The Liege show 2022
Report by Joe Coakley: I have been extremely fortunate during 2022 to have Judged some fine Lizards through-out the UK but the Lizards of Belgium are just that step ahead for me.... Read More
Jules Etienne
World Show 2020: Lizard canaries
This year’s World Show returned to Matosinhos (1) in Portugal. My primary purpose was to make the second presentation of the London Fancy, which I will report in a separate post, but I stayed on to visit the show on the opening Friday. As so often happens, I spent more time talking to people than […]... Read More
World Show 2019: a Dutch trait
My visit to the World Show had a different focus this year. My priority was to present the London Fancy show standard, which took place on the first weekend of the show. I didn’t stay to view the Lizards, but I knew a man whom I could trust to give an honest and comprehensive review […]... Read More
Lizards at Liege 2018
The Liege BPC show is one of those shows that any Lizard canary breeder who wants to compete at the top level should have on their hit list. Why? Because you will be up against World Champions. Win a class here and you can start dreaming of a medal at the World Show.... Read More
Lizarddag 2018
Football commentators are rather fond of describing a match as ‘a game of two halves’; a statement of the obvious.... Read More
The 2018 World Show, Part 3
How many judges does it take to judge the Lizard canaries at the World Show? Traditionally, the answer is two; they divide the classes between them but collaborate on the medal awards. At Bari in 2014, Vito Ventre judged the entire section by himself, and did a very good job too. At Cesena no less […]... Read More
The 2018 World Show, Part 2
The 2018 World Show at Cesena promised to be a year of change with the introduction of an expanded classification and the imposition of a new Scale of Points for Lizard canaries. In Part 2 of my World Show report, I will examine the impact of these innovations. ... Read More