Hello,
Time has flown since the last update in April.
Suna is busy working hard on the plans for the hobby day. There will be demonstrations, trade stands and a chance to mingle and chat. The date will be October 17th and the venue will be Ettington Hall.
Lauren has started the ball rolling again with the popular BECF photo series. Thanks Lauren for organising this. If you need more info contact Lauren or see details on the BECF website: www.freewebs.com/becf
Also new is this BECF blog! If you want to subscribe enter your email address into the box on the right hand side and click 'subscribe'. You will be asked to decipher some jumbled letters and then an email will get sent to your inbox asking you to confirm your subscription. Once you have confirmed then each time some news is published on the blog it will get sent to your email. The blog will be used for BECF news, events and show news.
Beccy has been working hard on the MECs side of things and so far several shows have been given MECs qualifying status.
Yvette is busy working hard planning a newcomers show for the Spring - if you would like to help with this exciting venture please contact myself or Yvette.
Finally Marion is updating our membership database so please ensure she has up to date info for you.
We do have several vacancies on the team. If you are interested in helping with publicity or in any way please contact me. I have several smaller roles available if you have just ten minutes a month to spare.
Also I shall begin updating information sheets where necessary. A lot of hard work went into these sheets and they have proved so valuable but if someone would like to volunteer to proof read them all with me we can check they are all up to date.
Best wishes
Claire
BECF Co-ordinator
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
BECF June/July Photo Shows
The first of the new BECF photo show series has been judged! Every two months three shows are held: Factory Finish in hand, Artist Finish in hand and Performance. Each model that places will accrue points over the show season (June 09 - June 10) and at the end the high-points champions will receive some lovely prizes.
These first 3 shows were a great success with 8 entrants in both the FF and AF shows and 4 entrants in the performance show. Overall more than 450 models were entered. The FF show was won by Avalon Little Boy Blue, a lovely OF Animal Artistry welshie:
The Artist Finish show was won by Treasure, who is a gorgeous Scarlett resin:
And the Performance show was won by Joliet Jake, here is just one of his fantastic photos:
Thank you to all of the entrants and the BECF hopes that this series will grow in popularity over the season. The class-lists are all extensive and have classes to suit all makes of models and all types of performance. Please use the BECF Contact Us web page if you want to find out more about the BECF Show Series.
These first 3 shows were a great success with 8 entrants in both the FF and AF shows and 4 entrants in the performance show. Overall more than 450 models were entered. The FF show was won by Avalon Little Boy Blue, a lovely OF Animal Artistry welshie:
The Artist Finish show was won by Treasure, who is a gorgeous Scarlett resin:
And the Performance show was won by Joliet Jake, here is just one of his fantastic photos:
Thank you to all of the entrants and the BECF hopes that this series will grow in popularity over the season. The class-lists are all extensive and have classes to suit all makes of models and all types of performance. Please use the BECF Contact Us web page if you want to find out more about the BECF Show Series.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Northern MHU Live Show Results
The Northern MHU Live was a special regional event celebrating the Model Horses Unlimited 20th Anniversary. This was the first show of the year to be given MECS qualifying status, and the BECF donated some Breyer goodies for the raffle. Here they are:
Here are a selection of the results:
Supreme Performance Champion: MHEC Lindenchase
Supreme Led Championship: Cranford Prince Hal
Supreme Champion of Show: Cranford Prince Hal (pictured below)
For more information about the Model Horses Unlimited Club, please check out their website . The MHU Live Show Championship is being held on the 25th of July in Lincolnshire, and is open to members only (there is still time to enter).
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
MEG Live Show Report by Lauren Islip
On the 21st of May this year a group of 12 collector's from the Middle England Group got together at Rothersthorpe Village Hall in Northamptonshire for the first MEG Live Show. The show was set up as a group effort with a varied schedule including Performance, Original Finish, Custom, Artist Resin and Commercial Resin/China sections. We tried to split up all the tasks to make it easier to organise, so Debra Hulse arranged the schedule and ordered the rosettes, Wendy Goodson bought the trophies and arranged the hall and refreshments, Ann Sheppard kindly supplied certificates and I sorted out the judges and raffle prizes.
The day started off well with the performance section, which although was a little under-subscribed had a really good standard of entry. I was surprised to win the performance championship with my FC Millicent show-jumping entry over Wendy's superb Native American scene which got the reserve. Next we ran all the OF classes over 3 rings, which turned out to be a bit of a mistake as the judge's were a bit too efficient and some models missed their classes! So for the rest of the show we went to a two ring system and took our time, since we had got through the morning classes so quickly! Wendy's Silver Cloud won the OF championship, closely followed by Debra's C'est La Vie, who only missed out due to some tiny marks which I now know she has been able to clean off (so watch out for him at his next show!). The CM championship was won by Debra's Aksel, with the reserve won by Ann's Harkness.
Then came lunchtime, with the eagerly awaited raffle! We had a huge number of prizes, many of which were Breyer models and accessories kindly donated by the BECF. We also had a lovely hand-painted SM model by Amanda Greaves, and a classic scale Sarah Rose Arab resin donated by Laurie in the USA. I think most people came away with a prize (though we're sure Beccy fixed it as she won so many!), and we raised a wonderful £91 which was donated to the Redwings Horse Sanctuary. They sent a lovely letter, certificate and rosette to say thanks!
After lunch we moved onto the resin classes which were hotly contested. Wendy's gorgeous Venator resin called Silver Shadow won, with my own FC Moonflower winning the reserve. Claire Ashworth's cute Exmoor pony Dunsmore Balcarron won the Commercial championship followed up by Wendy's Freedom. In they all went to the Supreme Championship line-up, which looked like it was going to be a tough decision - I didn't envy the judges! I was really proud and pleased when they put the Supreme Champion rosette up against my jumping entry, as it was my first Supreme and it was a performance entry too! I came away with a lovely trophy, a huge rosette and a stunning gold horse-head medallion made and donated by Kelly Savage. Silver Shadow got the reserve spot and his stable-mate Silver Cloud took the Reserve Supreme and Reserve to Reserve Supreme respectively.
Everyone seemed to have a really good time, and I hope the MEG Live will become an annual event!
Lauren Islip
The day started off well with the performance section, which although was a little under-subscribed had a really good standard of entry. I was surprised to win the performance championship with my FC Millicent show-jumping entry over Wendy's superb Native American scene which got the reserve. Next we ran all the OF classes over 3 rings, which turned out to be a bit of a mistake as the judge's were a bit too efficient and some models missed their classes! So for the rest of the show we went to a two ring system and took our time, since we had got through the morning classes so quickly! Wendy's Silver Cloud won the OF championship, closely followed by Debra's C'est La Vie, who only missed out due to some tiny marks which I now know she has been able to clean off (so watch out for him at his next show!). The CM championship was won by Debra's Aksel, with the reserve won by Ann's Harkness.
Then came lunchtime, with the eagerly awaited raffle! We had a huge number of prizes, many of which were Breyer models and accessories kindly donated by the BECF. We also had a lovely hand-painted SM model by Amanda Greaves, and a classic scale Sarah Rose Arab resin donated by Laurie in the USA. I think most people came away with a prize (though we're sure Beccy fixed it as she won so many!), and we raised a wonderful £91 which was donated to the Redwings Horse Sanctuary. They sent a lovely letter, certificate and rosette to say thanks!
After lunch we moved onto the resin classes which were hotly contested. Wendy's gorgeous Venator resin called Silver Shadow won, with my own FC Moonflower winning the reserve. Claire Ashworth's cute Exmoor pony Dunsmore Balcarron won the Commercial championship followed up by Wendy's Freedom. In they all went to the Supreme Championship line-up, which looked like it was going to be a tough decision - I didn't envy the judges! I was really proud and pleased when they put the Supreme Champion rosette up against my jumping entry, as it was my first Supreme and it was a performance entry too! I came away with a lovely trophy, a huge rosette and a stunning gold horse-head medallion made and donated by Kelly Savage. Silver Shadow got the reserve spot and his stable-mate Silver Cloud took the Reserve Supreme and Reserve to Reserve Supreme respectively.
Everyone seemed to have a really good time, and I hope the MEG Live will become an annual event!
Lauren Islip
Monday, June 15, 2009
Please update your information with the BECF
If you would like to receive newsletters and other information from the BECF, please click here and fill out the form with your current postal address and your email. Also please let us know whether you would like email updates (free) or paper ones (subject to a fee to cover printing and postage costs).
Please do this even if you think the BECF already has your information. Emails will be sent out to previous members who have been on past BECF member lists, so if you do get one from the BECF secretary please only respond to that - there is no need to duplicate the information by using the BECF website form.
Please do this even if you think the BECF already has your information. Emails will be sent out to previous members who have been on past BECF member lists, so if you do get one from the BECF secretary please only respond to that - there is no need to duplicate the information by using the BECF website form.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Welcome to the BECF blog!
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Check back here often for news on all UK model horse hobby matters. Coming soon will be news of the BECF Hobby Day which will be held in October, and of course the return of the UK - Model Equine Championships in 2010. Also look out for news regarding photo shows and new MECS qualifying live shows.
Check back here often for news on all UK model horse hobby matters. Coming soon will be news of the BECF Hobby Day which will be held in October, and of course the return of the UK - Model Equine Championships in 2010. Also look out for news regarding photo shows and new MECS qualifying live shows.
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