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informed that the Kennel Club at their General During 1986 the Club received by Licence
Committee Meeting on 16th October 1985 had
added the Northern Newfoundland Club to
their Register of Breed Clubs. Thus we were
able to approach them for permission to hold
Open Shows in addition to the other activities
that were in the pipeline. At this Meeting the
Members present elected Mr Warwick Winston
as the Club’s First President.
The Club Membership continued to expand
and during March 1986 the Club were pleased
to learn that Lord Devonport had agreed to be
the Club Patron. The Committee requested
Mr. Brian Kitson to meet him with a view to
possibly holding a “Water Teach-in” on water
in his ownership, following a Meeting with our
Patron at his Fishing Hut on the River Tweed.
The Club obtained permission to hold a Water
Day on a Sunday in August every other year and
the first one in 1986 proved extremely popular,
thus we added another regular event to the Club
Calendar. This event has unfortunately had to
be dropped from the list of regular events due
to organisational difficulties though Viscount
Devonport continues to be an involved patron
of the Club. Since that time, the Club has
appointed businessman and Newfoundland
admirer Mr Peter Angelides as our second
active patron.
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dated 6th May 1986 Kennel Club permission
to hold an Open Show, the Judge for this, our
First Show was Mr. Tom Cunningham (Estalina)
from Ireland with Miss June Yeoward being the
Show Manager. It was held at the Aughton Show
Centre on the 15th November 1986. Following
this small start the Club graduated to holding
two Open Shows a year, one with Obedience
Classes.
The next stage was to apply to hold a
Championship Show, this was granted and
on the 28th September 1991 with Canadian
Judges - Mrs. J. Mackenzie for Dogs and Mrs.
H. Slaughter for Bitches the first championship
show took place at Aughton under the direction
of our Show Manager Miss June Yeoward.
The Committee worked very hard to make
this Championship Show bright and inviting.
The overall entry of 227 dogs including 16
Champions puts modern entries in the shade.
Best in Show and Dog C.C. was awarded to
Chris Drury’s male, Prickly Pear ( Int. Dk. Eng
Ch. Ursulas Admiral Ascot x Merrybear Chiki of
Wellfont) . Reserve B.I.S and Bitch C.C. was
Christine Wilson’s Ashness Naomi. ( Ch Wellfont
Macillon x Woodales Louise of Wellfont) .
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