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The 1990s
In 1993, the Club celebrated its 40th
Anniversary, an event that many members will
remember. By this time, registrations had risen
to more than 1600 a year and club membership
to approximately 1500. On the show side, the
Weimaraner had an allocation of 32 sets of
Challenge Certificates. Looking back through
past newsletters, it is clear that many members
were actively involved with the Club and
attendance at the various events was high. For
example, club open shows attracted entries
in excess of 140 dogs. In 1994, the Scottish
branch became independent and renamed itself
as the Weimaraner Club of Scotland.
The late Margaret Holmes - President of the
Club In 1997 the German Weimaraner Club
celebrated their 100th Anniversary by organising
The 1980s a Jubilee Weekend in the historic city of Weimar
where it all began. The GWC organised a
The 1980s was a time of change. Major number of events, including an international
Petty died and Margaret Holmes was elected championship field trial and a centennial breed
president. And succeeded by Richard Jupp. show. There were entries from Germany, Austria
The number of Weimaraners in the country rose and the Netherlands. The event was also
quickly and, not surprisingly, the Club saw an attended by representatives from Weimaraner
increase in membership to approximately 1400. breed clubs from around the world, including the
This triggered the formation of two branches, the WCGB.
South East branch and the Scottish branch. By
this time the Club was running a championship Since then the club has celebrated 50 and 60
show, two open shows and six field trials each year anniversaries and hope to do the same in
year, as well as working tests, fundays, training 2023 for the 70th.
days and social events. The Club also produced
The WCGB publishes 4 newsletters per
a code of ethics for members. The rise in dog
year even this past year when not a lot was
numbers also meant that there was a need for a
happening on the events side.
The WCGB is also very active through social
media including facebook which reaches several
thousand people daily.
Our facebook page can be found at
Weimaraner-Club-of-Great-
Britain-195210600493079
Our website can be found at
www.weimaranerclubofgreatbritain.org
*History from club newsletter
The Anniversary show in 2003 ** additional comments James Kelly
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