Pastoral day at WELKS Ch show fell on Sunday 26th April where Krystyan Greenland drew an entry of 12 Smooth Collies of which 5 were absent leaving 2 dogs & 5 bitches competing.
Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Masterpiece won Best Dog & Best Puppy (by N Ch Torrosly’s Final Fantasy x Ch / Multi Ch Blamorder The Hustler) and Jo & Richard Denton’s Coldelee Take It To The Limit was Res Best Dog (by Wynele Strike One x Coldelee Eternal Sunshine).
Debra Jerrett’s Coldelee Eternal Sunshine JW won Best Bitch & BOB (by Ch Brackenhaye Fields of Gold x Ch Blamorder Sunny Sky) and Abby Lusty’s Ch Blamorder Ice Cream Dream VW won Res Best Bitch & Best Veteran (by Ch Foxearth Flintab x Juniperwood Just A Dream).
Update & correction to Hitchin results – there were no absentees & RBOB went to Marianne Benton’s Ch Brackenhaye Queen Of Hearts of Oakestelle (by Ch Foxearth Formula One x Ch Brackenhaye Shape O’my Heart). Marianne also won Pastoral Veteran and RBViS with Ch Oakestelle Artemis ShCEx VW (by Juniperwood King Of Kings x Ch Oakestelle Venus De Milo VW ShCEx). The judge was Jenny Shorer Wheeler.
At Sheringham Open show on Sunday 26th April Karen Durrant drew an entry of 5 Smooth Collies and awarded BOB to Marianne Benton & Emily Bemelmans’ Ch Blamorder Double or Quits of Oakestelle JW (by Ch Blamorder Audacity x Ch Blamorder The Hustler).
She went on to win Pastoral Group 2 judged by Kathleen Frawley. Marianne also won Pastoral Veteran with Ch Oakestelle Artemis ShCEx VW who went on to win BVIS judged by Peter Barnaby – well done!
Delia Moores