London Collie held their championship show on Sunday 7th June where Lene Newman (Phreelancer) drew an entry of 34 Smooth Collies of which 12 were absent leaving 10 dogs & 12 bitches competing.
Ann French’s Breckamore Bobby Dazzler for Swanndale won the Dog CC & RBOB (by Wynele Show Time x Wynele Now Look At Me) and the RCC went to Trevor & Birgit Hayward & Claire Norman’s Ch Wynele Double Trouble at Foxearth (by Ch Wynele Indian Ink x Ch Foxearth Fudge Wynele).
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 went to Marianne Benton’s Ch Blamorder Double or Quits of Oakestelle JW (by Ch Blamorder Audacity x Ch Blamorder The Hustler).
Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Masterpiece won Best Puppy (by N Ch Torrosly’s Final Fantasy x Ch / Multi Ch Blamorder The Hustler).
The “In Show” awards were judged by Cathy Howard (Shandlmain) who awarded BIS & BVIS to Ice Cream Dream, RBIS to Bobby Dazzler & BPIS to Masterpiece – a clean sweep for the Smooths!! Well done!!
On Thursday 4th June Kevin Young drew an entry of 31 Smooth Collies of which 9 were absent leaving 10 dogs & 12 bitches competing.
Abby Lusty’s Ch & Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder VW won the Dog CC & Best Veteran (by Am & Can Ch Cardross Pinball Wizard x Can Ch Uneeda Bare Naked Lady) and the RCC went to Trevor & Birgit Hayward & Claire Norman’s Ch Wynele Double Trouble at Foxearth.
Marianne Benton’s Ch Blamorder Double or Quits of Oakestelle JW won the Bitch CC & BOB and the RCC went to Debra Jerrett’s Coldelee Eternal Sunshine JW (by Ch Brackenhaye Fields of Gold x Ch Blamorder Sunny Sky).
Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Masterpiece won Best Puppy.
Michael & Rebecca Wensley’s Blamorder Starstruck by Versatilis was 2nd in the Junior Bitch Stakes judged by Mr A Oakden (18 entered, 11 absent) (by Ch / Int Ch Constella Hazy Cosmic Jive JW x Blamorder Eva Peron), Debra Jerrett’s Coldelee Busy Bein Fabulous won the Yearling Stakes judged by Barry Blunden (28 entered 16 absent) (by Wynele Strike One x Coldelee Eternal Sunshine JW) and Marianne Benton’s Ch Blamorder Double or Quits of Oakestelle JW was 2nd in the Open Stakes also judged by Barry Blunden (30 entered, 19 absent).
Pastoral day at Southern Counties Ch show fell on Saturday 30th May where Jane Paradise drew an entry of 5 dogs in the AV NSC Pastoral classes with 1 absent leaving 2 dogs & 2 bitches competing, all Smooth Collies.
Lee & Elise Seager’s Blamorder Magic Maker with Freejack JW won Best Dog (by Ch / Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder x McClelland Rule The World with Blamorder) and Katy Warren & Abby Lusty’s Coldelee Jupiter Rises with Blamorder JW was Res Best Dog (by Ch Brackenhaye Fields of Gold x Ch Blamorder Sunny Sky).
Marianne Benton won Best Bitch & BOB with Ch Blamorder Double or Quits of Oakestelle JW and Res Best Bitch & Best Veteran with Ch Oakestelle Artemis ShCEx VW (by Juniperwood King Of Kings x Ch Oakestelle Venus De Milo VW ShCEx).
Double or Quits went on to be shortlisted in the Pastoral Group judged by Espen Engh (Norway). She also won the British Vulnerable Native Breeds AV Pastoral / Working / Terrier Champion class judged by Howard Ogden (10 entered, 5 absent) – well done!
Delia Moores