First Place in Open - Bitch, Judge: Miss Elspeth Jackson (Clipstone)
It is always an honour to be invited to judge a club show and my first job here must be to thank Club, Officers, Committee and Members for asking me to judge their show. The hospitality shown to my Mother and myself made it a very enjoyable weekend. Thank you to my capable Stewards Les Moss and Ian Higham for their help on the day.
Thank you all for the great entry both in terms of number and in depth of quality I had to judge. There were some very tough, but enjoyable decisions to be made and in most classes and in the challenges the top honours were fiercely contested. .
I must repeat the often used cliché of not having enough cards on the day. Many who were down the line or even cardless today I would have been happy to have as winners in another entry.
Having judged and liked this girl as a puppy it was good to judge her as a mature adult. She did not disappoint. Shown on the day in excellent condition, in super coat and well muscled throughout she was a picture of balance without any exaggeration. She is spanable and her ribs are of a good shape and well laid back. She has lovely body lines with a super top line competed by a lovely short thick tail well set on. Could not have shown any better for her handler making her such an eye catcher on the challenges to take the Bitch CC and then Best in Show.