Last week I travelled to Belgium to enter 8 Scots Fancies, 1 Belgian "Bump" and 3 Giboso Espanol in the Gouden Ring show held at Roeselare, Flanders. Roeselare is very close to Ieper (Ypres) and the Menen Gate war memorial and the First Wold War cemetries. It's a great location and great show which I very much value.

Under the European system of judging, you only win in a class if your bird is assessed as having over 92 points on the standard for the variety. In 2014, I won a silver and a bronze medal for my Scots Fancies and in 2015 one bronze medal. This year, sadly, I did not win any medals for my Scots Fancies but my Belgian Bump was 4th in its class and just 1 point off a bronze medal.

My Gibosos however, won 2 gold and 1 silver medals. I was over the moon. The "medals" are stated on the glass trophy which you win. 

This is me with one of the winners.

Here is the silver medallist.

And my 90 point Belgian Bump

And the winning Scots Fancy (not my bird)

And my Scots Fancies - which I think are as good!