VOLUME: 6

May Open Show Winners

Best Phalene in Show Roberts and Smith's Serenglade Thackery at Rayol, Reserve Best in Show and B.O.S: Steven's, Tawzan Do It Like Dudley, judge Mr J Fothergill, Best in Show: Miller's, Feorlig Midnight in Georgia JW, Best Puppy in Show: Munn's, Golden Ringlands, Reserve Best Puppy & Best Minor Puppy in Show: Miller's, Feorlig Versace, Best Veteran in Show: Brunsdon's, Kingshaven Quest for Life, Best Junior Handler in Show: Fran McWade.

The Club Open Show had a very good entry which was judged by: Breed classes, Mr J Fothergill (Berleygill) Welfare classes and JHA, Mrs J Gummer (Juara). It was great to see so many Phalenes entered at the show, 16 in total with only one absentee,: Morrell and Teague, Roberts and Smith & Greenslade must be complimented on the advancement of the Phalene in the south.

One sad moment was the announcement that the Clubs Chairman, Pearl Peacock decided to retire as Chairman, a position she has held since the clubs foundation, in thanks for her dedication to the club, Mrs Peacock was presented with a bouquet of flowers and was also created the First President of the club along with an Honorary Life Membership.

The continuing Raffle for the CISPAP special edition (kindly donated By Deirdre Ashdown & Mike Foster) sold some more tickets and hopefully will be drawn at the Open show of The Papillon (Butterfly Dog) Club in June. The money from this raffle is to go towards the considerable costs involved in treating the 3 Papillons that were recently taken into Welfare. Do buy a ticket; it is a wonderful prize and a wonderful cause also.

Pearl Peacock, the First President of the Club receiving a bouquet on her retirement as Chairman.

Annual General Meeting

At the AGM the following were elected to committee:

Officers: Chairman P. Peacock, Vice Chairman I. Chandler, Hon.Treasurer I. Dack, Hon. Secretary P. Shirley, Hon. Assistant Secretary A. Borg,

Committee: J. Casey, J Chandler, Lt.Cdr B. Cox RN, P. Cox, K. Langdon, S. Langdon, M. Melvin, P.Munn, A. Pearch, N. Spencer, M. Unwin, D. Welsh.

Since the meeting Mrs Langdon, Mrs Spencer and Mrs Peacock have stepped down. We thank them all for their service and support. Mr N Cook has been co-opted to committee. Mr I Chandler will be: Acting Chairman for the remainder of the year.

Members are reminded to let any committee member know, if you have requests or Ideas which you feel would benefit the Club or you would like Committee to discuss.

Charity Challenge Match

from right to left: Best in Match Mr Dembiniok representing S.W.P.C, The Judge Mrs A Cawthera-Purdy, Reserve Best in Match Mrs Morrell representing S.W.P.C. Best Puppy in Match Mrs Brunsdon representing S.O.E.P.C.

The Club held their AGM at Chieveley on May 4 th . The meeting took place in the late morning followed by a lovely lunch created by the club's resident chefs: Ian and Janet Chandler, after lunch we held an informal match which took the form of a Charity Challenge between the South of England and the South Wales Papillon Clubs. Averil Cawthera-Purdy judged the match, saying afterwards how much she enjoyed going over our delightful breed. The aim was to collect sponsorship for two dog charities this year (one English, one Welsh), we decided to make a break from “Papillons Walk for Charity” just to try something new also we usually collect for human charities so it was nice to collect for dogs this year: The two charities we chose were: The Cinnamon Trust and Pets-in-Need (Carmarthen),thanks to all those that contributed to the tune of £350 (at the time of writing) also the match entry and raffle money will be split between both club's welfare. Great fun and a little rivalry took place, South Wales winning both Best in Match and Reserve Best in Match with Best Puppy in Match going to the South of England Club.

CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW

The Committee are busy making plans for their first Championship Show which will be held on the 2nd August next year at The Tidworth Leisure Centre. Pledges of perpetual trophies have already been accepted from many kennels, the idea is to get as many trophies (which will actually be Shields) ordered " en bloc" to enable us to purchase these at a much reduced price and also to retain some continuity in the design. If you would like to reserve a Shield in the name of your kennel or perhaps one named after a special dog, please contact Keith Langdon on 01452 770117 to reserve the award you would like to donate. At this stage only reservations are being taken and all donors will be advised of the price prior to purchase. We shall be seeking to gain sponsorship for the show and we hope to offer some really nice specials, so anyone out there who would like to donate a World Cruise or something similar do let us know.

Dates for your Diary

2008

Fun-Day / Limited Agility show – Bradfield 19th July.
Education Day – Chieveley 11th October
Christmas Party / Match - 7th December.

2009

Open Show Chieveley 16th May
Championship Show 2nd August

2010

Championship Show 1st August

FUN - DAY / AGILITY SHOW

With this news sheet you should receive the flyer for our forthcoming Fun-Day, it will be held on 19th July. We shall be keeping our fingers crossed that the weather will be kind to us this year, entries are coming in for the Agility show and further details can be had from www.agilitynet.com - or phone Denise Welsh for further details on 01323 441583. Last year was so well supported and it was marvelous to watch the Papillons whizzing around the Agility course. The Fun-Day as the name suggests is really a big garden party, all the usual stalls will be there, this year we are hoping to boost the Welfare fund by donating all the proceeds from the bring and buy and produce stall to Welfare, along with the match entry money. Please make some: cakes, jam, sweets, biscuits and scones, perhaps donate some plants, gifts or doggy items or anything that will sell to help boost the funds of Welfare which have been rather depleted recently. We shall hold the usual match with fun classes, don't forget the fancy dress parade (human and canine), the baby puppy walk: so good for socialising your young show hopefuls. The all-in buffet lunch with dessert will cost £5, with free tea, coffee and squash all day. Further details and a map to the venue can be obtained from the club website on www.southpapclub.co.uk .

Memberships

The treasurer would like to apologise for the delay in sending out membership receipts this year. Owning to a data processing problem all records needed to be re-worked, if you have not received your membership card yet, please let the Secretary know. All envelopes marked with a red X accompanying this news-sheet indicate the membership subs remain unpaid for 2008 – If your payment has crossed with this reminder, please ignore.