Archives September 30, 2019

*** New Arrivals at HOA ***

Just arrived at The House of Aarden for the 2020 breeding season, direct from Batenburg van der Merwe a nest pair from the 2017 International Barcelona winner Don  Leo (now known as Sumerian Fighter) Sumerian Don Leo and Sumerian Donness a nest pair from the 2018 International Barcelona winner Lloyd Lloyd of Cornwall and Lady…

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Gareth Watkins

I have visited the House of Aarden Stud at both the original location in Exeter and at the new location in Cornwall and two things have been apparent. One, the birds housed are of the highest calibre with superb pedigrees and bred off the actual performers or are themselves the actual winners of top prizes…

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Mike Staddon

It has been my pleasure to call Steve and Lesley friends of mine for more years than I can remember. What a lot of people don't know about them is that they were fantastic racers when they lived in Dawlish, South Devon.  So good in fact, the mighty W.E.C.A. tried to get them into a…

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*** Website Upgrade ***

Following the move and expansion of The House Of Aarden in recent years, it naturally followed that our website would require some attention to fully accommodate new families, etc. To achieve this we have engaged the services of PBO Solutions to upgrade the site, and to manage all updates thereafter. We hope that the upgraded…

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