Welcome to the official web-site of the National Modena Club of Great

Britain the principal objective of which is the promotion and

development of the Modena pigeon and the interests of Modena fanciers.

 

The Club was founded in 1910 as the ‘Modena Club’ and held its first Championship Show soon afterwards the first recorded winner being W.H. Holmes.

Later following the absorption of the Northern and Scottish Modena Clubs the name was changed to the present style reflecting as it does the wider representation.

The most important initial task of the founders of the Club was to

establish a Standard of Excellence for the Modena Pigeon because this

enabled the enthusiastic members to concentrate their breeding

programmes on ideal specimens of the Breed and thus eliminate the

imperfections. The Club was greatly assisted in this regard by having

among its members some of the most outstanding breeders of pigeons at

the time such as W.H. Holmes and W. Watmough both of whom contributed

publications on pigeon keeping which remain keenly sought after to

this day. The result was the production of high quality stock

illustrating what became known as the ‘bird of curves’ which was much

in demand among the fancy pigeon fraternity.

Although the Modena pigeon originated in Italy and was common in the town of Modena from which it took its name and was exported from there

to Germany England France and later to America and beyond it is the so

called ‘English Modena’ conforming to the Standard of Excellence of

this Club which has been adopted by fanciers worldwide.

The National Modena Club became the ‘Premier’ fancy pigeon club in

Great Britain because it’s members have always been prepared to

release good stock to newcomers to the breed and assist them by

offering advice on colour breeding. The development of the Modena

guided by the Club gathered pace so that in time it became the most

popular of all exhibition pigeons and has remained so. This is because

it has the greatest variety of colours and markings which now number

seventy-five officially approved. There are now two separate types of

Modena – the Gazzi, or pied, and the Schietti, or self coloured.

The National Modena Club of Great Britain continues to promote and

enhance the quality of the Breed

By holding annual shows for all classes of Modena both adult and young

and supporting classes for modenas at most of the pigeon shows

throughout the United Kingdom. The Club also maintains contacts with

other Modena clubs worldwide so that the members can be kept abreast

of developments and benefit from shared experience and there are

particularly close links with European breeders of the English Modena.

The Club through the Management Committee and the various office

holders continues to represent the interests of the Modena in the

vigorous application of the rules ensures that the integrity of the

Modena Pigeon is maintained.

Photo courtesy Clay Rogers

February 6th 2010

Dennis Thornton has reported the Centenary Edition of the Club Bulletin is almost ready to go to print. It is expected to be ready for members at the end of February

25th October Modena Club Show

at Newark Showground

108 Gazzi and 310 Schietti entered

Supreme Modena Bronze Tri Gazzi

Clay Rogers

Best Schietti 2009 Dun Self John Walker

Photo courtesy D Thornton

24th January 2010 Reading

Best Modena Bronze Gazzi Adult Cock

Best Schietti Mealy Adult Cock

James Wiggins

Judge J Vaughan

16th January Blackpool 2010

Best Modena Mealy Schietti

Tom Elton

Best Gazzi Mealy

 J Vaughan

28th December 2009 Nottingham 

Best Modena Blue Gazzi 2009

David Iddon

Best Schietti Russet Tri

P Graham

5th December 2009 BPSS Pickering

Best Modena Bronze Tri Schietti Young Hen

Steve Morley

Best Gazzi Blue

David Iddon

21st November Lancashire

Best Modena Bronze Gazzi Adult Cock

Lowe & Maltby

Best Schietti Russet Tri Adult Hen

Peter Graham

21st November London & Essex

Best Modena Dilute Schietti Adult Hen

John Ross

Best Gazzi Mealy Adult Cock

J Vaughan

Best Young Modena Silver Dun Schietti

Clive Thornton

Judge F Bradbourne

Photo courtesy D Thornton

20th September 2009

YBS Newark Showground

Best Schietti Best Modena

Dun Self

John Walker

Best Gazzi

Ochre Tri

David Iddon

Triple Best Modena Winner

2009 /2010

Suffex , Lancashire, Reading.

Lowe & Maltby

Bronze Gazzi Adult Cock

Photo Courtesy John Ross

28th November Cornwall Championship

Best Modena Silver Dun Schietti Adult Cock

Dave Parnell

Best OP Sex Dilute Schietti Adult Hen

John Ross

Best Gazzi and Best Young Modena

Dave Parnell

Judge J Vaughan

7th November Coatbridge Scotland Championship Show

Best Modena Russet Tri Schietti

Junior Ian McGarr.

Best Gazzi Silver Dun Adult Cock

Craig Gatford

Judge A White

28th November Newcastle Columbarian

Best Modena Mealy Schietti Young Cock

Phil Cox

Best Gazzi Silver Dun Adult Cock

Craig Gatford

Judges Schietti J walker Gazzi P Graham

7th November Suffex Championship Show

Best Modena And Best in Show

Bronze Gazzi Adult Cock

Lowe & Maltby

Best Schietti Mealy Cock

Tom Elton

Judge Robin Pratt

celebrating 100 years 1910 - 2010

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