WSSCSW

Schedule of unbenched 28 class

BREED CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW

(Held under Kennel Club Limited Rules & Show Regulations)

at Forest Oak Farm, Lydney, Glos, GL15 4LN

on SUNDAY 24th March 2024

Judges:
DOGS: Ms. Ruth Waller (Fireglow)

BITCHES: Mrs Arlene Tester (Avilt)

REFEREE: Mrs Jan Rees (Typica)

ENTRIES CLOSE:
Postal: 4th MARCH 2024 (postmark)
Online entries: 11th MARCH 2024 (up to midnight)

If you prefer to enter by post you can download a schedule and print out an entry form using the links below. 

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** Click here to download the Entry Form **

All entries and fees to the Secretary

Mrs. S. Evans, 22 Twyncarn Road, Pontywaun, Crosskeys, Gwent NP11 7DU
Tel: 01495 271966 (Mobile 07810 457223)
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CAR PARK  **  REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE   **  NO ADMISSION CHARGE  **  EXPERIENCE A TRUE WELSH WELCOME**

Show Opens 9.00 a.m. • No indoor access before 9:00 am

Judging commences 10.00 a.m.

Show closes half an hour after all judging has been completed

We are pleased to announce BURNS Natural Food For Pets as sponsors for the show 

FIND FOREST OAK FARM

Note: If using Sat Nav the postcode is GL15 4LN - or click link below

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YOUR JUDGES

Dogs Judge – Ruth Waller (Fireglow)

My interest in Welsh Springers began in the late 1970s when my first Welshie arrived. I joined my local dog training club and very quickly became their Secretary. I have been involved with the club ever since and still enjoy my involvement there - we offer Obedience and Ringcraft classes as well as the Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Tests.

I served on the committee of the South Eastern Welsh Springer Spaniel Club from 1992 for 25 years covering various roles, also regularly stewarding at their club shows. I was delighted to be made a Vice President in 2018.

All of my dogs have been shown and/or had some working training, with one working for many years on a couple of shoots. With my current Welshie, as well as showing her, I’m taking part in competitive Obedience training and Adult Handling at shows, it’s great fun!

My first Welsh Springer Spaniel judging appointment came along in 1994 and I have given CCs in the breed since 2007, including judging the breed overseas in Australia, Sweden and Finland; additionally I have judged other gundog breeds at Open shows.

It is always a privilege to judge this lovely breed and I am delighted to be invited to judge dogs for the Welsh Springer Spaniel Club of South Wales March 2024 Championship Show.

Ruth Waller

Bitches Judge - Mrs Arlene Tester - (Avilt)

I have been owned by our beautiful native breed for 40 years and at present live with two but have had as many as seven at once in the past. I am passionate about the breed, their health, and the history of the breed.

I was lucky to be able to see many of our great breeders of the past when I first started to show my dogs, such people as Cliff Payne, Harold Newman and of course Noel and Dodo Hunton-Morgans. Noel and Dodo did so much for the breed, they brought uniformity and with it many great dogs, including my favourite Sh Ch Dalati Sarian, what a super bitch she was, and it was a delight to see her win the Gundog Group at Crufts.

I have served on committees for many years, and I have been the secretary for the Welsh Springer Spaniel Joint Health Group as well as Breed Health Co-ordinator for a number of years. I have also taken photographs at shows and currently do this for the SEWSSC. I have shown and done some working with my dogs in the past and I do enjoy seeing the breed doing the job that it was always bred to do.

I have judged the breed for many years and my last appointment was to judge Dogs at the NEWSSC Championship Show in 2018, but it is some time since I last judged Bitches and I am looking forward to doing so again.

It is always an honour to judge at a breed club show, but to judge at this show is very special, being the Welsh Springer Spaniel Club of South Wales, the home country of our wonderful breed.

Arlene Tester

Want to see photos of all the winners at the last Champ Show? CLICK HERE

or CLICK HERE to see the results of the last show