Sunday 9th October 2022 saw the first specialist show of the UK Scots Fancy show season. This was the Scots Fancy Specialist Club's [SFSC's] southern show held in association with the Northern Gloster Fancy Canary Club at Rockcliffe, Carlisle. It's a lovely venue and a very nice show which is held to enable the southern members of the SFSC to exhibit at a club show without having to travel to Scotland. Disappointingly, not one of the southern members took part. All the exhibitors were from Scotland. The Club will need to consider whether it keeps hosting this show if the members have no interest in taking part.

Best in Show and Best Old Variety was won by Gordon Alexander's cinnamon and Second Best in Show was novice Lauren Wight's Buff and Third Best in Show was my Buff hen. 

There were 45 Scots exhibited and 7 North Dutch Frills and 10 Belgians, the latter two varieties included in the show by the addition of classes for old varieties, in which one exhibitor was from south of the Border. Best Frill was awarded to Sandy Innes and that bird was also awarded 3rd Best Old Variety. My Belgian was Best Belgian and 2nd Best Old Variety in show.

The colour specials were awarded as follows:-

Best Champion Cinnamon - Gordon Alexander

Best Novice White - Lauren Wight

Best Champion Yellow, Buff and White - Donald Skinner-Reid