The Smooth Collie Club of GB held their championship show on Saturday 12th September where Jenny Miller (Feorlig) drew an entry of 37 Smooth Collies of which 7 were absent leaving 16 dogs & 14 bitches competing.
Trevor & Birgit Hayward & Claire Norman’s Ch Wynele Double Trouble at Foxearth won the Dog CC & BOB (by Ch Wynele Indian Ink x Ch Foxearth Fudge Wynele) and the RCC went to Heidi Thomas & Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Side Hustle with Mournebrake JW (by Ch Blamorder Audacity x Ch Blamorder The Hustler).
Marianne Benton’s Ch Blamorder Double or Quits of Oakestelle JW won the Bitch CC & RBOB (by Ch Blamorder Audacity x Ch Blamorder The Hustler) and the RCC went to Andrea Richardson’s Lizoni Va Va Voom (by Blamorder Bring Him Home x Koczkodan Sweet Dreams of Lizoni).
Jayne Llewellyn & Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Sunny Side Up won Best Puppy (by Coldelee Jupiter Rises with Blamorder JW x Blamorder Dare To Dream) and Lorraine Eke’s Ch Foxearth Flag Day won Best Veteran (by Ch Foxearth Frappuccino x Ch Kiiramanna She Makes My Day at Foxearth).
The “In show” judge was Ann French (Breckamore) who cancelled on the day. The replacement judge was Bev White (Maneric) who awarded RBIS & BOSIS to Double Trouble and BVIS to Flag Day – well done!!
Yorkshire Collie held their championship show on Sunday 6th September where Stef Flower (Serenlas) drew an entry of 14 Smooth Collies without CCs of which 5 were absent leaving 1 dog & 8 bitches competing.
Michael & Rebecca Wensley’s Ch / Int & Multi Ch Constella Hazy Cosmic Jive JW won Best Dog & RBOB (by Blamorder Bring Him Home x Blamorder Marvellousness with Constella).
Tracey & Dave Holmes & Abby Lusty’s Ch Blamorder Makers Mark JW won Best Bitch & BOB (by Ch / Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder x McClelland Rule The World with Blamorder) and Michael & Rebecca Wensley’s Blamorder Starstruck by Versatilis was RBOB (by Ch/Int/Multi Ch Constella Hazy Cosmic Jive JW x Blamorder Eva Peron).
Kirsty Russell & Andrea Richardson’s Blamorder Striking Steel via Koczkodan won Best Baby Puppy (by Manordeifi Hijacked by Blamorder x Ch Blamorder The Hustler) and Marianne Benton’s Ch Oakestelle Artemis ShCEx VW won Best Veteran (by Juniperwood King Of Kings x Ch Oakestelle Venus De Milo VW ShCEx).
Brian Hawkins (Beldones) judged the “in show” awards with Makers Mark winning RBIS, Artemis BVIS & Striking Steel Best Baby Puppy in Show – well done!
Also on Sunday the 6th September West of England Collie held their open show where Mrs P Jameson drew an entry of 13 Smooth Collies with 5 absent leaving 3 dogs & 5 bitches competing. I am sure having two breed club shows on the same day must affect the entries of both.
Jo & Richard Denton’s Coldelee Take It To The Limit won Best Dog & BOB (by Wynele Strike One x Coldelee Eternal Sunshine) and Charlotte Rodgers’ Blamorder Mischief Maker with Jerdoni was Res Best Dog (by Ch / Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder VW x McClelland Rule The World with Blamorder).
Sheila Beeney’s Ch Coneypark Golden Brown won Best Bitch, RBOB & Best Veteran (by Ch Brackenhaye Fields Of Gold x Ryecombe Jolly Jonquil at Coneypark) and Jordan Rundle’s Shulune Imperial Bonny Blu was Res Best Bitch (by Ch / Multi Ch Winter is Coming To Tentola x Shulune Imperial Seduce Me).
The “in show” awards were judged by Ros MacDonald (Rossavon) who awarded BIS to Take It To The Limit & BVIS to Golden Brown – well done!
West Bromwich & Wednesbury held their open show on Sunday 13th September where Monet Rennison (Zaniah) drew an entry of 5 Smooth Collies, all present.
Katy Warren & Abby Lusty’s Coldelee Jupiter Rises with Blamorder JW won BOB (by Ch Brackenhaye Fields of Gold x Ch Blamorder Sunny Sky) and Lee & Elise Seager’s Blamorder Magic Maker with Freejack JW was RBOB (by Ch / Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder x McClelland Rule The World with Blamorder).
Jupiter Rises went on to win Pastoral Group 4 judged by Shelley Skinner (Nikal) – well done!
At Kington Agri Open show on Saturday 12 September Michael Wensley (Versatilis) drew an entry of 5 Smooth Collies with 3 absent.
Lou Watkins’ Blamorder Unlucky for Some won BOB (by Ch Blamorder Audacity x Ch Blamorder The Hustler) and Thea Palmer & Brenda Trundley’s Toonian Tall Tale to Blamorder was RBOB (by Juniperwood Kinda Smart x Toonian Summer Song).
Unlucky for Some went on to win the Pastoral Group judged by Sarah Louise Hemstock – well done!!
At Exeter & County Open on Saturday 12th September Tracey Anscombe drew an entry of 2 Smooth Collies with 1 absent. Philippa Batten’s Koczkodan In My Dreams with Quedeekae won BOB (by Koczkodan Heart of Gold x Lizoni Va Va Voom).
At Rhyl Open show on Saturday 5th September Louise Bermingham (Bamcwt) drew an entry of 2 Smooth Collies with 1 absent. Linda Young’s Wynele Ace Of Spades won BOB (by Ch Wynele Indian Ink x Ch Foxearth Fudge Wynele).
Just a few late results:-
At Mid Somerset Agricultural Soc Open Show on Sunday 16th August Ray McDonald (Roanjora) drew an entry of 3 Smooth Collies with 1 absent.
Keira & Matthew Martin’s Ch Sturtmoor Arceus’s Legacy JW won BOB & Pastoral Group 4 -well done! (by Manordeifi Bow Regard x Shandlmain’s Shuri with Sturtmoor).
Bakewell Agricultural & Horticultural Soc Open show was held on Sunday 12th July where Marion Withers (Stanydale) drew an entry of 3 Smooth Collies, all present.
Di Howe’s Lizoni The Drifter won BOB (by Ch Blamorder Opulence at Himinnsaga x Koczkodan Sweet Dreams of Lizoni) and Georgina & Christopher Howard & Michelle Fort’s Shulune Imperial Inkheart with Casatentola was RBOB (by Ch / Int Ch Winter is Coming To Tentola x Shulune Imperial Seduce Me).
Sadly this is my last breed notes for the last edition of Our Dogs. Thank you to everyone who has provided me with news for these notes over the years.
Delia Moores