Fair play to yer mate and everyone else who doesn't show, as you rightly mention that just because one decides not to show their birds dosen't necessarily mean that yer not breeding for quality
To be perfectly fair I don't bother showing as much now , at one time I'd exhibit me birds throughout the whole southeast of England and in a big way, nowadays I tend to show probably 4-5 times a year and these are just from a couple of local club shows that I show at just basically to be respectable to the clubs and to make a few bird numbers up as more birds the merrier and all that