Seamus | blog | August 16, 2010
Yesterdays Clonmel and District All Breed Championship proved to be a real sizzler of a day, most certainly holding the record for 2010 as the hottest show day with temperatures at about 25c all day.
Most certainly a day for dogs and humans to seek shade and try to keep cool, good to see bottles of suncream being handed around amongst exhibitors, and being lashed on in all the right spots – not many folk wished to start the circuit week looking like red rooster.
Many judges took consideration of the new founded Irish heatwave and in the more heavily coated breeds and only kept the exhibits in the ring the minimum of time for assessment and movement.
The Clonmel lay out for the show is in complete reverse to Fermoy Show held earlier in the year in the Ferry House Complex, now a pretty regular show venue for Southern shows.
The rings for yesterdays show were laid out in what many will remember as the car-park area, while they use the normal show ring area now for car-parking. All the rings were pretty spacious and being blessed with such wonderful weather it gave the show a nice relaxed holiday atmosphere.
The Clonmel entry was excellent just under 2000 dogs from Ireland, the UK and farther afield in Europe of course for many folk Irish and overseas visitors make the Circuit their annual weeks holiday.
As every year the committee of Clonmel, invite a good mix of Irish judges and overseas judges, this year hailing from as far afield as France, Canada, Finland, Greece, US and Denmark
As always Clonmel show seems to run like clock-work, as breeds were completed the respective Groups were called, so the task of adjudicating the Best In Show fell on the capable shoulders of Mrs Jean Westren, originally from the UK, but now living over here in Ireland for some years.
Ten excellent examples of their respective breeds came into the lovely decorated BIS ring, some of yesterdays group winners were new faces other well know to everyone.
After careful examination, Mrs Western handed the big BIS rosette to the winner of Group 6, also the BIS winner at Saturdays Hound Association Championship show. The Rhodesian Ridgeback Ch Rottzridge Walk The Walk, to an over joyed Jane Anthony co-owner and handler and yells of delight and complete happines could be heard all over the show grounds, and what a lot she and husband Geordie had to celebrate and also what a super way to kick off Circuit week. The just gone two year old home bred Kofi, already last year, this cracking young bitch won the final of the IKC Junior Champions of Champions Competition and so far in her show career has notched up some 30 Green Stars and multi Group placings.
Mrs Westeren called into reserve spot, the winner of Group 10 and last weeks “Bangor BIS winning Whippet” Ch/UKCh/IntCh Collooney He’s The One CJ’06/’07AnCh’06/’07’08’09, owned by Linda Cutbert-Matthews and Colin Matthews.
Third place was awarded to the beautiful Miniature Smooth Haired Dachshund Ch Hasmur Missys Ticket to Dazzle Luvs Chrishane Ch Hasmur Missys Ticket To Dazzle Luvs Chrishane J.CH.,J.D.(C.W.08,10) Camille also topped Group 4 at the St Pats Day show and has been regularly placed in Groups during her show career.
And in fourth place was awarded to, the Kilkenny based Group 5 winner the Siberian Huskey Ch/Int Ch Leorient Artic Blue Lady An Ch 09,CW 10 owned by Mr Jason Duggan.
And so Clonmel and District 2010 came to a close, many congrats to the hard working committee headed by long term secretary Margaret O’Gorman for once again putting on a excellent show. And so the car/vans/campervans and caravans headed out the gates of Ferry House most heading towards the Kerry region to continue on the “Munster Circuit. Enjoy your week and safe driving.
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Firstly, let me start by wishing everybody a happy and healthy 2012, and let’s hope that we and our dogs get all we wish for this year.
