First Place in Open - Bitch, 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.
First saw her, and her sister, as young puppies, and loved her then. She has now matured into an outstanding bitch well worthy of her title. Excellent blue and tan coat, good head into lovely reach of neck and clean well laid shoulders, good front, bone just right, tidy feet, correct length of back, good ribs, firm loin, well set tail, good angulation at back. Moved very well. Bitch cc and Best in show.