Monthly Archives: March 2017

Annual General Meeting and Annual Awards

At the 22nd Annual General Meeting of the Northern England Flatcoated Retriever Association the following announcements were made:

Officials and committee members were re-elected / elected as on the ‘Contact NEFRA‘ page.

The Code of Ethics was modified: details in this link.

Honorary life membership was bestowed on Mrs Sheena Wells following her recent stepping down from long-standing post on the NEFRA committee due to ill health.

Sheena Wells was presented with a lovely flatcoated retriever clock as a gift

Sheena Wells was later  presented with a lovely flatcoated retriever clock as a gift of thanks from the NEFRA committee for all her support over the years. 


Annual awards were presented as follows:

President’s Cup – Sandra Stevenson’s Steelriver Sun Kissed JW

Cup Steward Val Orme presents the President's Cup to Sandra Stevenson

Cup Steward Val Orme presents the President’s Cup to Sandra Stevenson

Steelriver Sunkissed

Steelriver Sun Kissed Photo by Mallyfield photography

Steelriver Sunkissed

Steelriver Sun Kissed Photo by Mallyfield photography

2nd Strudwick’s ShCh Downstream Fair And Square for Burpham
3rd Laird’s ShCh Branchalwood Tamdhu of Daicheil JW

Ceilidh Cup – Wendy Battison’s Donascimento Bebeto

This Year Three of Wendy Battison's dogs were in the top three places competing for Ceilidh Cup Winner

This year three of Wendy Battison’s dogs were in the top three places competing for Ceilidh Cup Winner Donasimento Bebeto (centre) Donascimento Ramires 2nd (left) and Mystical Eclipse of Donascimento 3rd (right)

Inca Trophy – Jane Hedges’ Blacktoft Quickstep of Satinbaze

The Inca trophy is presented to Jane Hedges

The Inca trophy is presented to Jane Hedges


PLEASE REMEMBER THAT MEMBERS SUBSCRIPTIONS NOT RECEIVED BY 30TH APRIL 2017 WILL HAVE THEIR MEMBERSHIP TERMINATED.

Minor Breeds Team Competition

Well done to the flatcoat team for bringing home the trophy again for winning the Minor Breeds team competition today. The event was hosted by the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers near Wincanton in Somerset, against the Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, the Curlycoat Retrievers, and the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.

The Flatcoat team were Helen Ford with Percuil Nuvolari Tazio, Steve Ashby with Tunnelwood Phantom, and Charlotte Wear with Keveral Hen Harrier. Steve Ashby also won the Top Dog award. Well done team!

Walked-up training in Northamptonshire

Trainers Garry Ellison and Malcolm Peacock discuss some training tips with on of the handlers.

Trainers Garry Ellison and Malcolm Peacock discuss some training tips with one of the handlers.

A walked-up training day was held today near to Sibbertoft, MARKET HARBOROUGH.

Thank you to everyone who came along today – special thanks to our hosts Jenny and Richard Jones and family for inviting us along, and for their truly wonderful hospitality in their home and on their land.

This was all very much appreciated by all who attended such and a lovely venue for training our dogs. As ever, a big thank you to Malcolm Peacock and Garry Ellison for taking the training, and also to Malcolm Awty and Chris Hewison for throwing the dummies for us. We hope you all had a good day.

There should be some photos of the day on their way from Emily Bibb who braved the rain with her camera – thanks go to Emily for taking these.