Show Placings
Yorkshire, Lancashire & Cheshire Border Terrier Club Championship Show
27th Sep 2014
Judge: Mr Frank Nicholls (Halcus)
My grateful thanks to the committee and officers for their brilliant hospitality and to stewards Doreen Rushby and Graham Richardson for their hard work and attempts at keeping me out of trouble. An excellent entry with real quality present in both dogs and bitches. Unfortunately, at the risk of sounding like a stuck record, front movement was a real problem in quite a few exhibits, not I might add in the top winners, but unfortunately occasional compromises had to be made in this respect in some classes when filling some of the lower placings.
Minor Puppy - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Hollowoakend Bearly Spring
Wigan and District Canine Society Open Show
2nd Nov 2014
Judge: Mr. Bob Wright (Totherend)
My thanks to the organisers, steward and exhibitors for a welcoming and well supported show. There were some quality exhibits and although there was a variety of types they were generally within the breed standard. A few exhibits were the right side of spanable but only just, dentition was generally good and there were no signs of poor temperaments.
Puppy /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Hollowoakend Bearly Spring
West Midland Terrier Society
29th Nov 2014
Judge: Mr Dave Matthews (Tojamatt)
Many thanks to the committee for inviting me to judge at there open show many thanks to my steaward, unfortunately a high absentee rate,
Puppy - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Hollowoakend Bearly Spring
Placing Critique
8 Months old not a lot of coat today, nice length, narrow throughout, neck flowed into good shoulders, good topline and tailset, easily spanned with feminine head, good teeth and keen expression. A promising pup.
The Joint Border Terrier Clubs' Championship Show
3rd May 2015
Judge: Miss Julie Price (Oxcroft)
I would like to thank the Midland Border Terrier Club committee for the opportunity to judge this year’s Joint club show. Many thanks to my two ring stewards Bob and Liz Wright for the smooth running of the ring and the cups of coffee. It was an experience to go over so many dogs of different types; this made my job difficult at times, as each one had different attributes to the next. A few classes I found very hard to decide who my winners would be for this reason. Is the breed getting better or worse? I do not think I am the first to mention that there are too many foreign heads and plain faces with no expression. The breed standard states “a head like that of an otter” and “essentially a working terrier”. Confirmation and movement, I think has improved a little, but the heads and strength of the dogs has declined. When I looked at some of the dogs, I liked them but then had to remind myself that they where dogs not bitches. Thank you to all exhibitors for letting me go over your dogs and the gracious way most of you accepted my decisions.
Junior - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Hollowoakend Bearly Spring
Placing Critique
Sorry no notes.
Yearling - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Hollowoakend Bearly Spring
Crewe & District Canine Society Open Show
31st May 2015
Judge: Miss Bridget Singh (Borderbridge)
Junior /
First Place
Name at show: Hollowoakend Bearly Spring
Placing Critique
15 Month old Grizzle Bitch. Lovely strong but feminine head. Correct dentition. Good reach of neck, good front and narrow throughout, nice length. Short of coat today. Moved well.
