A busy bank holiday weekend for breed club shows starting with 2 open shows held by the Smooth Collie Club of GB on Saturday followed by Lancashire & Cheshire Collie’s championship show on Sunday.
On Saturday 2nd May the Smooth Collie Club of GB held their shows at Baginton with all judging outside and were rewarded with a nice sunny warm day. At show 1 in the morning Lorraine Quince (Karafaye) drew an entry of 27 Smooth Collies with 13 absent leaving 7 dogs & 7 bitches competing.
Lee & Elise Seager’s Blamorder Magic Maker with Freejack JW won Best Dog & RBOB (by Ch / Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder x McClelland Rule The World with Blamorder) and Trevor & Birgit Hayward’s Ch Foxearth Fletch won Res Best Dog & Best Veteran (by Ch Foxearth Flintab x Foxearth Finnish Romance).
Debra Jerrett’s Coldelee Eternal Sunshine JW won Best Bitch & BOB (by Ch Brackenhaye Fields of Gold x Ch Blamorder Sunny Sky) and Jean & David Sweeney & Abby Lusty’s Ch Blamorder Do Quite Nicely AW(B) won Res Best Bitch (by Blamorder Bring Him Home x Ch Blamorder Ice Cream Dream).
Claire Norman (Seanua) judged the In Show awards with all the top awards going to the Rough Collies.
At show 2 in the afternoon Keira Martin (Sturtmoor) drew an entry of 26 Smooth Collies with 11 absent leaving 6 dogs & 9 bitches competing.
Lee & Elise Seager’s Blamorder Magic Maker with Freejack JW won Best Dog & RBOB and Jo & Richard Denton’s Coldelee Take It To The Limit was Res Best Dog (by Wynele Strike One x Coldelee Eternal Sunshine).
Jo & Richard Denton’s Ch Brackenhaye Heart and Soul won Best Bitch & BOB (by Ch Foxearth Formula One x Ch Brackenhaye Shape O’my Heart) and Gareth Brown & Mandy Davies’ Blamorder I Dreamed A Dream at Wystry was Res Best Bitch (by Ch Blamorder Audacity x Ch Blamorder The Hustler).
Jean & David Sweeney & Abby Lusty’s Ch Blamorder Do Quite Nicely AW(B) won Best Veteran.
The “In Show” awards were judged by Delia Moores (Manordeifi) who awarded BIS to Heart and Soul, BOSIS to Magic Maker & BVIS to Do Quite Nicely – well done all!!
Lancashire & Cheshire Collie held their championship show on Sunday 3rd May where Penny Sewell (Lewarne) drew an entry of 39 Smooth Collies with 7 absent leaving 17 dogs & 15 bitches competing.
Charlotte Rodgers’ Blamorder Mischief Maker with Jerdoni won the Dog CC (by Ch / Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder VW x McClelland Rule The World with Blamorder) and Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Masterpiece won the RCC & Best Puppy (by N Ch Torrosly’s Final Fantasy x Ch / Multi Ch Blamorder The Hustler).
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 Jo & Richard Denton’s Ch Brackenhaye Heart and Soul won the RCC.
The “In Show” awards were judged by Maxine Mellish (Demelewis) who awarded RBIS & RBVIS to Ice Cream Dream & RBPIS to Masterpiece – well done!!
Delia Moores