The Magazine of the Midland Afghan Hound Club Winter 2005 Midland Afghan Hound Club
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The Afghan Ticket The Magazine of The Midland Afghan Hound Club Winter 2005 Midland Afghan Hound Club OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE 2005 President Committee Lynda Race Tel: 01709 850360 Anne Ager Tel: 01509 17071 Dene Holme 3 Eyebrook Close Dalton Magna Loughborough Rotheram. South Yorkshire S65 3ST Leicestershire LE11 4PS [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Ian Ager Tel: 01509 17071 The Late Liz O’Connor-Thomas 3 Eyebrook Close Fox Hollow Loughborough Cleeve Road Leicestershire LE11 4PS Middle Littleton [email protected] Worcestershire WR11 8JT Chairman Pete Barnett Tel: 0133 675340 Lynne Newton Tel: 0146 861409 4 Oregon Way 7 Nethermoor Road Chaddesden New Tupton Derby DE1 6UJ Chesterfield Derbyshire S4 6EN Tina Cullen Tel: 04 7674 578 [email protected] 95 Portland Drive Vice Chairman Nuneaton John Bloor Tel: 01773 715054 Warwickshire CV10 9HZ Bay Tree Cottage 6 Beauvale Mick Griffin Tel: 0146 861155 Newthorpe Woodland Lodge Nottingham NG16 EY 159 Nethermoor Road [email protected] Wingerworth Secretary Chesterfield Michelle Bloor Tel: 01773 715054 Derbyshire S4 6LW Bay Tree Cottage 6 Beauvale Emma James Tel: 01386 79095 Newthorpe 38 Windmill Lane Nottingham NG16 EY Inkberrow [email protected] Worcestershire WR7 4HG Treasurer Shirley Adams Tel: 0183 710604 Richard Kirkham Tel: 0189 7019 6 The Park Rose Cottage Keyston Wrexham Road Huntingdon Bulkeley Cambridgeshire PE8 0RD Malpass [email protected] Cheshire SY14 8BW Rescue Co-ordinator Nicola Mulvale Tel: 01543 371745 Blanche Ali Tel: 01706 653569 6 Castlefort Road 66 Partington Street Walsall Wood Castleton Staffordshire WS9 9JT Rochdale Lancashire DL11 3DL Midland Afghan Hound Club Have You Noticed I was excited when I read in my local newspaper about a new Breed Seminar - Sunday 12 February 2006 service offering cancer screening for dogs, with the potential With Susan Rhodes + Hands-on Assessments to screen for other illnesses in the future. How useful this could be for those people who discover only too late that their Risley Village Memorial Hall. Sandiacre, Derbyshire. ‘lines’ carry an increased risk of such disease. Please keep this Open Show & AGM - Sunday March 19th 2006 article safe and copy it to your vet if you need it. Including KC Hands-on Assessments - Christina Chapman We also have the usual news and show results, along with a Sandiacre Friesland Sports Centre, Nursery Avenue, Sandiacre, number of fun items that I hope you will enjoy. Many thanks Derbyshire. to Lynne Newton and Cathy Harding. The excellent cover Dogs: Gerry Darnley (Ghinja) Bitches: Jo Smith (Zhaqqari) sketch is by Martine Falke (Soukistan Afghans, France). Championship Show - Sunday 28th May 2006 I do hope you will enjoy this edition of ‘The Afghan Ticket’. The Lady Eastwood Pavilion, Newark Showground, Newark. Notts. I would like to wish everyone a prosperous and successful Dogs: Ann Allan (Kabella) Bitches: Diana Greenfield (Phelezzi) 006. Open Show - Sunday 17th September 2006 John Bloor Tomlinson’s Boarding Kennels, Markfield. Leicestershire. P.S. Don’t forget that subscriptions are due on 1st January. Dogs & Bitches: Eiry Jones (Gintonic) Exam - Sunday 15th October 2006 Copyright Reserved The views expressed in ‘The Afghan Ticket’ are not Risley Village Memorial Hall - if numbers sufficient. necessarily those of the Midland Afghan Hound Club. Editorial and Advertising Sec Says... John Bloor The year started off on a cheerful Bay Tree Cottage note with Lynda Race our President, 6 Beauvale Newthorpe judging dogs at Crufts, this most Nottingham prestigious of shows. A great NG16 EY atmosphere prevailed and the Club Tel: 01773 715054 Email: [email protected] Table was at the ringside to fly the MAHC flag. Advertising Rates The March Open Show saw us Members use a new venue in Long Eaton, £0.00 Full page black & white advert Derbyshire and West Park Leisure Non-members Centre proved very popular. Lots £3.00 Full page black & white advert of atmosphere inside the hall and the show had a good entry for our two judges. Details of our Directory Entries £3.00 shows will appear elsewhere in the magazine. Our AGM followed and we saw several changes to the Membership Fees Committee, one in particular being a change of Secretary. Single £6.00 After many years of dedicated service to the Club in this Joint £7.00 position, Liz decided to retire. I am delighted to have taken Overseas £10.00 over from her and thank everyone for the support shown to me in my first year. John has been associated with the Club for Ed Says ... nearly 14 years and I have been Trophy Steward in the past. Shortly before we went to press we sadly learned that Liz We were sorry to lose the services of Paul Wood who decided O’Connor-Thomas had passed away following her brave to retire after many years and we thanked him for all his battle against illness. I am grateful to have received a number support and generosity. In his place we saw the welcome of tributes at such very short notice and I hope you will agree return of Pete Barnett, who has since kindly agreed to take they form a fitting memorial to Liz’s many years of hard work over as Show Secretary, not a job he is unfamiliar with and one for the Club and the breed. I am sure he will enjoy. It is some time since I produced an issue at Christmas and it The AGM went smoothly with a good number of members does not get any easier persuading people to advertise. I am staying for the proceedings. There were no proposed changes very grateful for those adverts I received, but don’t forget it is for the Club and it ended on a happy note with presentations the adverts that support the cost of the magazine. I hope next and thanks for services rendered. time we will be better supported The Championship Show received a good entry and it was an This issue includes a selection of in-depth, informative articles enjoyable day with lots of people bringing gazebos’ and tents, that should stimulate debate and help aspiring judges. Thank creating a relaxed atmosphere around the ringside. The only you to the authors for permission to reprint the articles, also problem encountered was with exhibitors removing chairs to June Chilton, Ian & Anne Ager and Pete Barnett who from the ringside meaning the rings were not as defined as 3 supplied source material. they should have been. This created a (continued on page 4) Club News Sec Says... (cont.) few anxious moments as we received a Field Officer visit. His Liz O’Connor-Thomas understood the problem for us and was very supportive, but Regrettably, we ended the year on a very sad note when we the Committee have since decided to invest in stakes and rope heard the news that Liz had passed away on 1 December 05, to prevent the problem re-occurring. after coping with illness for some time. Our September Open Show saw us in Leicestershire in a Our memories of Liz will always remain. She loved the breed scenic rural setting but again in a good central location, near and was greatly respected for the significant contribution she the Motorway. Not as big an entry as that in March, but still made, both to the Club and the Breed Council and to the well supported. Again we received a Field Officer visit and future of Afghan Hounds in this country. this time, following a very meticulous inspection, we received Her organisational skills were second to none and with her an ‘excellent’ rating. A worthy tribute to the efficient and clarity for decision making and leaving nothing to chance, conscientious Officers and Committee. her presence and involvement with the Club will be greatly For 006, Christina Chapman will join us at the March Open missed. Show. Details are provided on our Website www.mahc.co.uk She gave unfailing support to the MAHC over the years and and in the magazine. These assessments only take around 10 she was to have been our Referee for the 006 Championship minutes to complete and it is now a Kennel Club requirement Show. I know she was really looking forward to the prospect, for those wishing to advance their judging career. at one of her favourite shows. I am sure everyone will join me in sending sincere condolences We have arranged a Breed Seminar for 1 February 006, conducted by Susan Rhodes (Shadowfax). Lunch will be to Terry and members of the family. included in the price and everyone is very welcome to come Michelle Bloor along. Susan has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the Secretary breed, which she can share and this will be a very informative event and one not to be missed. In the afternoon people will Chairman’s Report be able to go over dogs and ask questions. 005 Started for us with a good One matter we have given very careful consideration to this entry at our March Open Show year has been increasing our entry and membership fees. with our new venue at Long Eaton This decision was not taken lightly and we had to consider proving very popular. Our AGM the increasing cost of venues and that membership fees had afterwards was well supported and not risen for 10 years. We want our members to enjoy shows saw a few changes on committee. in good venues and receive value for money, but realistically, Liz O’Connor-Thomas retired as Secretary after many years service we must meet additional costs and try to break even on our and handed over the reins to Michelle shows.