Eire Budgerigar Society

Eire Budgerigar Society

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will take place this  September 11th,  in St. Patrick Parish

Centre, Loughboy, Kilkenny City........Full details, on the:

Society Events Page

Hotel Rates for the eve of Show get together

Rates for Double/Twin Room

 2 Nights Bed & Full Irish Breakfast only €110.00 per person sharing

€49.50 per person sharing Bed & Full Irish Breakfast Friday night only

 €55.00 per person sharing Bed & Full Irish Breakfast Saturday Night only

 Rates for Single Room.

 2 Nights Bed & Breakfast only €120.00 per room

 Friday night only €60.00 per room Bed & Full Irish Breakfast.

Site update August 27th 2010

APOLOGY & RETRACTION

In the April 2010 edition of Budgerigar World , a report was printed in connection with the Eire BS. We have since learnt that statements concerning certain individuals; Gerard Lanigan, Darragh Frawley & Brian Flynn, named in the report are unfounded. Budgerigar World retracts the report and unreservedly apologises to these three people for any upset that this may have caused.

We raised over €750 euro for the Club at our Sales Day

Thanks everyone for your supoport !!!!!

Judges Extended Stay in Kilkenny

See News

 Thanks to all those who traveled to the show Preparation Night

See "Society Events"

We now have 80 site  members and climbing!!!!

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Welcome New Club  Members :

David Hennessey.......Dublin

Noel Kelly.........Dublin

Gregory Kearns........Co Cork

Rory Dunne.........Dublin

Brendan Johnston..........Co. Kilkenny

Stephen Sheeran........Co Carlow

Joseph O'Callaghan ........Co Cork

Committee Meeting was held on Sunday the 18th and the Sales Day was fixed for

the 8th of August in the Nethercross Centre, Open show fixed for Kilkenny, and

the ring issue date to remain January 1st 2011

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 If any member would like any issue discussed

Please contact the secretary

Gerard.lanigan@gmail.com

The Health Page is being updated at the moment . Please check it from time to time

SALES DAY

..The Eire BS held is sales day in Dublin on the 8th of August in the

Nethercross centre, Finglas.  Over 40 exhibition Budgerigars were on offer.

these birds were donated by members of the Society, in order to give

beginners a chance to buy quality birds at very affordable prices and also raise

funds for the Society.  All birds were priced €20 euro each and all were sold

within 30 minutes. Along with some donations, over 800 euro was raised for

the society, by the kind donations of its members. The membership now looks

forward to its open show on the 11th of September. Which will be held this

year in the historic city of Kilkenny"

some Pictures on Face Book

Open Show

Top Judge Rinus Van Den Brock to work in Tandem with 

Jac Cuyten

Rinus has confirmed his appointment to co judge  our open Show

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Pictures of YSS on the Gallery page and Video page

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Please check in with the News Page you can trust!

Check the Members Page

Website has  been updated

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Top German Breeder Florian Bock has renewed his  sponsorship of the Society  for 2010

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Newsletter No:2

It is your Newsletter

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Please read the important article on Trichomonaisis

  Enjoy the read and remember its "Your" newsletter, and if you would like any particular topic covered, you only have to e-mail Brian at brianflynn90@yahoo.com to have your say on anything Budgerigar. Are you looking to buy or sell ???? you can as a member advertise your surplus stock or equipment on the website or in the newsletter

New Information Sheet Download on Trichomonaisis  see the "Health Page"

Founded in 1952 as the "Eire Budgerigar Society", by men with a vision to promote the breeding and exhibition of Budgerigars in Ireland , and to liaise with all like minded people around the world.

After somewhat of a resurgence in the late nineties and early 2000, the Society sadly went into decline at the beginning of 2003 and with all shows canceled that year by the BS due to the Mega Bacteria scare, the society' ceased to function, and with no guidance or finances lay in this dormant state until the intervention of Adrian Mc Cormack in June of 2005.

However after a number of E.G.M.s in 2005 and again in 2006, the Society was still without a fully functional and stable committee to give it the impetus it needed to function properly.  Then at an E.G.M. on the 9th of July 2006 a committee was formed, and plans for a full show to be held in 2007, the first full open show since 2002 were laid.

Proposals were also made that day was to hold an AGM in 2008 and for it to be held in the "Prince of Wales Hotel in Athlone".  

Sadly once again the stability of the committee failed to hold and the secretary resigned.                                      

An open show was held in September of 2007 and the Best in Show went to  Peter Mackin's wonderful bird. The Society was up and functioning again and an AGM was planned for February 2008, with Pascal Trill   in the driving seat                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Then in 2008 the Society under a new management committee was fully computerised by the treasurer Gerard Lanigan, which meant that for the first time in the Society's long history a proper track of members show status and their achievements could be recorded and maintained.  This new and vibrant Society was now grabbing the headlines for all the right reasons........

Vision, Professionalism and a sense of purpose was now the guiding force that drove the management committee to give up all of their time for the Hobby they love.

After a highly successful open show in 2008 and with regular committee meetings the future looked bright and the membership grew and continues to grow to this day, with members from as far away as Italy showing their appreciation for the direction the society had been taken.

Then at the 2009 A.G.M in the Carrickdale Hotel on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, the membership voted to change the name to "The Budgerigar Society of Ireland".  This was done in order to help facilitate breeders in the North, who might have found the the word "Eire" a barrier to joining the Society. So the membership took the brave step and a massive leap of faith and voted to change the name of the Society, a name which had stood for over 55 years in an effort to support an idea which had promised so much. Sadly this move had a counter active response, where those the change was aimed at, did not emerge, and some members in the Republic who were totally against the change of name felt left out.  The promise of a Northern resurgence of Exhibitors never materialised, and what was to be a new begining, faded away.  Now in 2010 the current management committee, and membership have taken the brave decision, and they have voted overwhelmingly at this years A.G.M to reverse this name change, and so we are once again the "Eire Budgerigar Society".  We failed to achieve our objective, which was, that by changing our name, "We would attract and increase the exhibitors at our shows from Northern Ireland",  but we can proudly say we tried something new, which unfortunately did not have the support and comitment we had hoped for.  So now, we start afresh, with a purpose and direction to advance the objectives of the "Eire Budgerigar Society"

So you are most welcome to come join us to build a strong and viable Society on the Island, and if you are a society member why not register with the site and have your say on how your would like to see things done

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