Month: October 2024

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

Well we did it! After all the planning and organising, it finally happened.

The comments and remarks about this new venue have been wonderful. I knew you would like it as soon as I went to visit. I really can’t believe they let us into their wonderful stadium, but they did, and were very helpful. My grateful thanks go to all the staff at sports, especially Emma, Zak, who even put the flood lights on when we arrived at 7am! I had’nt realised it would be dark!!! also Gaz, who visited thoughout the day to check all was well.

Thank you also to all competitors for keeping the arena and car parks poo free, we swept through at the end and did’nt find anything, wonderful.

It seems the canteen went down well, from all the lovely comments.

We had many change of judges leading up to the show, so a big thank you to all who judged on the day.

The team! way to many to name, you were wonderful. Many from our 11am class at our dog school, who had never experienced a show before were really impressed with everthing they saw. They helped out serving the judges drinks, a bit of scoreboarding, some scent decoy, and generally helping out. I hope they will be entered next time.

Colin, my right hand man. None of this would of been possible without your support. Also super ace Chief Steward. xx

I will also mention Dave and Kay, whose help and guidance was invaluable right from the start. Also must mention Kays friend Vicky who made 400 scent cloths, wow! Also Babs and Cathy who were always on hand for help with judges and advice.

We had lots of friends and past pupils come to visit and show support, it was wonderful to see you and that you took the trouble to come along.

Everyone looked happy at the prize giving. CSJ were extremely generous with their products, there were goodies for all in Pre and Beg up to 10th, and 1st in all other classes. The dragons all found their new homes, something to remind you of the first show in North Wales for quite some time. Congratulations.

I hope you’ll be pleased to know we are willing to do it all over again, with a bit more knowledge on how to do things better or easier. I have the licence already for SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2025.

Chris and Sam took photos of you all day, hope you all enjoy looking back. Thanks Guys.

So there you go! I can get my house and my life back now!! I was warned it was hard work, but I did enjoy it really….. Pat Werner