Club News 2008/9
Photo Courtesy D Thornton
December 2009
Tom Crane has been inducted in to the NPA' Hall of Fame 'he is a long standing member of the Modena club and has Judged modenas in U K. and on Continental Europe.
Congratuilations Tom from all in the club
December 2009
Liam Thornton was awarded the prestigous NPA 'Junior Fancier Of The Year 'award
Liam has worked hard to gain this award and the modena club is very proud to have him in our ranks
Liam Thornton collects his Junior fancier of the year Award from Brian Brock NPA President Phot Photo Courtesy D Thornton
U.K. Modena judges In Denmark
Left to right
G Giddings T Elton G Marsden T Crane D Barraclough J Ross
Photo courtesy G Giddings
Modena Club Show 2009 Supreme Modena 2009 Bronze Tri Gazzi. Clay Rogers with his trophies
Photo courtesy D Thornton
25th October 2009
David Barraclough was elected at the AGM to President of the Modena club he will serve for two years
Ralph Sargeant with his 30 years Honorary Membership.
Photo Courtesy D Thornton
New President
David Barraclough
Dennis Thornton Managing Editor of Bulletin
August 2009
THE MODENA PIGEON
by Major D M Thornton
A treatise including the selected writings of four celebrated Modena men
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Holmes, Sears, Sharpe Magee and Watmough
with many illustrations.
This is a limited edition of only 100 copies produced to mark the
Centenary of the National Modena Club.
Price £10 plus £2 p & p U.K. overseas by request
May 2009
2010 Centenary Year Announcement
Click to read in full
Sunday 15th February 2009
The 2009 club Bulletin has been collated prepared and printed by the Managing Editor Dennis Thornton.
This issue is a massive 47 pages of A4 and will be posted out to members on Monday 16th February .
I am sure the members will enjoy reading articles from home and abroad including Australia France and Barbados.
Weekend 9th January 2009 Denmark National Fredericia
Six U.K. Modena judges travelled to the Danish National to judge the large English Modena section over 540 Modenas and the first time ever the Modena had the largest breed club entry covering all breeds at this show .
Best Modena was a white Schietti from Gary Marsden's Judging section
Weekend of 18th November 2008
Tom Crane and Graham Giddings judged the top modena Show in Europe in Strasburg France over 2200 Modenas in total with judges from various parts represented
Sunday 26th October 2008
The President announced at the A.G.M. that the Committee had decided to make awards
in recognition of long service to
Ron Goodenough
David Iddon and
Ralph Sargeant all of whom had served 30 years of membership of the Club and
he presented framed Honorary Membership Scrolls to mark this
service.
Graham Giddings speaking on behalf of the NPA said that the
members would like to know that Ralph Sargeant had also been awarded
the rank of Master Breeder of NPA.
Congratulations to all three members
celebrating 100 years 1910 - 2010
