2026 Member Show – UK Defra – VET Attendance
October Members Show – VET Update IGBA Committee is please to announce that it has, through Ian Allison, secured the services of a VET to attend both days of the members show in October 2026 Thanks go to Alasdair (the vet) for assisting us in keeping the IGBA at the forefront of Gloster activities. […]
2025 IGBA CBS Championship Final Table
Finally we can crown the 2025 CBS Champion. Bill Willson surged to the fore to become the third recipient of this initiative which enables members who do not attend AG’s the opportunity to gain exhibitor recognition by an alternative route. To all exhibitors thanks for supporting the 2025 CBS events you are helping to keep […]
WHAT IS THE IGBA? HOW DOES THE IGBA FUNCTION? Part 2
A warm welcome to a new year -2025- to all our Affiliate Clubs. This is the Second of a Two Part Blog to identify to new member organisations how we function, and be a reminder to long serving Affiliate members of the need to re-affiliate each year. Our Affiliate Secretaries until […]
Gloster Colour Debate – Continuing Saga
The Gloster Colour debate in Cage & Aviary moves on: December 18/25 2024 • Cage & Aviary Birds The Colour Debate: Prior Blogs: Gloster Colour Debate – New Colours and the Gloster. New Colour Gloster Canary 26th April 2021 Any Other Colour – GFCC Opinion – 14th June 2022 The Gloster Colour Debate – A Middlemiss […]
Gloster Passion
It is with enthusiasm that I accepted the invitation to judge the first IGBA exhibition of the CLUB PRIVATE OF BIRD FANS (Morocco). I did not hesitate to accept the invitation, because I think it is essential that everyone contributes their grain of sand is the only way for the Gloster develop all over the […]
2024 IGBA CBS Championship Final Table
Finally we can crown the 2024 CBS Champion. Mid season it looked like being a close call but a trip to Guildford Bird Group show tipped the scales in John Cronin [Sutton Coldfield] favour. This initiative enables members who do not attend AG’s the opportunity to gain exhibitor recognition by an alternative route. To all […]
2025 Onwards Ring – Identification – Ordering
You may or may not be aware that sometime in the very near future all rings will need to identify the breeders country of origin. To get ourselves ahead of the game i have spoken with our supplier Coditech on how best to get the breeders country code on the ring without loosing the IGBA […]
2024 IGBA CBS Championship Table – Mid Season
Mid CBS Exhibition Season with more results awaited and final shows taking once again its intriguing that 2 points separate the top Three exhibitors. Once again it might come down to bonus points awarded, based upon the number of birds benched at the various Affiliated CBS events being the deciding factor for determining the overall […]
2025 IGBA Overseas Championship
2025 will see the introduction of the IGBA Overseas Championship with the IGBA putting more support and emphasis into overseas competition. This necessitates a change in the IGBA Overseas Affiliate structure to ensure that existing and new affiliates have a choice of how to Affiliate. The IGBA Overseas Championship is a competition open only to […]
Gloster Colour Debate – New Colours and the Gloster.
The Gloster Colour debate in Cage & Aviary moves on with further response from Steven Chennells in Cage & Aviary Publication September 18th 2024 I REFER to the debate to which Paul Burnett contributed in his letter of February 21. With any debate, we all should have an informed choice, then let individuals decide. As […]