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Northern & Eastern Counties Papillon Club held their end of the year Open Show at Carlton Village Hall, Goole after a last minute change because of a double booking for the usual venue of Thorpe Willoughby. Breed specialist judge Mrs Ann Stevenson (Jemina) had received a lovely entry of 85 dogs making 113 entries, this…
Midland Counties Championship Show at Stafford was the next show on the calendar, with a bumper entry across the board. Midland always pulls a good entry of exhibits. I suppose it being one of the last remaining Championship shows of the year and being located centrally for most exhibitors to travel to, helps considerably. The…
It is with great pleasure I am sat here writing the breed notes for you all. This is my first week and I seem to have so much to include, lets hope I can sustain this!! Before starting I should thank my predecessor Alex Forth for writing the notes for the past year or so….
I have been your representative for the last few years and I have enjoyed keeping you up to date with all the wins in the UK dog show world. I have had some great successes with my showteam and within the world of dogs and I have achieved far more than I could have dreamt…
It was a double showing weekend for many Papillon exhibitors at The Royal Welsh Showground at Builth Wells. The South Wales Papillon Club held their show here for the second year and was first on the weekend agenda. Not a lot of news has filtered through but I am sure the clubs committee officers and…
Apologies for no breed notes last week but attentions and energies were focused on the birth of my daughter Tanya’s, baby girl Kyla. From Driffield, we made a hasty dash home and then onto to the Princess Royal University Hospital in Farnborough, Kent. We arrived close to midnight and Kyla obviously knew she had to…
This weekend saw the double show weekend for the Papillon crowd at South Wales. I was not there unfortunately as I had a family day on the Saturday and then I was with the Lhasa Apsos exhibitors as the Judge for the LAC Championship Show on the Sunday. The results for the double weekend are…
Driffield Championship show was held on Sunday 2nd October, so thankfully the motorway network was relatively clear on the way to the show. But the closure of the A42 linking into the M42 on the way home proved a wee problem for some of us. I really like the idea that we can drive to…
Belfast Championship Show the next port of call for exhibitors who were brave enough for the crossing, which I am led to believe was choppy and exhilarating! Unfortunately not much news has come through other than the results. It was a first time Papillon judging appointment with tickets for Mr Tim Ball and he found…
Darlington Championship show held at Ripon Racecourse was glorious wall to wall sunshine all day. There are not many shows we are able to say this, yes, we used the sun umbrella. On the way to Ripon it was a misty fog for most of the way, then, suddenly as if walking through a barrier…
Perfect showing weather day at Richmond Champ Show set at Loseley Park, Nr Guildford. If the M25 could be taken out of the equation then it would be easy-peasy. Left the house toy day morning with ample time in hand and jollied down until hitting the M25, then came upon a car park in the…
What a busy showing weekend up in Bonnie Scotland for exhibitors, many taking the accommodation with them and others enjoying the hospitality of the Scottish B&B’s. The first show on the Saturday was the Joint Papillon Clubs Championship Show 2016 hosted this year by the Papillon (Butterfly Dog) Club of Scotland. The venue was the…