My name is Gary Marsden and I live in the county of Lancashire in the UK. My interest in pigeons first came about at the age of 9 when I was given a pair of blue racing pigeons. At the age of 11 I was fascinated when I spotted a very round, bronze and white pied marked pigeon roosting up high on a ledge at Preston Town Hall. At dusk I later returned to climb the side of the building and scoop her from the nest she was sitting on. I mated her to a mealy racing pigeon as I was unable to locate any bird of similar shape or markings. From this first mating I produced silver mealy cocks which I mated back to her to achieve a similar typed pigeon but I was never able to produce the gazzi markings. Several years later I discovered the bird I had acquired was a bronze-tri gazzi Modena.

Many years later while visiting a local farmer to acquire a pet rabbit for my daughter I was surprised to see an aviary containing two black gazzi Modenas. I was hooked again. We came home with a rabbit and the Modenas. The farmer advised me that locally there were a couple of top Modena breeders called Bob and David Iddon. After a phone call, very interesting conversation and a visit to Bob Iddon I joined the Modena Club of Great Britain.

Currently I am a serving member of the Modena Club Committee and since 1995 I have been a Modena Club appointed judge. In 2009 I was honored to be asked along with five other Modena Club judges to judge at the Danish Modena Club Show.

Gary Marsdens Russet Tri hen
 winner of the Best young Schietti
 award at the Centenary Show