Show Placings
Scottish BTC Limited Show
25th Jan 2009
Judge: Miss Laura Hogg
Best Veteran
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Veteran - Dog or Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Border Terrier Club Championship Show
28th Mar 2009
Judge: Marjorie Staveley (Dykeside)
It was indeed an honour to be invited to judge this show. My thanks to the offficers and committee for their warm welcome and to my ring stewards Glenise Hyslop and Marylynne Winder for all their hard work and efficiency. Special thanks must go the exhibitors for an excellent entry of 301 from 237 dogs (6 NFC) that I very much enjoyed judging. I thought the depth of quality varied although I was pleased with my final line-up of both dogs and bitches. Heads in general were good although I noticed there were a few exhibits rather heavy in ear. Coats and pelts varied considerably. A number of quality exhibits were devoid of coat and were penalised accordingly. I found a few exhibits, in my opinion, too heavy and unspannable; feet and nails would also benefit from more attention. Temperaments were good.
Veteran - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Placing Critique
Another exhibit looking well at 81/2years, nicely proportioned, typical head and expression, strong hindquarters, presented in good order.
Northern BTC Open Show
11th Apr 2009
Judge: Mr Ian Hopper (Esyntona)
Veteran - Dog or Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Darlington Championship Show
18th Sep 2009
Judge: Mr Frank Kane (Hirontower)
A very good entry in both quantity & quality. I was very pleased with the challenge line ups in both sexes.
Veteran - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Placing Critique
9 years, great coat & pelt, very good coat. Not quite the cleanness of neck & shoulder of 1 but still reasonably sound
Yorks, Lancs & Cheshire Border Terrier Club Championship Show
26th Sep 2009
Judge: Mrs E Cuthbertson (Ashbrae)
My thanks to the Committee for my appointment. To my ring stewards K Green & A. Harris, and to the exhibitors for the nice entry of 200 exhibits. I was sorry Gordon and Cynthia Knight could not be present due to family illness.
I did find a lot of variation between type, and size making judging very interesting. Some heads lacked strength of muzzle and heavy shoulders were very the much in evidence. I was concerned that a number were overweight and heavy, not as fit as they should be.
Saying that I was very pleased with my placings, class and top award winners.
Veteran - Dog or Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Northern Border Terrier Club Open Show
11th Oct 2009
Judge: Mrs M Wanless (Thorneyburn)
It was a great honour to judge my first breed club show here, at Otterburn, heart of the country where the Border terrier originated. My thanks to the Club, and to all entrants. I enjoyed my day, and was very pleased with my final line up.
Best Veteran
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Veteran - Dog or Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Placing Critique
Nice sized bitch, in super coat, moved steadily
Border Terrier Club Championship Show
27th Mar 2010
Judge: Mr. Jim Stewart
Judge elect, Jane Parker, was cruelly taken down with food poisoning just before the show and sadly was unable to undertake this prestigious appointment. I was honoured to be asked to stand in for Jane who had attracted a super entry of 271 from 237 exhibits.
Having been "out the scene" for some years, I was pleased with the overall quality of the entry. Mouths and temperaments were commendable, as one would expect with a working terrier. I noted more alien expressions than I would expect, even with the size of the entry and many exhibitors must pay more attention to presentation. Erratic front movement, like the poor, is always with us. Nevertheless, there was sufficient depth of quality to provide worthy winners in dogs and bitches throughout the card.
Veteran - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Placing Critique
Soundly constructed bitch carrying her 9+ years well. Feminine head and moved with drive. She has a healthy appetite.
East Anglia BTC Championship Show
18th Apr 2010
Judge: Mrs Trak Fryer (Irton)
I would like to thank the exhibitors for a lovely quality entry, the Club and committee for the appointment and my stewards Simon and Bev Jackson for their efficient help throughout the day. I was generally pleased with the overall quality, heads were good, pelts generally good and movement OK with many very typical exhibits on show. I was disappointed to find a number of poor mouths in the dog entry and to find a few exhibits presented down to the minute but totally lacking muscle, something that I find unacceptable in a dog with the Borders outlook on life.
Veteran - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Placing Critique
Another good bitch, Good in head and well made and balanced, has thickened a bit with age but all the essentials are OK, in a lovely deep coat with a good pelt.
Joint Border Terrier Clubs' Championship Show
1st May 2010
Judge: Mr Arthur Cuthbertson (Ashbrae)
My thanks to the Committee for my appointment, and a well run show. The stewards Doreen Rushby and Dave Mitchell, and the exhibitors for the entry.
I was looking for a Border that could fulfil the standard, essentially a working terrier. Judging is about achieving that balance of the desired essentials of the standard, breed type, construction, movement, condition, and the true otter like head. I was disappointed to find so many lacking strength of muzzle, and some with narrow set eyes, with a lot, light in eye colour giving an untypical expression. Some with very small teeth and others very big on the rib, also some very long tails!
That said there were some lovely borders present, and I was pleased with the final line ups, all fulfilling my interpretation of the breed standard.
Veteran - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Placing Critique
Nice red coated 9 years old. A bit more portly than above but moved out well. Enjoying her day.
Northern Border Terrier Club Open Show
16th Oct 2010
Judge: Mrs A K Bergh (Sweden)
I would like to thank the Northern Border Terrier Club for inviting me to judge, it was a great honour to be asked. A big thank you also to the exhibitors who gave me the opportunity to go over your dogs. Many thanks to my able stewards Doreen Rushby and John Todd, they were a great help to me and kept everything running smoothly throughout the day.
I found the general quality very good and I had some hard decisions. Temperaments were very good. Movements are difficult to judge in a small indoor area, but I noticed some exhibits that really stood out in hind action. Coats and pelts were certainly better than I have seen in Sweden lately, as well as toplines. I liked my winner very much and wish her good luck for the future!
The entry was good for this time of the year I was told, 120 dogs making 129 entries, with some absent.
Veteran - Dog or Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
The Border Terrier Club Open Show
23rd Oct 2010
Judge: Mrs. Barbara Roderick (Barterhound)
My thanks go to my efficient stewards Eddie Houston and Mark Lowry and of course to the exhibitors for the sporting way in which they accepted my placings. I was pleased that mouths were good and only found one kinked tail. Feet on some exhibits were not very well padded, not sufficient in my view to do a day’s work. Most terriers were in good coat.
Veteran - Dog or Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Placing Critique
pressed hard here, dam to my BIS. and has passed on her good sound movement. Lovely feminine head and expression in good coat and carrying her age well
Scottish BTC Championship Show
13th Nov 2010
Judge: Mr D E Fryer (Irton)
Thanks to the Club for the opportunity to go over so many quality dogs, and to the exhibitors for bringing them along. I was pleased to find , overall, a better standard of movement than I had expected, particularly in front; likewise coats, in general, were of good quality and quantity. I was, however, disappointed that so many seemed to have small teeth; mostly technically correct with only a couple with missing teeth. One male was not entire.
Veteran - Dog or Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Class Critique
A lovely class of senior citizens, all still sound in body and temperament. A good way to start the day!
Scottish BTC Limited Show
30th Jan 2011
Judge: Mr. Paul Cheeseman (Bromscar)
It was on my part a great honour and privilege to be asked to judge this club show. As usual the reception and hospitality north of the border was of the highest order. I would like to thank the committee and members of this fine club, and offer a huge thank you to my steward on the day Mr E Houston.
Overall, and with only a handful of exceptions, I found movement generally to be below standard, but, maybe due to the recent cold weather, coats on the whole were very good.
Best Veteran
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Veteran - Dog or Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Remony Sunset Song ShCM
Placing Critique
10yr grizzle & tan bitch. Still has her shape, showed a lot of younger borders how to move today. Nice feminine head, showed herself off well.
