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Track watchers – what a thankless task but
2017 KENNEL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
needed to be done - TD: Yvonne Carpen-
ter, Caroline Martin, Teresa Palmer, Margo
TRIALS MANAGER’S REPORT Brothwell and Christine Wolstenholme;
PD: Margo Brothwell, Emily Mayer and
Well what can I say that hasn’t already be Sandra and Alan Wright.
said before? What a fantastic three days The kitchen staff on the Thursday and
of great company, great dogs and great Friday, Angela Clark and Jill Kevis, who
weather!! stepped in at the last minute when our nor-
Congratulations to our two winners, Pat mal girls both became unavailable due to
Herbert with WTCh Glenalpine Fen, CDEx illness (get well soon, both of you).
- TDEx winning the TD stake and Diane Mike Woods for ferrying the competitors
Ling with WTCh Deben Little Tom, CDEx to their tracks and Dave Self for marshal-
– TDEx, PDEx winning the PD stake. ling the spectators to the correct fields so
Thank you very much to those of you who they could watch all the tracks each day,
helped to make this year’s KCC’s go ahead and Arthur Jeal, who was on car park duty,
without any hitches. First and foremost, making sure everyone parked in the correct
thank you to Richard and Sally Speakman place.
for opening up their farm and home to us To Jean Howells, my most grateful thanks;
all. she took over the base from me and did the
The tracking for TD was on well grown scoresheets – it was such a relief to have
rape and PD on lush grass – I couldn’t have this job in such professional hands, leaving
asked for better conditions for the com- me free to dash about making sure every-
petitors and the threatened stormy weather thing went to plan.
thankfully never appeared. Pauline Droy-Moore (dog coats), Christine
I will leave it to the judges, Linda Newbold Wolstenholme (all embroidery on the dogs’
(TD) and Gary Martin (PD), to thank all coats/hoodies and competitors’ gifts) and
their tracklayers, stewards and protected Emily Mayer and Sarah Beares (the unique
stewards. judges’ gifts).
I will thank all the people behind the Belinda Spensley, Mike Woods and Gary
scenes: Martin, who have put up with me bending

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