British Collie held their championship show on Sunday 1st March where Sheila Beeney (Coneypark) drew an entry of 44 Smooth Collie with only 2 absent leaving 19 dogs & 23 bitches competing.
Lee & Elise Seager’s Blamorder Magic Maker with Freejack JW won the Dog CC (by Ch / Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder x McClelland Rule The World with Blamorder) and the RCC went to Trevor & Birgit Hayward’s Ch Foxearth Fletch (by Ch Foxearth Flintab x Foxearth Finnish Romance).
Abby Lusty’s Ch Blamorder Ice Cream Dream VW won the Bitch CC, BOB & Best Veteran (by Ch Foxearth Flintab x Juniperwood Just A Dream) and the RCC & RBOB went to Jean & David Sweeney & Abby Lusty’s Ch Blamorder Do Quite Nicely AW(B) (by Blamorder Bring Him Home x Ch Blamorder Ice Cream Dream VW).
Kirsty & Richard Russell’s Koczkodan In My Heart won Best Puppy (by Koczkodan Heart of Gold x Lizoni Va Va Voom).
The “In show” awards were judged by Fran Kaye (Danfrebek) who awarded RBIS to Ice Cream Dream – well done!
Just 4 days later it was Pastoral day at Crufts (Thursday 5th March) where Steve Hall (Shenedene) drew an entry of 70 Smooth Collies with only 4 absent leaving 31 dogs & 35 competing.
Trevor & Birgit Hayward & Claire Norman’s Ch Wynele Double Trouble at Foxearth won the Dog CC (by Ch Wynele Indian Ink x Ch Foxearth Fudge Wynele) and the RCC went to Keira & Matthew Martin’s Ch Sturtmoor Arceus’s Legacy JW (by Manordeifi Bow Regard x Shandlmain’s Shuri with Sturtmoor).
Abby Lusty’s Aus Ch Talcott Tiffany Stalker won the Bitch CC & BOB (by Blamorder Be Your Valentino x Adarstern Take The Music to Talcott) and the RCC went to Tracey & Dave Holmes & Abby Lusty’s Ch Blamorder Makers Mark JW (by Ch / Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder x McClelland Rule The World with Blamorder).
Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Masterpiece won Best Puppy (by N Ch Torrosly’s Final Fantasy x Ch / Multi Ch Blamorder The Hustler) and Nick & Ann Smith’s Ch / Int Ch Winter Is Coming to Tentola won Best Veteran (by Ch Foxearth Frappuccino x Jack Mack’s Hefin Huw).
Delia Moores