Well as we say goodbye to our 2nd Show, the weather is finally improving. I have finally dried out and am now busy washing dog towels and bedding.
Firstly I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for all of the entries we received, without which there would be no shows.
The weather this year was pretty much the same as last year, horrendous!
A massive thank you to all of our chief stewards, judges, stewards, stay stewards and scent decoys especially those who did these roles in the pouring rain on Sunday.
Our venue is wonderful and despite natures best intention to ruin our weekend, only two motorhomes got stuck. These were pulled off by the groundsman and our caterer.
I apologise for the less than perfect lunch for our helpers, this was beyond my control. Thank you for your acceptance that lunch wouldn’t be the full hog roast as promised, and for accepting the alternative.
We hire our venue from Thursday until Monday which allows us to have a relaxed approach to setting up and taking down. Jacky Roddick thank you for your expertise in marking out camping pitches and erecting rings. My OCD is finally back on track and things are lining up again!
We are a small team of obedience enthusiasts who decided to “put
something back” into our sport. We could not do this without additional
help and my biggest thank you goes to my sister Lucy and her partner Kay
who worked with me from Thursday lunch time until Monday afternoon.
They do not compete in obedience and offer their help to support me in
this venture. Thanks go to Vince Winyard and Kathy Woodgreaves, Chief
Stay Stewards for the weekend, you were amazing. Teresa Patterson for
manning our gate on Thursday and Friday. Stay stewarding on Saturday and
Stewarding C on Sunday. You give so much to obedience, thank you ? Richard Nichols who gave up his time to help with parking on the Saturday and stewarded on the Sunday. Richard you are a star??
Yvonne Percy who came both days just to stay steward, thank you.
Lynn Farrington and Neil Ticehurst the help you gave over the weekend made all the difference.
Lesley Taylor who helped on the gate on Sunday in the pouring rain, thank you.
The whole team worked hard over the weekend and I know we were all
tired and aching by the end of Sunday. Huge thanks to Sylvia Allebone
for being our Chief Steward for the weekend.
Kate, Jacky, Val, Viv,
Rose, Suzy thank you for all you did prior to, during and after the
show. Additional thanks to Tracy Allebone and Vicky Main, Julie Martin
and Linda Hewitson for your help.
We hope you enjoyed the shows and that you loved our venue. We are looking at a new date for 2020 and subject to KC approval this will be the 15th and 16th of August. The weather we have experienced for the last 2 yeard has beaten us so fingers crossed August will be kinder.
Judges are required for all classes, so please help to keep this show running by offering to help in some way
Good Luck for the rest of the year
Christine Bowles