The Belgian Bearded d'Anver Club is updating our website to better meet the needs of members.
If you would like to join the club dues are $12 per year, $20 for two years per Adult Single Membership. Dues for Junior Members are $10 per year or $18 for two years.
We do offer a Family Membership which includes 1 Adult and up to 3 youth living in the same household for $20 per year, or $35 for two years.
***All memberships start the first full month after membership is received and run for a full 12-24 months***
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Membership Benefits:
Quarterly Newsletters
One National Club Meet Per Year
District, State, and Special Meets
Master Breeder & Master Exhibitor Program
Junior Master Exhibitor Program
"Members Only" Facebook Page and Forum
Purpose and Intent
Like many other poultry clubs, the Belgian Bearded d'Anvers Club of
America was founded on exhibition. One
of the main benefits of being a part of an exhibition club is to establish credibility
as a breeder and exhibitor so that people who are interested in the breed have
a way of identifying where to get top-notch specimens of the breed in each
variety in their area. This is still a
primary function of a breed club and our officers are currently working on an
electronic directory to provide a list of the current point scores for breeders
across the states. One of our goals for
2017 is to create a better meet-reporting network among our district directors.
There is also more to our breed club than just establishing
credibility of breeders and exhibitors.
Our newsletters provide information and anecdotals that address a
diverse variety of topics from selection of breeding stock, interpretation of
the standard, to experiences of back-yarders and troubleshooting
incubation. The club unites people from
diverse regions who all share a common interest: the Belgian Bearded d'Anvers bantam. In this way, experience and
camaraderie can be shared among many members to encourage d'Anvers fanciers of all types.
Club History
Started with a written standard of the breed and the following varieties: D'Anvers were first recognized under the name of Antwerp
Belgians by the APA in 1949 in Black, Blue, Buff, Cuckoo, Mille Fleur, Mottled,
Porcelain, Quail and White. Self Blues
were recognized by the APA later in 1981. In addition to these, the ABA also recognizes
Black Breasted Red, Blue Quail, Buff Columbian, Columbian and Splash.
From establishing the breed to the club: The name
Antwerp Belgian came from the original German and English standards that were
used as a reference to construct the ABA and APA standards for the breed. The National Antwerp Belgian Society was
organized and established on Sept. 1, 1961 in Durham, NC. Later, in 1965 the word "National" was dropped
from our name and "of America" was used instead. Around 1970 other name changes followed for
both the breed and the Society. The word "Society" was replaced by "Club" and the
word "Antwerp" was dropped and replaced with "Belgian Bearded d'Anver", the latter name being
one that harkens back to the province of Anvers in Belgium that claims the
origin of the breed. The newly named
Belgian Bearded d'Anver Club of America had enough members at that time to establish 15
districts, each charged with the task of recording the show activity and placings
from members across the United States.
Our club still has these same districts and several loyal members within
them.
link to
Club Bylaws
Executive Committee
of the Belgian Bearded d'Anver Club Of America
President
Russell Estlack
Clarendon, Tx
Vice President
Larry Denny
Lebanon, MO
Secretary/Treasurer
Michelle Lynch
Summerfield, FL
Newsletter Editor
Brett Shoemake
Plattsburg, MO
District 1 & 2 Director
(NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, ME)
Linda Blackman
Waldoboro, ME
203-832-6130
Email Me
District 3 Director
(MD, NJ, PA, NY, DE) Tanner Orfanides
Bath, NY
District 4 Director
(NC, VA, WV)
Jerry Shouse
Lexington, NC
336-764-3317
District 5 Director
(Fl, GA, SC)
Bob & Lucie Bridges
Calhoun, GA
Email Me
District 6 Director
(KY, TN, AL)
Kristen Garrison (formally Ramsdell)
Cookeville, TN
Email Me
District 7 Director
(OH, MI, IN)
Tom Shepherd
West Portsmouth, OH
740-858-6141
District 8 Director
(MN, ND, SD, IA, MO)
Hunter Britton
Muscatine, IA
District 9 Director
(WI, IL )
Tyler Johnson
Blair, WI
District 10 Director
(MS, AR, LA)
Julie Graves
Batesville, AR
Todd Price
Brownwood, TX
(325)430-4137
Texas State Rep: Scarlet Estlack
District 12 Director
(CO, NE, WY)
Nancy Metzgar
Brush, CO
Clinton, UT
District 14 Director
(ID, MT, OR, WA)
Debbie Wisch
Kalama, WA
360-430-2037
This is Executive Committee of the Belgian Bearded d'Anvers Club
Update 01/04/2021
