Western American Trumpeter Club

HURRICANE SHOW REPORT

FINALS

1 White Art Pamplona 0h 2249

2 Red John Fife oc 1689

3 Yellow John Fife oc 2020

4 Yellow Splash John Fife oh 550

5 Yellow Bald Art Pamplona yc 2931

6 Black Muellers oh 540

7 Black Splash John Fife oh 2193

8 Red Bald Bob Nolan oh 2307

9 Red Splash Muellers oh 828

10 AOC Bald Rodney Schrueder oc 181

11 Almond Ernie Newsom oc 440

12 Dun John Fife yh 3515

13 Dun Splash Paul Hendrickson yh 1183

14 Blue Bob Nolan yc 511

15 Genetic Bob Nolan oh 3106

16 AOC Self Rodney Schrueder yc 1380

17 AOC Bar Bob Nolan oh 3398

POINT CARD TOTAL

WHITE 70.00

RED 69.50

YELLOW 57.50

CLASSES

ALMOND

OC 1 Ernie Newsom 440 BOC

2 Muellers 2640

3 Bob Nolan 2906

AOC SELF

YC Rodney Schrueder 1380 BOC

AOC BALDHEAD

OC Rodney Schrueder 181 BOC

AOC BAR

YC 1 Bob Nolan 510

2 Bob Nolan 589 BY

AOC BAR

OH 1 Bob Nolan 3398 BH/BO/BOC

2 Bob Nolan 395

OC 1 Bob Nolan 338 BC

BLACKS

YH 1 Art Pamplona 2580 BY

2 Rodney Schrueder 1358

3 Art Pamplona 2911

4 Bret Harmon 2483

5 John Fife 3516

6 Rodney Scrueder 1386

YC 1 Greg Pola 1716 BC

2 Joe Hammons 1359

3 Art Pamplona 2944

OH 1 Muellers 540 BO/BH/BOC

2Muellers 509

3 Greg Pola 1623

4 John Fife 3177

5 Ernie Newsom

6 Muellers 1763

7 Bob Nolan 596

OC 1 Muellers 236

2 Muellers 2580

3 Bob Nolan 93

4 Rodney Schrueder 194

BLUE

YC Bob Nolan 511 BY/BC/ BOC

OC 1 Bob Nolan 206 BO

2 Bob Nolan 354

3 Bob Nolan 3364

BLACK SPLASH

YH 1 John Fife 3502 BY

2 Art Pamplona 2839

3 Bret Harmon 2450

4 Paul Hendrickson 1182

BLACK SPLASH CONT.

YC Art Pamplona 2977

OH 1 John Fife 2193 BO/BH/ BOC

2 Ernie Newsom 936

3 Bob Nolan

OC 1 Greg Pola 1627 BC

2 Muellers 1762

3 John Fife 3178

4 Muellers 38

DUN SELF

YH John Fife 3515 BOC

DUN SPLASH

YH Paul Hendrickson 1183 BOC

GENETIC

YH 1Bob Nolan 457 BY

2 Bret Harmon 2473

3 Bret Harmon 2472

YC Bob Nolan 470

OH 1 Bob Nolan 3106 BO/BH/ BOC

2 Bob Nolan 2924

3Bob Nolan 402

4 Bob Nolan 3150

OC 1 Bob Nolan 320 BC

2 Bob Nolan 352

3 Bob Nolan 306

4 Bob Nolan 3179

5 Mike Cobb 60

RED

YH 1 Art Pamplona 2958 BY

2 John Fife 3535

3 John Fife 3506

4 John Fife 3512

5 Art Pamplona 2848

6 Muellers 140

7 John Fife

REDS cont.

YC 1 Allen Harsen 864

2 Art Pamplona 2880

3 John Fife 3531

4 John Fife 3527

OH 1 John Fife 1689 BO/BH/BOC

2John Fife 1556

3 Muellers 2668

OC 1 John Fife 506 BC

2 Muellers 1764

3 Bob Nolan 387

RED BALD

YH Rodney Schrueder 1371

OH Bob Nolan 2307 BH/ BO/ BOC

OC Bob Nolan 2127 BC

RED SPLASH

YH 1 Muellers 131

2 John Fife 3517

YC Greg Pola 1732 BY/BC

2 Greg Pola 1714

OH Muellers 828 BO/BH/Boc

OC 1 Ernie Newsom 588

2 John Fife 2107

3 Muellers 336

4 Bob Nolan 2153

WHITE

YH 1 Muellers 122

2 Rodney Schrueder 1352

3 Rodney Schrueder 1375

YC 1 Allen Harsen 897

2 Allen Harsen 865

3Muellers 109

WHITES cont.

OH 1 Art Pamplona 2249 BO/BH/BOC

2 Muellers 1711

3 Muellers 2646

4 Paul Hendrickson 1426

5 Allen Harsen 20

6 Bret Harmon 6

OC 1 Allen Harsen 3039

2 Muellers 889

YELLOW BALD

YH 1 Art Pamplona 2931 BY/BC/BOC

2 Rodney Schrueder 1366

YELLOW

YH 1 Greg Pola 1731

2 Allen Harsen 891

3 John Fife 3528

4 Art Pamplona 2962

5 Paul Hendrickson 1170

6 Art Pamplona 2892

7 John Fife 3522

YC 1 John Fife 3538 BY

2 Art Pamplona 2876

3John Fife 3545

4 Allen Harsen 866

5 Greg Pola 1713

OH 1 Greg Pola 1626

2 Muellers 362

3 Art Pamplona 2875

4 Art Pamplona 2975

5 Bob Nolan 2102

OC John Fife 2020 BO/BC/ BOC

YELLOW SPLASH

YH 1Bret Harmon 2448

2 Greg Pola 1733

OH John Fife 550 BO/BH/BOC

OC John Fife 2112

This lovely white hen of Art Pamplona's beat out a fine red cock of John Fife's for champion of the Hurricane show by 1/2 point. Alan Harsen was all smiles with this decision as he had bought the bird from Art before the judging. Art told me he figured this bird was his best chance to win the show and he was right.

This black splash young hen although not winning best of color was a first place winner for John Fife. A real sweetheart of a young hen. Congratulations John on a fine youngster in a color class that is shrinking and in need of more good birds.

Joe Hammons with our newest WATC member Lei Harden of Las Vegas. Joe is forever the great recruiter. Joe sent Lei home with a couple real nice birds. I also provided her with some whites. Hopefully she will raise some youngsters and participate in the shows this coming year.

Layne Gardner with some of the lovely art work up for silent auction at the Hurricane show. Several hundred dollars were raised for the club thru the art auction. Judy Beals, Laurie Mueller and Lynn Watson furnished the art items for auction.

Jim Rini at work as judge of the Hurricane show. Jim is a recent entry into the judges in training program. Incidentally Rodney Schrueder approached me at the show about entering the program so it looks like we will have any great guy in our program.

Here we have Jim Rini of Florida the judge for the Hurricane show.

Laurie Mueller playing in the snow. Actually exercising her dog before Lynn Watson and I left their place on Sunday morning.

Picture #1 shows the show hall at the Lakeside Rodeo Center. This building was about twice the size of where we had been having at the Soares's residence. Rent was $800 so all of our entry fee money (281 birds at $3.00 each) went to the rent. This building has very good lighting, many doors to open to have good ventilation and a kitchen that we can make use of. Judging was at one end of the building, the birds in the center and the sell birds at the other end. Our raffle table was against one side wall. On the other side we had our awards table and auction items. Plenty of free parking, a Burger King within walking distance and a freeway about l/2 mile away.

Yours in the fancy,

Bob Nolan

This outstanding red baldhead of Art Pamplona's was a real eye catcher at the show with many people admiring it . Best Red Baldhead beating out a very fine Holmberg red baldhead hen.

2007 WATC
Pageant Of Pigeons
San Bernardino, CA
November 15, 16 & 17, 2007

Iowa State Pigeon Association
82nd Annual Show
Dec. 7 & 8, 2007
Des Moines, Iowa

National Pigeon Association (NPA) Grand National
Detroit, MI
Jan 24, 25 & 26
2008

Here are some pictures of the Des Moines Show.

The Reserve champion was quite a stylish young hen with hard crest feather, a nice lay of muffs and posed for most of the judging.
Bred by Darin Schiff

Thanks to Bob Nolan & Dan Widder for taking pictures so they can be put here on the web for all to see.

Bred by Rick Peters and sold to Garrett Ramsay

The Reserve champion was quite a stylish young hen with hard crest feather, a nice lay of muffs and posed for most of the judging. Bred by Darin Schiff

Reserve champion Bred by Darin Schiff

Best yellow....a young cock of John DeCarlo. Also a high placer at the Pageant.

Bred by John DeCarlo young cock

Winning white young cock of Rick Rutledge. 2nd young cock at Louisville.

White young cock bred by Rick Rutledge.

Bob Nolan saw this bird in Rick's loft as a squeeker and thought this was the best squeeker he seen on the whole Canadian/U.S. trip in June. Nice to see how it matured out. Here is how Bob first seen it.

Winning white young cock of Rick Rutledge when Bob seen it as a squeeker.

The beautiful rosettes given for the 60th anniversary show

Best black baldhead bred by John Heppner.

Dennis Barton (right) and Gerald Weibe at the Des Moines show.

Here is Bob getting ready to unpack the birds.

Lauire our Judge coming all the way from New Harmoney, UT, and she all the driving.

Nice looking English Trumpeter

John Heppener & John De Carlo Jr watching the judging at Des Moines show.

Rick Rutledge, Bob Nolan, Barb and Orin DuChein and Gerald Weibe. the picture of the man with the cowboy hat is Orin DuChein.

Well the 2007 Pageant of Pigeons is now in the history books. With the winner of the WATC going to Art Pamplona with a great looking yellow hen,

Then the Reserve Champion went to Karen Fraire's outstanding black beauty. A really super powerful bird. Congratulations Karen on winning such a prestigious award. She is also winner of $200 in the black futurity way to go Karen.

Hello to all Fanciers,

I would like to send a personal note of thanks to everyone who set-
up, participated and helped clean up after the show. THANK YOU!! The
Pageant was everything it was advertised to be. Being able to see all
the different breeds of pigeons was amazing and awesome to say the
least.
Congratulations to Art Pamplona, Karen Fraire and John Fife for
reaching the Final Three. There is just outstanding high quality birds
throughout all of the color classes. Congratulations to all of the
Color Class winners, all of those birds were truly exceptional.
A special thanks to Remle, Sharon and Laurie for keeping up with all
of the paper work. I was really impressed with the "cool and calm" of
Remle in the midst of all of the noise, confusion and excitement, she
kept her cool and was very polite to everyone while trying to record
all of judging properly. Also a standing ovation for Greg Pola for
being able to keep the judging pace flowing nicely while having to
decide the placings on 540 high quality birds. Laurie and Jim's dinner
was a blast, thanks Alan and Penny. The banquet was fun also. Great
band!
In closing , I would just like to say my wife and I had a wonderful
time. For those of you who couldn't make it to the show, I'm sorry. I
would definitely encourage everyone to make the effort to attend the
next Pageant (I believe John Heppner is judging). You can read about it
in the bulletin and see the pictures, but it's not the same as being
there and feeling the excitement and seeing all of those beautiful
birds.
Take care everyone, hope to see you at the WATC Classic

Bob de Mello