2013 Jan Feb Bulletin-1 - American Show Racer Association

ASRA District 6 News – Jan 2013Gary KeithAnother year has flown by incredibly fast and the show schedule is winding down as weapproach the last big meet of this season, the NPA National meet. The past year was agood one for me and for the ASRA too, as interest in our breed continues to rebound,though be it slowly. With the New Year’s arrival comes the new term for our recentlyelected or standing ASRA officers, and I thank everyone for accepting the role and tasksthey will perform over the next two years.I would like to thank our last ASRA executive for the outstanding job they performed asclub members and officers, their efforts were second to none. It was my pleasure to workwith our past executive and I know they worked exceeding hard to fulfill theircommitments to the club, what more could we ask for really. It was great to get to knowall these fellows better and they have provided me some different insights as to how theclub operates and functions, so it was a good learning experience for me. As club leaderswe tried to put some new formats of changes before the membership in several respects,though most did not come to be, but it was not for the lack of effort or desire to get thingsdone. Thank you all for making this past term a pleasure for me, I will cherish ourexperiences long into the future and I wish everyone much success in the future. Aspecial thank you goes out to Bill R, Brian M, Mike C and Robert E, you did a great jobin your positions on behalf of the club!A new year and a new page in the book has turned over, providing a new opportunity towork together to sustain and build upon our great pigeon club. A few items were left onthe table since the last terms officers were in place, the Master Breeders Program and theNovice Program come to mind. I hope that we as a club can gain some traction and findsatisfactory solutions to these and other projects that come before us. Most importantly, Ihope that we as a membership can look upon each other as brothers or sisters, that wemight find some cohesion and work well together in our common cause, that being thebetterment of the ASRA. I hope 2013 will be an outstanding year for the ASRA, and youwho make up the fabric of our club. All the very best to everyone this year!Here in district 6 we had a better year in 2012 and a better showing at our annual meet inAbbotsford, BC in November. We had a total of 89 ASR exhibited by 5 ASRA members,which included Alec Kovacs, Keith Biggs, Willie Halpern, Thien Minh Lam and GaryKeith, however a few district members were unfortunately not in attendance. It was ourpleasure and honor to have Ralph Whitson of Tacoma WA come up and pass judgmenton our ASR. It was great to have the opportunity to visit with Ralph and listen to hiscomments on the birds, not to mention enjoying some of his good natured humor whichhe shared with us. I would like to thank all our district 6 members and Ralph forattending this meet and lending us their support, I hope we can hold an even better annualmeet this year!District 6 Annual Meet November 9 & 10 2012Entries 89, Exhibitors 5, Judge Ralph WhitsonMajor Awards winnersChampion & Best Old, Best Old Hen - #422 – 09 Red Bar – Gary Keith12