Round 9 South Coast All Gloster (Final Table)
The 2025 Season drew to a close with Burton & Reay once again topping the Championship Table and Mitch Cowen likewise on the Novice Table. Merit comments need to go to Phil & Ryan Dawtry for taking the coveted IGBA Best Gloster and Best Consort awards, a feat only achieved by a few exhibitors over the 59 years of the Association.
Round 8 Cornish & South West
Round 7 Humberside
Round 6 North of England & Swansea Gloster
Round 5 West Midland Gloster
Round 4 Yorkshire, North of Scotland, Southern
Round 3 Members Show
October 18th & 19th 2025
Judges: Adrian Short (Scunthorpe), Neil Burton (Cumbria), Paul Reay (Cumbria) & Mario Farrugia (Malta)
Entry approx. 785.
The show, for the first time, was held at Cheslyn Hay Academy in Walsall (Very similar to the old venue in Nuneaton), a very light and spacious sports hall.
Best Gloster & Opposite Hed in show P & R Dawtrey
2nd best Gloster Guy & Hilton
3rd best Gloster J Watson
4th best Gloster Goddard & Rands
5th best Gloster K Onions
6th best Gloster P & R Dawtrey
7th best Gloster K Onions
Best Novice & Best Novice Opposite Head R Henry
Best Novice Buff R Henry
Best Novice TPD K Brockwell
Best Novice Yellow A Keay
Best Novice Cinnamon K Brockwell
Best Novice White R Henry
Best Novice Light K Brockwell
Best Novice Grizzle & Best Grizzle in show Butler & Hook
Round 2 Northern Gloster
Northern Gloster was the Robbie Wright Memorial Show, Best Gloster, Best Opposite Head Best Buff Best TPD Best Cinnamon Best White Best Grizzle Light Buff AOC went to Burton and Reay Best Yellow to Nicol & Short.
Best Novice Best novice TPD Best Novice Cinnamon Malcolm Lowe Best Novice Opposite Head Best Novice Buff Best Novice White M. Cowen – Best Novice Yellow A Armitage Best Novice Grizzle Light Buff AOC J Proudfoot
There were 12 champion exhibitors benching 202 birds 5 novice exhibitors benching 76 birds, credit must go to Dave Hobart, Neil Burton and Paul Reay for putting on another great show
Round 1 - Kent & Stafford National
Well Folks the search for the 2025 British Champion of Champions and Champion of Novices started on the first weekend of October with Kent Gloster on the 4th and a returning Gloster Section at the Stafford “National” on the 5th October.
Special thanks need to go to Paul Larkin for organising the Gloster Section especially keeping entries open to the day of the show; proving that using technology enables show organisers to maximise exhibitor entries, rather than closing weeks in advance which works against exhibitors finalising their team selection. Well done Paul
Kent Gloster is always the first event in the All Gloster Calendar kicking off the 2025 season on the October 4th.
25 Champion and 5 Novice exhibitors entered bird (335 & 67 ) for judges Eddie Wells and Steve Chennells to run their eye over.
Phil & Ryan Dawtrey winning Best Gloster with a lovely u/f TPD Corona hen and Mitch Cowen taking Best Opposite Head with a u/f TPD Consort hen .
Mitch took all bar 2 of the Novice specials with Phil Goss taking the others.
In the Champions the specials were more evenly spilt with the Dawtrey/s taking 4 , Martyn Fairfield & Pete Bull 3, Steve Webb 2, Craig & Jackie Biddle and Albert Hutton 1 each.
New Junior exhibitor Willow Keay from the Eastern Counties exhibited for the first time. It is to be hoped that with encouragement from everyone in the fancy that comes into contact with Willow on the circuit, she makes upward progress in the hobby. Well done Willow onward and upward.
Stafford National saw 13 exhibitors enter just under 200 birds. Nine Champions benched 127 , with the four Novices adding another 41, unfortunately there were no junior entries, maybe next year?
Many notable breeders chipped in to steward the event keeping Darren Gill (Judge) supplied with quality exhibits.
True to form Neil Burton & Paul Reay with Dave Hobart made the exhaustive trip from the Carlisle area and were yet again rewarded with Best Opposite Head (Consort) Best Buff, Best TPD, Best White, the combined Best Grizzle,Light or AOC. Seems like the Burton & Reay juggernaut starts off where it left off in 2024. Best Cinnamon went to John Cronin.
Having said all that Adrian Short bench an incredible Yellow Corona under the partnership name Nicol & Short (George and Adrian had agreed to combine forces in 2025, the recent demise of George being commemorated by Adrian showing under the partnership name for this exhibition year). Apparently the word was that the Yellow was the best Yellow seen on the show bench in many a year, so much so that it went on to compete for the National Supreme Award only to be edged out into runner up position by a Lizard.
Close but no cigar for Nicol & Short to follow in the footsteps of Derek and Margaret Moore and Kevin Stokes as recipients of the National Supreme Award.
Mitch Cowen hot foot from his BOH success at Kent made the close to home trip and came away with Best Novice (TPD Consort Hen); Best Novice Opposite Head, (Blue Corona) ; Best Novice TPD ; Best Novice Yellow ; Best Novice Cinnamon ; Best Novice White.
Best Novice Buff went to M. Wilson with the combined Best Novice Grizzle Light or AOC going to J Mills.
Lets hope that the National Gloster Section remains on the 2026 Calendar and exhibitors provide increased support. Full report will be posted onto the website and in the 2026 Year Book.
7th October 2025
