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Breed Club
The
SOUTHERN
Newfoundland
Club
History of the Club
Background
The Southern Newfoundland Club was formed
in response to popular requests to serve
Newfoundland owners and enthusiasts in the
southern part of the United Kingdom. There
were already two excellent Newfoundland Clubs
in the UK, The Newfoundland Club (founded in
1886 and one of the oldest Breed Clubs in the
world) and the Northern Newfoundland Club
(founded in 1984). Obviously, the Northern
Newfoundland Club events are held in the North
and the majority of Newfoundland Club events,
which serves the whole of the UK, tend to be
central to the UK. Given the traffic problems,
environmental issues and soaring costs of
travelling for Newfoundland owners in the south
(as evidenced by declining entries), it was felt
that there was a genuine and pressing need
to offer opportunities for showing, working and
welfare in the southern part of the UK.
In 2007 there were 1,145 KC Newfoundland
registrations but there were only two Breed
Clubs. By comparison, many other breeds with
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fewer registrations have a number of Breed
Clubs to serve the whole of the UK.
The Beginning
The Club’s in augural Opn Meeting was held
on 09 February, 2008 in Baginton, Coventry
with a view to forming a Club following the
Kennel Club guidelines for new Breed Clubs. A
Constitution was proposed and adopted and the
Southern Newfoundland Club was born. Since
its inception, the Club has been incredibly well
supported with our membership approaching
300. While primarily focused on the south
of the UK, our membership is by no means
geographically exclusive. We are delighted to
include members from all over the UK (and
overseas!) and in turn many of our members are
also members of one or both of the other two
UK Newfoundland Breed Clubs. The inter-club
membership and co-operation at all levels is a
hallmark of our intentions to work for the benefit
of Newfoundlands and their owners, wherever
they may live.
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