Stour Valley Newsletter Sept. 2009

www.stourvalleyagilityclub.co.uk

Founder and Hon. MemberFrances Elliott

Honorary MemberMary BakerAudrey Weekes

Committee

ChairmanCarol Maclean 01303 874190Email cazmaclean@hotmail.com

SecretaryVacant

TreasurerMelanie Buxton 01797 270769Email: mel.buxton1@virgin.netDee Morgan 07973671069Email: deemorgan@talktalk.netSue Culmer 07761344726Email: sue@zebedeedoodah.freeserve.co.uk Norma Thompson 07796 180231

InstructorsMelanie BuxtonDee MorganSue CulmerNorma Thompson

It’s that corn surfing time of year again!

Dear Members,

We did it again, a wonderful friendlyshow with terrific cakes, rossettes andtrophies as I have repeatedly heard andread. To all of you who helped, thankyou, and for those who persuadedparents, children and other halves tohelp, thank you so very much, the showcannot go on without your help and wereally do appreciate it.

To all those that were lucky enough towin Rossettes and/or trophies,congratulations.

Also to whoever ordered the weather,thanks, we have done our show in thepouring rain on both days the previousyear, but it is so much nicer doing it inthe dry. Can you please order the sameweather we had on the Saturday forboth days next year.

If anyone has any comments onwhat we could do to improve the shownext year please let a member of thecommittee know as all ideas arew e l c o m e .

Carol - Chairman

Show Report

What a relief to get there Thursdaymorning and to be wearing shorts anda T shirt, the sun was out and by theend of Thursday we had the campingand rings all marked up and ready.Friday came and again another lovelyday with equipment arriving and beingput in place, now it started to look likea show, the campers were beingbooked in steadily throughout the day.We had a bit of a panic on Friday nightwhen the caterers got delayed and wehad loads of our lovely cream cakessitting waiting to go into the coolboxovernight and for those of you who

didn't hear Glen came back out andcollected them and they spent thenight in the Ashford InternationalHotel, so very special cakes indeed andmany thanks to Glen.

Saturday morning and yet againanother lovely day, we had the KennelClub inspector arrive first thing tocheck everything was following KCrules and regs. and I am pleased to saywe passed with flying colours in fact hesaid he would like to come on holidayat our show next year!

Sunday morning we had a little rainfirst thing but it soon passed and wasyet another superb day. So a big thankyou to all the club members who camealong and helped over the four days,all the friends and family memberswho also helped and of course to allthe competitors and judges too. It's thefirst time ever I have been up on thegate and people have been stopping tosay thank you for such a lovely showon their way out of the venue. It wasalso lovely to see Norma at the showand how proud she was of her twodogs run by Jennifer and Gail in theAllsorts pairs when they won 2ndplace, well done to all club memberson all the super places you won overthe weekend. Also thanks to the people

invovled in the numerous pre showpreperations of which there are manyfor all their hard work and time spent,a real team effort.

These are some of the comments Ireceived over the weekend which Ithought you would like to hear;

'such a well organised friendly showeverything is clearly marked out andyou know whats what'

'what a helpful friendly lot the StourValley Club are'

'Thank you for the lovely rosettes andtrophies and what a wonderful ideahaving certificates too.'

'you all put a tremendous amount ofwork in to making it a great show and Iwas proud to be a part of a great club(this was a text I received from Normaon Sunday night)

'no expenses, I had a fabulousweekend which I thoroughly enjoyed. Ihave had so much feed back sinceshow that it was a priveledge to havetaken part, all the very best for thefuture, Andy Longley'

So all in all a very successful showfor the club, lets hope next year bringsus the same luck. Well done everyone.

Sue Culmer

Competition ReportSo many of our members are

competing these days and so I havedecided to record results in a slightlydifferent format with a bit moreinformation. There will always bespecial mentions and so I will reportthem at the end.

H a n d l e r :Sue CulmerDogs: Basil, Dougal, Zebedee, CharlieB r e e d : V a r i o u sH e i g h t :V a r i o u sResults: 6 x 1st's, 3 x 2nd's, 3 x 3rd's,3 x 4th's,4 x 5th's, 3 x 6th's, 1 x 8th's,2 x 10th's

Basil showing off her wins

H a n d l e r : Julie MaceyD o g s : S t a n l e y / G i l b e r tB r e e d : King Charles CavalierH e i g h t :S m a l lR e s u l t s :2 x 1st's, 3 x 2nd's, 4x 3rd's ,8 x 4th's, 1 x 5th, 1 x 6th

H a n d l e r :Maria LookerD o g : S k y eB r e e d : Border CollieH e i g h t :L a r g eR e s u l t s :1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th

H a n d l e r :Elaine SmithD o g : B e nB r e e d : Lurcher xH e i g h t :L a r g eR e s u l t s :2 x 6th's, 1 x 7th, 2 x 9th's, 1 x 10th, and 2 clears

H a n d l e r : Judi CrossD o g s : L i z a / M a r y aB r e e d : S a m o y e d sH e i g h t :L a r g eR e s u l t s :1 x 3rd, 3 x 4th's and 2 clears

H a n d l e r :Chris PhillipsD o g : J a c kB r e e d : Border CollieH e i g h t :L a r g eR e s u l t s :1 x 1st, 4 x 2nds, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 4th's, 1 x 21st

H a n d l e r :Helaina LinesD o g : S l i n k yB r e e d : S p a n i e lH e i g h t :M e d i u mR e s u l t s :1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th

Handler: Carol MacleanD o g : P a t c hB r e e d : Jack RussellH e i g h t :S m a l lR e s u l t s :2 x 1st's, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th

H a n d l e r :Dee MorganD o g s : C a n d y / C h e yB r e e d : L u r c h e r sH e i g h t :L a r g eR e s u l t s :2 x 3rd's, 1 x 5th, 1 x 7th, 1 x 8th, 2 x 9th's, 1 x 10th, and 13clear rounds

H a n d l e r :Odette WeeksD o g : D e e z l eB r e e d : Lakeland x H e i g h t :M e d i u mR e s u l t s :First ever show, clear round inA l l s o r t s

H a n d l e r : Jennifer BannisterD o g s : Tilly, Bryn, Pollr, JackB r e e d s :V a r i o u sH e i g h t :M e d i u m / L a r g eR e s u l t s :1 x 2nd, 1 x 8th, 1x 10th,and a clear round.

I feel special mentions have to be

made to several of our members.

Exceptionally well done to Julie and

Gilbert winning out of grade 4, Chris

and Jack on winning out of grade 2,

both at our club show I might add.

Maria with Skye was ecstatic atwinning a 3rd and a 6th in jumping atour show.

Elaine and Ben, at last, have foundthat winning formula and the placesare rolling in.

Helaina did her first show withSlinky at our show and gained someamazing results.

Carol and Patch, the fastest dog inthe west, we always said if she wentclear the places would come and sothey have, well done Carol.

Jennifer must be the fittest handlerat club, she runs four dogs every weekand at our club show Jennifer wasplaced with all four dogs. You havedone amazingly well.

Odette and Diesel have only beentraining for a short while but first timeout they gained a clear round. Reallywell done.

Dee Morgan

Toby - rescued from being beaten,

now living with Sue but all

responsibility goes to Chris and Chris

who rescued him (sending bill for all

the things he has chewed up)!!

Sue Culmer

Christmas DinnerWe have a date for our Christmas

Dinner. All members are welcome. It

will be on Thursday 17th December

2009 at Conningbrook Hotel

Kennington, Ashford.

We will be subsidising the cost and so

the price will be reduced to £13.95 per

head. Please book asap so that I can

confirm booking and numbers with the

Hotel. I will need your money by

Thursday 5th November.

Detials of this event will be in the

flyer at club.

Dee Morgan

N o t i c e B o a r d

Christmas Party Fun Night

We will be holding our party fun

night at club on Thursday 10th

December. Details will be in flyer

nearer the time but will include, party

fun and games with dogs,

refreshments, raffle and awards. Not to

be missed!

Christmas Dinner

This will be held at Conningbrook

Manor on 17th December. Book early.

Payment Dates

Oct 2009 £15.00

Nov 2009 £12.00

Dec 2009 £6.00

Please note Club will be closed on

Thursday 17th December (we will all be

out having our Christmas dinner

Closed December 24th (Christmas Eve)

Closed December 31st (New Years Eve)

We re-open on Thursday 7th January

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