The Cape Terrier Club

Hello everyone

The show was held at the Brackenfell Sports Club which proved yet again to be a great venue. As always, the weather is a big factor in the success of an outdoor event: our prayers for a cooler day were certainly answered – but we did have to put up with a very chilly ‘Cape Doctor’ which blew relentlessly.

We had an entry of 80 dogs with many of our exhibitors travelling from outside the Western Cape – a big thank you to all of you for making the effort and supporting the Cape Spring Show Fortnight! Best in Show went to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier dog, Ch Sylon Leo, bred and owned by Mrs L van Niekerk, with the Reserve being awarded to the Airedale Terrier dog, Ch Danien Maza Million of Kaikoura, bred by Mrs D. Pera and owned by Mrs P de Coning.

Our Members’ Challenge had an entry of thirteen dogs and was judged by Mrs Carol Larkin. The challenge was won by Scottish Terrier Ch Amboseli Lone Star. In second place was Westie Ch Hopecharm Chase the Wind of MacWarren and third was Cairn Terrier ‘Tamerine’ – each of which won a nice cash prize.

Many thanks to our exhibitors, to our sponsors and to the committee for making this show such a wonderful success.

Joyce Goldschmidt
HON SECRETARY

UPDATE: Pictures from the show are available on the Gallery page above!!!

Hello everyone

October is Championship Show Season – time to enter our annual Championship Show. The closing date for entries is FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER!

Please visit our EVENTS page and download a Show Schedule for the Cape Terrier Club’s annual Championship Show – kindly sponsored by Hills Pet Nutrition - to be held on Friday 24 October at Brackenfell Cricket Club. As usual, our show takes place in the afternoon – commencing with Handlers at 14h30. Breed judging will start at 14h45.

If you have any queries, please contact our Show Secretary, Mrs Lindsay Frith..

Catering will be available so come along early and enjoy some lunch before the show.

Please remember to bring something small for our charity collection box. (Pet food, bedding, leads, bowls, or a donation.) Proceeds will go to Phesantekraal Animal Rescue Organisation.

Directions to the show grounds are on our show schedule.

See you there – and hope for great weather!

Kind regards
Joyce

Hello everyone

Despite the chilly temperatures in the mornings, we enjoyed lovely sunny weather on both Saturday and Sunday. Well done to everyone who went through to the finals!

Alwine Pretorius took some wonderful photos during the weekend so be sure to visit our Gallery to view them all.

Please try to attend the WPKC open show on Sunday at Brackenfell Cricket Club. Stephenette du Toit will be judging terriers – please support her and WPKC!

Kind regards
Joyce

Hello everyone

Please take a few moments to diarise our Annual Championship Show to be held on Friday 24 October at Brackenfell Cricket Club. As usual, our show takes place in the afternoon – commencing with Handlers at 14h30. Breed judging will start at 14h45. Please visit our Events page to download a show schedule.

Hope to see you there!

Kind regards
Joyce

Hello everyone

If you attend this event we would like to thank you for supporting the Terrier group and KUSA!
It was a lovely afternoon – warm and sunny and, thankfully, no rain!

Alwine has taken some super photos which you can view in our Gallery.

Kind regards
Joyce

Hello everyone

I trust you have diarised our Annual Non-Championship Show to be held at Bellville Cricket Club on Sunday 4 May 2008. Please visit our Events page to download a show schedule.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Regards
Joyce

Hello everyone

I have just put the new show entry forms on our website – see Forms. Please download and save these show entry forms for use in future. The old forms are now obsolete.

The Membership Renewal Form is also on the Forms page.

Regards
Joyce

Hello Everyone,

By now all members should have received their Summer edition of the Terrier Times. If not, please let me know.

If you would like to download a PDF copy of the January 2008 edition of Terrier Times, click on the download link below, and save the file to your desktop. You can then either read it on your computer, or you can print out a copy.

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Please diarise our forthcoming Annual General Meeting as well as our Open show! – See Dates for your Diary on page 3 in the newsletter.

Subscriptions for 2008 became due on 1 January 2008. If you have not already done so, please pay your subscriptions as soon as possible.

Kind Regards
Joyce

This year, the show was held at the Brackenfell Sports Club – a new venue for our club and one that will definitely be up for consideration in the future. The weather was unbelievably hot in the morning but luckily started to cool down slightly once the wind came up and showing was not too uncomfortable for the dogs or exhibitors.

We had a decent entry of 97 dogs with more than a third of the exhibitors making the journey from outside the Western Cape – a big thank you to all of you for making the effort and supporting the Cape Spring Show Fortnight! Best in Show went to the Scottish Terrier that has taken the Cape by storm, Ch Gladwen Black Magic, bred by the late Mrs Gwen Steyn and owned by Mr George Loock from Pretoria, with the Reserve being awarded to the Port Elizabeth Norfolk Terrier, Ch Shamanda Last of a Legend, owned and bred by Miss Amanda Young.

For the first time, we ran a Members’ Challenge after the Best in Show and had a very nice entry of twelve dogs including Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Airedale, Irish, Scottish and West Highland White Terriers. The challenge was won by a Staffie, with a Westie second and a Scottie third, each of which won a nice cash prize.

Lindsay Frith
SHOW SECRETARY

Our annual championship show went very well. Thank you to our sponsors Hill’s Pet Nutrition and to everyone who contributed to the event. A full report will be posted in the next few days. Meantime, please visit our Gallery to see some of the photographs taken on Friday. More to follow shortly…

Regards
Joyce