may look into that! Its a bit further out than Reading is it not?

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SarahC said:
just to briefly go back to the magazine,Ruth could really do with input from members.Photos from shows ,articles and opinions,positive or negative.Experiences as a newcomer.She shouldn't have to do all the work.I'd like to read about whats involved in actually putting on a show Philip.Midlands mouse club has a nice ring I think.Pictures and topics can be emailed to her.
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Midlands mouse club does have a nice ring to it. I may post something on here outlining what you would need to do to put on a show, or maybe the magazine, I will give it some thought. If said mouse club becomes a reality I would come and judge it for you if you would like. I have written an article for the mag next month about the internet/forum issue. Its not positive, but then how could it be?. I only get called Philip when Im in trouble, I hope thats not the case!.
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I'm honoured I'm sure.I shall all so be writing a piece.You'll have to wait and see in which light I portray things :frocket
At least it breaks the apathy Phil ;)
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Well I can feel people picking up their quills and penning a response by flickering candlelight to my letter, which is pretty much the problem!.
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Seawatch Stud said:
Well I can feel people picking up their quills and penning a response by flickering candlelight to my letter, which is pretty much the problem!.
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Seawatch Stud said:
Well I can feel people picking up their quills and penning a response by flickering candlelight to my letter, which is pretty much the problem!.
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tis a laugh a minute in the mouse club.
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