On the 8th of March we, the Committee
Directive of the COM and the Committee Executive of the OMJ, had a meeting with
the Dutch organisation of the 2015 World Championships of the COM.
That event will take place in the Autotron in Rosmalen.
All the halls will be used for the show and the special bird market. The
Dutch organisation has a goal to reach the 30.000 species of birds on the Show. Which
will make these Championships in the Netherlands the biggest of the World
again.
Not only for competition but as well to look at the
rare species it will be “the place to be”. All over the world bird people or
ornithologists will look forward to this event and encourage others to be
there. The show will be open for public from the 22nd of January
till Sunday the 25th of January 2015.
The Dutch organisation did present the show and themselves
dignified. The weather was splendid and gave this reunion already a good
feeling for next January. Visitors from all over the world will spend more days over
here, meet all their friends, have a tour to lots of locations in the
Netherlands, enjoy a good Hotel and off course have a splendid time at the
show.
All information will be on the site of the
organisation www.mondialcom2015.com on
this blog or by the Tourist information at Den Bosch (s-“Hertogenbosch).
Hope you all have a very good breeding season and look
forward to your participation on the Show.
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We, the members of the CD and the EC, are participating
in our hobby as well. By a occasion like this it is fantastic to visit a
breeder nearby of course. So I made an appointment with Allessandro
Paparella to go to one of the best breeders in Gouldian Finches, Hein Gerritzen at
Spijk. Further I went together with Carlos Ramoa to one
of the best breeders of Bengalese Finches in the world, Fred Panjer. Looking at
the birds, get information, make contacts for our work in the COM and of course
to make friends!
Fred will help Carlos, one of the members who create
the new standard of the Bengalese Finches, with foto’s and other information.
Fred showed us his experiences in Japan where they create Bengalese Finches
like Koi Carp (Karpers) in many different design. Discusions were made a lot to
be learned. Fred did present the book of the Bengalese Finches of the Bengalese
Finches Club in the Netherlands, signed by him, to Carlos.
Fred announced that, because of the 40th
year of anniversary of the Bengales Finches Club (now together with the
Longura’s and Ledbecks), there will be produced and published a special
illustrated book of all colours, mutations and mutation combinations of these
birds. This again will be a book to have for all bird people.
The present book is available by the Club site http://www.jmc-lonchura.nl/