CHAIRMAN\u2019S REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\nI would like to welcome you to the Working Breeds Club of Mashonaland\u2019s 39th.\u00a0 Annual General Meeting and thank you all for your support over the year.<\/p>\n
We held 3 Championship Shows in 2014.\u00a0 The first show was on 27, 28 and 29 June and consisted of Obedience, Dog Jumping and Agility shows plus a Working Trials training.\u00a0 We were very lucky to have Mrs. Claire Patterson-Abrolat to come up and do the judging for the Agility and Obedience plus give some training tips on Working Trials, Tracker Trials, Obedience and Agility.\u00a0 She is a member of the South African Agility Team, competes and judges in \u201cC\u201d Test Obedience and does a lot of competing and judging in Working Trials and Tracker Trials.\u00a0 Claire was a very good judge and very approachable.\u00a0 The Kennel Club of Harare obviously felt the same and have invited her to judge in 2015!<\/p>\n
The attendance at the Working Trials training was embarrassingly small.\u00a0 Thank you to Cherry and Bruce for hosting the event and giving lunch to the judge.\u00a0 I was unlucky enough to break my finger there when my dog leapt forward and a loop of the lead broke the finger.\u00a0 A lesson to be learnt.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately there were no qualifications in Obedience.\u00a0 Beginners was won by Debbie Christie\u2019s Goldie, Tammy; Novice by Les Covarr\u2019 Goldie, Josh; \u201cA\u201d Test by Dave Lamb\u2019s Kirby; \u201cB\u201d Test by Cherry Blake\u2019s Border Collie, Jed and \u201cC\u201d Test was won by Sam Fernandes\u2019 GSD, Ciara.\u00a0 Sam Fernandes and her Australian Shepherd Myra were the only qualifiers in Dog Jumping with a win in Grade II.\u00a0 Bruce Freebairn and his GSD, Tilke won Grade I; Sue Carter\u2019s Yorkie, Sammy, won Grade III and Gill Houghton\u2019s Yorkie won Grade IV.<\/p>\n
Cherry Blake was the only qualifier in Agility with her Border Collie Jed. The other winners were Cherry and her Border Terrier, Kimble; Sue Carter\u2019s Yorkie, Sammy and Paolo Cernuschi\u2019s Border Collie, Chip.<\/p>\n
We had a Championship Breed show in August in conjunction with ZKC, KCH and the Midland Shows.\u00a0 Our judge was Mr.\u00a0 Graham Thompson from South Africa, who stepped in at virtually the last moment when another judge let us down.\u00a0 The Best in Show was won by Gordon Grierson\u2019s GSD Rio vom Schloss der Hunde; Reserve Best in Show was won by Ursula McKinlay\u2019s Border Collie Ch. Aitchie Tara; Third Best in Show was my Dobermann Ch. Hysand Quaesta von Colnetal and Fourth was Mrs. Todd\u2019s Giant Schnauzer Lanstone Russel\u2019s Boy.<\/p>\n
The second Obedience and Dog Jumping Championship Show was at the end of September.\u00a0 We had a few more qualifications: Debby Christie with her Goldie Tammy won Beginners with a qualification.\u00a0 Les Covarr and her Goldie, Josh won Novice and qualified with Ursula McKinlay\u2019s Roxy coming second with a qualification; Bruce Freebairn and his GSD, Tilke, won \u201cA\u201d Test; Cherry Blake and her Border Collie Jed came first in \u201cB\u201d Test.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately due to the small number of entrants in the small dog classes, although some dogs jumped clear rounds, they couldn\u2019t qualify.\u00a0 Cherry Blake and her Border Collie Jed won and qualified in Grade II Dog Jumping; Bruce Freebairn and his GSD, Tilke won Grade I; Sue Carter\u2019s Sammy won Grade III and Lyn Pozzo\u2019s Pedro won Grade IV.<\/p>\n
Thank you to all those who entered – it was much appreciated!\u00a0 Our congratulations to the various winners in all the shows.<\/p>\n
I would like to take the opportunity to thank the competitors, Judges, Stewards and other helpers for making the various shows a great success.\u00a0 Our main sponsors for the three shows were an anonymous donor, who gave loads of food.\u00a0 Thank you Anonymous Donor \u2013 your support was much appreciated!! Other main sponsors were the Jennings clan, Crystal Candy, Spinweave, Lokalize Investments and myself. The prizes certainly added to the shows!<\/p>\n
A big thanks must be given to the Working Breeds committee, namely Roy, Ursula, Sue and Dave, who have put a lot of effort into making the shows go off so well.\u00a0 The Corgi Club did their normal excellent job of manning the Show Office as did the KCH Catering section.<\/p>\n
This is the section of my speech when I mention any one who has passed on during the year.\u00a0 Please could we have a few moments to remember Derek Bowling-Scott who suffered for many years.<\/p>\n
I would now like to hand you over to the Treasurer, Mr. Roy Ellis, who will explain the Balance Sheets and answer any queries.<\/p>\n
Finally, I would like to announce the various trophies.\u00a0 Unfortunately with a hiccup in delivery, the dog food has been delayed.\u00a0 The dog food will be delivered to the various people within the next week or two.<\/p>\n
The Working Dog of the Year goes to Gordon Grierson\u2019s GSD Rio vom Schloss der Hunde with 70 points; Reserve was my Dobermann Ch. Hysand Quaesta con Colnetal with 30 points; Tie Third was Ursula McKinlay\u2019s Border Collie Ch. Aitchie Tara and my Dobermann Ch. Haverhill Harko von Colnetal with 17 points.\u00a0 Fifth was Mrs. Todd\u2019s Giant Schnauzer Lanstone Russel\u2019s Boy with 11 points .<\/p>\n
Gordon \u2013 please could you come and accept the Rosette and Trophy?<\/p>\n
The winner of the Obedience Dog of the Year is Ursula McKinlay\u2019s Border Collie Roxie with 5 points. There were 6 dogs tied on 3 points each.\u00a0 I have graded them as to the Class they qualified in \u2013 obviously a dog who qualified in \u201cB\u201d Test would be rated higher than a dog who qualified in a more junior class like Beginners.<\/p>\n
So second was Cherry Blake\u2019s Border Collie, Jed; third was Irene Kilpert\u2019s GSD Maggie; Tie fourth was Erica Cunma\u2019s Goldie Keisha and Lesley Covarr\u2019s Goldie Josh.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tie sixth was Debbie Christie\u2019s Goldie Tammy and Collette Beechey\u2019s Jack Russell Milo.\u00a0 Obviously Border Collies and Goldies have shown the other breeds up!<\/p>\n
Ursula \u2013 please come forward and accept the trophy and Rosette.<\/p>\n
There were virtually no qualifications in Dog Jumping, which was very disappointing. Although the Mini Dogs jumped some clear rounds, because there were not enough dogs in their class, they didn\u2019t qualify.\u00a0 There needed to be three dogs competing in a class for a qualification to count. This has been proposed to be changed to two dogs in a class.<\/p>\n
There were two dogs tied on two points each.\u00a0\u00a0 So the winners of the Dog Jumping Dog of the Year are Cherry Blake\u2019s Border Collie, Jed, and Sam Fernandes\u2019 Australian Shepherd, Myra.<\/p>\n
Well done Cherry and Sam!\u00a0 Cherry \u2013 please come forward and collect the Trophy and Rosette.\u00a0 You will have the trophy for the first 6 months and Sam can have it afterwards. But don\u2019t sit down.<\/p>\n
There is a new trophy for Combined Contact and Non-Contact Agility Dog of the Year \u2013 this has been won by Cherry Blake\u2019s Border Collie, Jed.<\/p>\n
I usually mention forthcoming shows here \u2013 we have a Championship Obedience and Dog Jumping show with local judges on 17 May 2015 and a proposed Championship Obedience and Dog Jumping show with local judges on 27 September 2015.\u00a0 On Friday I heard that a sponsor will donate a ticket for a judge for our Breed show.\u00a0 So with such short notice I can\u2019t say much as I still have to discuss things with my Committee and the sponsor.<\/p>\n
Hopefully with the money from these shows, Working Breeds can import a South African Obedience judge in 2016.<\/p>\n
Many thanks for attending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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