Convention, fair play, and grace

The ARBA Convention for 2007 has come and gone. Most of us are still tired and trying to catch up on chores at home. Tonight I was reflecting on the highest level of competition we as rabbit breeders participate in. The protocol for blind judging should give every exhibitor a fair and unbiased assessment from a qualified judge. Coop numbers and rabbit runners should assure anonymity. Exhibitors must refrain from "table talk" either with the judge or close to the judge. Perhaps as exhibitors we should be more careful to treat Convention; its judges and all exhibitors with more respect. The judge should not know who the owner is until BOB is over. The rabbits condition, type, and adherence to the Standard of Perfection should be the only thing judged. We do not compete with people; we compete with the Standard. The prize is in creating the most correct example of the English Angora possible. The real happiness comes from doing you best job, attending to details and loving care of your rabbits.
and as my mother used to say: play nice

CONVENTION 2007 ARBA RESULTS

I am so tired and I might add happy. The 2007 ARBA Convention is now history. Silvertone Angoras did so well. First we ended up BOV and BOSV white
Bov was Silvertone Day Dreams.......
BOSV ....Silvertone Avalanche.
Silvertone Avalanche was BOS of breed
In the white sr. doe class the first 3 placings were Silvertone Angoras. The Sr colored buck class was dominated by Silvertone Angoras the first 4 placings were bred or owned by us. At the end of the day the 2 whites on the table and the colored sr. buck were Silvertone. I will have pics of my bueatiful fresh huge coated whites soon. I was very proud of my animals this year, it was a long hard year.
now TA DA drum roll..............Colin Burns ( a 14 year old ) wins BIS YOUTH....................I consider Colin a prodigy.....he is a hard hard worker and very bright. He does all his own work. Seeing him win BIS (the doe is 1/2 Silvertone) was thrilling.
In 2005 I won BIS ARBA and it was a highlight of my life. In 2006 Margaret and I won a group
Also this year 2007 another youth group was taken by a French angora ...............go wool....
This year cancer was my enemy........my friends and my rabbits were my salvation. Thank you to all the loving care I had from my friends.

SILVERTONE NEW ATTITUDE wins BIS open 9-29-07

De Angelo and a sr. rew buck just won BIS OPEN at the NYS Convention show B Saturday 9-29-07. I am so proud of both of them. SILVERTONE NEW ATTITIUDE is a son of BIS GC Silvertone Patti LaBelle ..........Congratulations!!! I have not been showing these last several weeks, with only 2 weeks to ARBA Conventon I really just dont have the strength to get ready and show too. I will be offering almost all of my entries in Mich for sale: there are some really outstanding bucks that need new homes so they can achieve thier genetic potential.