On Sunday 10th May Birgit Hayward (Foxearth) drew an entry of 30 Smooth Collies at Birmingham National Ch Show of which 6 were absent leaving 15 dogs & 9 bitches competing.
Ann French & the late Julie Swann’s Breckamore Bobby Dazzler for Swanndale won the Dog CC & BOB (by Wynele Show Time x Wynele Now Look At Me) and Frances Holloway’s Coneypark Coldplay won the RCC & Best Special Beginners (by Alopex Matt Finnish x Ryecombe Jolly Jonquil at Coneypark).
Marianne Benton & Emily Bemelmans’ Ch Blamorder Double or Quits of Oakestelle JW won the Bitch CC (by Ch Blamorder Audacity x Ch Blamorder The Hustler) and Sarah Flower’s Ch Breckamore Butterfingers ShCM ShCEx won the RCC & Best Veteran (by Ch Foxearth Flock Master for Breckamore JW x Finnish Touch for Breckamore).
Linda Young’s Wynele Ace Of Spades (by Ch Wynele Indian Ink x Ch Foxearth Fudge Wynele) won Best Puppy.
Coldplay went on to win Special Beginners Group 4 judged by Sharon Pinkerton – well done!
SKC held 2 championship shows with Pastoral day on Sunday 17th May. At the SKC All Breeds Ch Show there was a change of judge. The replacement was Sara Robertson (Jesena) taking on an entry of 24 Smooth Collies with only 3 absent leaving 9 dogs & 12 bitches 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 Heidi Thomas & Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Side Hustle with Mournebrake JW (by Ch Blamorder Audacity x Ch Blamorder The Hustler).
Michael & Rebecca Wensley’s Blamorder Starstruck by Versatilis won the Bitch CC & BOB (by Ch / Int Ch Constella Hazy Cosmic Jive JW x Blamorder Eva Peron) 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), Marianne Benton’s Ch Oakestelle Artemis ShCEx VW won Best Veteran (by Juniperwood King Of Kings x Ch Oakestelle Venus De Milo VW ShCEx) and Chloe Shorten’s Glencorrie Stella Bark at Bracoisla won Best Special Beginners (by Ch Brackenhaye Fields of Gold x Night Bird of Netiv HaAyit).
Stella Bark went on to win Group 4 in the Special Beginners Group judged by Mrs M Reed-Pack – well done!
At the SKC General Ch show Georgina Howard (Casatentola) drew an entry of 23 Smooth Collies without CCs of which 3 were absent leaving 8 dogs & 12 bitches competing.
Heidi Thomas & Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Side Hustle with Mournebrake JW won Best Dog and Lee & Elise Seager’s Blamorder Magic Maker with Freejack JW was Res Best Dog (by Ch / Am & Can Grand Ch Cardross Red Dirt Road to Blamorder x McClelland Rule The World with Blamorder).
Tracey & Dave Holmes & Abby Lusty’s Ch Blamorder Makers Mark JW won Best Bitch & BOB and Marianne Benton & Emily Bemelmans’ Ch Blamorder Double or Quits of Oakestelle JW was Res Best Bitch.
Abby Lusty’s Blamorder Masterpiece won Best Puppy and Chloe Shorten’s Glencorrie Stella Bark at Bracoisla was Best Special Beginners.
Delia Moores