At last we can breathe a big sigh of relief now that our first show at our lovely new venue was a success. The weekend started with a slight hiccup, the camping ground was too wet for the big motorhomes so we had to throw the ring plan out of the window and start again. The Elm Park team worked extremely hard and soon had it sorted. Thanks to all the campers for parking as requested with no moans or complaints. The final ring plan ended up a little more cosy than we originally planned but apart from that I think it went very well. I am sure over the next few years we will be tweaking things to make it better for everyone.
First of all a big thank you to Beechwood for allowing us to hold our show at their lovely venue and for being such a great bunch of people to deal with. A big thank you to the Elm Park members who worked tirelessly Friday, Saturday and Sunday to make the show a success, well done guys. Also thanks as usual to John and Kath Westell and Sue Starr for helping out. To Lyn, Steve Parmiter, Les Willis, Mick and Lyn Johnson who aren’t members but always lend a hand.
Thanks to Paula Kenny and Sandra Barnes who stepped in at the last minute to replace two judges who had to step down. Also thanks to Richard Kebble for being our Chief Steward.
Thank you to all our judges and stewards who gave up their day. To run this weekend we usually need around 70 plus judges/stewards. Without these lovely people there would not be an Elm Park weekend.
Congratulations to our ticket winners, Saturday – Trish Jones with ObCh Longwaves Cloudy Sky for winning the dog ticket and Victoria Cook with Lupitoonz Dance Monkey for winning the girls ticket and this was Victoria’s first ticket ever – fabulous.
Sunday – Lorna Hilton with ObCh Zanyway Great Expectations for winning the dog ticket and Mary Ray with ObCh Sarkam Sings the Blues for winning the girls ticket.
Also congratulations to all the winners of the other classes.
So our first show at the new venue came to a close. The weather was fairly kind to us just a bit of drizzle on Sunday. We felt it was a great atmosphere and the Elm Park team hope everyone enjoyed the weekend with the show at the new venue. Those of us from Elm Park that camped finished off with a lovely meal at The Taz on Sunday evening – yum, yum.
See You all next year, when we can do it all again.
Julie Appleton