Newsletter – December 2014 Dear Members welcome to your Christmas Newsletter. As usual Christmas has come upon us faster than expected. I hope you’ve all had an enjoyable year with your pooches and reached some of your goals. First up the winner of last month’s photo competition. It was hard to choose the winner with all 3 entries very creative but in the end I couldn’t go past the Reindeer- riding dog Puffaluffacus pictured with Leonie Schonberger and Patsy (usually a horse)… Well done Leonie – a Springlands Veterinary Voucher is coming your way…
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Newsletter – December 2014 Dear Members welcome to your Christmas Newsletter. As usual Christmas has come upon us faster
than expected. I hope you’ve all had an enjoyable year with your pooches and reached some of your
goals.
First up the winner of last month’s photo
competition. It was hard to choose the
winner with all 3 entries very creative but
in the end I couldn’t go past the Reindeer-
riding dog Puffaluffacus pictured with
Leonie Schonberger and Patsy (usually a
horse)…
Well done Leonie – a Springlands
Veterinary Voucher is coming your way…
The other fantastic entries were:
Vanessa Schonberger’s Chevy who loves to pose for the camera
and
is it’s Wendy Reynolds’ Jasper who glad only Christmas once a year
Thursday 18 December from 6pm, clubgrounds.
Now combined with Obedience One Day Event.
Come along for Games Prizes BBQ And loads of fun
ALL CLUB MEMBERS, their dogs and families welcome.
By Helen Redshaw
The October/November obedience class has finished, but there was a disappointing dropout
rate amongst owners. This seems in part due to the holiday Mondays which come thick and
fast in Oct Nov and disrupt the classes. We already have 19 on the waiting list for courses
in 2015. It might be possible to run a double class again to try and work through these
numbers.
The Thursday Nights are well attended and a number of club members are pitching in to help
organize and share the load. A list of weeks and activities for 2015 is on the club room door
and we encourage all members to take their turn, share the load and bring variety to the
meets.
Sandra has a cunning plan for the final week’s session with a trophy up for grabs at a “one
day event” which she has based on equestrian format. For those of us who know nothing
about horses (me) the competition will consist of obedience, rally O and simple agility.
Thanks again to Tim and Sandra for all their time and expertise.
Well of course the main news is the Champ Show but more on that later. I have been neglecting the
LINK report for the last couple of months so here is a catch up:
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October saw Blenheim 4 come 1st in their division with Sandra’s Heidi and Finn; and Fiona’s Meg
making up the team. Blenheim 1 came 5th with Tash’s Jazz and Tricot; and Steph’s Quinn in the team.
Out top Maxi dog was Sandra’s Finn coming 3rd. Top Midi dog was Tash’s Jazz coming 2nd and Tricot
close behind in 3rd.
Team results for November were not quite as successful as October with Blenheim 1 coming 9th with
Jane’s Theo, Nic’s Ninja and Tash’s Jazz and Blenheim 4 not making a team. Top Maxi dog was Finn
again in 9th, with Sandra’s Heidi top Midi in 43rd and top Mini was Jane’s Theo in 17th.
January LINK will be held on Wednesday 14th January.
Classes:
Classes have now finished for the year. A big thank you to everyone who has been involved in
teaching and set up of both the Tuesday and Wednesday night classes. Classes will resume on
Tuesday 20th and Wed 21st January.
New Equipment:
This year we have purchased a lot of new equipment including a new see-saw, new cross-over, 2 new
flexi-tunnels, new jump wings, new hoop and new timers. It was great to use the new equipment in the
show. Thank you to everyone who has been instrumental in obtaining grants, transporting equipment
and chipping and painting.
Nic and Jazz would like a new A-frame too!
By Sandra Goodwin
Clockwise from top left: Tess, Kimi, Jasper, Maisie, Tiff/Theo/Kat?, Crystal, Jazz, Finn (centre).
The main thing this weekend will be remembered for was the tiring wind we all had to put up with! It
was so bad at times, especially in the senior ring, that jump bars were being knocked off and pegs
were necessary for the long jump, jump wings and timers. One plus was the collapsible tunnels were
removed as they were twisting so much in the wind, they were unsafe. Apart from that the show
went very well. We had great support from club members plus extra friends and family so most jobs
were covered which made it much easier for those of us competing. So, thanks again to everyone who
helped out especially in the unpleasant weather conditions. Also a big pat on the back to the
members who ran dogs and worked your butts off all weekend to make this show a success again. We
also had fantastic sponsors. All first place getters received a lovely bottle of wine donated by
Sheryl and Ed. Every placing received dog food from the generous people at ORIJEN.
Thanks also to the Nelson guys who helped us out. On Saturday Nic was running Tash’s dogs but
injured his back after a couple of runs and couldn’t move so Sheryl had to run Tash’s dogs on
Saturday and do Nic’s ring manager job on Sunday. I ended up show managing both days so Sheryl
could do this. So it was great to get the extra help from our Nelson friends.
Results:
Marcela and Toby were the most successful combo for the club this weekend. They were really on
form placing 1st in Novice 1 Maxi, 2nd in Novice 2 Maxi and 3rd in Novice 3 ending up Top Novice Dog.
They also came 3rd in Jumpers B.
Close behind would have been Shona and Oscar winning Novice 1 and 2 Small. Gilly and Peppy in their
first champ event not only had a clear run but came 3rd in Novice 1 Medium. Wendy and Crystal were
2nd in Novice 2 Small and Wendy’s Jasper also had a couple of clears. Erin and Dudley came 2nd in
Starters 1 and 4th in Jumpers B2. Karina and Tia had a clear in Jumpers C and Novice 3. Sandra and
Tess came 6th in Novice 3 and 3rd in Novice 1 Small. Sandra and Heidi came 3rd in Novice 2 Medium
and 5th in Novice 3. Sandra and Finn were 3rd in Novice 2 Maxi.
Steph ran Maisie in her first Jumpers A and was very pleased with how she went. Claire had 2 clears
with Indy in Novice and 2 clears with Gem in C. Melissa and Pepa (after not much training) managed a
clear in Novice. Jane (with no training either) went well with her dogs. Theo came 2nd in
Intermediate 1 Small and 2nd in Intermediate 3 Small. Tiff came 2nd in Intermediate 2 Small and 1st
in Intermediate 3 Small. Rose came 5th in Jumpers B1. Sheryl and Q were 4th in Senior 1.
Tash and Jazz were 3rd in Intermediate 3. Jazz was also top ADX dog. Trico came 3rd in
Intermediate 2 and 3rd in Senior 1 with Sheryl; with Tash 4th in Senior 3. Luckily Trico seems to be
on the mend after a health scare a few weeks ago.
That’s it for the shows this year. First one up next year is the very big Hanmer Holiday Show in
January where all the classes are split even Jumpers A, which is a first in the South Island (except
