Labrador News

Peggy Rae

Peggy Rae passed away on the 31st August in the afternoon after a long fight with cancer and will be sadly missed as her Cornlands Labradors have had such an impact upon the breed for many years, and will continue to do so under the watch of James.

The Funeral will be held at the All Saints Church in Stisted, Braintree, Essex on Saturday 11th September, and the funeral may be attended in order to remember her long and fascinating life.

Field Trials Schedule 2010

The North West Labrador Retriever Club is pleased to announce the Schedules for the forthcoming season. Letters have been set out to all members to advise them of the full details. Below is a summary of the events, and these can be found in the Field Trials Section.

DATES:

LIST OF TRIALS 2010/2011

Friday 24 September
AV All-Aged    Meols Hall Churchtown Nr Southport        Closes: 27th August

Monday 18 October
AV Novice    Hy-Fly Game Farm, Preesall, Lancashire    Closes: 22nd September

Monday/Tuesday 15/16 November
Open Qualifying Hoghton Towers Nr Preston    Closes: 16th October

Thursday 25 November
AV. Novice    Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire            Closes: 26th October

NWLRC Champ Show 2010

The North West Labrador Retriever Club |(NWLRC) invites you to enter our Championship Show to be held at Sutton Leisure Centre, Elton Head Road, St Helens WA9 5AU on Sunday 17th October 2010.

The show is kindly sponsored by Royal Canin who are providing 12kg bags of Royal Canin Labrador 30 for Best in Show and Reserve Best in Show and a 12kg bag of Royal Canin Labrador 33 Junior for Best Puppy in Show.

Judges are Mr Arwyn Ellis (DOLWEN) Judging Dogs and Mrs Joy Venturi-Rose (LEOSPRING) Judging Bitches.

Everyone is welcome, we will provide the early birds with tea or coffee with a biscuit or two on a first come first served basis!

We have a range of classes with Prize Cards and Rosettes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Reserve and VHC.

Class winners will receive a trophy and a small bag of Royal Canin Labrador dog food as they have kindly agreed to sponsor the show.

Entry details follow....

NWLRC 2010 Eye Clinic

NWLRC Eye Clinic

The NWLRC is please to announce that we have arranged for another Eye Clinic to be held on Thursday 5th August 2010 following the high demand and success of last years clinic. It is planned to be held at St. Joseph's Parish Centre, Harpers Lane, Chorley between 2pm and 6pm. (note the times are provisional at present, and, all appointments must be booked in advance to ensure everyone is seen and please us the email address below).

IMPORTANT: Please use the following special email address to register your interest in attending so that we may begin to assess the numbers and arrange appointment times.

The email address is eyeclinic@live.co.uk and all applications made through this email address will receive a priority over others, so please do use it!

ALSO remember that you now need to prove that the dogs identity, the breeders registration certificate alone is NOT sufficient if it does not show the Microchip reference, so pleases bring both the registration certificate and the Microchip/Tattoo Identity Certificate.

Sheila Saunt Trophy Update

Following the Club's recent Open Show, here are the front runners for this award.

See "Read More" for the results.

Congratulations to Noelene Dodd's Brockburrow Breaking Dawn, who is currently in the lead.

Don't forget, there is still an opportunity to pick up points at the Championship Show in October.

NWLRC Kennel Review

The Kennel Review pages are for members only and included within their membership fee. They can be viewed by anyone visiting the site.

The General Committee have decided that to add value to your membership of the NWLRC to allow all paid members free entries on the Kennel Review page subject to a few rules.

NWLRC Working Test Results

The North West Labrador Retriever Club, NWLRC, recently held two working tests at Pinewood by kind permission of United Utilities.

The full result are posted under the Working Test Section but the main winners were....

The Sheila Saunt Memorial Trophy 2010

This is the NWLRC's annual points challenge. Open to all members.

(1 point is awarded to every exhibit for each class entered (and present), and 5 for each class winner down to1 for VHC place).

At the Club's recent Limit Show the following dogs (click on "Read more") achieved 6 or more points, and are the current leaders for the Sheila Saunt Memorial Trophy.

Points can be won at the Open and Championship Shows later this year.

NWLRC Working Test Dates 2010

The North West Labrador Retriever Club, NWLRC, is pleased to announce two dates for the forthcoming Working Tests to be held at Pinewood, near Clitheroe to be held by the kind permission of United Utilities.

NWLRC Labrador Puppies

The North West Labrador Retriever Club keeps a puppy register for all those interested in either selling a labrador puppy or buying a labrador puppy. The details of currently available puppies can be found on the NWLRC website in the Puppy section.

The Sheila Saunt Memorial Trophy

The final results for The Sheila Saunt Memorial Trophy, our 2009 annual points challenge, have now been worked out following the recent Championship Show, and are as follows in the "Read More" link below.

Many Congratulations to the winner, Michael and Pauline Mitchell's Sharouns Ganymede at Stelmarin, and to all the other front runners.

The presentation of the trophy will take place at the A.G.M., and we will be running the points challenge again next year.

Breed Standard Changes

The Kennel Club has announced a change to the Breed Standard as reported in the October edition of the Kennel Gazette on page 63 following a meeting if the General Committee of the Kennel Club held on 1 September 2009.

Fit for Function - Fit for Life

The NWLRC wishes to bring to your attention a notice affecting all future Championship Judges who are not yet approved by the Kennel Club.

The Kennel Club requires that the process of qualification shall include attendance at a Field Trial at Open Stake level or above or a Gundog Working Test at Open level or above for the relevant sub group they wish to be considered to award KC CC's for the first time.

Labrador Breed Standard

The Kennel Club revised the Breed Standard in January this year and has asked for consultation from Breed Clubs, Breed Council, Breeders and Owners. It is now up to you, as members of the club, as owners of Labradors, you need to consider the changes that have been drafted.

Kennel Club Rule Changes

The Kennel Club changed the Canine Health and Welfare Regulations following the monitoring of the judging of breeds considered to affected by potentially significant health issues. The rules affected are F(1) 16, F(1) 15 and F(1) 21n.

Kennel Club - New Code of Ethics

The Kennel Club has released a new code of ethics that all breed clubs are required to adopt without delay. As this is a Kennel Club directive, the NWLRC does not need to call an EGM or AGM in order to agree and adopt this new code. It is a requirement that this is adopted immediately and as such it will become a requirement of all club members to be bound by this mandate.

REQUIREMENTS OF A DOG SHOW JUDGE

(PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS K.C. RULES & REGULATIONS)

To continue our policy of offering members development opportunities N/W Lab is running a Requirements of a Dog Show Judge Seminar on Sunday 9^th June 2008. The course leader is a Mrs. Yvonne Billow who is an Accredited Trainer for the Kennel Club.

To book your place contact myself or Mrs. P Mott contact numbers on the committee members page.

Labrador Rescue

The North West Labrador Retriever Club operates a labrador rescue section.

If you feel you could give a rescued Labrador a new home, do give one of the Coordinators a ring for more information or if you need Rescue to help you to re home your Labrador.

Please contact one of the Coordinators:

Miss N. Bilsland - 01407 831837
Mrs B Brougham - 01942 723847
Mrs M D'Arcy - 01254 264177

NWLRC Working Tests

The North West Labrador Retriever Club has arranged two Working Tests.

Full details can be found in the working test section.

Summary of Labrador Judges for 2008

Why not make a date in your diary from our list below as we are pleased to be able to publish a list of the Judges for 2008....

Field Trials Report for 2007

The North West Labrador Retriever Club has held three Field Trials in 2007.