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– who was Best of Breed at Crufts in 2001 Williams, well known in various gundog breeds
and was then exported to America. Before his particularly Labradors and Irish Water Spaniels,
export, Excess proved to be a useful sire in obtained from Gil Sh Ch Sireva Phannie Hill at
the UK, siring no less than eight title holders Foulby.
himself.
Gordon Haran had steered the Ross’s Sh Ch/
Gil Averis (now Simpson) mated her Ch Sireva Ir Sh Ch Ansona Purdey to fame to take
Sapphire to Fanclub and produced her and the breed CC record and to become the first
Sandra Marshall’s Sh Ch Sireva Sackadallion Weimaraner bitch to win BIS at a general
with Lowerdon. Gil, delighted with the results, championship show. The Ross’s rightly let
then took Sh Ch Sireva Silk and this coupling Gordon and Marion Waddell choose the stud
produced three more champions for the Sireva dog she was to be mated to, and to have a
kennel – Sh Ch Sireva Phancue, who went to puppy from her litter. Mated back to her grand
Tony and Madeline Rainey in Ireland where she sire Fanclub, Purdey produced Sh Ch Narsad
gained an Irish Title too. The Rainey’s also had Nipsiquit Grey in Magregor who became
Sh Ch Sireva Phanatic about Trilie. Angela another big winner for Gordon and Marion.
Tina Morris used Fanclub on her Sh Ch Kalimor
Classic, and from this the Palmer’s obtained Sh
Ch Kalimor Kavanagh who was also a group
placer. Ann Haycock mated her Sh Ch Sireva
Serenely to Fanclub, her grand sire, to produce
Sh Ch Revilona Ranger. Jane Wright used
Fanclub and from this came Sh Ch Hofstetter
Modlicht out of Hofstetter Old Jam Tart.
Jo How had her first Weimaraner from Jane,
however in 2001 she made up Sh Ch Mianja
Merceds for Pipwell, bred by Mick and Jacqui
Ward out of Melmaric Magic Touch, and made
Sh Ch Revilona Ranger
Sh Ch Hofstetter Modlicht Sh Ch Gunalt Affinity.
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