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Breed Club

by B H Bowers

he British Bulldog Club was founded
in 1902.
T
The current committee consists of:

Mr Kevin Davis (President)
Mrs Eileen Aldridge (Chairman)
Ms Hayley Dodwell (Secretary)
Mr Mark Harding (Treasurer)

2020 Committee: Ms Gill Ashton,
The History of the Club
Ms Julie Fowler, Mr Anthony Hayward, Mrs
Emma Lee, Mrs Margaret Morris, Mr Joe In 1908 The Secretaries of the Bulldog Clubs
Murphy, Mr Alan Squires, Mrs Lorraine were requested to write an article about their
Watkins club to be printed in the book ‘Bulldogs and
Bulldog Men’ England
The Club holds an annual Championship Show
which is held in November. Money prizes are What follows is an extract from that book:
offered for the dogs placed in each class. Most
recently held at the Brittania Royal Court Hotel THE BRITISH BULLDOG CLUB
in Coventry, the venue provides an elegant (Established 1892. Registered 1902)
backdrop for what is always a successful show.
President, Major L A Jackson, 3rd Bat-Suffolk
Regiment, Vice President, D J Cassels
The Gold Medal Puppy Competition is an
(Glasgow) W. W. Crocker (London) I. Atkinson-
annual contest with three judges (2 A list judges,
Lowers (Bradford) J. W. Proctor (Manchester)
1 B list judge) invited to judge all puppies
and W. T. Rylance
born the previous year under 4 categories.
The competition is held on the same day in
Subscriptions, one guinea per annum. This
conjunction with the Summer Open Show. The
club, the junior of the two national clubs devoted
day is always an exhibitor favourite in the show
to the cult of Bulldog, while not neglecting the
calendar with its ‘garden party’ feel being an
claims of the great Metropolis, and to some
outdoor show (weather permitting), background
extent taking both hemispheres under the aegis
music and complementary drinks for those in
of its fostering influence, makes the United
attendance. In 2018 the Club moved to a new
Kingdom outside the Metropolis, especially the
outdoor venue in Shirland, Derbyshire. It is a
sphere for the development of its objects, which
wonderful field and open hall which allowed for
are stated in its constitution to be: “To promote
a fantastic BBQ area away from the ring. The
and encourage the breeding Bulldogs in all of
club provided gazebos to allow for shelter for the
the world, but more especially in the provinces
dogs in the hot weather whilst in the ring.
of England, to Ireland and in Scotland, and to
protect and advance in every legitimate way the
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